The late-stage briefings invited tech executives and industry bodies to give feedback on an expansive national AI plan set to be released by the end of the year.
Technology and startups
Partners from Australia's biggest venture capital firms warn that traditional startup defences are crumbling in the AI era, with hardware and velocity being the best defences.
Healthcare stocks may be at a turning point after a year of heavy losses and policy turmoil.
SXSW Sydney quietly lost two of its major drawcard speakers — Signal’s Meredith Whittaker and billionaire Lucy Guo — as it becomes better known for its side events than the main program.
Silicon Quantum Computing manufactures around one atomic processor per week. As the startup looks to commercialise years of R&D, it wants to grow that number dramatically.
Australian Signals Directorate director-general Abigail Bradshaw has sounded the alarm to business after the Qantas data leak.
The Albanese government plans to fast-track approvals for data centres with their own renewable energy as Australia races to build AI infrastructure.
The AI boom is reshaping venture capital, with massive Silicon Valley funding rounds leaving Australia’s smaller funds looking to find their own deep tech edge.
Our quantum rise is helping reverse brain drain, drawing scientists home and turning local innovators into global tech standouts. We should celebrate that.
Known for providing tech for defence and intelligence, Palantir announced a deal with Coles last year. Until now, it has been tight-lipped about what it entails.
Silicon Valley's unprecedented $100 million seed rounds are forcing venture capitalists from Austin to Sydney to rethink their investment strategies.
With ChatGPT as her 'CTO', solo developer Alisa Wu raised $2 million for her startup. It raises the question consuming Silicon Valley: just how far can one founder go?
The convenience of AI is reshaping how we search, choose and create. We risk losing something vital: the friction that once made discovery and taste our own.
A 22-year-old Australian with no employees or product has pulled off a funding round that highlights a shift in attitudes towards solo founders, and investor appetite for exposure to AI.
The launch of OpenAI's updated video model Sora 2 has fuelled mounting concerns over copyright violations amid an escalating battle over the prospect of Australian copyright reform.
Offtake agreements let companies back emerging tech before it scales, turning cautious buyers into the driving force behind the next wave of innovation.
IREN says new AI data centre contracts will boost its revenue by hundreds of millions of dollars as it launches a USD1 billion fundraise to drive further growth.
As women leave VC due to limited pathways, Maxine Minter of Co Ventures says there’s another route forward for those who want to stay: building their own funds.
