Technology and startups
Digital marketplaces are now part of everyday life and the financial technology underpinning them is paving the way for their evolution.
Labor is attempting to curb the number of freedom of information requests, saying AI is clogging up the system.
Nearly seven months after leading an investment into StrongRoom AI, Misha Saul has departed Sydney venture firm EVP.
The 11-year old startup, which raised at a $2.1 billion valuation in 2023, is putting boots on the ground in Australia.
Semiconductors are too important for the US to not be able to manufacture them, Dell CTO and chief AI officer John Roese said during a visit to Sydney.
AI is expected to radically speed up drug discovery. But Australia risks falling behind.
The US$300 billion AI lab's path to Australia was not long and winding and followed sustained overtures from the Labor government and a deal with the nation's biggest company.
The Tasmanian founder of popular Apple design app Procreate is one of the few sceptical voices in tech on generative AI. "When civilisation has no incentive to produce, we get into a very dark time."
Two of the world's largest tech giants have called for Australia to relax copyright laws to bolster their artificial intelligence platforms.
A new generation of Australian fund managers is iterating on traditional venture capital models, creating retail-accessible funds, secondary market strategies and hybrid debt-equity structures as competition from mega-funds forces innovation.
