Technology and startups

Australian design giant Canva is appearing on US trading platforms despite the company forbidding such transactions, as demand for pre-IPO exposure continues to rise.

Life360 is one of a handful of ASX tech stocks on a tear, driven by strong earnings and a recent capital raise that points to upcoming M&A activity.

Compared with the Optus and Medibank hacks, the response to the Qantas breach looks subdued. CEO Vanessa Hudson is surely relieved it wasn’t worse.

The Australian fintech is flipping the script, acquiring legacy bricks-and-mortar businesses to drive its offshore expansion, with two new acquisitions announced.

Fortescue's Andrew Forrest, Macquarie's CEO and leaders from ANZ, BHP and Rio will all be on the plane. But despite talk of AI collaboration, the tech sector is glaringly absent.

A recent US case shows the chief justice was on the money with his concerns about the impact of AI on the law, which he shared in an interview with Capital Brief.

Australian VC is thriving — but a lack of clear pathways and opportunities is pushing out the young talent it desperately needs.

Boutique Capital has quietly become the back office provider of choice for Australia's next generation of fund managers. And it's just been snapped up in an under-the-radar deal.

Employee wellness startup Sonder has named a new chief revenue officer after the last one left earlier this year amid the company's UK expansion.

Depending upon your perspective, real time payments in Australia are either well down the runway or still just taxiing to takeoff.

As Anthony Albanese heads to China, Beijing’s AI trade push underscores Australia’s delicate balance between economic opportunity and security risk.

The startup, which is developing chips for cutting-edge quantum computers, last month began working through a Department of Defence quantum program.

Australia's top judge, Stephen Gageler, has used his first Australian interview to warn that AI could strike at the heart of our adversarial system of justice.

Capital Brief's legal writer Michael Pelly speaks to the chief justice about the seismic impact of AI on the law and the changing face of the High Court.

The new deal, which does not include new workplace protections, comes amid mounting concern from union representatives over the ways AI is being used at the company.

Australia’s opportunity lies in targeted, sector-specific innovation — not broad, general-purpose approaches that overlook local strengths.

Alternative lender Tractor targets has now supported 250 companies since its launch just over four years ago.

With the US tariff pause set to expire, Australia seems unlikely to get a deal that's either better or worse — and 10% may be as good as it gets amid ongoing trade concerns.

While global investors back sectors like deep tech and women’s health, Australia’s narrow focus risks missing the next wave of high-impact, high-return opportunities.

With parliaments slow to act — or not acting at all — courts have stepped in to police AI use and catch out litigants.

The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation's C-suite is changing, with its chief people officer departing and a new chief risk officer appointed.

Former Tech Council of Australia CEO Kate Pounder has been tapped by OpenAI for local policy work as the AI giant looks to expand its presence in Australia.