AI’s biggest productivity gains may come not from moonshots, but from helping small businesses save time, cut waste and compete.
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The USD11 billion AI startup, whose voice cloning tools have raised deepfake concerns, is expanding its enterprise presence in Australia and NZ.
Across corporate Australia, the oven-ready AI anecdote has become the new CEO flex — and investors are certainly hearing plenty of them.
The founders of AI companies have repeatedly told the public their product could replace them or worse. Now they seem baffled when people take them at their word.
Canva’s secondary offers have created generational liquidity for staff. They may also be making it easier for early leaders to leave.
Eucalyptus co-founder Charlie Gearside has launched a “hearts and minds, vibes-based movement”. It may have struck an unlikely chord.
The same AI capital surge that has rewritten the rules for software companies is now testing the asset class that funded the rewrite.
The Australian software giant’s earnings beat was driven by a pull forward in data centre revenue and strong cloud demand, but analysts and investors see strong AI signals.
Alternative protein’s first wave of startups proved the products were possible. The next wave has to make consumers actually want to buy them again.
Tan was an early investor and adviser to the Australian government-backed company, which is currently planning to build two large scale quantum computers in Brisbane and in Chicago.
At Blackbird’s Sunrise event the Canva COO said growth in headcount would slow to 5% from 50% in earlier years as he unveiled a new AI competency framework for staff.
Australia is racing to build the data centre infrastructure for AI as the boom rolls on, but some suggest we should be aiming for a bigger prize.
He can’t hide his enthusiasm about AI, but says he has more work to do with states on guidelines about construction of data centres.
Regal’s Phil King says the Israeli company is “one of the most exciting exposures to the defence industry on the ASX” with its products on Trump’s shopping list.
Now the dust has settled on the Claude Mythos announcement, legal cyber experts say there is no need to panic — just yet.
The US President has long chafed against foreign efforts to regulate the American tech sector, which is deeply intertwined with his administration.
A wild online claim about Anthropic acquiring Atlassian shows how anonymous forums can turn takeover speculation into something like a prayer.
