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After promoting work-from-home arrangements, Atlassian's latest report finds that AI can help banish useless meetings.
Apparently Apple just sherlocked a whole bunch of startups with its AI announcement. Or maybe the bar for what makes an AI startup investible just got a little higher?
Daniel Ziegler, one of 11 current and former OpenAI employees to sign an open letter calling for more transparency about AI risk, told Capital Brief how the startup began to change during his tenure.
Official data don't support a BNPL growth story meanwhile investors - and BNPL providers - are increasingly looking beyond the specific, youth-oriented, product.
Emma Covacevich says data concerns and AI risks are driving businesses to consolidate the number of law firms they seek advice from, intensifying competition at the top end of town.
The tech giant has finally revealed its plans to add AI features to its products as it seeks to catch up to rivals. Whether the upgrades actually drive sales remains to be seen.
One of the architects of the ASX's growth strategy now wants to transform the sleepy NSX into viable player. But to succeed, he will need to overcome some significant obstacles.
Meta doubts whether quantum computing will ever be viable, while some like Amazon think that moment will come but only in a decade or so. IBM and Google are all in, and may beat Australia to the punch.
Partner Hilary Goodier says the firm is ready to proceed with AI after a sweeping trial of the main platforms — but use needs to be managed carefully to minimise errors.
Solar thermal power has been developed in countries around the world but not in Australia, where the number of comparatively lower-priced solar PV farms continues to grow. One local startup is aiming to change that.
While Nvidia is up 3000% in the past decade, Intel is almost unique among semiconductor companies in failing to grow from the AI boom.
The Nasdaq hit a record high, Nvidia's market cap crossed US$3 trillion, and in Australia CBA also touched a fresh record. Yet even as scepticism grows, there are few signs the equities bull run is under threat.
The global wealth of the richest is growing and an increasing part of that growth is coming from private markets — equity and particularly credit.
The Coalition has continued its criticism of the government's investment into a Silicon Valley quantum computing startup by highlighting rising legal costs related to the deal.
One of Australia's most high-profile AI startups is benefiting from government initiatives in England and Hong Kong. Australia's government should follow suit.
Australia is replete with rising climate tech startups, but they struggle to gain access to the VC funding market. Pollination wants to plug this gap.
Data centres are now as essential to modern life as roads and railways. That's piqued the interest of traditionally infrastructure focused investors like Stonepeak, Infratil and Morrison and even Goodman Group.
The financial complaints authority and financial counsellors are seeing growing financial distress from BNPL and support tighter regulation.
Companies are increasingly looking abroad to fill AI development vacancies, data from HR startup Deel shows.
Anti-fraud measures and workplace productivity are among the most immediate use cases for AI in financial services — but human intelligence remains central.
