Technology and startups

As traditional financial institutions pull back from earlier VC-type models, Visa, Mastercard and many banks are sharpening their fintech investment programs.

The thawing of the IPO market in the US will have implications for the Australian startup ecosystem and, potentially, the ASX.

The WA startup is in the process of completing a small round to scale up its business ahead of a Series A before the end of the year.

While entrepreneurs-in-residence at venture capital firms are fairly common, VC Curt Shi has taken on an artist-in-residence, hoping to boost creativity and lateral thinking across his funds.

Tim Sweeney has told an Australian court he was aware that updating the games' in-app payment methods was "deceitful" and that it was aimed at avoiding Apple's 30% commission.

Last year valued at US$43 billion, Databricks is launching an open-source AI model called DBRX to take on OpenAI, Meta and Google.

The big four bank today unveiled ambitious — and costly — plans for a long-awaited tech overhaul. The market wasn't that impressed.

Risk-taking is core to the world of startups and those who invest in them. So there are always going to be issues when governments get involved, especially when they're investing directly.

There's a growing sense the relationship between Corporate Australia and Big Tech has never been frostier.

Google has brought back the analogy of an app store operator as a shopping centre landlord in its opening submissions against allegations of anticompetitive conduct lodged by Fortnite developer Epic Games.

Telstra is about halfway through transitioning its entire business around artificial intelligence, product and technology group executive Kim Krogh Andersen told Capital Brief.

Epic Games’ announcement last week it would bring its online store to Android and iOS has created new evidence demands in a courtroom nearly 12,000 miles away.

The investing group, which is hurtling towards $100 million under management without raising a fund, has appointed two new partners.

Insight Partners' Gary Survis says the hype around artificial intelligence has reached a peak – and the trough of disillusionment is likely to follow.

The social media company has built a community of 500 million users on the long journey to its IPO. Now it needs to figure out how to make more revenue from them.

Apple's refusal to open up its App Store on iPhones and iPads on security grounds doesn't stack up, Epic Games argues, and measures in place in Europe explain why.

Some mega caps are looking stretched but this fundie still believes one of its best performers has even further to run.

Australia's deep tech startups have the potential to become global leaders — if they can get adequate funding and support to commercialise their innovations.

The chief executive of Australia's largest innovation and scaleup hub has expressed confidence in its long term viability despite deepening losses.