Mike Cannon-Brookes
AI/Machine Learning

Atlassian tops US$5 billion in revenue and losses continue, but shrink, as Mike Cannon-Brookes declares ‘I’m not going anywhere’

- August 8, 2025 3 MIN READ

Quarterly revenue of US$1,384m, up 22% Quarterly subscription revenue of $1,313m, up 23% Quarterly operating loss of $28.5m Atlassian president departs Atlassian generated US$5.2 billion in revenue in the 2025 financial year, up 20% on 12 months ago, but two decades of annual losses continue as the business heads into its 24th year. Releasing stronger-than-expected… Read more »

AI/Machine Learning

“Lobotomised”: The gaming industry’s complicated, polarised relationship with AI

- August 7, 2025 5 MIN READ

Frustration thrives as the promise of AI-empowered games gives way to redundancies, diminished job satisfaction and player boycotts. Solo Australian developer Joe Gibbs is excited about how artificial intelligence (AI) will transform his game. Partnering with an AI company, Gibbs intends to implement a dynamic branching story system into his real-time strategy game, Fall of… Read more »

AI/Machine Learning

YEAH BUT NAH: Expat Australian AI founder turns down Zuck’s $1.5 billion offer to join Meta

- August 6, 2025 3 MIN READ

An Australian AI researcher has reportedly turned down a $1.54 billion package from Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. University of Sydney graduate and Perth native Andrew Tulloch accrued a reputation as a ‘genius’ during a ten-year tenure at Meta, where he initially worked on machine learning for Facebook before eventually securing one of the company’s… Read more »

Working Kangaroo
AI/Machine Learning

The Productivity Commission’s take on AI regulation, data, privacy and how to help the digital economy – explained by one of its coauthors

- August 6, 2025 3 MIN READ

Data and new digital technologies such as artificial intelligence present an opportunity to get Australia back on the path to productivity growth. But we can only seize this opportunity with the right policy framework. Australia can unlock billions in economic value through strategic reforms to data access, artificial intelligence regulation, and digital infrastructure. The Productivity… Read more »

Scott Farquhar
AI/Machine Learning

Tech Council boss Scott Farquhar on Australia’s AI future and techno optimism to team up with government

- August 1, 2025 12 MIN READ

Over my career, I’ve always preferred doing rather than talking. Building things, solving problems, creating new ventures, not giving speeches about them. But I’m here today because I believe Australia is standing at the edge of the next great industrial revolution. One powered not by steam or electricity – but by artificial intelligence. And like… Read more »

AI/Machine Learning

An information expert factchecks OpenAI’s claims AI could deliver $115 billion in annual gains to Australia’s economy

- July 31, 2025 4 MIN READ

AI is on the agenda in Canberra. In August, the Productivity Commission will release an interim report on harnessing data and digital technology such as AI “to boost productivity growth, accelerate innovation and improve government services”. Shortly afterward, the government will host an Economic Reform Roundtable where AI policy will be up for discussion. AI… Read more »

Annie Liao
AI/Machine Learning

Australian startup Build Club teams up with AI unicorn Lovable to launch their Learning Academy

- July 29, 2025 2 MIN READ

One of the world’s fastest growing AI startups, Swedish “vibe-coding” unicorn Lovable, with A$2.75 billion valuation just eight months after its launch, has teamed up with Australia’s Build Club to launch Lovable Learning Academy. It’s a platform of Lovable’s hands‑on curriculum and designed to help anyone go from zero to launching a live vibe-coded app,… Read more »

Elon Musk
AI/Machine Learning

Can we stop AI going rogue? The Grok Nazi drama and the impact of models based on their creator’s worldview

- July 24, 2025 4 MIN READ

Grok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot embedded in X (formerly Twitter) and built by Elon Musk’s company xAI, is back in the headlines after calling itself “MechaHitler” and producing pro-Nazi remarks. The developers have apologised for the “inappropriate posts” and “taken action to ban hate speech” from Grok’s posts on X. Debates about AI bias… Read more »

AI/Machine Learning

Teenage serial entrepreneur’s AI startup pockets $2.15 million pre-Seed round

- July 23, 2025 3 MIN READ

An Irish-Australian teenager’s second startup in just 12 months has raised US$1.4 million (A$2.15m) in pre-Seed funding during a holiday Down Under to visit his grandparents. Liam Fuller, now 18, wasn’t old enough to drink beer when secured the raise for QuickFind AI, an agentic AI ordering system for retail procurement, after cold-calling local VCs.… Read more »

AI/Machine Learning

AI longevity startup Everlab gets better with $15 million Seed round

- July 22, 2025 2 MIN READ

AI-augmented longevity startup Everlab has raised $15 million (US$10m) for its preventative care platform. The round was led by New York and London-based VC Left Lane Capital, with support from existing investor AfterWork Ventures. The cash will be used on international expansion, further development of the platform, and integrated products. Everlab previously raised $3 million… Read more »