Whether you’re streaming a show, paying bills online or sending an email, each of these actions relies on computer programs that run behind the scenes. The process of writing computer programs is known as coding. Until recently, most computer code was written, at least originally, by human beings. But with the advent of generative artificial… Read more »
RecordPoint, an Australian AI and data governance scaleup trusted by regulated enterprises globally, has launched RexCommand, a free tool designed to help businesses tackle one of the fastest-growing risks in tech: shadow AI. With AI adoption soaring, new data from Anagram shows 78% of employees are already using AI tools at work—often without approval. RecordPoint CEO and… Read more »
Atlassian has made a second major acquisition this month, handing over US$1 billion (A$1.5bn) for developer intelligence platform DX. The deal comes just a fortnight after the Australian software giant spent US$610 million (A$935m) in cash on AI browser startup The Browser Company. US-based DX, founded in 2020, helps engineering organisations measure, understand, and improve… Read more »
In 2023, the phrase ‘System of Action’ entered the tech lexicon, popularized by David Yuan as the next evolution beyond Geoffrey Moore’s ‘Systems of Engagement’ and the earlier ‘Systems of Record’ that defined the SaaS era. Systems of Action don’t just record or inform decisions — they execute them. Real-time. Dynamic. Embedded. But beneath every… Read more »
Build Club is touting early enterprise traction, claiming a Lendi Group pilot saved 10,000+ hours after non-technical staff built voice-automation workflows with Bland AI. It aligns with Lendi’s plan to be fully “AI-native” by 2026 and counters MIT’s view that most corporate GenAI pilots fail to scale.
Australia could bury its head in the sand while AI disrupts education and existing human capital – or Australia can enhance AI’s potential benefits by lifting the skills and preparedness of Australian workers and students. Australia could squander the enormous benefits of adopting early – or it can embrace AI to help advance the government’s… Read more »
Australia’s first foundational legal AI startup Isaacus, which is building sovereign legal AI models and tools for legal tech companies, has raised $700,000 in pre-Seed funding. The round was co-led Aura Ventures and Galileo Ventures and will be used to bring Isaacus to market with significant customer traction already underway. Isaacus has developed a massive, proprietary… Read more »
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is going all-in on generative AI after signing a deal with OpenAI to roll out its ChatGPT Edu platform to staff. It’s OpenAI’s biggest roll out in Australia as the US tech unicorn prepares to ramp up its presence in the region. UNSW has signed up for 10,000… Read more »
Firmus Technologies has become the latest Australian-founded startup to reach unicorn status, after the data centre infrastructure business raised $330 million in a round backed by US chip giant Nvidia. Local investor Ellerston Capital has also backed the Singapore-based company, founded by Australian entrepreneurs Oliver Curtis, Tim Rosenfield and Jonathan Levee in 2019. The company… Read more »
An AI-powered 3D printing startup creating custom healthcare products has raised $5.8 million in a Series A. H3D emerged from Swinburne University in 2018, its initial investor alongside Starfish Ventures. Cofounder and CTO Dr Philip Kinsella developed fully-automated design technology at Swinburne. It’s made the startup a global leader in the hearing sector, producing hearing… Read more »
Just for a moment last week, Larry Ellison, co-founder of US cloud computing company Oracle, became the world’s richest person. The octogenarian tech titan briefly overtook Elon Musk after Oracle’s share price rocketed 43% in a day, adding about US$100 billion (A$150 billion) to his wealth. The reason? Oracle inked a deal to provide artificial… Read more »
The Dell AI Innovation Day 2025 brought together top global AI leaders and trailblazing local scaleups – Airspeeder, Fleet Space Technologies and Relevance.AI among them – to give founders a peek beneath the hood of successful AI strategies. Global tech giant Dell Technologies, along with Startup Daily, kicked off the first-ever Dell AI Innovation Day… Read more »
The federal government’s claim that several hundred Freedom of Information (FOI) applicants’ requests to the eSafety Commissioner last year were “AI bot-generated” is false, according to eSafety’s publicly available documents. “We’re frankly being inundated by anonymous requests … many of them we’re sure are AI bot-generated requests,” Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler said… Read more »
The Techstars Sydney Accelerator has invested US$1.44 million (A$2.2m) in 12 early stage startups announcing its class of 2025 today. From surfing to strata management, music, marketing, finance and biotech, it’s a wide range of ideas and solutions to big problems. The founders include a former concert violinist, an early AirBnb employee, a PHD researcher… Read more »
An AI assistant designed for financial advisers, developed by New Zealand fintech Marloo has trousered A$4.2 million in pre-Seed funding. This round was led by Blackbird Ventures, with support from CoVentures, Brand Fund and a Who’s Who of angel investors, including Xero cofounder Philip Fierlinger, Stake’s Matt Leibowitz, Halter’s Craig Piggott, Heidi Health’s Tom Kelly,… Read more »
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