Earth AI is celebrating the discovery of a rare indium mineralisation using the company’s unique exploration technology that it’s putting through its paces in rural NSW. “It’s incredibly exciting to find something as rare as indium,” said Earth AI CEO and founder Roman Teslyuk. “Armed with the new additions to our drill fleet and field… Read more »
A few tiny tweaks to the words you use can have huge impacts on your mindset and your results – here are four changes you can make today. Words are powerful. And small changes to the words we think and say can have huge impacts on our mindset. ‘Our greatest freedom is the freedom to… Read more »
Artificial intelligence (AI) will contribute more than $15 trillion to the global economy by 2030. According to the University of Adelaide, greater use of AI in key Australian industries will lead to a short-term boost in GDP of more than $200 billion per year and the creation of an additional 150,000 jobs from 2023 to… Read more »
Australian quantum computing startup Diraq is heading to Chicago, having signed an agreement to set up in the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) where it will join the likes of PsiQuantum and other deep tech firms. Diraq was spun out of the University of New South Wales by CEO and founder Professor Andrew Dzurak.… Read more »
Living up to its rep as Coachella for Aussie startups, Blackbird’s annual two-day Sunrise Australia startup fest marked its 10th anniversary on April 30 and May 1, 2025. Held at the iconic Carriageworks in Sydney, the event brimmed with creativity, ambition and innovation. Highlights included keynote speakers, Eucalyptus co-founder Tim Doyle (read more about his… Read more »
VC may be in a global funk, but Australia’s still stockpiling cash. New data show a 7 % jump in venture assets to A$17 b, strong AI deal growth, and younger founders dominating new‑business creation. There is hope this shows the local ecosystem has firepower and fresh blood even in a down market.
About 400 medicines are in short supply in Australia. Of these, about 30 are categorised as critical. These are ones with a life-threatening or serious impact on patients, and with no readily available substitutes. Since 2024, there has been a nationwide shortage of sterile fluid. This continues to affect health care across Australia. However, medicine… Read more »
Artificial intelligence has the potential to “reignite” stalling human development around the world, with global optimism around its potential to create employment and opportunities overriding fears of job losses, according to a new UN report. The UN Development Programme’s 2025 Human Development Report found that in the last year there was the smallest increase in… Read more »
A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) spinout is celebrating its $3.4 million seed round to help commercialise a novel way to limit the amount of methane cattle emit. Bovotica was founded by CEO Dr Andrew Leech and Professors Gene Tyson and Phil Pope from QUT’s Centre for Microbiome Research. The company’s built around a means… Read more »
Senator Tim Ayres has taken over the Industry and Science portfolios in Anthony Albanese’s second-term government after the Prime Minister announced his new-look ministry on Monday. “Last Saturday the Australian people voted for Labor and for Labor to keep building Australia’s future. And that is certainly what we intend to do in this, our second… Read more »
The administrators of medication management startup StrongRoom AI have recommended putting the business in liquidation ahead of a 2nd creditor’s meeting on Tuesday. The decision comes a fortnight before the Federal Court is due to hold another hearing in the legal action by VC firm EVP to recover $10.4 million it invested in the business… Read more »
The same-day delivery arm of Australia Post, StarTrack Courier, is experiencing a return of big customers – thanks to technology developed by Adiona Tech. The success story showcases just how much innovative technology can boost traditional businesses, keeping them competitive and most of all, their customers happy. Embracing tech Christopher Cano, National Business Improvement and… Read more »
Billy Evans, the partner of convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, is seeking to raise at least US$50 million for a new diagnostics startup called Haemanthus, which claims to offer a “radically new approach to health testing.” The company reportedly claims its prototype device can analyse small samples of blood, saliva, urine, or sweat for early… Read more »
Sydney startup organisation Fishburners has added investor and tech M&A lawyer Jason Maletic and fintech entrepreneur Paul Umbrazunas as Non-Executive Directors (NEDs), taking its board to five. The move comes follows a recent changing of the guard with Majella Campbell takes on the CEO role in February. Chair Bilyana Smith said they join the board… Read more »
Founding cohost Kayla Medica is stepping away from the show because of work commitments and Simon Thomsen is devastated. But edge-of-millennial Kayla’s not sure if she’s heard Mental As Anything’s song, If you leave me, can I come too? (to be fair it was a hit in 1981 and the clip is from the Spotify… Read more »
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