This month, the Australian-made video game Silksong became one of the most played titles worldwide. Created by Team Cherry, a three-person indie studio in Adelaide, the sequel to 2017’s Hollow Knight shows how small studios can capture global attention. Its success matters not just for its artistry but because it demonstrates why video games are… Read more »
Australian businesses hiring a director of artificial intelligence can expect to pay around $245,000 in compensation, with junior data support workers seeking salaries of $90,000, according to a new tech sector salary guide. However, some non-technical roles can attract salaries in excess of $370,000, showing AI is yet to fully replace the old-fashioned sales executive.… Read more »
Charlie Chan’s musical career began at age 3 with a ukulele. It broke. But growing up in the ’70s, Charlie was part of the dawn of consumer electronics and computers, experimenting with home electronics kits, and by the ’90s as the internet age began, they went online to share their music with the world. Now… Read more »
Another week, another report highlighting the stark reality of women in technology. The Tech Council of Australia’s new “Women in Highly Technical Occupations” report tells a story we’ve heard many times before: Australia is facing a critical tech worker shortage, yet the pipeline for women is leaking at every joint. The report rightly points out… Read more »
When tech trailblazer Ann Moffatt first joined the IT industry in 1959, there wasn’t a gender divide to speak of. “There were as many women programmers as men,” she recalled. However, things changed rapidly when men started to see technology as a real career. “They sort of pushed the women down, so that the women… Read more »
Veridooh has tapped ex-Google APAC product lead Richard Spilsbury to steer its verification platform, aligning with rising OOH spend and programmatic uptake.
What makes fintech unique is that it operates both as a vertical and a horizontal sector. As a vertical, it is an industry with its own ecosystem, capital flows, and innovation pipeline. As a horizontal, it spans across and reshapes multiple sectors, from financial services to retail, real estate, health, and government, embedding financial technology… Read more »
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 »
This week on Startup 360, we talk to two founders who presented at Cicada x Tech23. Engineer Nick Hazell is back with his second climate tech startup, Algenie, having previously raised $120 million for his plant-based meat startup v2food. Also on the couch is Ana Belgun from CSIRO-developed digital twin pioneer Terria. They were among… 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 »
Wable, a social networking app for neurodivergent people, inspired by the ABC TV series Love on the Spectrum, has raised $1.5 million to expand in the US and UK. The round was led by Paul Sharbanee from Taurus Capital. The app is designed to connect neurodivergent people for friendship, dating, jobs, and support, filling a… Read more »
When you talk to Pete Horsley about his career in tech, it doesn’t take long to see that his work is deeply personal. His eldest sister, Jo, was born blind, autistic, and with an intellectual disability. That experience shaped the way he views the world, as he explains to Majella Campbell on episode 29 of… Read more »
Former Finder boss Chris Ellis has a new startup to lead as CEO of back-office automation engine Collabra.ai. Ellis is also cofounder of the Sydney-based enterprise artificial intelligence startup, which is now moving into full commercialisation following two years of product build. Collabra has developed AI agents for mid-market enterprises combine the reliability of robotic process… Read more »
V2 AI has added AWS Ambassador and cloud-native specialist Bojan Zivic to its leadership team as director, bolstering the consultancy’s push into AI-led modernisation for large enterprises.
Adelaide’s Fleet Space Technologies has teamed up with Australia’s F1 Academy rising star Joanne Ciconte, adding Fleet branding to her kit from 2026 and aligning the space company’s data-first ethos with a young driver on the rise — as Fleet scales new manufacturing in Adelaide and readies a lunar mission.
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