Startups stories - Page 2
Multiverse & Axelera partner to push AI to the edge
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semiconductors
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hyperscale
Multiverse and Axelera link compressed models with edge chips to run datacentre-class AI locally, cutting latency, power and cloud reliance.
Trust as a measurable asset for CMOs in the age of AI
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cx
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martech
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partner programmes
As AI floods marketing channels with competent content, CMOs are racing to quantify trust as their scarcest and most valuable asset.
OpenAI boosts Australian startups credits to USD $50,000
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digital transformation
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genai
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ai
OpenAI triples Australian startup credits to USD $50,000 and adds free ChatGPT Business seats in expanded local founders programme.
Strong growth for Irish tech imports across Australia and New Zealand
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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ai
Irish tech exports to Australia and New Zealand have surged nearly 60% in five years, with Enterprise Ireland backing rapid sector growth.
3DiVi maps global face recognition lifecycle to 2026
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data protection
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smart cities
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surveillance
3DiVi charts a six-stage global face recognition lifecycle to 2026, showing regions split by regulation pace, infrastructure and politics.
Featherless launches Managed OpenClaw for agentic AI
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devops
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apm
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ai security
Featherless launches Managed OpenClaw, a flat-fee managed runtime and model bundle aimed at taming the costs of always-on agentic AI.
Fintech forecast to add AUD $37 billion to Australia's GDP
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digital transformation
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risk & compliance
Australia's fintech sector could add AUD $37 billion to GDP and hit AUD $71 billion in revenue by 2035, if capital and policy align.
Scopey Onsite raises €523k to expand construction AI platform
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document management
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devops
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digital transformation
Scopey Onsite has raised EUR €523k in pre-seed funding to expand its AI-based construction reporting platform across Ireland, the UK and Australia.
Revolut wins UK bank licence, plans major investment push
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fintech
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payment technologies
Revolut secures full UK bank licence, pledging GBP £3 billion investment, 1,000 new jobs and a phased roll-out of FSCS-protected accounts.
OpenAI brings Startups Week workshops to Australia
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digital transformation
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api
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OpenAI will run a week of hands-on AI workshops for Australian founders and developers in Adelaide and Sydney to speed startup product building.
Gartner tips AI to upend work tools, hiring & data
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data analytics
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hcm
Gartner predicts AI will disrupt office software, hiring and data by 2030, triggering a USD $58 billion productivity tools shake-up.
AI trainer hiring surges as firms tap global talent
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ai
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AI trainer jobs jumped 283% in 2025, as Deel says firms increasingly plug skills gaps by hiring technical talent across borders.
Anthropic to open Sydney office in Australia, New Zealand
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agricultural technology
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Anthropic will open a Sydney office within weeks, expanding its Asia-Pacific footprint and deepening AI partnerships in Australia and New Zealand.
Cisco, UTS open digital innovation hub for AI in Sydney
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edutech
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smart cities
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data analytics
Cisco and UTS have opened Innovation Central Sydney, a new AI-focused hub in Tech Central to link research with industry and government.
Late payments push Australian small firms into debt
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fintech
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payment technologies
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productivity
Late payments are pushing more Australian small firms into debt, draining weeks on chasing invoices and fuelling rising financial stress.
'Imbosster Syndrome' hits confidence of sole traders
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digital transformation
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fintech
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financial systems
'Imbosster Syndrome' is eroding the confidence of Australian sole traders, with self-doubt stalling key decisions and slowing business growth.
Partners for Growth launches AUD $250m tech credit fund
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fintech
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ict sector
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lending platform
Partners for Growth unveils AUD $250m tech-focused private credit fund to offer non-dilutive growth finance to later-stage borrowers.
'He/Him Salary' & hidden barriers still hold women back
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hcm
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'He/Him Salary', hidden networks and biased hiring still block women's careers and pay, business leaders warn ahead of International Women's Day.
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
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fintech
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healthtech
Women in tech win visibility but little venture capital; real progress demands funding that follows performance, not familiar faces.
If women do not build it, it will be built without us
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data analytics
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ai
A 24-year-old founder argues women must build the AI shaping power, or watch systems encode the blind spots that once shut them out.