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We've spied funding deals for startups building restaurant solutions, "Windows for robots", anti-scam tools, and rewards for internet users. The post Four Aussie and Kiwi startups that raised $21.5 million this week appeared first on...
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Small Victorian employers will be given more time to prepare for the state's work from home laws. The post Businesses win major concessions as Victoria’s work from home laws set to pass appeared first on SmartCompany .
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Industry leaders are trying to win over communities skeptical of data centres, their resource use, and their effect on local neighbourhoods. The post How data centre developers are reckoning with their Aussie PR headache appeared first...
StartupDaily ·
Apple’s $3499 iPhone Duo folds open like a passport and screams niche luxury, but is the pricey productivity flex worth it?
SmartCompany ·
Apple's new passport-sized foldable iPhone Duo will allow users to work in multiple app windows at once. The post Apple pitches new foldable iPhone Duo as business productivity tool appeared first on SmartCompany .
StartupDaily ·
Metacognition AI grabs $10M to build a “Windows for robots” that lets workers train machines by voice.
StartupDaily ·
Labor says algorithm choice means user power, not censorship, as critics cry overreach.
StartupDaily ·
PlayIndies wants to break down the barriers to discovery - and make it tougher for key scams to slip through.
StartupDaily ·
Women in Digital's Holly Hunt explores the reality behind flexible work policies and career trade-offs.
StartupDaily ·
FndrOS turns founder chaos into one AI command deck for planning, research, fundraising and milestones.
SmartCompany ·
Industry experts say the algorithm opt-out plan could help established businesses but make it harder for new accounts to break through. The post New businesses hardest hit by social media algorithm opt-out plans appeared first on...
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Social media companies will soon need to allow Australian users to choose what they see in their online feeds. The post Tech giants forced to allow Aussies to opt out of social media algorithms appeared first on SmartCompany .
StartupDaily ·
AI might be the gold-toothed rat of startup ideas right now, but software still matters and VC firm EVP has launched a new program to help those founders succeed. The...
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Renewed negotiations over Victoria's proposed work from home laws failed to win over employer groups, which say the plan should be scrapped. The post Businesses call to scrap Victoria’s WFH plan after consultation stalls appeared first...
SmartCompany ·
AI adoption in Australia is predicted to rapidly increase over the next decade, creating demand for data centres and jobs, too. The post Australia on the cusp of $60 billion “data centre boom” as AI needs grow appeared first on...
StartupDaily ·
Australia’s first mushroom coffin turns death into soil food, not landfill as green burials disrupt the funeral business.
StartupDaily ·
Gamescom is a glorious crowd-crush: 375,000+ fans, four-hour queues, indie overload and China flexing hard. Harrison Polites checks out the chaos.
StartupDaily ·
Australia wants an algorithm opt-out, but Big Tech can bury it in defaults.
SmartCompany ·
In a Xero-sponsored post, an British entrepreneur said she could save hundreds of dollars in accounting fees each month by connecting Xero to Claude instead. The post Xero apologises for Instagram influencer’s sponcon calling to cut out...
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Data centre giant Equinix will soon install a modular Diraq quantum computer inside a Sydney data centre, running the cutting-edge, Australian-developed technology alongside conventional systems in a world-first deployment that...
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Small businesses operating through a discretionary trust could be spared 30% minimum tax rates, and hefty restructuring costs, according to draft legislation. The post Small businesses could dodge 30% trust tax in proposed legislation...
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Sydney's Gridsight, Pearler and Apate.AI dominated this week's startup funding round-up. The post 15 ANZ startups that raised $67.2 million this week appeared first on SmartCompany .
StartupDaily ·
Pearler banks $16m to scale its “get rich, slow” push, with ETFs, super and homebuyer tools.
SmartCompany ·
Anthropic has released a guide for merchants to build their own Claude AI agents, capable of serving customers on one end and supporting store staff on the other. The post Anthropic releases Claude AI agents to handle sales in retail,...
StartupDaily ·
ENA grabs $3m to push its virus-fighting nasal spray into asthma trials to outsmart flu, RSV and COVID.
StartupDaily ·
Gamescom skipped GTA VI and FFVII, but Cassette Beasts 2002, Box Knight and PoE II brought the heat—see what to play next.
StartupDaily ·
Australia is starving women’s health startups of capital and talent is fleeing offshore.
StartupDaily ·
Airwallex ate 56% of Australia’s FY26 fintech funding, skewing an apparent “boom” in investment
StartupDaily ·
GonGlobal bags $1.2M to kill IVF’s pin-cushion era with inhaled fertility meds and reshape treatment.
StartupDaily ·
Drumbeat lands NZ$2M to drag PR out of the ’90s and scale founder storytelling across AU and US.
SmartCompany ·
Leaders in some of Australia's premier alpine destinations say changing conditions are forcing a shift from pure traditional ski tourism. The post Snow worries: Alpine businesses adapt after another poor ski season appeared first on...
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Seabin has partnered with recycling startup ReSmart to give a second life to waste pulled from Sydney Harbour, rather than sending it to landfill. The post Seabin joins forces with ReSmart to recycle waste pulled from Sydney Harbour...
StartupDaily ·
Sydney’s annual free startup festival, Spark, has unveiled this year’s program, ahead of its September 21 launch. Now in its 11th year, the week long festival comes after a tumultuous...
StartupDaily ·
Gridsight bags $36m to squeeze hidden capacity from overloaded grids as AI and solar pile on demand.
SmartCompany ·
SMBs stand to gain the most from the latest evolution in AI networking and security. The post “We’re finally at the point where it’s a reality”: The AI network changes Australian businesses need to know about appeared first on...
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Jim Chalmer said, "AI is shaping up to be the biggest economic transformation in our lifetime."
SmartCompany ·
With industrial capability, a connected startup ecosystem and room to build a life alongside a business, Wollongong is challenging old assumptions about where ambitious businesses need to be based. The post Startup magnet, global...
SmartCompany ·
Two ANZ startups have raised a combined $21 million this week, with Superhero securing $20 million and New Zealand law enforcement startup Azonic also raising $1 million. The post Two ANZ startups that raised $21 million this week...
SmartCompany ·
HPE Networking Day Sydney will showcase how the HPE Self-Driving Network is transforming networking from an operational function into a strategic business enabler. The event, featuring global HPE Networking leaders,... The post HPE...
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Announced by Airwallex co-founder and CEO Jack Zhang in April, Latitude 37 offers $100,000 in equity-free funding to AI-focused startups. The post Airwallex invests $1 million in 10 AI startups, spanning roads to robots appeared first...
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