Shivaune Field, Journalist

Roy Singh heads up Advanced Analytics at consulting powerhouse Bain. He reveals the top 3 areas AI can help your business with and the 5 biggest risks.

Google Australia announced a $1 billion investment in Australian digital initiatives in 2021. Two years on, Forbes Australia is given exclusive access to the ‘Hearing Hub,’ a recipient of the funds allocated under the Digital Futures Initiative. The Hub – headquartered at Sydney’s Macquarie University – brings together non-profits, the research community, and powerhouses like ASX Cochlear Limited.

Mario Verrocchi, co-founder and CEO of the pharmacy unicorn is hoping for 400 more stores in Aus and 70+ duty-free outposts in China. Verrocchi will continue to run the Chemist Warehouse Group once the reverse merger with Sigma takes place. He may no longer have the CEO title in the new entity, but his vision for simultaneous global and local expansion stays the same.

What does it take to bring a Tasmanian tiger back from the dead? A Texan tech entrepreneur, a Nobel prize-winning breakthrough in gene editing, and a partnership with the world’s greatest geneticist. Also, investors such as billionaire Thomas Tull, the Hemsworth brothers, an Australian-based family trust, and the CIA. 

The term AI joined the global lexicon a year ago, and Aussies have been googling up a tech-storm ever since. Here are Google’s Top 10 trending tech terms for 2023

A boxer, a batsman, and a Bronco are among the hottest search trends in Australia this year. The top two spots belong to athletes of a different kind.

Anna Guerrero and Sam Killin met while developing Canva’s disruptive marketplace program. Now, the dynamic duo are partnering to cook up a recipe sharing storm.

Lark Distilling spent the last three years maximizing production capacity. Now that it has increased supply, the new CEO aims for 80% of its whiskey to be sold abroad.

A report from PPI reveals that the local iOS ecosystem has grown 27% over the last two years and now employs 174,000 Australians.

If you thought Sydney and Melbourne were expensive to live in, we’ve got bad news for you. It gets a lot worse.