Innovation

From fertility tech to quantum sensing, four Melbourne startups took centre stage at LaunchVic’s 2025 Gala as part of a broader $3.75 million push to grow Victoria’s startup sector.

The Lang Walker Family Foundation has donated $7.7 million to Chris O’Brien Lifehouse to fund a world-first trial using 3D-printed synthetic bone to rebuild human jaws – the largest gift in the hospital’s history.

As plant-based alternatives soared, MEQ quietly built hardware to understand real meat better. Now it’s the first tech certified by the USDA in 15 years.

Stockholm-based Lovable has hit over $100 million in annualized revenue in just eight months by using AI to enable millions of non-coders to instantly turn their ideas into websites, apps and online side hustles.

Two Melbourne teenagers are lining up on grand prix grids worldwide, raising the profile of women in motorsport and vying to be F1’s first official female driver. It wouldn’t have been possible without another game-changing woman: Susie Wolff.

It happens all the time. A familiar sign-in window pops up on your screen, asking for your account password to enable you open a document or access emails. It happens so often we no longer notice and simply go through the motions on autopilot. But Google warns this is dangerous and needs to stop before you lose your account.

Some of the world’s biggest online platforms are purging accounts.

Threads, Meta’s X competitor platform, is inching closer to possibly overtaking X in daily active users on mobile devices.

The digital assistant will be capable of completing web-based tasks like updating spreadsheets, purchasing ingredients or submitting expenses, according to OpenAI.

Australian founder and VC Paul Bassat’s Square Peg Capital is backing Murati’s record-breaking AI startup that aims to ‘advance collaborative general intelligence.’