Interacting with artificial intelligence has long meant looking at words and algorithms, but its faces are changing. Meet ASX-listed Unith, which is launching digital humans designed to help businesses become more efficient. Tokyo-based Aww Inc is also paving the way for virtual influencers, and New Zealand based Soul Machines is deploying a digital workforce and […]
The Memphis rap star runs one of the biggest labels, owns a piece of an MLS team and is looking to build generational wealth like his mentor Jay-Z. But first, he’s going to business school. Kicking back in his 10,000-square-foot Tuscan-style mansion just north of Malibu, Yo Gotti, the 42-year-old founder and CEO of the Memphis-based […]
But an endangered wildflower could stand in the way. It’s a green vs. green dilemma and there might be a solution. This story featured in Issue 10 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. “Rhyolite Ridge is an amazing deposit. There’s not another one like it in the world,” marvels Bernard Rowe, an exploration geologist […]
Meg O’Neill was offsider to two ExxonMobil CEOs before she came to Woodside Petroleum – where she’s changed its name and its direction, but has she gone far enough? Meg O’Neill’s first four years with energy giant ExxonMobil were spent making waves and measuring their impact. Literally. After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]
Greg Cross and Mark Sagar launched Soul Machines in 2016 to create digital humans. After raising more than $200 million for their mission, Cross and Sagar say with all the potential of AI, it’s an exciting – but challenging – time. Just six films have grossed more than US$2 billion at the box office worldwide […]
Nick Carter spearheaded renewable energy innovation at Toyota, AGL, Tesla, and Macquarie Capital. He is now CEO and co-founder of Akaysha Energy, a homegrown Australian company specialising in large-scale battery storage. Akaysha has 10 GW of energy storage projects in the pipeline – 23% of the capacity needed for Australia to meet 2050 net-zero targets. […]
The Roberts boys found a way to smooth out their crypto risk and clear their environmental consciences. IREN founder Daniel Roberts became curious about cryptocurrencies in 2013 when he saw the rise of a new thing called Bitcoin. He and his younger brother Will jumped in and bought when it hit US$1000 a coin, only […]
Using an ancient wheat from Puglia, Frank Grillo’s Altamura vodka began with a simple idea: What if you could drink a loaf of bread? Before he was distilling vodka, blue-haired Frank Grillo was in the middle of a pandemic-fueled cooking binge of specialties from Southern Italy’s Puglia region when he decided he could do better than […]
The pandemic brought the vulnerability of the agricultural supply chain into the spotlight. SproutX is a Melbourne-based accelerator supporting a $130m portfolio of agtech start-ups. This article was featured in Issue 10 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. When it comes to innovation, agriculture – the world’s oldest industry – is typically not the […]
Former venture capitalist Garry Tan has slashed programs and turned up the mics in a bid to restore the famed accelerator behind Airbnb and Stripe to its full glory. In the summer of 2022, Garry Tan hopped on a plane from San Francisco headed for the Cotswolds, a quiet part of England about a two […]