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The fastest-growing unicorn to emerge from Australia, Airwallex, has raised over $1 billion and serves 150,000 customers worldwide. Lucy Liu – the co-founder and investor – wrote a $1 million cheque, giving rise to a company now valued almost 10,000 times that. This story was featured in Issue 17 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. […]
Olivia Burrows Sutherland gave up teaching to follow her own wedding playbook – now the rich and famous pay her to go viral on their big day. This story appears in Issue 17 of Forbes Australia – out Monday. Tap here to secure your copy. Olivia Burrows Sutherland is sitting across from billionaire Ankur Jain, […]
‘Red dress, beach wedding?’ This AI will measure you, design it and deliver it without you leaving home. Key Takeaways Key background THDR Group’s label Neuono claims to be the world’s first AI fashion brand, launching today, not at London Fashion Week, but London Tech Week – claiming16 quadrillion possible design combinations. “The thesis of […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched “AI Spring Australia,” an initiative aimed at accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence and generative AI technologies across various sectors. Amazon’s cloud company, Amazon Web Services [AWS] has seen attendees at its annual summit quadruple in the last four years to 20,000 attendees as the importance of artificial intelligence […]
Radiopharma therapies targeting prostate cancer are driving a new gold rush in biotech—and Australia is leading the charge with technology so advanced, even the former US President might want in. “The best treatment you can get for prostate cancer in the world right now is probably in Brisbane,” says Andrew Adamovich, CEO and co-founder of […]
Element Zero, a groundbreaking green-iron startup, promised to help save the planet—until the founders’ former boss called in the dogs, and the lawyers. With billions at stake, the green gloves are off. Bart Kolodziejczyk is almost home for Christmas 2020 having spent almost six months travelling a COVID-19-ravaged world with his boss, iron-ore magnate Andrew […]
With a new US factory, a $2b self-valuation and plans to list, RØDE’s Peter Freedman is promising jobs, pay rises, and Aussie work culture for the New Mexico plant. Key Takeaways The Deal RØDE’s enigmatic Founder and Chairman, perhaps best known for buying the late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain’s guitar for $9 million, tells Forbes […]
A decade after co-founding Pledge 1%, Atlassian’s Scott Farquhar is back at the helm—rallying unicorns and founders to bake giving into business from day one. Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar is returning to lead the global philanthropic movement he helped launch a decade ago, becoming chair at Pledge 1%. Pledge 1% made the announcement today as […]
As AI models get more complex, so do the tasks carried out by humans to train them. It’s given $14 billion Scale AI a new focus on U.S.-based labor. This story was featured in Issue 16 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. In his day job, Scott O’Neil’s most recent struggle was fighting a late-January cold […]
4D Infrastructure’s global portfolio manager, CEO and emerging markets specialist, Sarah Shaw, says while the investment landscape is currently “fragmented”, she’s focusing on the longer game. Shaw spoke with Stewart Hawkins about geopolitical risks and opportunities, why not all emerging markets are created equal and why she ignores much of the short-term noise. What is […]