17 Australian companies named in ‘World’s Best Employers’ list
Seventeen Australian companies spanning across eight different industries feature among the 900 organisations recognised on Forbes’ 2025 World’s Best Employers list.
Atlassian
Atlassian’s AI spending spree continues with $1.5 billion DX deal
Atlassian has made its second billion-dollar AI acquisition in less than a month, announcing a US$1 billion (AU$1.54bn) deal to acquire DX, a Salt Lake City-based startup that helps engineering teams measure the real-world impact of AI on productivity. The acquisition, expected to close in Q2 FY26, is being paid for with a mix of cash and restricted stock.
Atlassian enters the browser race with $1 billion AI acquisition
Atlassian has struck a $937 million deal to acquire The Browser Company, the New York startup behind Arc and Dia, in a move that marks one of the biggest acquisitions in the company’s history.
Why the return-to-office debate is missing the point: Atlassian
While companies argue over office mandates, the bigger challenge may be overlooked: broken workflows and poor information sharing, writes Avani Prabhakar, Chief People Officer at Atlassian
Index lands $3.5m seed round from Blackbird and Bain
Just two months after coming out of stealth mode, the Sydney-headquartered company is valued at $30 million. Alumni from Atlassian and Canva founded Index in 2023 and are the first Sydney entrepreneurs to go through the US Y Combinator program.
Atlassian-backed AI avatar startup raises $180m to make corporate videos less boring
Synthesia helps companies like DuPont, Xerox and Spirit Airlines turn dry training manuals into videos with its AI avatars. It’s now valued at $2.1 billion after a new raise.
How Atlassian’s collaborative culture helps companies work together
President Anu Bharadwaj talks about what enterprises—like her own company and thousands of its customers—want to see AI do, and how they strive to provide it.
Australia’s $30 billion solar farm, backed by Mike Cannon-Brookes, gets green light
Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Sun Cable won the Australian government’s approval to build the first phase of the $20 billion undersea cable that will deliver solar-generated electricity from Darwin to Singapore.
Too many meetings! What Atlassian learned in 1,000 days of working from anywhere
Going remote was “one the biggest bets” in it’s 20-year history, but even while many companies call staff back to the office, Co-CEO Scott Farquhar says that way of thinking is solving the wrong problem.
What good is the office now anyways?
In-person mandates are up. Bosses have more power to enforce face time. Yet after years of remote work, the role of the office has fundamentally changed, prompting a vast rethinking of what the ‘workplace’ is really for.