Entrepreneurs

Falling stocks, wounded unicorns and rising interest rates translated into a down year for the world’s wealthiest people.

‘Founder’, produced by SafetyCulture’s Luke Anear, is an upcoming docuseries delving into the lives of some of Australia’s most successful start-up founders, including Canva co-founder Mel Perkins.

A new biotech incubator in Melbourne, the Jumar Bioincubator, operated by Cicada Innovations, has put a call-out to early stage start-ups looking to scale their ventures.

ChatGPT founder Sam Altman is full of hope (and fear) about the future of artificial intelligence. Finishing off a five-week world tour at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre he spoke to audiences about the importance of incentives, harnessing the power of capitalism, and the potential of AI to destroy the world.

In a Q&A with Forbes Australia editor-in-chief Sarah O’Carroll, the founder & CEO of Wisetech Global, Australia’s 7th richest person with a net worth of $10 billion, shares what brings him happiness and his love of Sydney. 

A major Reddit blackout in protest of API pricing changes was supposed to end Wednesday for most subreddits.

The Macquarie Technology Group is halting trading whilst it raises $130m to expand its data centres

Innovative firms serving the back office needs of Wall Street and other large enterprises continue to prosper, with promising new startups in a crucial niche–fraud prevention–sprouting.

The glaring lack of diversity in Australia’s technology sector is “not a women’s problem”, according to Westpac Chief Information Officer Miranda Ratajski, “it’s everyone’s problem”.

As climate change continues to wreak havoc on Australia’s – and indeed the world’s – agricultural landscape, the industry is looking for new technologies to feed the world.