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Ed Craven

Australia’s youngest billionaire Ed Craven places his next big venture bet

Maincode, the AI lab building Australia’s first sovereign LLM, is spinning up a venture capital arm its hopes will turn leaders in finance, healthcare and entertainment into disruptors.

  • By Daniel Van Boom
  • Business Journalist
Australian billionaire Ed Craven is funding a sovereign AI startup in Melbourne called MainCode, aiming to build the country’s first LLM.

Inside Ed Craven’s multi-million dollar bet on Australia’s answer to OpenAI

Australian billionaire Ed Craven is funding a sovereign AI startup in Melbourne called MainCode, aiming to build the country’s first LLM.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist
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