Technology

Nick Mowbray still describes ZURU’s early years in three words: eat, survive, repeat.

As tech incubator Cicada Innovations marks its 25th anniversary, new CEO Liza Noonan reflects on how a $20 million initial public investment helped generate more than $8 billion in economic value, and why long-term commitment remains critical to building Australia’s sovereign deep tech future.

OpenAI has gone wild with compute deals this year, committing to spend far more than its balance sheet can currently sustain. So who takes the fall if it can’t pay? It won’t be Altman.

Amanda Lacaze has been at the helm of ASX-traded Lynas Rare Earths for a decade. The stock shot up 120% over the last year, amid China/U.S. trade tensions. Now, Lacaze is spearheading the capacity, certainty, and speed of the Australian/U.S. rare earth supply chain.

This year’s Asia’s Power Businesswomen list highlights 20 accomplished leaders at the forefront of the fast-evolving business landscape.

With a new $10 billion valuation for their AI recruiting startup Mercor, the founders are the youngest tech billionaires ever.

With more than 200,000 patients worldwide logging health actions on the Human Health platform, co-founders Georgia Vidler and Kate Lambridis say they’re ready for the company’s next phase of global growth.

Backed by $16 million in Series A funding, Australian startup Uluu is scaling its seaweed-based plastic alternative from lab to industry, aiming to disrupt the $700 billion global plastics industry.

The company, worth $10 billion a decade ago, has reached record milestones driven by growing AI demand.

Lars Rasmussen and Bill Tai are the brains behind some of the most ubiquitous tech in the world. Now, they are funding entrepreneurs to follow in their footsteps. On stage at SXSW Sydney, they revealed that achieving spectacular outcomes like Google Maps, Zoom, and Canva takes immense grit, and the propagating power of a ‘human web.’