Technology

Drew Crecente’s daughter was brutally murdered 18 years ago. Someone made a chatbot on unicorn startup Character AI’s platform using her name and yearbook photo.

The artificial intelligence firm was valued around $80 billion at the start of the year.

The funds will also advance Cartherics to target stem cell therapy programs for pancreatic, gastric, liver, kidney, and prostate cancers.

Out of office, the former president has transformed his fortune, converting a real-estate empire into a political profit machine.

When being a billionaire just isn’t enough.

Ideally, which launched in 2023 to transform marketing and campaign management with real-time consumer insights, has raised $5.5 million to fuel its US expansion.

Fidelity has repeatedly cut the value of its stake in the social media firm since Musk’s acquisition.

Matilda’s co-founders Damian Png and Niamh Mooney say Australia’s visa application process is ripe for disruption. AfterworkVentures, Wollemi Capital, EverywhereVC, Co-ventures, and Startmate agree.

There is little doubt that artificial intelligence will continue to be the most talked-about technology of 2025. From the boardroom to the classroom and the hospital to the home, it’s only going to become more deeply interwoven into our lives.

Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue is stepping up efforts to decarbonize the world’s fourth-biggest iron ore miner by market cap with the purchase of $2.8 billion worth of electric-powered mining equipment.