The marathon mindset: Inside Megan Gale’s blueprint for long-term resilience
From Italy’s high-velocity fame to Australia’s longest-running fashion contract, Megan Gale reveals why she shifted from modelling sprints to intentional longevity.
Workplace
Why Rosella is re-engineering insurance from the ground up
An Australian marathoner’s brush with sepsis in the U.S. sparked a mission to dismantle legacy insurance brokerage models with an AI-native tech stack. VC investment soon flowed.
Inside the Anthropic x Australia alliance: What the $550 billion AI giant wants from Canberra
As global AI giants face increasing friction in Washington and Brussels, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has landed in Canberra with a strategic “Plan B.” For Canberra, it is a play for sovereign capability; for Amodei, it is a bid to prove that responsible AI is viable national infrastructure.
The Melbourne doctor who built a $660m health AI company just launched hardware
Leveraging Point72 and Blackbird’s backing, Melbourne-founded Heidi evolves its AI-driven health solutions.
The workplace has a social skills problem. Esther Perel has a solution
Forget leaderboards; a Melbourne unicorn and a world-renowned therapist want you to play cards to fix social atrophy and maximise relational intelligence in the workplace.
The case for upgrading Australia’s digital finance plumbing
Australia is leaving 24 billion dollars on the table, because of outdated financial infrastructure, according to OKX Australia’s CEO. Forbes Australia digs into the research to understand the proposed fixes.
Appetite for data: This husband-and-wife duo just raised $7m to decode the Aussie shopping cart
Exclusive: What started as a recipe planning app became a behavioural insights company that has tripled revenue in 6 months. Here’s how the founders identified and capitalised on the FMCG opportunity.
Brisbane startup Cortisonic emerges from stealth with a chip built on sound, not electricity
AI companies have long been fighting to get their hands on GPUs. This week, a stealthy Queensland startup came out with a chip that computes using sound waves, rather than electricity, and may one day be an alternative to in-demand GPUs.
From ‘Female Startup Club’ to Davos: Doone Roisin is on a mission to help women build wealth
Doone Roisin’s presence in Davos reflects a mission that began years earlier — on a bedroom floor, when she launched her podcast — and has since grown into a global platform championing women who are building wealth through business.
Australia’s startup funding jumps to $5.1 billion in 2025 as AI takes the lead
More than $1 billion went toward AI-native startups. Fintech, biotech / medtech and climate tech startups were also winners in 2025, according to the Cut Through Ventures and Folklore Ventures report.