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Butter: The anti-establishment app working to get you offline and breaking bread IRL

Founded just a year ago in Melbourne, Butter has secured 10,000 users, a $260,000 investment from ‘day one’ investor Antler, and a $2.2 million valuation. The problem it is solving is universal: loneliness.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Syenta raises $8.8m to solve one of AI’s ‘biggest bottlenecks’

The Sydney-headquartered startup led by Dr Jekaterina Viktorova was spun out of ANU in 2022. Its proprietary chip packaging breakthrough could unlock the next generation of AI and quantum computing.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

AI is a $115 billion opportunity – but Australia could 10X it, says Robyn Denholm

Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm warns that Australia must act now or miss out on a $115 billion AI windfall.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Agentic AI startup Source raises $2.1m from Aussie investors

Founded six months ago, Source is led by 18-year-old wunderkid Liam Fuller. Square Peg led the raise when Fuller was 17, making him the youngest founder in the portfolio. Ten13 VC and Aussie angels have written checks too.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

The Aussie investment in Mira Murati’s $18.5b ‘Thinking Machines Lab’

Australian founder and VC Paul Bassat’s Square Peg Capital is backing Murati’s record-breaking AI startup that aims to ‘advance collaborative general intelligence.’

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

23 Australian deep tech startups to watch in 2025

From biology to the built world, these 23 homegrown deep tech startups are innovating their way to the future.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

‘Entry-level jobs are under threat’: Inside the AI shift reshaping the workforce

Gaining and refining skills anyway you can get them is the new path forward, say tech insiders.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Australia’s AI advantage? Policy, land—and $115 billion in potential, says OpenAI

Our land availability, policy stability and access to renewables are valuable building blocks for the AI future, OpenAI’s Australian Blueprint states. But is the report written for Australians, or for the bottom line of the company that wrote it?

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist
Wind, solar and renewables storage workers get a boost

Wind, solar and renewables storage workers get a boost, and a passport, to meet 2030 targets

The Clean Energy Council is teaming up with MyPass Global to provide digital solutions to renewables transition challenges.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Want to live your best life? These are the world’s 10 most liveable cities in 2025

Japan and Canada get a mention in the Top 10 too.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist
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