Macquarie lifts Zhipu AI forecast as coding models gain ground
Macquarie's research desk has lifted its revenue outlook for Chinese AI developer Zhipu, pointing to fast-growing demand for its coding...
Brisbane’s ESGAgent.ai raises seed to automate ESG compliance
The Brisbane start-up has closed a DNX Ventures-led seed round, taking total funding to about A$1.7m, to hand carbon, climate-risk...
NextDC’s funding push puts a price on Australia’s AI ambitions
A fresh capital move from ASX-listed data centre group NextDC underlines how much money it will take to build the...
Brisbane’s Emesent lands $17m to scale autonomous mapping AI
Emesent, the CSIRO spin-out behind the Hovermap lidar scanner, has secured $17 million to expand its autonomous mapping platform and...
Budgetly bets AI can end the month-end bookkeeping grind for SMEs
Australian fintech Budgetly is pitching AI-driven transaction coding, GST validation and receipt reviews at time-poor small businesses. The promise is...
Syngenis raises $4m pre-float to fuel AI biotech push
Syngenis has secured $4 million in a pre-float raise to build out an AI-driven biotech platform, adding to a run...
SCX.ai lands US$1bn partner raise to fuel IPO push
A reported US$1bn raise from partners has firmed up SCX.ai's plans to go public, a rare show of scale in...
Google backs 33 cybersecurity startups in AI security push
Google is backing 33 cybersecurity startups in a bet on AI-era security. Australian founders and security chiefs should be paying...
Somantra pits Australian students against the ChatGPT search puzzle
A startup is enlisting Australian university students to crack the newest marketing headache: getting brands surfaced by ChatGPT and Google's...
Eight South Australian space start-ups bet big on AI
Adelaide University's Venture Catalyst Space accelerator has named its 2026 cohort of eight South Australian start-ups, with artificial intelligence threaded...
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