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Windrose electric trucks launch Sydney-Canberra freight route in Australia (thedriven.io)

1 point 4 days ago Startups
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Startup tax carve-out tweaks spark fresh uncertainty for founders (juneesoutherncross.com.au)

1 point 3 days ago Startups
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Australian startup's brain-like AI chip draws healthcare and defence interest (citynews.com.au)

1 point 3 days ago AI
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27 proposed data centres could dodge new AI energy and water rules (abc.net.au)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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Four Australian and NZ startups raise $21.5 million this week (smartcompany.com.au)

1 point 4 days ago Startups
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Yellow Brick Road launches in-house AI platform Nectaria for broker network (brokernews.com.au)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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Regulators push Australian firms to monitor AI performance drift over time (pinsentmasons.com)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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GP registrars to help shape Lyrebird's clinical AI scribe tools (healthservicesdaily.com.au)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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What Australia's new AI regulation means for corporate risk registers (itwire.com)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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Fintech founder Martin Kosasih rebuilds Virtu as an AI-native business (forbes.com.au)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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Stripe appoints Charith Moonesinghe to lead startup marketing across Australia and NZ (exchange4media.com)

1 point 4 days ago Startups
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Startup CGT exemption draft legislation carries $160m cost, Treasury reveals (grafa.com)

1 point 4 days ago Australia
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AI Parliamentary Showcase to brief Australian MPs on emerging tech risks (innovationaus.com)

1 point 3 days ago AI
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Dexus seeks $300m equity injection for Atlassian's Sydney tower (realcommercial.com.au)

2 points 12 days ago Big Tech
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Expert360's $16m sale leaves founder and early investors without payout (smartcompany.com.au)

2 points 12 days ago Startups
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Brisbane trials AI cameras to spot swimmer distress at public pools (brisbanetimes.com.au)

2 points about 1 month ago AI
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Firmus raises $2 billion for AI infrastructure with Nvidia backing (wionews.com)

2 points about 1 month ago AI
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Atlassian shares surge as CEO flags buy-in on turnaround quarter (theaustralian.com.au)

2 points about 1 month ago Big Tech
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Stripe x Startup Battlefield Sydney: applications close in 48 hours (techcrunch.com)

3 points about 2 months ago Startups
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NAB to begin testing agentic AI platform for lending decisions (cyberdaily.au)

2 points about 1 month ago AI
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AI 'vibe-coding' floods app stores with low-quality apps, report warns (smh.com.au)

2 points about 2 months ago AI
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AI lowers startup founding barriers but VC funding is getting harder, data shows (forbes.com.au)

2 points about 2 months ago Startups
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Atlassian's 39-storey Sydney skyscraper reaches full height (abc.net.au)

2 points about 2 months ago Sydney
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Labor to legislate AI duty of care for big tech firms (news.com.au)

2 points about 2 months ago AI
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NSW backs 22 startups with over $1m in MVP Ventures Program funding (australianmanufacturing.com.au)

2 points 2 months ago Startups
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Australia's data centre boom draws growing community backlash (7news.com.au)

2 points 2 months ago AI
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Sydney fintech LendUs raises $5m seed round for embedded home loan platform (businessnewsaustralia.com)

2 points 2 months ago Startups
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Anthropic pushes for Australian AI training rights ahead of stock exchange listing (thelawyermag.com)

2 points 2 months ago AI
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Data centre bulls clash with energy regulator over AI power demand claims (theaustralian.com.au)

1 point 5 days ago AI
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Sydney AI startup Metacognition unveils persistent memory tech at Deep Tech Week (smbtech.au)

1 point 5 days ago AI

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