Yesterday
Tech leaders reveal their predictions for 2026
AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda, Atlassian’s Scott Farquhar and Airtree’s Jackie Vullinghs are among those sharing their views on AI, tech trends and red-hot start-ups.
This Month
AirTrunk plans $5b Melbourne data centre as it ponders asset recycling
Overall, AirTrunk has 13 data centres in operation and development across Australia, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore and Saudi Arabia
Potentia Capital to buy HotDoc, besting PEP
The online medical booking platform makes 25 million doctor appointments and has a 70 per cent market share.
AI copyright: PC calls for three-year review before exemption
The Productivity Commission says it is premature to make any changes to Australia’s copyright laws but should review them over three years.
Employment Hero narrows full-year losses to $35m
The $2 billion human resources software start-up grew revenue by nearly 50 per cent, accounts lodged with the regulator show, as it aims for profitability.
Silicon Valley wants Australia for data centres, but Canberra is afraid of the dark
Having exhausted excess power in the US, the tech giants want to have AI factories in Australia. Are we the lucky country again, or is it all a trick?
IPO lull drives record secondary share sales in private tech firms
Investors are flocking to secondary share sales to buy and sell stakes in Aussie start-up stars such as Canva and AI giants like OpenAI and Anthropic.
What does a billionaire cricket tragic do in his spare time?
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, who owns shares in two cricket teams on opposite sides of the planet, designed his own app for sport in his spare time.
Airwallex to splash $1.1b on UK base as it seeks global growth
Fresh off a huge $590 million funding round, the Melbourne fintech has pledged to invest more than $1 billion in the UK while rolling out new products.
Atlassian to be profitable mid-2027, marks 10th anniversary of listing
Co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes says the biggest opportunities for the company lie ahead, as investors debate whether AI will make or break it.
Tackling addictive algorithms is next front in social media crackdown
Policymakers must now turn their attention to the algorithmic engines that have scrambled our worldview, habits, attention spans and mental health.
The one word tech companies really don’t want to discuss
The social media ban has been lauded as a good first attempt to loosen the grip of big tech on children. But a bigger issue is hiding under this Band-Aid.
Iress CEO says he’s open to buyout, putting him at odds with chairman
Andrew Russell turned around software play Bravura before landing at the financial platform provider last month. The company has fielded several approaches.
The world’s AI giants are racing to lock in Australia’s big banks
From OpenAI to Anthropic, the country’s top financial institutions are trying to work out how to engage with them, and where to spend their sizeable budgets.
OpenAI, NextDC $7b data centre to drive green energy investment
A new data centre in western Sydney that will anchored by OpenAI will be the catalyst for renewable energy projects, says NextDC’s chief executive.
AI rivals try to cash in on WiseTech customers’ price rise anger
The tech firm’s competitors are targeting logistics companies unhappy with the new transaction-based fees which could increase prices by 30 per cent.
WiseTech dismisses customer concerns over price increases
WiseTech Global chief executive Zubin Appoo has sought to calm frustrated customers over a new pricing model rolled out this week.
OpenAI boss declares ‘code red’ as rivals threaten ChatGPT
Sam Altman has reportedly sounded the alarm, diverting company resources to its chatbot to match rivals Google and Nvidia in the AI race.
Why Australia’s AI plan is completely wrong
If the nation wants to sell the artificial intelligence opportunity to its people and investors, Canberra is going to have to get more bullish.
‘I can feel the neurons shrinking’: Leave me alone, AI
Considering how fast changing this stuff is, I live in hope that today’s tedious intrusions by chatbot helpers will soon fade as people adapt to it.