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Cultured meat start-up Vow is shedding 30 per cent of its workforce, making 25 staff members redundant with CEO George Peppou blaming slower than expected regulatory approvals for the “incredibly difficult” decision.

Australian company behind woolly mammoth meatballs axes 30 per cent of workforce

Cultured meat start-up Vow’s novel meat products have made headlines globally – but the company has hit a roadblock.

  • David Swan

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James Curran, Grok Academy boss and National Computer Science School director.

Grok Academy finds new home after disgraced CEO’s exit

A coding academy for high school students has been thrown a lifeline after its “god-like” founder was accused of harassment.

  • David Swan
Elita Genetics founders Paloma Newton, Jackson Gritching and their dog, Edgar Allan Paws.

Stem cell bank for pets is landing in Australia, would you use it?

Most Australians now consider their pets to be on the same level as their spouses or children, and now they can access similar levels of healthcare.

  • David Swan
A visualisation of space debris surrounding Earth.

A Sydney start-up launched a satellite to fight space junk. It’s now space junk

The largest Australian-built commercial satellite was launched in March. Then it went dark.

  • Angus Dalton
Dimitry (left) and Aengus Tran.

The Australian company that wants to help one million people a day

One of the hottest health technology start-ups in Australia has hosed down concerns about how patient data is treated to train its AI platform.

  • David Swan
Kevin Parker, on stage at Rod Laver Arena with Tame Impala.

Zac Leigh was locked out of a Tame Impala gig. Now he’s raised $8m

A start-up born after its founders were stung by ticket scams is now expanding to the US and the UK.

  • David Swan
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Deep in Amish country, women in white hats and aprons churn out Pepe Saya butter

No smartphones, no internet – and no electricity. Making butter with an American Amish community presented Sydney’s Pepe Saya with challenges - and rewards.

  • Liz Gooch
Forged Parfait, which sits top of a Hokkaido Wagyu Sando at Mori.

Would you eat meat grown in stainless-steel tanks?

Start-up food company Vow’s foie gras is, technically, meat. But it wasn’t made with an animal. And it isn’t legal in Australia yet.

  • David Swan
PlasmaLeap: Lightning in a bottle using renewable electricity, air and water to make green ammonia

From bottled lightning to ‘hempcrete’: The Australian innovations that could save the world

From harnessing the power of lightning to make fertiliser to using yeast to produce forest-friendly palm oil, these start-ups are helping solve big environmental problems.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Looking Stateside: SafetyCulture founder Luke Anear wants to re-domicile his company somewhere his financials stay private.

From a garage to a $2.5b start-up: SafetyCulture founder steps down

Luke Anear was a private investigator when he launched a start-up from his Townsville garage, growing it into one of the nation’s largest tech businesses.

  • David Swan

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