The software billionaire wants to deliver one of the world’s biggest renewable energy projects. But a maiden $US100m capital raising campaign has failed to convince outside investors to back his decarbonisation dream.
Mike Cannon-Brookes made his money in software with Atlassian, and has big renewable energy aspirations with the SunCable project. But easy funding is proving elusive.
Sydney-based edtech platform is expanding to the US, bolstering its operations with key hires from Atlassian, as it seeks to combat skill shortages and help school leavers.
The Atlassian billionaire says Australia should have the cheapest energy prices in the world and called for more renewable projects, saying ‘constraining power’ was ‘madness’.
The software billionaire says he is glad Australians ‘rejected extremism on the left or right’ as he accelerates a plan for start-ups to donate more equity to social causes.
The software titan has booked a quarterly loss as it spends heavily on artificial intelligence – a move chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes says will strengthen the company amid a ‘turbulent’ global economy.
Stocks rise as China’s official statement after US outreach on trade talks signals thawing in relations. Block, Corporate Travel shares dive on tariff uncertainty. CBA hits new intraday, closing records.
The Atlassian billionaire is hatching his own plans to go to Mars – well at least sell software there – and already has a head start on Elon Musk to fulfil a long-held dream.
Mike Cannon-Brookes’ software empire has secured access to the US public service and federal agencies, saying it can accelerate productivity amid heavy cost-cutting from Donald Trump.
An Aussie billionaire and ardent climate change campaigner has just bought a private jet, but says he feels a ‘deep internal conflict’ about it.
Mike Cannon-Brookes believes his flagship software will give Formula One team Williams an edge at the Grand Prix – and it will come down to milliseconds.
An Atlassian survey of 12,000 workers across six countries has concluded they lose almost 10 hours a week hunting information buried in email threads, Slack channels and siloed systems.
A sacked executive of Mike Cannon-Brookes who used a personal email to send 1000 files to Annie Cannon-Brookes must hand over his phone and other devices after being accused of leaking confidential information.
Amid a $23bn divorce, Mike Cannon-Brookes is suing the absolute pants off of a once-trusted family office executive, claiming corporate skulduggery has been afoot.
As new sponsor for Williams, the Atlassian billionaire says Formula 1 can show the world that it’s possible to achieve net zero emissions.
China’s DeepSeek is less than two years old – demonstrating that under the right infrastructure and investment, innovation is fast to follow. Australian needs to take notice.
While names like Atlassian, Canva and Afterpay are well-appreciated tech stars, the dramatic transformation of this local company has been relatively overlooked.
The personal fortunes of two of the nation’s richest businessmen rocketed by a massive $4bn on paper Friday when investors responded to their tech company beating revenue expectations.
Atlassian co-founder and chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes has welcomed a mooted ‘refreshed’ strategy by the NSW government for Sydney’s Tech Central innovation precinct.
Amazon is significantly undercutting its competitors as it seeks to take the lead in the AI race and overcome one of the biggest hurdles in launching the tech at scale: cost.
American tech entrepreneur Spenser Skates has a stirring vision for the future of artificial intelligence.
Almost three quarters of Australian workers will end the year with unfinished tasks at work and many never resume them. But Atlassian has a solution.
The son of a south Melbourne builder, who has built a software start-up that has been likened to SafetyCulture, has raised $6.6m to develop a platform offering real-time updates on construction projects.
The banking major’s early adoption of the cutting edge technology is about to be unleashed on millions of customers.
AI has hit a crossroad in Australia, with many companies struggling to shift projects from pilot studies to production. Software giant Atlassian says it has discovered what’s holding the technology back.
One of Australia’s hottest start-ups is making inroads on becoming a household name in workplace quality and excellence.
McGrath CEO’s latest report suggests sea-change seekers are driving up prices in coastal towns as a generation accesses super and makes plans for their golden years.
Canva co-founder Cameron Adams moved there, so have more Atlassian employees, now a top executive has revealed why Tasmania is fertile ground to develop tech talent.
Tech giant Atlassian has called for a central ‘clearinghouse’ instead of a new regulator to deal with artificial intelligence issues related to consumer law.
Australian software giant Atlassian has released an advanced AI product that is generating time savings of up to 40 per cent but its head of AI says employees aren’t working less.
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