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Fortescue, Playground-backed hydrogen flight start-up collapses
Universal Hydrogen had attracted almost $150 million in funding, including from Aussie Peter Barrett’s Playground Global, but it wasn’t enough for it to take flight.
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- Yolanda Redrup
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- Autodesk
Disruption comes to the last bastion – construction
Companies that embrace new technologies reported a 34 per cent higher performance.
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- Funding
Ex-Atlassian insiders pull in millions for AI development start-up
Redactive has raised $11.5 million from local and US-based investors after convincing financial services clients to use it to help software engineers develop AI tools.
- Paul Smith
We’re not coming for your job, AI companies say
A report funded by the AI industry says artificial intelligence will create 200,000 jobs in Australia by 2030.
- John Davidson
Big tech ordered to develop solutions to stop kids finding porn
The eSafety Commissioner has given internet companies six months to find a plan to stop kids stumbling across porn while searching for sites such as YouTube.
- Tess Bennett
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- Venture capital
The untold story of struggling start-up survival rounds
Delivery company Sendle raised almost $90 million in good times, but venture capitalists have likened the terms on its latest raise to payday lending.
- Nick Bonyhady
Opinion & Analysis
The bear case against Nvidia and artificial intelligence
The computer chip company will struggle to sustain its growth as interest in AI wanes.
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This is LG’s best OLED TV ever, despite the dumb AI
In an unfair fight, the Digital Life Labs has pitted LG’s new OLED G4 TV against an old Samsung TV we often couldn’t even switch on.
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Why this $4300 home Wi-Fi router may just be worth it
In two of the three criteria that matter most to us in the Digital Life Labs, Netgear’s Orbi 970 is the best home Wi-Fi router we’ve ever reviewed.
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Adore Beauty acquisition is a great deal … for the other company
Adore Beauty’s $25m purchase of Aussie brand Ikou doesn’t come cheap, and poses questions about whether it has overpaid, and used up too much of its cash.
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Technology reviews
Why this $4300 home Wi-Fi router may just be worth it
In two of the three criteria that matter most to us in the Digital Life Labs, Netgear’s Orbi 970 is the best home Wi-Fi router we’ve ever reviewed.
- John Davidson
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Back from the dead, the Windows laptop is better than ever
Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 11 marks the beginning of a new era in portable computers, where Windows computers are at least as good as their MacBook rivals, and in many ways better.
- John Davidson
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- AI
The bear case against Nvidia and artificial intelligence
The computer chip company will struggle to sustain its growth as interest in AI wanes.
- Parmy Olson
Yesterday
This is LG’s best OLED TV ever, despite the dumb AI
In an unfair fight, the Digital Life Labs has pitted LG’s new OLED G4 TV against an old Samsung TV we often couldn’t even switch on.
- John Davidson
This Month
Why this $4300 home Wi-Fi router may just be worth it
In two of the three criteria that matter most to us in the Digital Life Labs, Netgear’s Orbi 970 is the best home Wi-Fi router we’ve ever reviewed.
- John Davidson
ASX aspirant Sable Rubber rules off pre-IPO raise
A data room is open with Sable targeting client technology investment funds for a future capital raise.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
What this start-up founder learned from the public death of her company
Mina Radhakrishnan, the only founder of a collapsed start-up brave enough to speak at the Financial Review Entrepreneur Summit, hopes the industry values battle scars as she tries again.
- Tess Bennett
- Opinion
- Mergers & acquisitions
Adore Beauty acquisition is a great deal … for the other company
Adore Beauty’s $25m purchase of Aussie brand Ikou doesn’t come cheap, and poses questions about whether it has overpaid, and used up too much of its cash.
- Adir Shiffman
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- Venture capital
Frazis unveils venture capital fund, makes first investments
The Gen Y tech investor has nabbed stakes in a dozen start-ups in tech, health and e-commerce, thanks to $10 million raised from wealthy investors.
- Tom Richardson
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- Funding
Financial adviser tech firm $20m richer after funding dash
Dash Technology, a Sydney fintech that sells software to financial advisers, has secured $22 million funding, with $20 million coming from ASX-listed VC firm Bailador.
- Paul Smith
How Kim Teo pulled off a mega-merger with her start-up’s biggest rival
The co-founder of restaurant ordering app Mr Yum is now the boss of its former competitor me&u, after the heavily backed Aussie start-ups merged to survive.
- Aaron Weinman
June
Meta threatens Australian news ban in media bargaining war
News sites and links could once again be blocked from Meta’s platforms if the social media company is forced to negotiate content deals with local publishers.
- Tess Bennett
The ‘grindset’ is back in vogue for start-ups – with a health twist
Start-up bosses no longer just enthuse about working innumerable hours – now they recommend an ice bath after the innumerable hours.
- Nick Bonyhady
Look at Zoox and Waymo to see Australia’s AI potential
The local ecosystem for investment in artificial intelligence is in its infancy, but could thrive if given the right funding.
- Michael Bailey
Ding, ding! Round two under way for AirTrunk’s $15b-plus auction
Interested parties have been told to mark August 27 in their calendars for when binding bids will be due.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Property payment fintech Coposit taps Ad Astra for a $10m fundraise
The platform allows buyers to pick up an off-the-plan property for $10,000, saving for the remainder of the deposit during the construction in instalments.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
‘I fire people just as quickly as my male co-founders’
High-profile female entrepreneurs including Airwallex’s Lucy Liu have hit out at sexist attitudes, and male-led venture capital investors.
- Tess Bennett
‘What if a cruise ship got in the way?’ Rocket wrapped in red tape
Australia’s first home-grown rocket launch has been slowed down by a nervous regulator, says Gilmour Space Technologies CEO.
- John Davidson
Top VC admits newer Aussie funds will struggle to raise capital
Younger venture capital funds will be the next casualties of the tough capital raising environment, even if they’re performing well, a Square Peg partner says.
- Yolanda Redrup and Nick Bonyhady
‘Pick up a knife and get on with it:’ Start-ups reject work-life balance ‘beast’
Start-up workers must be prepared to “go to war,” to help their companies succeed, rather than worrying about work-life balance top local entrepreneurs have warned.
- Maxim Shanahan and Paul Smith
Super funds ‘should be forced’ to back start-ups
Employment Hero chief executive Ben Thompson has proposed a novel aid for the flagging start-up sector: reserving 1 per cent of superannuation money for it.
- Nick Bonyhady
