Grants worth $4 million have been awarded to six projects aiming to reduce methane emissions by innovating around cattle and sheep feed. This was awarded through the first stage...
Startups
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The New South Wales Government has announced the recipients of its small business innovation program, awarding $1.5 million in grants to companies that developed solutions for defined government challenges...
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Australian startup accelerator Startmate will invest more than $1.9 million across 16 startups who make up this year’s summer following a change to the standard terms. Each participating firm...
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Sydney-based motorcycle technology company Forcite has raised almost $6 million in its latest funding round, money that will be used to fuel global expansion. Founded in 2013, the firm...
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No-one in research is going to argue against an extra $2 billion aimed at improving the commercialisation and translation outcomes of university research, and the creation of new industry...
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Cyara chief executive Alok Kulkarni has declared it a “great day for Australia and Australian talent”, after receiving a US$350 million (just under AU$500 million) investment, one of the...
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Drone detection and countermeasure company DroneShield has announced the upgrading of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) engine that supports its RF drone and autonomous systems detection devices. The Australian/US company...
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The New South Wales Government has offered to subsidise eligible technology companies’ rental costs at Tech Central by nearly $2 million each in a bid to attract scale ups...
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A combined $1.6 million of federal grants have been awarded to 17 businesses for proposals that reduce regulatory compliance costs through the latest round of the Business Research and...
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Legendary Australian scientist and deep tech entrepreneur David Skellern, a member of the original team that built the world’s first WiFi chipset, has been appointed as chair of the...
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Australia’s Industry Growth Centres have been allocated an additional $19 million to transition to self-sustaining operation next year when the federal government pulls its support for the long-running initiative....
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US consulting giant McKinsey is being paid $1.2 million to review CSIRO’s organisational processes and systems to “simplify and streamline” the agency ahead of the next federal budget. The...
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A framed intergalactic trader, a prison planet and the tantalising prospect of escape is what started it for me. I first came across Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a teenage...
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The federal government has poached Microsoft’s global artificial intelligence solution sales lead to head its new National AI Centre, which it says will serve as the “front door” for...