Tag: Atlassian

‘Crazy’ to regulate AI, Mike Cannon-Brookes warns

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Atlassian co-founder and chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes has warned that regulating artificial intelligence “at such an early stage… seems crazy” and for governments to focus instead on the downstream...

UTS Startups to throw open new Tech Precinct incubator

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
UTS Startups, which has cultivated more than 1,500 startups and countless young entrepreneurs over the last six years, has announced its new home in Sydney’s Tech Central Precinct. The...

‘Just get out of the way’ is a tech industry cop out

Posted on   |  by James Riley
When a tech industry chief executive as successful and respected as Atlassian’s Mike Cannon-Brookes speaks on the record with advice for the government, you feel compelled to listen. But...

Ex-Atlassians raise $2m for SaaS data startup

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Three ex-Atlassian employees have raised $2 million in a seed round led by their former employer and Queensland’s sovereign wealth fund to get their analytics startup off the ground...

R&D shortfall risks our prosperity, says Cannon-Brookes

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia risks losing out on the future prosperity that artificial intelligence presents by investing “far too little” in research and development, according to software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes. The co-founder...

Australia’s biggest R&D companies revealed

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Atlassian, CSL and Cochlear are the biggest users of Australia’s research and development tax incentive, with the software giant alone claiming more than $200 million of activity a year,...

Farquhar to step down from Atlassian

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar has announced his departure from the company after nearly 23 years, leaving Mike Cannon-Brookes as the sole chief executive. Mr Farquhar will officially step down...

Five years on, the Startup Muster gets a 2023 reboot

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Five years after its last report, the Startup Muster has been given a massive reboot with new funding support from the NSW government and the Atlassian Foundation to deliver...

Atlassian’s workforce cut by five per cent

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Atlassian will cut 500 jobs from its workforce, joining other tech giants like Microsoft, Google and IBM, although the founders claim the decision is not a ‘financially driven reduction’....