Startups stories
Meta has bought Singapore AI start-up Manus, aiming to embed its autonomous general-purpose agent across consumer and business products.
Small firms across Australia and New Zealand turn to AI to sharpen 2026 growth, boost service standards and tackle persistent staff shortages.
BluSky AI hires finance leader Riley Cooney as corporate development and strategy chief to accelerate its modular AI data centre expansion.
Australian start-up Restoke.ai launches its AI 'restaurant manager' in the US, promising to boost margins and automate back-of-house work.
CFOs seize direct control of cloud and AI bills as start-ups see infrastructure swallow up to 40% of revenue and squeeze margins.
UK tech leaders say 2026 will test firms' AI adoption, network resilience and talent strategy, while priming the sector for faster growth.
MRead secures AUD $1.6m grant to advance MineReader, a handheld magnetic resonance landmine scanner aimed at faster, safer demining.
AONMeetings to launch browser-based video calls in India within two weeks, with local plans from INR ₹169 a month including webinars.
AI is reshaping biotech and healthcare, speeding drug discovery and diagnostics as the market for AI in biotech surges toward USD $11.4 billion.
Hedgehog lab has bought Label Sessions to build a full-stack innovation consultancy, linking AI delivery with a 500-strong global expert network.
A fresh US rate cut ripples through New Zealand markets as tech investors reassess global liquidity, risk assets and digital exposures.
Energy bills surge for Australian SMEs as federal rebates end, driving cost cuts, delayed investment and a pivot to digital and AI tools.
Mitacs unveils CAD $170,000 global postdoc fellowships to lure top researchers to Canada and speed commercialisation of advanced tech.
Sarah-Jane Peterschlingmann has been elected ACS Queensland chair for 2026/2027, the branch's first woman leader in 15 years.
NATO selects Vancouver's Avivo for its 2026 DIANA cohort, backing enzyme tech to convert donated blood into universal type O ECO-Blood.
Singapore hosts nearly half of Southeast Asia's 1,089 green-tech firms, cementing its role as the region's climate innovation hub.
OpenAI launches its first Asia Pacific OpenAI for Countries plan in Australia, pairing sovereign AI infrastructure with major skills drives.
Six UK cyber startups join a new state-backed scheme to defend critical infrastructure as severe attacks on key services jump 50% in a year.
Canada and Germany launch a Digital Alliance to deepen ties on AI, quantum tech and digital infrastructure, targeting higher productivity.
Denmark switches on a sovereign AI platform atop its Gefion supercomputer, aiming to unlock DKK 55 billion in public-sector gains by 2040.
