Australia not economically competitive in AI: Stanford research
Our sunburnt nation ranks just 30th out of 36 nations in the economic competition index. Australia is 16th globally in overall AI Vibrancy.
Shivaune Field
Shivaune Field is a business journalist with Forbes Australia reporting on tech and innovation. She has reported extensively in the U.S. and Australia across print, digital, television and podcast platforms. She regularly interviews founders, C-suite executives, leaders, entrepreneurs, and company builders. Before Forbes, Field was a journalist with Bloomberg Media based in Los Angeles covering innovation and the business of media and entertainment. She spent 16 years living in California and recently returned from Arizona where she reported on the 2024 US election. Field writes for the bi-monthly Forbes Australia magazine and Forbes.com.au. She covers Google, Amazon, OpenAI, Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and Netflix among many other companies. She is the editorial lead for Forbes Women in Australia.
Affinda named fastest growing AI company in Australia, closes further $10m raise
Melbourne brothers Tim and Dr Ben Toner have raised $23 million for Affinda over the last 18 months. The global company uses AI to digitise document-intensive processes.
Sacrifices behind success: Lessons from Australia’s 30 Under 30 stars
Five of Australia’s most promising leaders took the stage at the Forbes Australia Business Summit. The ’30 Under 30′ alumni revealed the sacrifices they made to get where they are.
From a Fitzroy bar to a $1.5 billion movement: Movember’s major milestone
Melbourne brothers Adam and Travis Garone founded Movember in a Fitzroy bar 20 years ago. The ‘Mo Bro’ movement has since raised a billion dollars for men’s health and made a difference to the wellbeing — and facial hair — of men across the globe.
Seaweed solution: Tasmanian CEO awarded for ‘groundbreaking’ methane work
US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy honoured Sea Forest CEO Sam Elsom and seven other outstanding Australians at the American Chamber of Commerce Alliance Awards in Sydney.
How Google’s NotebookLM is changing the podcast game
It used to take hours to create a high-quality podcast. NotebookLM can do it in around 5 minutes with eerily accurate and conversational results.
‘Greatest comeback since 1892’: Gina Rinehart on Trump’s second Presidency
Australia’s richest person joined Trump and Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on election night. Rinehart calls the US border a ‘nightmare’ and says Trump will make the US safer.
Election outcomes: How will the Australian economy fare?
As the dust settles on the US election and the world prepares for Trump to take the Oval Office in January, economists weigh in on how the Australian economy may be impacted.
Battleground ballots: Arizona’s ‘Trump Train’ steams through
Donald Trump swept battleground states in the 2024 election. Ballot counting in Maricopa County – the epicentre of election denialism in 2020 – is still underway, though Trump has already claimed victory. Forbes Australia is on the ground in Scottsdale talking to voters about what matters to them.
Canva’s Magic Studio, Bivacor maglev heart: The best inventions of 2024 revealed
The Australian inventions were named in Time’s Best Inventions of 2024 list, alongside a transparent TV, goggle-free immersion, and bird-identifying binoculars.