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.

Meet Helen Toner: The Aussie holding OpenAI’s Altman to account

Australian AI policy expert Helen Toner – formerly an OpenAI board member – spoke about her experiences with Altman on the TED AI podcast this week. The CEO lied, withheld and misrepresented information to the board, Toner says.

$275 billion by 2041: What’s behind the Brisbane boom?

It will host the Olympics in 2032, has grown in population by 21% over the last decade, and is expecting 41% growth in exports over 7 years. Brissy is booming; here’s why.

Startmate’s top 20 most valuable investments

VC Niki Scevak started Australia’s leading accelerator in 2011, receiving initial funding from Atlassian founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar. These are the 20 most valuable startups to come out of the program in the 13 years since.

Amazon Prime Video introduces ads, raises ad-free subscription by 33%

When Amazon Prime launched in Australia in 2017 it cost just under $7 a month. This time last year the company hiked its monthly fee to $9.99 – a 42% jump. Come July, watching ad-free content will set Prime Video users back $12.99 each month.

It’s America’s fastest growing sport. Now this Aussie superstar has invested

From glory on the golf course, to ownership on the pickleball court. Australian golfer Adam Scott talks to Forbes Australia about co-owning the Gold Coast Glory Major League Pickleball team.

Canva gets a ‘glow up’, expands into enterprise to take on Salesforce and LinkedIn

There are 101 ways Canva is different today than it was yesterday. Forbes Australia received an exclusive demo from COO Cliff Obrecht.

Google integrates Gemini AI and announces Project Astra. Here’s how it impacts you

Google’s annual I/O conference was held in California this week. Forbes Australia reporter Shivaune Field is in San Francisco and breaks down the biggest announcements.

‘The future is accessible’: Dylan Alcott on job search platform theField

Dylan Alcott founded employment marketplace theField in 2022 to ‘level the playing field’ for 1 in 6 Aussies with disabilities. On Global Accessibility Awareness Day he talks about the startup’s progress and taking the Innovation Bay stage this week to inspire founders and VCs.

OpenAI gives a first look at GPT-4 Omni’s new voice capabilities

GPT-4 is expanding its capabilities, and adding an o – meaning omni, or ‘all’ – to its name. OpenAI says GPT-4o is a step towards more natural human-computer interaction.

Google Australia rolls out new privacy protections to combat doxxing

Google Australia’s new tool allows users to monitor search results for their phone number, home address, banking details, and email address. The initiative aims to prevent doxxing, financial fraud, and cybercrime.