Greg Cross and Mark Sagar launched Soul Machines in 2016 to create digital humans. After raising more than $200 million for their mission, Cross and Sagar say with all the potential of AI, it’s an exciting – but challenging – time. Just six films have grossed more than US$2 billion at the box office worldwide […]
Nick Carter spearheaded renewable energy innovation at Toyota, AGL, Tesla, and Macquarie Capital. He is now CEO and co-founder of Akaysha Energy, a homegrown Australian company specialising in large-scale battery storage. Akaysha has 10 GW of energy storage projects in the pipeline – 23% of the capacity needed for Australia to meet 2050 net-zero targets. […]
The Roberts boys found a way to smooth out their crypto risk and clear their environmental consciences. IREN founder Daniel Roberts became curious about cryptocurrencies in 2013 when he saw the rise of a new thing called Bitcoin. He and his younger brother Will jumped in and bought when it hit US$1000 a coin, only […]
Using an ancient wheat from Puglia, Frank Grillo’s Altamura vodka began with a simple idea: What if you could drink a loaf of bread? Before he was distilling vodka, blue-haired Frank Grillo was in the middle of a pandemic-fueled cooking binge of specialties from Southern Italy’s Puglia region when he decided he could do better than […]
The pandemic brought the vulnerability of the agricultural supply chain into the spotlight. SproutX is a Melbourne-based accelerator supporting a $130m portfolio of agtech start-ups. This article was featured in Issue 10 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. When it comes to innovation, agriculture – the world’s oldest industry – is typically not the […]
Former venture capitalist Garry Tan has slashed programs and turned up the mics in a bid to restore the famed accelerator behind Airbnb and Stripe to its full glory. In the summer of 2022, Garry Tan hopped on a plane from San Francisco headed for the Cotswolds, a quiet part of England about a two […]
Blackstone acquired Crown Resorts for $8.9 billion in 2022, taking the private equity behemoth’s investment in Australia to $25 billion. We sit down with Chris Tynan, Blackstone’s head of real estate in Australia, to discuss the three pillars where he sees opportunity: hospitality; logistics; and housing. This article was featured in Issue 10 of Forbes […]
Nestled within the streets of Adelaide’s Norwood on The Parade, nothing can prepare you for dining at Arkhé – the lovechild of one of Australia’s hottest young chefs. At the heart of Arkhé’s culinary experience is the bespoke wood-fire oven, a three-tonne behemoth that serves as the engine of creativity for head chef Jake Kellie […]
The country’s largest trucking companies are on a journey to become net zero-emissions logistics operations by 2050. We sit down with Linfox executive chairman Peter Fox to talk about the barriers he faces in greening the Linfox fleet and the interstate infrastructure he is calling on Prime Minister Albanese to build. This article was featured […]
Atlassian’s future $1.4 billion HQ, currently rising from a Sydney CBD hole, is such a game changer it’s already inspired two Australian towers that aim to knock it off as the world’s tallest “plyscraper”. This article was featured in Issue 10 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. Before Atlassian put the design for […]