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The record-breaking funding round comes as the AI company reportedly lays the groundwork for going public.

It made a controversial splash at this year’s AO, and now supports Aussie AFL and NRL athletes. Whoop wearables are making their mark in Australia, as the Boston-based company reaches decacorn status.

The Reserve Bank of Australia will ban surcharges on eftpos, Visa and Mastercard payments from October 1, removing an estimated $1.6 billion in annual fees so consumers pay only the sticker price, while American Express remains exempt and subject to review.

The small group of people worth a dozen digits has hit a record high, just as Elon Musk approaches trillionaire territory.

14-million-follower-rich Alix Earle has been a gold mine for other brands. Now the challenge is to see if she can use her influence to scale her own startup.

OnlyFans has been a money-printing machine for its secretive billionaire owner Leonid Radvinsky. Investors were puzzled by an obscure debt fund’s pitch to buy him out, until they learned of his terminal cancer diagnosis.

Ripple and Stellar founder Jed McCaleb wants to build AGI by studying how the brain learns—then translating those rules into AI.

At AI conferences, I spend a large portion of my time talking about the commercial and customer transformation of AI. But here’s what I don’t put on the slide.

Iran’s parliamentary speaker blamed the U.S. for “secretly planning” a ground invasion while openly talking about peace negotiations.

Now in its 20th year, the Cartier Women’s Initiative provides a leg up for social entrepreneurs around the world. Three Aussie women made the cut in 2026 and will join 26 other global CWI fellows in Bangkok this June.