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Backed by $16 million in Series A funding, Australian startup Uluu is scaling its seaweed-based plastic alternative from lab to industry, aiming to disrupt the $700 billion global plastics industry.

The company, worth $10 billion a decade ago, has reached record milestones driven by growing AI demand.

Lars Rasmussen and Bill Tai are the brains behind some of the most ubiquitous tech in the world. Now, they are funding entrepreneurs to follow in their footsteps. On stage at SXSW Sydney, they revealed that achieving spectacular outcomes like Google Maps, Zoom, and Canva takes immense grit, and the propagating power of a ‘human web.’

Ryan Foutty articulated Perplexity’s vision for the digital economy at SXSW Sydney. The economic structure of the internet is fundamentally realigning to prioritise quality, brand, and user efficiency over click revenue, he says

The layoffs will reportedly not impact the company’s division developing next-generation AI models.

Sitting atop the Ritz-Carlton in Melbourne, Bill Fairies co-founders Jenny Ghabrial and Sophia Symeou explain how a moment of financial struggle led to a bootstrapped tech company that turns gift-giving into practical financial support.

Opinion: Two per cent of global funding goes to women-only teams. Brittany Fox is an outlier, having raised a $1.2m seed round for her startup Neevam last month. Here’s why she still believes the fundraising journey is broken.

Putting real women first, simplifying beauty, and telling it like it is has made Bobbi Brown a TikTok sensation and one of Time’s “100 Most Influential People.” Here is why she’s resonates with a new generation.

The surge in shares was fueled by the iPhone 17 outselling the iPhone 16 in China and the U.S., according to a report from Counterpoint Research.

The co-founder of fitness brand Kic, Laura Henshaw, has revealed that Jane Martino – co-founder of Smiling Mind – will take the reins and steer the company through its “biggest plans yet”.