‘Banana republic territory’: Founder says CGT changes will leave Aussie startups ‘captive’
Michael Biercuk was one of many startup founders who joined Allegra Spender’s roundtable on capital gains tax reform.
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Why everyone is talking about biological, not chronological, age
Megan Gale, Dr Adam Brown, Bahar Etminan, and Nick Bell gathered at the 2026 Forbes Women Summit presented by Lancome, to discuss the mainstreaming of longevity and the resonance of biology over birthdays.
Big tech is on track to spend $1 trillion on AI this year
Tech giants are on pace to double AI spending this year.
The marathon mindset: Inside Megan Gale’s blueprint for long-term resilience
From Italy’s high-velocity fame to Australia’s longest-running fashion contract, Megan Gale reveals why she shifted from modelling sprints to intentional longevity.
The five women named ‘Forbes Greatest Self-Made Americans’
The Forbes Greatest Self-Made Americans list ranks rags-to-riches billionaires, as well as those who are “wealthy” in influence and impact.
This 23 year-old’s new AI data company has already hit a $100 million run rate
This 23 Year-Old’s New AI Data Company Has Already Hit A $100 Million Run Rate
Sydney uni dropout behind $432M startup teams up with Beckham to outsmart aging
An Australian law school dropout is leveraging a $43 million Series A round, and an alignment with David Beckham’s supplement company, to scale preventative longevity.
Why Rosella is re-engineering insurance from the ground up
An Australian marathoner’s brush with sepsis in the U.S. sparked a mission to dismantle legacy insurance brokerage models with an AI-native tech stack. VC investment soon flowed.
Inside the Anthropic x Australia alliance: What the $550 billion AI giant wants from Canberra
As global AI giants face increasing friction in Washington and Brussels, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has landed in Canberra with a strategic “Plan B.” For Canberra, it is a play for sovereign capability; for Amodei, it is a bid to prove that responsible AI is viable national infrastructure.
The wearable banned at the Australian Open is now worth $14.7 billion
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.