Netflix earnings: Stock climbs as streaming giant beats expectations—But subscriber growth slows
The streaming giant’s third-quarter earnings report was released Thursday.
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Tesla offers little information on Robotaxi. Here’s the deeper scoop
After a great deal of hype, Tesla conducted its “We Robot” robotaxi reveal on Thursday Evening at Warner Studios in Los Angeles.
A robot and a billion-dollar dream: Inside Grace Brown’s quest to revolutionise aged care
24-year-old mechatronics engineer Grace Brown has been building robots since she was just 15. But her hobby became a business in 2022 when she launched Andromeda Robotics with a view to deploying the first empathetic robotic throughout nursing homes in Australia: Abi.
How Sam Crowther turned a high school gig into an international bot-blocking empire
A tech-whiz-turned-bot-blocker, Sam Crowther, is behind Kasada, a tech platform that helps organisations mitigate bot risks. So far, the company has raised $39 million to continue its mission and was recently recognised as one of the most significant solutions in the industry.
Female founders forced to wear ‘concrete boots,’ funding still ‘appallingly low’
Funding for female founders rose from 11% of deals in Q2 to 13% in Q3. But its still down significantly from 2023. Techstars managing director Kirstin Hunter and Flying Fox Ventures’ Rachael Neumann say companies founded by women are not getting the resources they need to be successful.
First look at Elon Musk’s long-awaited Tesla Cybercab
The billionaire CEO said the new fleet of autonomous vehicles would cost $30,000 and launch before 2027, though Musk has blown by product timelines in the past.
Elon Musk expected to finally unveil driverless ‘Cybercab’ at Tesla robotaxi event
Musk is returning to his old stomping ground of LA to lift the lid on Tesla’s Cybercab. In true Hollywood style, the reveal is happening on the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank.
OpenAI seeks dismissal of Elon Musk’s lawsuit—calls it a ‘blusterous’ harassment campaign
OpenAI alleged Musk’s suit was an attempt to gain a competitive advantage for his own artificial intelligence startup, xAI.
Australian start-up funding slumps to $695 million across Q3
Deal numbers might be high but the absence of those over $100 million has seen start-up funding tank to Q1 levels after a six-quarter high (in Q2).
Notion and Stripe trust this year-old startup to make sure their AI tools work
Ankur Goyal’s year-old startup is popular with Airtable, Brex, Notion, Stripe and others building AI products. The LLM Ops startup offers evaluations, logging and more.