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R2Crete turns landfill concrete into low-carbon building material with a $750k pre-seed and pilot plant underway.

Eastend’s $30m fund bets on startups outside Sydney and Melbourne looking to exit before unicorn hype.

Goodman’s $1.2b Lane Cove data centre got kneecapped by residents and looming rules.

OpenAI apologises after the Medicare breach, and its delayed disclosure, amid a looming crackdown by Canberra.

Australia scrambles to purge legacy systems after OpenAI breached a Medicare stats portal.

Diraq plants a New Mexico quantum lab, chasing US funding and million-qubit silicon chips.

Move over search engine SEO. Businesses are now vying to get picked by AI. Meet the 17-year-old helping them get there.

From warehouse robots to drones in flight, Aquila Space Technologies is pushing laser power beaming into the real world.

Trendspek grabs $6M to turn drones, 3D records and AI into infrastructure’s anti-collapse layer.

Paperbark ditched nice-to-have AI and landed Unilever brands by exposing ecommerce revenue leaks.

Australia kills card surcharges Oct. 1, but fees may sneak into sticker prices as small firms adapt.

Budget tax tweaks could kneecap startups, stripping R&D cash and CGT perks from AI, deep tech and fintech, so the TCA wants a rethink.