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Can an AI help deliver better financial advice? Kiwi start-up raises $16.7m to bolster its push
Ex-Sharesies managers land Pie Funds, Habour Asset Management as clients.
Here come the AI robots: Kiwi Harry Mellsop raises $15m for his start-up
PLUS: The Tait campus is for sale for $70m; the dispute body says check your phone bill.
Kiwi start-up linking AI giants to real help for people in crisis
Google, ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Claude maker Anthropic are among those on board.
AI casualty: NZ-founded Soul Machines found to owe at least $19.6m
Start-up raised more than $225m but now KPMG is looking for a buyer.
Rules of attraction: Auckland's AI-savvy Dexibit sells to UK-listed firm for $21m
The start-up, laid low by Covid, completes its comeback.
Erica Lloyd: Auckland has the bones to be a global deep tech hub – if it backs itself
Rocket Lab and LanzaTech alumni are spawning new deep tech ventures across the city.
Record-breaker: Halter raises $377m at $3.3b valuation, reveals customer numbers
Peter Thiel backs largest VC raise by an NZ-founded start-up.
Halter tipped for raise at $3.3 billion valuation, Kiwi fund details huge gains
'11 quarters to be worth more than Fonterra.'
Investors face $3m loss after sale of SmartSpace platform and holding firm liquidation
Founder Timothy Boyne is personally owed more than $2.1m from the collapse.
From Xero to zero emissions: New Zealander of the year Sir Rod Drury's power play for Aotearoa's future
Drury is backing massive solar, data centre and fusion power projects.
$100m fund for 'deep tech' start-ups reveals first close, boosted by golden visas
Plus: why Bridgewest chose New Zealand over Canada and Australia.
AI writes buggy code. A Silicon Valley start-up wants to fix it
New York Times: A tiny start-up is building AI systems that can check for mistakes.
‘AI-first company’: Atlassian axes 10% of staff in global shake-up
About 30% of the 1600 job cuts affect staff based in Australia.
Kiwi-led Wayve raises $2.5b, reveals Uber will use its robotaxi tech
Microsoft, Nvidia, host of major car-makers sign on to use the technology.
AI offers free 'trusted' health, NZ start-up raises $4.5m from US politician – Tech Insider
Heidi Evidence lets Kiwis seek ad-free, sourced medical advice without logging in.
Kiwi smart shopping start-up raises $8m to fuel US expansion
Appetise now helps 70,000 Kiwi households to plan meals and shop smarter.
Kiwi Chris Liddell recruited by AI giant Anthropic after it raises funds at $630b valuation, heads for possible IPO
Chris Liddell served as deputy chief of staff in Donald Trump's first presidential term.
Golden visa cash helps fuel $12m raise for AI fruit-scanning start-up, Immigration NZ updates AIP numbers
Hectre's AI tools have already analysed 17 billion apples and 37 billion cherries.
Sir John Key steps up as Crimson chair as firm eyes potential offshore IPO
A Silicon Valley heavy-hitter has also been named on the board.
AI casualty: Once high-flying Soul Machines in receivership
Startup raised more than $225m. KPMG looks for buyer.
Ex-Bell Gully solicitor raises $99m for AI start-up
IBM and Uber have joined the list of blue-chip customers.
Christchurch’s Mars Bioimaging raises $15m to take its portable X-ray machine to market
Company expects to receive US regulatory approval for its product in coming months.
Three Kiwi start-ups to watch as they chase big 2026 growth plans
From cultivated meat to hydrofoiling e-boats to rewarding staff.
Arise Sir Rod: Xero founder knighted after $21.78b tech success
Xero founder is now investing in start-ups and pushing power reform.
Kitea Health closes $13m raise, lines up human trials in the US
Specialist Aussie funds back capital raise.
Expat raises $7.3m for his physical-world AI start-up
An ex-Tesla engineer is being funded by other New Zealand entrepreneurs.
Paying it forward: Tech founders back new wave of Kiwi start-ups in record $70m seed capital raise
PLUS: First investments revealed, latest Golden Visa numbers.
The rising star tipped to end Hegseth’s chaotic reign at the Pentagon
His rise comes as defence chief Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny.
What 2000's dotcom crash can teach us about the AI boom
AI's trillion-dollar surge mirrors the dotcom bubble’s faith in endless growth.