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A team of researchers led by Western Australia’s Curtin University have joined forces to develop an artificial intelligence tool to improve the maintenance of marine structures such as jetties and ports impacted by corrosion.

Consumer action group Digital Tasmania has called for funding to ensure new fibre optic communications links are connected to Tasmania to “improve reliability, capacity and competition”, benefiting every Tasmanian individual and business.

GUEST OPINION: Growing patient expectations are placing higher demands on the healthcare sector than ever before. The instant availability of patient data means X-Rays, MRI scans, ultrasound images and laboratory test results are sent directly to monitors on the wall or a doctor’s tablet.

Up to 2,000 new tech jobs will be created by fast-tracking commercialisation of new sports technology, with today’s official opening of the Australian Sports Innovation Centre for Excellence (ASICE) in Victoria.

Founded in Adelaide and with another office in Houston, Licorice is working to replace traditional IT services trouble tickets with a system that uses AI to match incoming requests with the right engineers, calculate the time required for each task, and allows customers to choose appointment times that suit them.

The CSIRO’s chief operating officer Judi Zielke is taking over the scientific advistory body Australian Research Council (ARC) as CEO until it can find a permanent chief executive.

Arena's latest $40 million R&D funding round is intended to support projects that align with the agency's Solar 30 30 30 target of 30% module efficiency and 30 cents per installed watt at utility scale by 2030.

Melbourne-founded mobile payments company Mr Yum has raised $89 million in a Series A funding round led by investment firm Tiger Global.

A new research centre that focuses on next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been established at the University of Adelaide with $20 million in funding from the Australian Government.

Remote hiring company, Deel, announced it has raised $US 425 million in Series D funding taking its total amount raised to over $US 630 million and now valuing the company at $US 5.5 billion. It has become the highest-valued company in the global hiring, payments, and compliance space.

Communications and messaging platform provider LeapXpert has successfully closed its Series A funding round, raising a total of US$14.1 million to date.

Identity and fraud prevention platform provider FrankieOne has closed its $20 million Series A funding round, led by AirTree Ventures and Greycroft.

Ten ‘innovative’ manufacturers are sharing in more than $5.7 million in funding from the Federal Government to help commercialise their great ideas, to scale up their operations and bring their products to market.

The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has welcomed the Western Australian Government’s establishment of a $500 million Digital Capability Fund to support investment in digital services.

Car loan platform CarClarity has raised $3 million in Series A funding from existing investors, with the new funding to be used by the Sydney based start-up to “pioneer” a new online car buying service that it claims reinvents traditional in-person car buying.

Billing itself as "crypto without the crazy", Cabital says "Cabital Earn is an innovative new investment opportunity that helps you earn sensible returns from crypto assets without unreasonable risks and costs", and the company has just secured new funding.

Payments platform for the hospitaity industry Ordermentum has announced a $6 million funding round led by existing chairman David Gordon, SEEK co-founder Matt Rockman and PURE Asset Management. 

Australian energy company and smart energy innovator carbonTRACK has secured a share of $25.1 million in innovation funding to accelerate the commercialisation of its energy management technology.

The Federal Government has announced the expansion of Australia’s fast charging network for battery electric vehicles (EVs) by providing funding for new chargers across metropolitan and regional Australia to drive uptake of electrtic vehicles (EVs) and support consumer choice. 

Australian-founded cloud-based software provider Skedulo has raised US$75 million in a series C capital raising round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.