Rakuten to offer satellite-to-cell service in Japan with US startup
Telecommunication AST SpaceMobile tie-up comes as rivals offer similar service using SpaceX’s Starlink Rakuten Group CEO Mikitani answers…
400M tons of plastic generated yearly. UConn grad hopes to change it
The world is currently experiencing a “plastic crisis,” with over 400 million tons of plastic waste generated annually…
Media Insider: All Blacks squad accidentally revealed seven hours early; Greens tax ad and co-leaders’ edited voices; Music start-up Lume’s release date, roster
And although the genuine mistake was immediately picked up and fixed – within a minute – that wasn’t…
Auckland AI firm in liquidation after defaulting on $500k Callaghan loan – Tech Insider
In their initial report, the liquidators – Stephanie Jeffreys and Adele Hicks (both of Grant Thornton) say the…
Build Saleable Products As A Non-Techie. Copy These Founder Playbooks.
Build saleable products as a non-techie. Copy these founder playbooks. getty As a non-technical founder, AI has given…
Whanganui start-up helps find realistic ways to curb phone addiction
“[I’d be] checking my emails … constantly, even though there’s nothing that I’m expecting.” Even with things he…
Why Everybody Wants to Work at Anthropic or OpenAI
For years, a job at Google was the ultimate status symbol in tech. Now, a new pair of…
Jamie Beaton on Crimson’s rise from teen start-up to global edtech group
A handful of legitimate billionaires were listed on the Companies Office among the first non-New Zealand shareholders. Ten…
Coromandel’s Thomas Mosen lands $43m backing for AI start-up Sea12 in US boom
The pair then set themselves up as hired guns, creating apps for companies who wanted to move beyond…
A Google Veteran Who Founded Character.AI Is Jumping to OpenAI
Noam Shazeer, a co-lead at Gemini and the founder of Character.AI is leaving Google to join OpenAI in…
Kiwi founder Jeff Hawke secures $529m for Odyssey AI with backers including Amazon, Icehouse Ventures
Cameron told the Financial Times that Odyssey can capture physics, body language and other elements beyond large language…
‘Do what you love, Papa’: How a daughter inspired her 44-year-old laid-off dad to launch a startup
A powerful LinkedIn post has gone viral after an entrepreneur decided to openly celebrate his “layoff anniversary” rather…