Heidi and seek

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Australia is courting AI giants and their data centres — and fair enough. But Heidi shows the value of building companies that can compete globally.

Melbourne healthcare startup Heidi has secured USD340 million in new funding. Supplied.

🦘 Australian intelligenceWhen it comes to AI, local tech companies want capital, customers and fewer regulatory hurdles. Employment Hero’s proposal is more ambitious: an AI lab owned by the public.

Bronwen Clune, Brandon How, and Harshdeep Kaur ·

🦘 Australian intelligence

Brave new wordAs Trump used his UN speech to rebrand AI as “super intelligence”, Anthony Albanese worked with middle powers to push for guardrails on the technology.

Katina Curtis, Matthew Franklin, and Zac de Silva ·

Brave new word

AI scribe Heidi banks $475m as it races to lock in hospitalsThe Melbourne healthcare AI startup is racing to get health systems using its medical scribe before expanding into more complex — and more expensive — AI agents.

Bronwen Clune ·

AI scribe Heidi banks $475m as it races to lock in hospitals

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