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PLUS: Kiwi AI lands a global deal, dairy waste turned to gold, why the gender pay gap won’t budge, the $100B chip war, why women are better investors, and the climate lab backing NZ founders

Welcome to mid week.

I could have just kept going and going today but thought I better hit send - lots of great updates to share. And our resident columnist Serge is back with his latest scribbles from the startup frontline.

Here’s the rest of your Daily Shot round-up:

• Auckland startup’s AI tech lands deal with world’s biggest meat giant

• Women are better investors. It’s time to start investing more.

• Kiwi start-up turns dairy waste into high-value protein, wins top award

• The real reason the gender pay gap won’t budge

• The global chip war heats up as TSMC pours $100B into U.S. manufacturing

• Aurora Climate Lab is launching: backing Kiwi founders solving the planet’s biggest challenges

• One of NZ’s best-kept SaaS success stories is hiring a Global Marketing Director

• How changing your thoughts can change your health

Got news? Just want to say hi? Want to share feedback and tell us what we can do better? Drop us a note: hello@caffeinedaily.co - we love to hear from you.

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