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Signing off for 2024: What this year taught us and what 2025 might bring

Plus NZ back in recession but hope for higher rate cuts, Microsoft spends big in AI race and Appetise wins Airwallex for Startups Grant.

Dec 19

Signing off for 2024: What this year taught us and what 2025 could bring

CEOs, Founders and VCs reflect on a tough year with some shining bright spots and look ahead to 2025.

Dec 19

Ready for 2025 Chaos? Make Uncertainty Your Superpower

Plus One NZ and Starlink teamup, SpaceX gets the greenlight, drone hysteria and NZ slips in global economic ranking.

Dec 18

Previously Unavailable raising $10m+ second Brand Fund

Plus Orion Health bought by Canadian firm in $200m deal, grim economic tidings delivered by Treasury and AI summaries cause headaches for Apple.

Dec 17

Politics of Tech: Judith Collins talks gene tech, Marsden Fund and the deepfake she hopes fools you

"It’s been all about making sure that we get really focused on turning our innovators into billionaires. That’s what I’m trying to do."

Dec 12

The New Startup Playbook: How New+Improved is Changing Who Gets to Be a Founder

Plus inside Air New Zealand’s plane of the future, Truckometer shows economy still in low gear and Google unveils its vision of 'agentic' AI for 2025.

Dec 11

Tradify: The Anatomy of a Successful Startup

Plus Google unveils mind-boggling new tech, scams up but losses down and lenders optimistic about 2025.

Dec 10

Perfecting the art of the pitch with Icehouse Ventures partner Barnaby Marshall

Plus business confidence starts ticking up, NZ tech exporters facing higher payroll costs and British fintech eyes NZ expansion.

Dec 5

Pyper Vision aims to save aviation a fortune with better fog forecasting

Plus: Government announces Marsden Fund cuts, forecasting next OCR and Amazon wades into AI arms race.

Dec 4

Milking It: Can New Zealand’s Economy Thrive Beyond Dairy?

Plus AI security company Watchful raises $4.6m, Forsyth Barr ESG report released and Musk denied almost $100b.

Dec 3

Outset Ventures celebrates completion of Future House, eyes next venture

Nov 28

Reserve Bank slashes Official Cash Rate by 50 points to 4.25%, signals further cut

Plus: Silicon Valley VC’s eyed to join Trump teams, Nanogirl Labs in liquidation and artists appear to leak OpenAI’s Sora model in protest.

Nov 27

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