Daily Shot 📧

Three trends in technology worth getting excited about

Plus: Legal AI start-up raises $28 million, what Zuckerberg misses with his 'man-up' rhetoric and how energy constraints could be fueling our recession.

5 hrs ago

Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government

PLUS: Hnry takes on the UK, Nicola Willis hints at tax changes, Trump’s trade war fallout for NZ, OpenAI’s new expert-level ChatGPT tool, fixing NZ’s…

Feb 4

Suit Up: Tracksuit Founder Matt Herbert Reflects on a Stellar 2024 and Plans for Doubling the Business in 2025

PLUS: Trump’s tariff chaos hits NZ, 470,000 borrowers in arrears, China’s AI race accelerates, Blackbird backs early-stage founders, NZ’s science sector…

Feb 3

NZ’s Syos Aerospace Is Going Big—The Plan to Triple Revenue and Own the Skies 🚀

PLUS: Trump’s $1.4T tariff gamble, 30,000 jobs lost, Musk’s Treasury takeover, NZ’s energy roadblocks, the ready-made SaaS startup up for grabs, and why…

Feb 2

DeepSeek kicks AI arms race into orbit + Major US VCs and founders hit the road

Plus: Latest on Potomac crash, Infometrics forecast growth from mid-year and should NZ be selling state assets?

Jan 30

Icehouse Ventures smashes target, closes $122m Growth Fund II

Plus: The necessity of a Callaghan reset, NZ's largest solar farm underway and the DeepSeek fallout continues.

Jan 29

Kwetta Powers Ahead: Napier-Based EV Charger Startup Raises $17.5M for Global Expansion

PLUS: NZ’s $355M Nvidia loss, Trump 2.0 shakes trade, DeepSeek’s censorship exposed, Iceland’s algae future, top pods from Blackbird’s Phoebe, and Sim…

Jan 28

Chinese AI bot DeepSeek sparks US market turmoil, wiping $500bn USD off major tech firm Nvidia

PLUS: Why turning science fiction into reality demands caution, AWWA’s global leap with Somedays, NZ’s relaxed visa rules for digital nomads, and…

Jan 27

Halter founder Craig Piggott reflects on 2024’s meteoric growth and shares vision for 2025

Plus analysing Luxon's growth plan, the science sector changes explained and what Trump's near trillion dollar AI plan means for us here.

Jan 23

Is the tech portfolio undervalued by govt?

Plus: Nicola Willis eyes tourism boost, Trump unveils $500b 'StarGate', and annual inflation holds steady.

Jan 22

Trump begins presidency with flurry of executive orders

Plus NZ politics kicks into gear for 2025, India tests waters on free trade, more media cuts expected and OpenAI may be gearing up for crucial release.

Jan 21

Donald Trump promises 'new golden age' after he is sworn in as 47th US president

PLUS: Why RevOps matters for scaling, tackling the invisible load on women, NZ’s economic growth challenges, billionaires under scrutiny, Davos 2025…

Jan 20

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