Daily Shot 📧

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

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

Kitea Health founder Simon Malpas explains the transformative potential of its world-first implantable brain sensor

Plus Microsoft on Judith's AI strategy; the tech leaders flocking to Mar-A-Lago to rebuild Trump ties; and the Kiwi CEO named among top global…

Dec 16

NZ Government Faces Deficit Until 2029 Amid Mounting Economic Challenges

Plus Job cuts at Callaghan Innovation spark backlash, TikTok’s US exit shakes creators, Auckland Hospital’s $95m IT woes, and more.

Dec 15

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

Plus sharemarket winners and losers, Microsoft opens first 'hyperscale' data centre and the rise of 'neobanks'.

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

Watchful AI Founder Joshua Parsons on Disrupting the Security Industry for a Second Time at 29

Plus why men deserve better, our world-first hydrofoiling electric boat is launched, and the holiday leave Q&A you need to know

Dec 9

More Than Half of NZ Government's Key Targets Off Track

Plus your latest startup news from NZ, Founders in Five, and this week's hot tickets.

Dec 8

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

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