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The Changing Landscape of Global Payments for NZ Businesses

PLUS: Caffeine's new pod, new investor visa rules, global investors land in Auckland, SpaceX stumbles again, and Jamie Beaton on fixing education and…

22 hrs ago

Why AI progress feels like a black comedy

Plus: NZ mulls response to Trump tariffs, why VCs might be 'ghosting' you and billionaire moves to sack NZME board.

Mar 6 •

Rocket Lab soars, Orr departs and Trump tariffs unleashed

Plus: AI valuations surge, Kumo Study tool launched and earnings season wrap up.

Mar 5 •

Own It or Get Out: Why Startups Demand Extreme Ownership

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…

Mar 4

A Deep Sea Power Cable That Could Disrupt NZ’s Energy Market

PLUS: The highs and lows of selling Kiwi tech, AI clones in ads, brain health innovation, and what Ryman’s capital raise means for your money

Mar 3 •

The sustainable tech moat is dead

PLUS: Trump’s $5M ‘gold card’, Microsoft kills Skype, NZ’s economic slump, and Instagram’s next move

Mar 2 •

Semiconductors: The little chips that could (upend the world)

Plus: Govt moves to slash red tape in agriculture, BlackBird wants a word with 're-pats', data center being sent to the moon and Nvidia rebounds to…

Feb 27 •

Rocket Lab shares sink, bounty offered after crypto heist and Alexa gets upgrade

Plus: Perplexity launches new fund, asteroid mining could be a reality and the viral chat bot conversation that has people nervous.

Feb 26 •

Meet the Kiwi taking on Tesla, Musk pushback grows in Washington

PLUS: OpenStar is hiring, world's first 'hybrid' reasoning model drops and what can founders learn from Mr Beast?

Feb 25 •

Apple commits to titanic half trillion US spend

PLUS: Elon Musk wields a chainsaw at CPAC, Tupu Accelerator Opens, Space Force on the rise and Palantir's Alex Karp says Silicon Valley has 'lost its…

Feb 24 •

AI powered 'tiny teams' and Overseas Investment ACT overhaul

PLUS: Grok 3 controversy over benchmarks and censorship and Microsoft's quantum chip blows minds worldwide.

Feb 23 •

Veteran of Trade Me, Xero wants less startup 'theatre' and more actual startups

Plus: Medtech Global acquired, humanoid robots deployed with impressive new AI model and is woke banking really a problem in NZ?

Feb 20 •

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