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Rocket Lab soars, Orr departs and Trump tariffs unleashed

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

Mar 5 •

The sustainable tech moat is dead

The floor is lava in tech right now, better get moving because standing still could be fatal.

Mar 2 •

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 •

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 •

OCR drop brings relief, cuts at NZME and new deal between Spark and Microsoft

Plus: X in talks for major raise in turn of fortunes and new AI company from former OpenAI CTO.

Feb 19 •

The School of Mistakes and Failures

Starting Out: The Breinchild Story - How Three Businesspeople (Who Knew Little About Software) Built a Skateboard SaaS Product

Feb 17

Elon Musk and when ‘Founder Mode’ goes too far

Plus: Black Pearl Group beta launches new product, Altman lays out plan for GPT 5 and Simon Watts gives ultimatum to gentailers.

Feb 13 •

POP co-founder Alan Tsui is shaking up the billion-dollar pet wellness industry with AI

How one Kiwi start-up is using AI and nutritional science to extend the lives of pets

Feb 10

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

Inside Tracksuit’s global expansion, AI-driven insights, and the power of real conversations.

Feb 3

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

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

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

The founder using the world’s newest tech to revolutionise one its oldest industries says he’s just getting started.

Jan 23

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