When Svetlana Kordumova was studying for her PhD in AI and computer vision, she became frustrated with the process of searching for items to buy online. Search results were often inaccurate, and she knew the technology she was learning could improve the experience. Pixyle AI launched in 2019 to improve [...]

Early-stage investment firm Antler Australia recently backed a new cohort of startups as part of its ongoing program to build great local tech companies. Startup Daily shares the details of each venture in the “Antler Investor Memos” series. is designed to give you a fast, keen understanding of the startups [...]

UnaBizthe Massive Internet of Things service provider and owner of Sigfox, announced today that it has raised an additional $25 million in Series B funding. This doubles the total amount of the round to $50 million, after the first installment announced in October 2021. Singapore-based UnaBiz has now raised a [...]

A Melbourne startup tackling the daunting task of ensuring the quality of 3D printing for aerospace, defense and advanced manufacturing has raised $4.1 million in VC funding. Additive Assurance, which emerged from Monash University in 2019, offers quality assurance for additive manufacturing, and now looking to expand offshore The round [...]

French startup Choose me has raised a $3.7 million (€3.5 million) funding round to build a new network of collection and delivery points for e-commerce retailers and logistics companies. With Pickme, a customer can order something and have his neighbor receive the package immediately. It’s something many people already do, [...]

We have all interacted with a chatbot at some point. It’s usually a little pop-up in the corner of a website, offering customer support — often awkward to navigate — and almost always frustratingly non-specific. But imagine a chatbot enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI) that can not only expertly answer [...]

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The Commonwealth Bank launched its third technology center in Australia this year, partnering with Queensland educators to locate in Brisbane’s CBD. CBA has partnered with The University of Queensland (UQ), Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and TAFE Queensland to offer students and graduates the opportunity to participate in CBA’s Tech [...]

Setpoint, a startup that has built software to help other companies close loan transactions faster, has raised $43 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The increase comes just six months after Austin, Texas-based Setpoint clost a $5.5 million seed round and $150 million in securitization. [...]

When my alarm goes off an hour before sunrise, I’m always deep asleep and never jump out of bed full of energy, ready to face the day. But I get up, put on my workout gear, and drive to my personal trainer, Maddie, no matter how I feel. I don’t [...]