“A no-brainer”: BubbaDesk partners with Canva as its co-working space with childcare takes off
BubbaDesk is Australia’s first co-working space with onsite childcare services designed for modern working parents. And it has just entered into its first corporate partnership with Canva.
Canva snaps up Leonardo.AI in blockbuster acquisition
Canva has revealed plans to acquire hotshot Australian AI startup, Leonardo.Ai in a bid to strengthen its suite of visual AI tools.
Business Briefings: Edition two
This month we cover: Guzman Y Gomez is one of Australia’s favourite fast food providers, Melbourne-based autism support startup Kite Therapy has secured $750,000 in a pre-seed funding round, Australian design unicorn Canva announced a major platform redesign and suite of new products at its recent Canva Create event in LA.
Neural Notes: Ex-Microsoft execs secure $5.1 million to blend AI with AR hardware
This week on Neural Notes: SpatialGPT, the Aussie AI startup made up of Microsoft alumni that's focused on hardware just raised over $5 million.
Canva unveils major redesign and enterprise features for businesses
Canva has announced its first platform redesign in a decade and introduced a suite of new enterprise products geared towards business customers.
Bootstrapped Aussie scale-up Envato sells to Shutterstock in $372 million deal
Melbourne-born graphic design marketplace Envato will be acquired by Shutterstock in a deal worth $372 million, marking one of the most significant exits for a local scale-up to date.
Neural Notes: Google considers charging for AI search results
Google, the tech giant that made a $112.3 billion net income in 2023, is considering introducing a paid model for its AI search capabilities.
Long-time Canva CFO quietly leaves as Australian unicorn moves closer to IPO
Canva CFO Damien Singh quietly left his role last week after eight years. The unicorn is now seeking a finance lead with public company experience.
Relevance AI raises $15 million for its low-code workplace platform
Australian Saas startup Relevance AI just secured $15 million for its sustainable AI workforce plans of the future.
Neural Notes: Ed loves AI, multiple Google geminis and Leonardo.Ai’s $47 million raise
In this week's Neural Notes column: Ed Husic loves announcements, Leonardo.Ai lands $47 million, Google produces an aggressive amount of Gemini AIs and 'Promptography' becomes a word.
Leonardo.Ai raises $47 million after broadening its AI image generation for video games
Sydney's Leonardo.Ai is coming for the Australian generative AI crown, with a $47 million raise, including participation from Blackbird.
Canva dominated generative AI in Australia in 2023
Canva has reported that its AI tools have been used over 4 billion times. It's hard to not see the unicorn as the AI monarch in Australia.