Weekly Funding Roundup: Shark skin aviation tech, AI for Main Street and mine drones
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Yajush Gupta
6 July 2026 · Reporting
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Everything you need to know about getting found in AI search
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Let’s Talk: What should I actually have in a contractor agreement to avoid disputes later?
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The numbers · this week
The Australian economy, in figures.
$4.2B
SME payments running on NPP rails this quarter
+38% YoY
2,847
Australian companies that raised seed capital in FY25
−12% YoY
61%
of SME owners who say AI changed how they hire
ABS, May
48d
median DSO for Aussie SMEs — worst in the OECD
Xero index
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