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Australian AI startups to watch in 2026
Meet the Australian innovators moving beyond hype to build the high-impact AI infrastructure of 2026.
OpenPipe: Enterprise AI Efficiency Revolution
OpenPipe enables cost-effective fine-tuning of AI models like Llama 3 for improved efficiency and accuracy.
Cognition AI Empowers Developers with Autonomous Coding
Cognition.ai’s Devin – an autonomous AI software engineer – transforms legacy codebases and accelerates development workflows.
Scale AI: AI Data Foundry & Defense Platform
Enhance your AI models with Scale AI’s groundbreaking data tools for training complex reasoning chains.
Anyscale: Unseen Engine of AI Scale
Anyscale: Empowering AI scale effortlessly with Anyscale Platform, making distributed computing seamless for developers.
Pinecone: Knowledgeable AI Pioneer with Integrated Inference
Pinecone revolutionizes AI by automating embedding and retrieval processes, eliminating the need for external API calls.
Dust.tt Revolutionizes Enterprise AI with Custom Agents
Revolutionize team AI with Dust Platform, powering secure, customizable bots for productive, context-aware collaboration.
Anysphere revolutionizes coding with AI-native Cursor
Cursor by Anysphere revolutionizes coding with AI-native features, defining a new standard in development workflows.
Hugging Face: Leading Open AI Repository Evolution
Hugging Face hosts a vast repository of AI models and datasets, becoming a crucial resource for the industry.
Smoothie Bombs’ Cinzia Cozzolino shares her favourite tips for cutting costs
Cinzia Cozzolino, the brains behind the Australian health-food brand Smoothie Bombs, talks about what it takes to grow your business and the savvy tricks and tips that may save you money and time.
As the Australian startup scene booms, digitally capable companies find a golden opportunity
The success stories are fueling massive capital inflows and inspiring founders to pursue their dreams, writes Michael Langford, Google Cloud's Head of VC & Startup Ecosystem JAPAC
Canberra-based Instaclustr to be acquired by US giant NetApp
The size of the transaction and other financial details were not disclosed.