New Zealand’s tech news in August 2024 covered items including, but not limited to: the pros and cons of New Zealand workers’ swift adoption of artificial intelligence services; Dawn Aerospace’s ‘spaceplane’ achievements; the expansion of New Zealand’s Pacific Channel VC firm into Australia; NZ biotech, producing alt-proteins from microalgae; and more.
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Microsoft and Accenture: New Zealand’s Generative AI Opportunity
NZ & GenAI: “…while New Zealand workers are the third fastest adopters of generative AI tools globally… This has resulted in a ‘BYO AI’ situation…” / full item
- New Zealand’s Ruminant BioTech gains $3.5M Australian Gov’t grant with feed additive potentially reducing cattle methane output by over 80% / full item
- ‘Central Bank Digital Currency – Strategic Design Insights Dossier’ from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Accenture / full item
- New Zealand: Dawn Aerospace hits milestones with highly-reusable ‘spaceplane’ achieving Mach 0.92 and altitude of 15000m / full item
- New Zealand: GeoExchange New Zealand launches to discover, develop and protect the nation’s abundant low-temperature geothermal resources / full item
- New Zealand: Nutrition From Water biotech startup has developed microalgae-based whey for sports, advanced nutrition, confectionery and beyond / full item
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- New Zealand: NZ venture capital firm, Pacific Channel, announces expansion into Australia, supported by LaunchVic, the Victorian gov’t startup agency / full item
- Bupa 2024 ecoDisruptive program applications close Sept 2 for startups in Australia, NZ and Hong Kong working on healthy societies solutions / full item
- Aus/NZ: Here’s a quick intro to 5 Australian and New Zealand startups that between them raised $38.5M in the past week, working in medtech, fitness and more / full item
Critical technologies, globally: August 2024
