Innovation Bites

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/pjlaurie/
• https://twitter.com/pjlaurie

• The CSIRO has created a free program to help Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) come up with new ideas to tackle plastic waste. This program will give SMEs the power to be creative and find solutions to this global problem.
• Startups that focus on quantum technology have been given $7 million in funding from the New South Wales government.

• Generative AI could add $115 billion to Australia's economy each year by 2030, according to Microsoft Australia News Centre.

• Hostplus, a super fund, has put in an extra $100 million into a commercialisation fund managed by IP Group. This fund is used to help universities turn their research into products and services.

Interview

We also interview Alan Lau from Velocity Empowerment,

Reflections

This week we reflect on the lack of support for businesses working through the "shadow of death" and where we need more support in the commercialisation phase. And we look at the five impacts of new technologies and how we are seeing this play out right now in the field of artificial intelligence.

• Indigenous VC firm - First Australians Capital - secures $15 million in capital to invest in indigenous enterprises https://www.digitalnationaus.com.au/news/first-australians-capital-secures-15m-to-support-indigenous-entrepreneurs-597787

• Hollywood actors go on strike over concerns about AIhttps://gizmodo.com.au/2023/07/hollywoods-groundbreaking-ai-proposal-for-actors-sounds-like-a-nightmare/ 

• Applications open for the Agrifutures Agxelerate program https://www.startupdaily.net/partner-content/applications-open-for-agrifutures-agxelerate-program/ 

• Optus partners with SpaceX to extend mobile coverage across Australia https://www.smartcompany.com.au/industries/telecommunications/optus-partners-starlink-mobile-coverage-australia-elon-musk-spacex/ 

We also interview:

• Ignite Sydney - Gavin Heaton, Michael Kordahi and Dennis Spring come together to bring Ignite Sydney back to the Oxford Art Factory - https://www.ignitetalks.sydney/

How to listen

Listen on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR6j2EhIwQbnqOfrv5DAuydrjL5YtlSRk

Listen on Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/innovation-bites/id1690821173

Listen on Spotify

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disruptors-co

• Bupa Ecodisruptive - https://www.bupa.com/sustainability/eco-disruptive-challenge

• Cut Through Ventures report - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cut-through-venture_cut-through-quarterly-q2-2023-australian-activity-7082104538257633280-WibK 

We also interview:

• Polipedia: https://polipedia.com.au

• Ebony McKenna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebony-mckenna-47155075/ 

How to listen

Listen on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR6j2EhIwQbnqOfrv5DAuydrjL5YtlSRk

Listen on Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/innovation-bites/id1690821173

Listen on Spotify

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disruptors-co

• Industry Growth Program consultation

• Climate Salad Industry Report

• The country of Tuvalu's Digital Twin

• Australia’s tech sector created 70,000 new jobs over the last 12 months. The Tech Council of Australia’s research report

• NSW Female founders program - applications open 

• $150K in prizes to reward great innovation Australian Innovation Competition 

We also interview:

• Tony Colarco, Community Manager at The Quantum Terminal (TechCentral)

• Anthony J James (part 2)

• NSW Government AI Guide refresh
• Courses AI Ethics https://www.innovationaus.com/businesses-offered-crash-course-on-ai-ethics/
• Professor Doug Hilton - the new CEO of CSIRO https://www.innovationaus.com/doug-hilton-is-the-new-csiro-chief/
• HydGene Renewables https://www.startupdaily.net/topic/funding/macquarie-uni-spinout-hydgene-renewables-raises-6-million/ 

We also interview:

• Hannah Maginn from CUT Store
• Anthony J James

• Four week old startup Mistral AI raises $113m seed round

• CSIRO On Prime applications

• Join the TechFugees Meetup

• City of Sydney Reboot program

• The AI assisted Beatles Song

• Learn more about BearID 

We also interview:

• Jarrod Ward from Ahurei - IP and commercialisation expert
• Anne-Marie Elias from TechFugees Australia.

• Apple's new VR headset (check out BBC Technology Editor, Zoe Kleinman's tweet stream)
• CSIRO's free MedTech program for SMEs - Innovate to Grow
• NewsCorp's new innovation centre
• Entries now open for the InnovationAus Awards for 2023.

We also visited the Digital Transformation Live conference in Sydney. We met and interviewed:

• Rhonwyn Learner from Vertanium
• Hyugo Hayashi from Earth2Mars
• Sean Borg from Corsight
• Sean Hall from Energx
• Niranjan Deodhar from Open Orbit
• Sally Browner from the Institute of Applied Technology

• Innovation news headlines, including surprise changes at the SPARK Festival
• City of Sydney's Business Innovation Program
• FashTech Labs with Tracey Hamilton.