Anastasia Santoreneos

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Reporter and Special Projects Lead at Forbes Australia

Reporter at @Forbes_Au. Moonlight in alcohol taste-testing vids. Views my own.

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Australia's quantum mastermind joins Tech Council

2 days ago | forbes.com.au | Anastasia Santoreneos |Ty Roush |Molly Bohannon

Michelle Simmons, CEO and founder of Silicon Computing (and former Australian of the Year), has joined the Tech Council of Australia on its board of directors. Key Takeaways Michelle Simmons, CEO and founder of Silicon Quantum Computing, has joined the Tech Council of Australia on its board of directors.
Amber Electric energised with $45m raise as Aus amps up residential renewables storage

2 days ago | forbes.com.au | Shivaune Field |Ty Roush |Anastasia Santoreneos |David Phelan

Australia's largest residential battery automation product already captures 40% of the growing domestic market. Amber is also looking to provide wholesale energy pricing efficiency in the UK and Europe. Eight years ago, Aussie surf mates Chris Thompson and Dan Adams were travelling through Ecuador, deep in discussions about the frustrations of the Australian energy market.
Reddit claims Anthropic trained AI models using its users' data without consent

2 days ago | forbes.com.au | Ty Roush |Anastasia Santoreneos |David Phelan |Mark Whittaker

Reddit on Wednesday sued Anthropic for alleged breach of contract, claiming the AI startup trained its models on its users' personal data without permission and continued to do so despite telling Reddit, which has struck licensing deals with OpenAI and Google, the company had stopped.
Australian delivery start-up Locate Technologies banks $1.45 million

5 days ago | forbes.com.au | Anastasia Santoreneos |David Phelan |Mark Whittaker |Richard Nieva

Last-mile delivery start-up Locate Technologies says it will stash cash in excess of its working capital in Bitcoin. Key Takeaways Locate Technologies, an ASX-listed last-mile delivery start-up founded in 2014 to improve the delivery experience for customers, has raised $1.45 million. The company says it will allocate cash in excess of its working capital requirement to Bitcoin.
Tencent Music buys $177 million stake in K-Pop giant SM Entertainment

1 week ago | forbes.com.au | Catherine Wang |Mark Whittaker |Ty Roush |Anastasia Santoreneos

Chinese billionaire Ma Huateng's tech giant Tencent is set to acquire a nearly 10% stake in K-pop agency SM Entertainment from billionaire Bang Si-hyuk 's rival agency Hybe, as thawing relations between China and South Korea have signaled a potential rise in demand for Korean cultural exports. Tencent Music Entertainment Group, Tencent's online music arm, will purchase Hybe's 2.2 million shares in SM Entertainment for 243 billion won ($176.6 million), according to a Hybe corporate filing Tuesday.
Apple design guru Jony Ive set to become a billionaire thanks to Open AI deal

1 week ago | forbes.com.au | Phoebe Liu |Alex Knapp |Ty Roush |Anastasia Santoreneos

The man who designed the iPhone is about to join Forbes' billionaires list. On Wednesday, OpenAI announced that it's acquiring legendary Apple designer Jony Ive's artificial intelligence hardware startup io in an all-stock deal that values the company at $6.5 billion and will likely push Ive's net worth to ten digits in the coming years.
Nine social impact entrepreneurs honoured at Cartier Women's Initiative in Osaka

2 weeks ago | forbes.com.au | Shivaune Field |Anastasia Santoreneos |Moira Forbes |Catherine Wang

Now in its 19th year, Cartier is backing social impact entrepreneurs and encouraging founders in Australia and New Zealand to get involved. When Cyrille Vigneron became CEO of Cartier in 2016, he took the helm not only of the iconic jewellery and watchmaker, but also of the Cartier Women's Initiative (CWI), a global entrepreneurship program dedicated to driving change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs.
Everything we know about OpenAI's $6.5 billion purchase of Jony Ive's Io

2 weeks ago | forbes.com.au | Ty Roush |Alex Knapp |Shivaune Field |Anastasia Santoreneos

Ive, the famed designer who joined Steve Jobs to develop Apple's most popular products, will now curate new devices for OpenAI after his startup was acquired by Sam Altman's firm. Key factsAltman and Ive announced OpenAI's acquisition of Ive's io in a statement Wednesday, with the deal valued at roughly $6.5 billion after OpenAI acquired 23% of io in a partnership deal in 2024.
This billionaire immigrant is racing Elon Musk to connect your phone from space

2 weeks ago | forbes.com.au | Alex Knapp |Ty Roush |Anastasia Santoreneos |Matt Durot

Abel Avellan is taking on SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Project Kuiper in the battle to provide broadband satellite internet directly to your smartphone. Last September, a crowd of seasoned spectators gathered at Cape Canaveral, Florida, to watch as SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket took flight for the 373rd time. But it wasn't carrying yet another of Elon Musk's Starlink satellites to join the 7,100-plus he has already circling Earth.
Airwallex lands $465m series F and a decacorn title

2 weeks ago | forbes.com.au | Shivaune Field |Anastasia Santoreneos |Alan Ohnsman

The latest fundraising round values the company at AUD$9.6 billion, and is the first time Blackbird is included in the cap table. It has now raised more than a billion dollars in VC capital, and is on track to hit a billion in annual revenue this year. Melbourne-founded decacorn Airwallex has closed its Series F round with investment from Blackbird, Square Peg, Airtree, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, Lone Pine Capital and Visa Ventures.

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