Simon Thomsen

1 day ago | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen

The battle between corporate regulator the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and Block Earner has swung in favour of the crypto platform after the Federal Court overturned a ruling that its Earner product was a financial product.

1 day ago | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen

It plays to the obsessions of rich middle-aged US blokes facing mortality, but unlike the 47-year-old entrepreneur and investor Bryan Johnson, who’s spent more than US$10 million trying to not die, and thus far succeeded, Superpower if offering to tell you all about your body using biannual biomarker blood tests for US$499 (A$780) a year. Once you know what’s wrong, they also have things you can buy to fix it.

2 days ago | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen

Zero Co, the cleaning products startup will close at the end of the month with founder and CEO Mike Smith pulling down the shutters because they can’t find a pathway to profitability. The six-year-old startup set records in 2021 when it raised a record $5 million in just six hours on the Birchal crowd-sourced funding (CSF) platform. Zero Co also scored $6 million in venture funding from Square Peg. It raised a further $2 million in 2024 from crowdfunding on Birchal.

2 days ago | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen

Zero Co, the cleaning products startup will shut down at the end of the month with founder and CEO Mike Smith pulling down the shutters because they can’t find a pathway to profitability. The six-year-old startup set records in 2021 when it raised a record $5 million in just six hours on the Birchal crowd-sourced funding (CSF) platform. Zero Co also scored $6 million in venture funding from Blackbird. It raised a further $2 million in 2024 from crowdfunding on Birchal.

2 days ago | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen

Australian Radio Network (ARN), the media company behind KIIS, as well as Gold and iHeart, used an AI-generated female Asian host to broadcast 4 hours of midweek radio, without disclosing it. The fake presenter, “Thy”, has been generated reportedly using someone in the finance department at ARN. The show broadcasts on CADA, 11am-3pm, weekdays. “Thy will be playing you the hottest tracks from around the world,” the show’s promo blurb says.