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AI agents reshape sales teams across Australia, NZ

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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AI agents are rapidly transforming sales teams in Australia and New Zealand, slashing grunt work and reshaping how sellers prospect and close deals.
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CurricuLLM unveils Studio Mode for AI-powered planning

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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CurricuLLM launches Studio Mode, letting teachers turn existing documents, curricula and student data into AI-generated classroom resources.
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AI ambitions clash with weak data practices in mining

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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Mining's AI ambitions are being held back as geoprofessionals lose a third of their week wrestling with fragmented, poorly managed data.
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Myriota unveils AssetHawk satellite IoT asset tracker

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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Myriota launches AssetHawk, a rugged satellite IoT tracker promising global coverage and 10-year battery life for remote industrial assets.
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Deel's The Pitch offers USD $15m boost for seed firms

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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Deel launches The Pitch, a global contest offering up to USD $15m in SAFE funding to seed start-ups, with APAC entries closing 21 April.
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Tech salaries level off as burnout & AI skills surge

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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Cyber and AI specialists top tech pay into 2026 as entry-level hiring stalls and burnout surges across Australia and New Zealand.
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PharmaCare boosts ANZ warehouse efficiency with WMS revamp

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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PharmaCare lifts ANZ warehouse performance with Manhattan SCALE, cutting receiving time 25% and boosting daily pick rates by 20%.
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Dell names Richard McLaughlin APJC regional president

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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Dell appoints veteran sales leader Richard McLaughlin as APJC president, tasking him with driving AI-era growth across key regional markets.
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Asus targets 30% APAC notebook share with AI, partners

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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Asus courts 215 APAC partners in Sydney, tying AI PCs and omnichannel retail to an ambitious 30% consumer notebook market share goal.
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Ethique founder launches tablets to replace soft drinks

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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Ethique founder Brianne West unveils Incrediballs, plastic-free effervescent tablets aiming to replace bottled soft drinks worldwide.
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UKG names Paul Broughton Asia Pacific managing director

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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UKG appoints veteran HR tech executive Paul Broughton as Asia Pacific managing director to spearhead regional growth and customer expansion.
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EROAD launches Clarity Edge Multicam for safer fleets

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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fleet management
EROAD unveils Clarity Edge Multicam, a modular six-camera system that links 360° video with telematics to sharpen fleet safety oversight.
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Cloudera brings AI inference & analytics on premises

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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Cloudera brings AI inference, analytics and visualisation into customer data centres, promising tighter control over sensitive enterprise data.
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TRENDS builds Boomi data backbone to power rapid growth

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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TRENDS taps Boomi to unify 50+ systems, tackling complexity as revenue surges from NZD $10 million to NZD $130 million in a decade.
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Broken rails, better rails: why TradFi needs DeFi now

Mon, 9th Feb 2026
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As analogue-era banking creaks under digital demand, DeFi is quietly rewiring the rails of global finance, not blowing them up.
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Teads expands Google TV HomeScreen ad reach globally

Mon, 9th Feb 2026
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Teads partners with Google TV to offer HomeScreen ads on over 500 million devices, boosting global connected TV reach and impact.
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Rockwell Automation names new New Zealand country boss

Mon, 9th Feb 2026
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Rockwell Automation has named Shane Riley as New Zealand country manager, succeeding Mike Greig amid a wider reshuffle of its regional leadership.
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Cohesity, Google Cloud boost backup threat detection

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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Cohesity deepens Google Cloud partnership to bake threat intel and sandbox scanning into backup, tackling stealthy malware in stored data.
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Empathix unveils EMMY, a voice-led AI job search tool

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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Empathix launches EMMY, a voice-led AI job search assistant for New Zealand and Australia that swaps job boards for conversational hiring.
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Liquium raises NZD $2m to boost cleaner ammonia output

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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clean technologies
Liquium secures over NZD$2m to scale green ammonia catalysts, promising major efficiency gains for fertiliser and clean fuel producers.