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Thousands of tech job losses have been announced by three of Australia’s most successful startups.

Are bots coming for tech jobs, or is it ‘AI-washing’?

Some of Australia’s biggest tech success stories including Atlassian, Afterpay’s owner, and WiseTech have given their employees a bitter taste of AI reality.

  • Colin Kruger

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Afterpay co-founder Nick Molnar.
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Afterpay billionaire rejects ‘AI-washing’ claim as thousands are fired

Half of the “buy now, pay later” company’s jobs in Australia have been cut, but co-founder Nick Molnar insists the business has never been stronger.

  • David Swan
Natalie MacDonald resists the narrative of robots stealing jobs.

The week AI came for Australian jobs

There’s no doubt the new tech will reshape workforces, the question is how the transition will be managed and who bears the cost.

  • David Swan
Donald Trump evidently believes he can woo Vladimir Putin away from China if the price is right. Xi Jinping may believe so as well.

Why the trade truce just failed to rock our world

So much for Australia’s sharemarket Trump bump. For local investors it was more a case of Trump glump.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen. Afterpay celebrated its 10th birthday this week.

Afterpay billionaires say Australia is well on its way to a cashless future

Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen built an empire by detecting and responding to major shifts in financial behaviour. So their views on the immediate future carry weight.

  • Clancy Yeates
Nick Molnar, co-founder of Afterpay.

Afterpay co-founder points to Gen Z, Millennials’ growing economic clout

The cost-of-living crisis has fuelled greater demand for buy now, pay later products – especially from younger Australians – says Block executive Nick Molnar.

  • Clancy Yeates
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Alyssa Henry, Square’s CEO, in Sydney on Tuesday.

AI is having a Google moment: Square boss

The US fintech giant is an example of how artificial intelligence is already being incorporated into financial services products today.

  • Clancy Yeates
The government is regulating buy now, pay later products.

How the buy now, pay later changes could affect you

The government will regulate Afterpay and its rivals as credit, closing a gaping loophole – but there’s a twist.

  • Clancy Yeates

Can Jack Dorsey’s fintech Block beat the short-sellers?

It’s been a rocky ride for investors since Afterpay’s owner, US fintech giant Block, arrived on Australia’s sharemarket via a dual-listing last year.

  • Clancy Yeates

Lithium in short sellers’ sights as Hindenburg blows up tech stock

As Block fends off explosive allegations from short sellers Hindenburg Research, data illustrates how some sectors are attracting the interest of investors who are shorting.

  • Clancy Yeates