As COP26 talks loom,Atlassian founder Mike Cannon-Brooks has pledged to invest and donate $1.5 billion to help keep warming to 1.5 degrees.
Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes says Australia’s closed borders are creating a major headache for tech firms trying to attract talent.
Developers and investors are defying market jitters and circling the burgeoning tech hub in Sydney’s Haymarket and Central Station precinct to snap up more mixed-use projects for the expected growth in the post pandemic environment.
Atlassian’s sharemarket value has broken through the $US100 billion ($140 billion) mark,taking the wealth of its two founders to $US23 billion each as the shift to remote work in the pandemic is boosting demand for its software.
The company that builds the infrastructure underlying the data and artificial intelligence capabilities of Australia’s top technology companies including Atlassian and Canva is seeing revenue surge as the sector continues to grow locally.
Office and industrial property behemoth Dexus is confident workers will return to their desks when lockdowns are a thing of the past but any leasing tensions in the sector will be offset by growth in its diversified $25 billion funds management platform.
Tesla chair Robyn Denholm will oversee a board that also includes billionaires from Atlassian,Afterpay and Canva.
Sydney-based customer feedback startup Dovetail is being hailed by its prominent backers as potentially Australia’s next big software success story.
Some would argue the local tech industry doesn’t need to raise its profile. But our homegrown tech titans obviously think otherwise.
Co-founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar saw their wealth increase by $2.35 billion each overnight after Atlassian posted a 29 per cent rise in annual sales,with more growth to come.
The Australian tech firm will move into a new,sustainable office tower,where each four-storey section is segmented into “habitats”.