Radar · Native AI in Australia
Best Native AI Companies in Australia
The 384 best Native AI companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Firmus.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
384companies tracked
$12.2Bdisclosed funding
1unicorns
132have raised
Australia's Native AI sector is moving fast enough that ranking companies by disclosed equity funding actually tells you something useful right now. We're tracking 384 companies here, with $12.2B in total disclosed funding across the cohort, and the distribution is stark: Firmus accounts for $11.1B of that alone, leaving the rest of the field clustered well below $30M, with CurveBeam AI ($25M), Heidi ($15M), and a handful of others rounding out the top tier. One unicorn has emerged. The sector's CAGR is running near 50% annually, driven by automation in healthcare admin, programmatic advertising, and document processing. So if you're sizing up where capital is concentrating, the gap between Firmus and everyone else is the first thing to reckon with.
The broader momentum is real too. Native AI adoption is accelerating as enterprises move past bolt-on integrations toward purpose-built architectures, and as 2023 research shows, the infrastructure demands of native deployments are reshaping how platforms scale. Blackbird Ventures, AirTree, and Investible are the most active backers in this directory. The companies worth watching aren't necessarily the biggest names yet.
Sources & further reading
- benzinga.com
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · NATIVE AI × AUSTRALIA
Our analysis of 150 Native AI companies
$80.7b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
150companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
50unicorns
2022median founding year
433kcombined LinkedIn audience
33%of audience held by top 3
10companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Native AI companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Employees | Tech stack | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firmus 🦄 Provider of AI cloud infrastructure with scalable performance and efficient design 67Funding top 7%AI top 20%Moat top 47%Tech top 49% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 7% AItop 20% Moattop 47% Techtop 49% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 37% Funding: Raised $11.1B across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 1 yrs (4.0/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $11.1B | 2 mo ago | Series F | Tim Rosenfield Co-Chief Executive Officer | 25 | TurbopackApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+14 | — | — | 1 job opening · 3 partnerships |
| 2 | Q-Ctrl Developer of cloud-based firmware to stabilise qubits from quantum decoherence 74Tech top 15%AI top 20%Funding top 22%Moat top 29% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 15% AItop 20% Fundingtop 22% Moattop 29% Markettop 43% Talenttop 44% Growthbottom 40% Globalbottom 38% Newsbottom 30% Tech: 49 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $166M | 20 mo ago | Series B | Michael Biercuk Founder & CEO | 101 | SentryMarkerAtlassian Statuspage+29 | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 3 | Harrison Provider of artificial intelligence system for multiple diagnostic analysis 69AI top 26%Funding top 29%Moat top 31%Growth top 35% All 10 signals ▾AItop 26% Fundingtop 29% Moattop 31% Growthtop 35% Techtop 35% Markettop 45% Talentbottom 49% Fin. healthbottom 44% Newsbottom 43% Globalbottom 39% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, deep learning Funding: Raised $117M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 7 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $117M | 16 mo ago | Series C | Dimitry Tran Co-Founder & Chief Business Development Officer | 182 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | — | 3 partnerships |
| 4 | Dovetailed Technologies Provider of a platform centralizing and analyzing customer feedback using AI | $71M | 52 mo ago | Series A | Bradley Ayers Co-Founder | 137 | ContentfulSentryApple iCloud Mail+35 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Fleet Space Developer of space-enabled platform delivering integrated data for mineral exploration | $67M | 18 mo ago | Series D | Flavia Nardini Co-Founder & CEO | 100 | WebflowGSAPLenis+23 | 6 signals ▼62% Announcements · M&A | 68 patents LEO satellite communications hardware, antennas, modems, and integrated IoT sensor nodes | — |
| 6 | Omniscient Provider of AI-powered brain mapping and analysis platform 48AI top 30%News top 32%Talent top 33%Funding top 46% All 8 signals ▾AItop 30% Newstop 32% Talenttop 33% Fundingtop 46% Techtop 46% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 37% Growthbottom 35% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 4 tracked, 1 types) · +200% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $60M | 24 mo ago | Series C | Michael Sughrue Founder and CMO | 78 | HubSpot CMS HubSentryApple iCloud Mail+21 | 3 signals ▲200% Funding | — | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 7 | Hivery Provider of analytics solutions for vending fleet management | $38M | 47 mo ago | Acquired | Jason Hosking Co-Founder & CEO | 77 | PrismicApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+35 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Leonardo Ai AI-powered platform to generate assets with models | $31M | 30 mo ago | Acquired | Chris Gillis Co-Founder & CFO | 25 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+40 | — | — | 7 launchs · 1 award |
| 9 | CurveBeam AI Developer of AI-powered CT imaging solutions | $25M | 4 mo ago | Public | Arun Singh CEO | 83 | WordPressSentryMySQL+41 | 3 signals Funding · Regulatory | 55 patents AI-driven medical imaging analysis: alignment correction, segmentation, material decomposition, abnormality detection. | — |
| 10 | Fivecast Provider of open-source intelligence solutions for risk detection and threat analysis | $24M | 38 mo ago | Series A | Ross Buglak Co-Founder | 100 | WordPressSentryMySQL+29 | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 11 | Sapia.ai Cloud-based platform for applicant tracking system suite solutions | $24M | 42 mo ago | Series A | Barb Hyman CEO | 64 | WordPressMySQLPHP+39 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Lumachain Provider of computer vision artificial intelligence for food and beverage production 45AI top 26%Funding top 38%Product top 41%Talent bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾AItop 26% Fundingtop 38% Producttop 41% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 43% Techbottom 27% Newsbottom 18% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, computer vision Funding: Raised $23.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 7 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $23M | 20 mo ago | Series A | Jamila Gordon Founder & CEO | 100 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — | 7 launchs |
| 13 | Archi Star Provider of AI-powered platform streamlining building permit assessment and compliance 67Tech top 29%Product top 30%Funding top 35%Growth top 35% All 11 signals ▾Techtop 29% Producttop 30% Fundingtop 35% Growthtop 35% Innovationtop 39% Moattop 39% AItop 45% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 22% Tech: 46 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services Product: 7 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series B rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $22M | 23 mo ago | Series B | Benjamin Coorey Co-Founder & CEO | 55 | WordPressSentryMySQL+26 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 14 | Abyss Solutions Provider of autonomous inspection solutions for critical infrastructure and assets | $19M | 42 mo ago | Series B | — | 176 | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Marqo Provider of AI-native product discovery platform optimizing search relevance and conversion | $18M | 28 mo ago | Series A | Tom Hamer Co-Founder & CEO | 17 | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesReact+22 | — | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 16 | myInterview Cloud-based video interviewing platform | $17M | 40 mo ago | Acquired | — | 35 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Heidi Developer of an AI assistant designed for clinical documentation support 78AI top 20%Tech top 24%Talent top 28%Funding top 30% All 10 signals ▾AItop 20% Techtop 24% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 30% Customerstop 33% Growthtop 35% Moattop 42% Producttop 46% Marketbottom 45% Globalbottom 38% AI: Classified as an AI company Tech: 59 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $15M | 8 mo ago | Series B | Tom Kelly Co-Founder & CEO | — | SanitySentryApple iCloud Mail+31 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Decidr Provider of AI-powered growth engine for SMEs 64AI top 23%Tech top 31%Growth top 35%Funding top 36% All 7 signals ▾AItop 23% Techtop 31% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 36% Talenttop 38% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 25% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai-powered Tech: 35 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $13M | 8 mo ago | Acquired | Paul Chan Founder & CEO | — | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+28 | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 19 | Canopus Developer of AI-driven network observability platform using eBPF and AI agents | $13M | 14 mo ago | Series A | Vijay Sivaraman Co-Founder & CEO | — | WagtailNode.jsPython+18 | — | — | — |
| 20 | Relevance AI AI-powered image data analytics platform 57Tech top 24%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Funding top 37% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 24% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Fundingtop 37% Moattop 48% Producttop 49% Growthbottom 40% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 36% Newsbottom 21% Tech: 55 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $13M | 13 mo ago | Series B | Daniel Palmer Co-Founder | 16 | WebflowGSAPPostHog+22 | — | — | — |
| 21 | Particular Audience Platform offering consumer intelligence solution | $11M | 32 mo ago | Series A | — | 35 | — | 5 signals Leadership · New product | — | — |
| 22 | Norwood Systems Cost-effective mobile roaming voice, messaging and data services provider | $11M | 31 mo ago | Public | Paul Ostergaard CEO and Founder | 13 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — | 30 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 23 | Artrya AI-based cardiovascular health analysis tool for providers 53Innovation top 24%AI top 25%Growth top 28%Patents top 28% All 13 signals ▾Innovationtop 24% AItop 25% Growthtop 28% Patentstop 28% Moattop 32% Fundingtop 35% Talentbottom 49% Newsbottom 48% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 35% Partnersbottom 35% Marketbottom 28% Fin. healthbottom 23% Innovation: 30 patents (top 35% of patent-holders) · 29 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21 AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $10M | 16 mo ago | Public | John Konstantopoulos Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer | 35 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21 | — | 30 patents AI-powered cardiac imaging analysis for coronary artery disease detection and plaque scoring | — |
| 24 | Brainfish AI powered customer support agents 62AI top 19%Funding top 37%Talent top 38%Tech top 41% All 7 signals ▾AItop 19% Fundingtop 37% Talenttop 38% Techtop 41% Growthtop 45% Globaltop 45% Marketbottom 40% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai powered, computer vision Funding: Raised $8.9M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $9M | 11 mo ago | Seed | Daniel Kimber Co-Founder & CEO | — | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Clarity+25 | — | — | — |
| 25 | Josef Platform offering legal workflow automation software | $9M | 18 mo ago | Seed | — | 48 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24 | — | — | — |
| 26 | Breaker Developer of AI agents for autonomous systems control 53AI top 20%Talent top 28%Funding top 35%Global bottom 48% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 35% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 38% Marketbottom 35% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $8M | 3 mo ago | Seed | Vanja Videnovic Co-Founder | — | WebflowApple iCloud MailGSAP+9 | — | — | 1 award |
| 27 | Martec Discreet job board for job seekers | $8M | 32 mo ago | Series A | Raaj Govintharajah Founder & CEO | 29 | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+26 | — | — | — |
| 28 | Lyrebird Health AI-powered medical documentation platform that automates note-taking for clinicians 72Tech top 21%AI top 30%Growth top 35%Funding top 41% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 21% AItop 30% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 41% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 47% Tech: 48 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $8M | 12 mo ago | Series A | Kai Lieshout Co-Founder & CEO | — | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+31 | — | — | — |
| 29 | Unseen Developer of AI agents for commercial real estate sector augmentation | $8M | 19 mo ago | Series A | William Cosby Co-Founder & CTO | — | WebflowjQueryHSTS+4 | — | — | — |
| 30 | Fluency Provider of adaptive work intelligence and process automation platform 45AI top 20%Talent top 38%Tech top 44%Global top 45% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 38% Techtop 44% Globaltop 45% Fundingtop 46% Marketbottom 25% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $8M | 4 mo ago | Seed | Finnlay Morcombe Co-Founder & CEO | — | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+15 | — | — | — |
| 31 | Redactive Developer of generative AI applications 53Talent top 28%AI top 30%Funding top 44%Market bottom 37% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Fundingtop 44% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 32% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: generative ai rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $8M | 23 mo ago | Seed | Alexander Valente Co-Founder | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Tactiq Cloud-based live captions recording solution provider for meetings | $7M | 23 mo ago | Series A | Ksenia Svechnikova Co-Founder & CEO | 9 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22 | — | — | 1 launch |
| 33 | VAPAR Developer of ML based platform for assessing the condition of sewer pipes | $7M | 28 mo ago | Series A | — | 20 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — | — | 1 job opening · 3 partnerships |
| 34 | reask Risk management solutions for insurers 60Talent top 28%AI top 30%Innovation top 32%Growth top 35% All 11 signals ▾Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Innovationtop 32% Growthtop 35% Techtop 43% Producttop 43% Fundingtop 46% Moattop 48% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 23% Newsbottom 18% Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $7M | 15 mo ago | Seed | Eugene Dubossarsky Co-Founder | 17 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+24 | — | — | — |
| 35 | Zeligate AI powered recruitment platform streamlining talent acquisition processes | $6M | 7 mo ago | Seed | Denver Naidoo Founder and CTO at Zeligate | Pioneering the Future of Work with AI Solutions | — | Webflow EcommerceWebflowAmazon Web Services+20 | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 36 | Nullify AI powered code review platform 48AI top 23%Talent top 28%Growth top 35%News top 36% All 9 signals ▾AItop 23% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Newstop 36% Moattop 39% Fundingtop 44% Techbottom 43% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 22% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai powered Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $5M | 4 mo ago | Seed | Shantanu Kulkarni Co-Founder & CEO | 10 | WebflowSwiperLenis+11 | 3 signals Funding · Capital raise | — | — |
| 37 | Gridsight Developer of an AI-driven electrical digital twin for distribution networks 40AI top 30%Talent top 38%Growth top 45%Funding top 49% All 7 signals ▾AItop 30% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Fundingtop 49% Techbottom 42% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 26% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-driven Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $5M | 14 mo ago | Series A | Kurt Walkom Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer | 17 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+13 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 38 | Qsic Music streaming solutions for businesses | $4M | 16 mo ago | Series B | Matthew Elsley Co-Founder & CEO | 36 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 39 | Dataro AI-based fundraising campaigning platform 62AI top 30%Innovation top 32%Tech top 32%Growth top 35% All 10 signals ▾AItop 30% Innovationtop 32% Techtop 32% Growthtop 35% Producttop 36% Talenttop 38% Moattop 48% Fundingtop 50% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 28% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based Innovation: 12 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $2M | 3 mo ago | Series A | David Lyndon Co-Founder | 22 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowAmazon Web Services+18 | — | — | — |
| 40 | Minikai A healthtech company that utilize artificial intelligence to simplify administrative tasks and support… 40Talent top 28%AI top 30%Tech top 46%Global bottom 48% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Techtop 46% Globalbottom 48% Fundingbottom 43% Marketbottom 25% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $2M | 16 mo ago | Seed | Kyel Shera-Jones Co-Founder & CTO | — | TurbopackApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+17 | — | — | — |
| 41 | Operata Provider of cloud based voice and messaging services | $2M | 4 mo ago | Series A | Romilly Blackburn Co-Founder & CEO | 17 | WebflowSentryAtlassian Statuspage+27 | — | — | — |
| 42 | Hall Customer community platform software solutions for businesses | $2M | 10 mo ago | Seed | Kai Forsyth Founder | — | InstatusNode.jsRadix UI+17 | — | — | — |
| 43 | Diag-Nose Provider of clinical decision support system for rhinologist 45AI top 20%Talent top 28%Innovation top 37%Moat top 38% All 8 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 28% Innovationtop 37% Moattop 38% Patentstop 40% Fundingbottom 46% Globalbottom 31% Marketbottom 21% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $2M | 16 mo ago | Seed | Brian Wang Co-Founder | 8 | — | — | 10 patents Nasal secretion sampling devices and respiratory diagnostic analysis technologies | — |
| 44 | Apate.ai Developer of AI-powered platform for scam prevention and intelligence gathering 42AI top 30%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Funding top 49% All 7 signals ▾AItop 30% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 49% Techbottom 39% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 25% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $2M | 9 mo ago | Seed | Peter Eckermann Co-Founder & Chief Product and Operations Officer | — | WebflowAzurecore-js+11 | — | — | 1 job opening · 2 awards |
| 45 | Graceview AI-driven regulatory compliance solutions for businesses | $2M | 22 mo ago | Acquired | Dan Hunter Co-Founder | — | — | — | — | — |
| 46 | TrueState Platform for building AI systems | $2M | 24 mo ago | Seed | William Ashford Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 47 | Mary Technology AI powered legal document automation and management software | $1M | 3 mo ago | Series A | Daniel Lord-Doyle Co-Founder & CEO | — | SanityApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 48 | Mapai Provider of a platform for querying geospatial data using natural language | $1M | 18 mo ago | Seed | Matang P Founder | — | WebflowVimeoYouTube+10 | — | — | — |
| 49 | Haast AI based digital marketing compliance firewall for businesses | $1M | 2 mo ago | Series A | Jason Watling Co-Founder | — | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+17 | 3 signals Funding | — | — |
| 50 | Edexia AI-powered grading solutions for teachers | $500K | 17 mo ago | Seed | Nathan Wang Co-Founder and CTO | — | SentryNode.jsFirebase+13 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Native AI companies in Australia
#1
Firmus 🦄Series F · Saint Leonards, Tasmania · founded 2019 · 25 employees$11.1Braised▾
Firmus 🦄
Series F · Saint Leonards, Tasmania · founded 2019 · 25 employees
Provider of AI cloud infrastructure with scalable performance and efficient design. It offers GPU-powered cloud compute, bare metal options, and AI storage solutions. The infrastructure is designed for running experiments, training models, and launching agents. The company focuses on modular, verticalized systems to optimize cost and power consumption. It engineers infrastructure from the silicon level up, co-designing compute, network, power, and cooling for system-wide efficiency. The company also provides resources for AI factories and research.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 7%AI
top 20%Moat
top 47%Tech
top 49%Talent
bottom 49%Market
bottom 46%Funding: Raised $11.1B across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 1 yrs (4.0/yr) · Last round Series F (Apr 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 1/10 · Unicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers — 2.7% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Customer Success Manager, Technical Account Manager
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 partnerships (incl. NVIDIA Vera Rubin and the Vera CPU) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series F$505M
- Feb 2026Conventional Debt$10B
- Nov 2025Series E$327.6M
- Sep 2025Series D$219.8M
Founders & team
Investors
Ellerston Capital, Nvidia, Blackstone, Coatue, Powerhouse Ventures, Tectonic
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAzureGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerHstsMicrosoft 365
#2
Public · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2009 · 83 employees$25.3Mraised▾
Public · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2009 · 83 employees
Developer of AI-powered CT imaging solutions. The company is developing AI-based weight-bearing CT (WBCT) imaging systems for the orthopedic and musculoskeletal (MSK) specialties for the diagnosis of lower extremity conditions.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Post IPO$2.8M
- Feb 2023Series A$25M
- Nov 2022Seed$255.4K
Founders & team
Investors
Tenmile, Firetrail, Karst Peak Capital, Ilwella
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssAutoptimizeCalendlyClickdimensions
#3
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2023$8.4Mraised▾
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2023
Developer of AI agents for autonomous systems control. The agents enable two-way voice communication with robots via push-to-talk radio networks, facilitating real-time command issuance, question-asking, and mission context updates. They empower robots to make real-time, auditable decisions at the edge, leveraging context to filter critical information and reduce cognitive load. These agents support multi-asset cross-domain teaming, allowing autonomous systems to collaborate across air, land, and maritime domains.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Talent
top 28%Funding
top 35%Global
bottom 48%Tech
bottom 38%Market
bottom 35%AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $8.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Feb 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Seed$6.4M
- Mar 2025Seed$2M
Founders & team
Investors
Main Sequence, Bessemer Venture Partners
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareGodaddyGsapHstsHttp/3
#4
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2023$7.5Mraised▾
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2023
Provider of adaptive work intelligence and process automation platform. The platform offers tools to map, measure, and optimize workflows across teams and systems, enabling organizations to identify process deviations, hidden workflows, and conformance gaps without relying on manual surveys. Its desktop agent delivers work visibility without extensive IT integration and automatically documents best practices. Solutions include initiative tracking, impact measurement of AI and digital projects, and ranking workflow opportunities by return on investment. The technology helps streamline operations, enhance compliance, and support data-driven decision-making for enterprise clients focused on efficiency and process improvement.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Talent
top 38%Tech
top 44%Global
top 45%Funding
top 46%Market
bottom 25%AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 18 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Vercel · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Seed$6M
- Apr 2025Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Accel, DST Global, Carya, Archangel, NextGen Ventures, Mixture Of Experts
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerHstsMicrosoft 365Microsoft Clarity
#5
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2022 · 10 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2022 · 10 employees
AI powered code review platform. It provides a security tool that enables users to scan the codebase to identify code quality issues and security weaknesses. The platform identifies, scans, and comments on code to provide developers with findings and fixes for security issues. Features include static application testing, automatic secret detection, software composition analysis, and more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 23%Talent
top 28%Growth
top 35%News
top 36%Moat
top 39%Funding
top 44%AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai powered
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Seed$12.5M
- Mar 2024Seed$3.4M
- Jun 2023Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Investors
Two Sigma Ventures, Black Nova, Root Ventures, OIF Ventures, CyRise, SYN Ventures
Tech stack
CalendlyCdnjsCloudflareGoogle WorkspaceHstsHttp/3
#6
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2019$15Mraised▾
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2019
Developer of an AI assistant designed for clinical documentation support. The AI transcribes visits, structures notes, and generates referrals. It also auto-applies codes and tasks, and sends information to electronic health records. The AI adapts to various clinical specialties and settings.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Tech
top 24%Talent
top 28%Funding
top 30%Customers
top 33%Growth
top 35%AI: Classified as an AI company
Tech: 59 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Datadog, Microsoft Clarity
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Series B$65M
- Mar 2025Series A$16.6M
- Oct 2023Series A$10M
- Aug 2021Seed$5M
Founders & team
Investors
Blackbird Ventures, Hostplus, HESTA, Wormhole Capital, Archangel, Possible Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAmplitudeApple Icloud MailApple Sign-InBrazeCanny
#7
Series A · Canberra, Australian Capital Territory · founded 2022$1.2Mraised▾
Series A · Canberra, Australian Capital Territory · founded 2022
AI based digital marketing compliance firewall for businesses. It provides a platform for monitoring and managing digital assets. It helps organizations find and resolve brand or regulatory compliance issues. It uses AI technology to detect and flag compliance issues. The platform allows users to select the channels to search, including websites, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. It helps organizations manage digital risk, enabling users to find and resolve brand and legal compliance issues.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series A$12M
- May 2025Seed$6M
- Aug 2023Seed$1.2M
- Apr 2023Grant (prize money)$238K
Founders & team
Investors
Aura Group, ACT Government, AirTree, Defy, Black Sheep Capital, Peak XV Partners
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFramer SitesGoogle Analytics
#8
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 182 employees$117Mraised▾
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 182 employees
Provider of artificial intelligence system for multiple diagnostic analysis. The company offers a platform that is based on deep learning artificial intelligence. The platform helps with services like predictive pregnancy from time-lapse video and fundoscopic images, along with tuberculosis case analysis and canine parvovirus infection.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 26%Funding
top 29%Moat
top 31%Growth
top 35%Tech
top 35%Market
top 45%AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, deep learning
Funding: Raised $117M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 7 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series C (Jan 2025)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 52k LinkedIn followers — 12.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 partnerships (incl. Harrison.ai) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2025Series C$112M
- Nov 2021Series B$97M
- Dec 2019Series A$20M
Founders & team
Investors
Horizons Ventures, Sonic Healthcare, I-MED Radiology, Blackbird Ventures, Skip Capital, Ramsay Health Care
Tech stack
AosCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-JsDocusign
#9
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 22 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 22 employees
Dataro is an AI-based fundraising campaigning platform. The product is a predictive analytics solution to create fundraising campaigns that integrate with the CRM for appeal donations, donor engagement, and retention.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 30%Innovation
top 32%Tech
top 32%Growth
top 35%Product
top 36%Talent
top 38%AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based
Innovation: 12 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
Tech: 43 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Nginx
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series A$14.3M
- Dec 2021Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Basis Set Ventures, Save the Children, Blueprint Equity, FUELD Accelerator, Reinventure Group
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementFramer Sites
#10
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018$13.2Mraised▾
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018
Provider of AI-powered growth engine for SMEs. This engine automates tasks, eliminates data silos, and facilitates scaling without increased overhead. It targets time-consuming, repetitive work such as data entry and email communication, improving business efficiency and allowing businesses to focus on strategic growth initiatives. The solution is designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises compete more effectively with larger organizations by streamlining operations and enhancing productivity.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 23%Tech
top 31%Growth
top 35%Funding
top 36%Talent
top 38%Market
bottom 37%AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Tech: 35 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Observability: Microsoft Clarity, Sentry
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Accounts Payable & Payroll Specialist, Senior FP&A Analyst
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Post IPO$13.2M
Founders & team
Tech stack
AmplitudeCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#11
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 101 employees$166Mraised▾
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 101 employees
Developer of cloud-based firmware to stabilise qubits from quantum decoherence. The technology uses engineering-inspired transfer functions to provide realistic error budgeting and closed-loop control stabilisation techniques for mitigating hardware errors. It also provides advanced control protocols to reconstruct sensor features and provide quantum clock stabilisation.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 15%AI
top 20%Funding
top 22%Moat
top 29%Market
top 43%Talent
top 44%Tech: 49 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Observability: Sentry
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $166M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 9 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series B (Oct 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 30k LinkedIn followers — 7.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
- Oct 2024Series B$59M
- Feb 2024Grant (prize money)$2M
- Jan 2023Series B$27.4M
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$230K
Founders & team
Investors
Sequoia Capital, DCVC, Horizons Ventures, Main Sequence, Airbus Ventures, Sequoia Capital China
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#12
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2018 · 17 employees$2.2Mraised▾
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2018 · 17 employees
Provider of cloud based voice and messaging services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series A$11M
- Aug 2021Seed$2.2M
Founders & team
Investors
Black Nova, Flying Fox Ventures, Tidal, Glitch Capital, Founderfounder
Tech stack
AhrefsApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCalendlyCdnjsCloudflare
Funding & investor landscape
$12.2Btotal disclosed funding
120companies funded
214disclosed rounds
2rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Techstars8 rounds
Notable founders
Tim Rosenfield
Co-Chief Executive Officer · Firmus
Arun Singh
CEO · CurveBeam AI
Vanja Videnovic
Co-Founder · Breaker
Matthew Buffa
Co-Founder · Breaker
Finnlay Morcombe
Co-Founder & CEO · Fluency
Oliver Farnill
Co-Founder & COO · Fluency
Shantanu Kulkarni
Co-Founder & CEO · Nullify
Tony Mao
Co-Founder · Nullify
Tom Kelly
Co-Founder & CEO · Heidi
Waleed Mussa
Co-Founder · Heidi
Jason Watling
Co-Founder · Haast
Liam King
Co-Founder · Haast
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,966,524 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Native AI coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Australia
How research on Artificial Intelligence is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Artificial Intelligence — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 555 Australia-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820162026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 35% → 51% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- University College London95
- Monash University41
- UNSW Sydney39
- University of Technology Sydney31
- The University of Sydney30
leading researchers
Marko Sarstedt · Shirui Pan · Chunhua Shen · Yi Yang · James Poustie · Svetha Venkatesh · Gary Ow · Christian M. Ringle
▲
Breakthroughs252 · 45%
▲ 38%→47% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations71% since 2021mostly methods-led
Graph neural network research is surging — Graph papers rose from 1 to 14 among Australian AI breakthroughs.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Artificial neural network2→16
- Graph1→14
- Robustness (evolution)3→16
- Feature (linguistics)1→14
- Set (abstract data type)2→11
Newly emergingKey (lock) 0→16 · Reinforcement learning 0→9 · Generative grammar 0→7
Landmark A new criterion for assessing discriminant validity in variance-based structural equation modeling · 31,360 cites
◆
Advancements125 · 23%
▼ 28%→21% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations66% since 2021mostly methods-led
Support vector machine advancement research is rising steadily — papers grew from 1 to 4 across the period.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Support vector machine1→4
- Benchmark (surveying)2→4
- Pattern recognition (psychology)5→6
Newly emergingField (mathematics) 0→5 · Big data 0→5 · Artificial neural network 0→5
Landmark Rethinking the Inception Architecture for Computer Vision · 30,404 cites
▼
Concerns97 · 17%
▼ 21%→17% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations68% since 2021mostly empirical
Interpretability concerns are intensifying — Australian AI papers flagging interpretability issues quadrupled from 1 to 4.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Interpretability1→4
- Perspective (graphical)4→6
Newly emergingGenerative grammar 0→9 · Key (lock) 0→7 · Field (mathematics) 0→5
Landmark The Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy (v1) of 93 Hierarchically Clustered Techniques: Building an International Consens · 7,823 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Australia
Where artificial intelligence is researched across Australia
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Melbourne123 · +0.52
Sydney117 · +0.51
Brisbane52 · +0.47
Canberra32 · +0.68
Adelaide24 · +0.40
Perth20 · +0.41
Common questions
How many Native AI companies are there in Australia?
Radar tracks 384 indexable Native AI companies headquartered in Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Native AI companies in Australia?
The Native AI companies in Australia on this list have raised a combined $12.2B in disclosed equity funding across 120 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Native AI company in Australia?
Firmus is the highest-funded Native AI company in Australia, with $11.1B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Native AI companies in Australia are funded?
120 of the 384 Native AI companies in Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Native AI unicorns are there in Australia?
1 Native AI company in Australia on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Australia Native AI companies?
The most active investors in Australia Native AI companies on this list include Blackbird Ventures, AirTree, Investible, Artesian, Techstars.
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