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Best Native AI Companies in Victoria, Australia

The 95 best Native AI companies in Victoria, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: CurveBeam AI.

95companies tracked
$166.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
33have raised

Ranked: Best Native AI companies in Victoria

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFounderTech stackRecent signals
1CurveBeam AI
Developer of AI-powered CT imaging solutions
$25M4 mo agoPublic83Arun Singh
CEO
——
2Sapia.ai
Cloud-based platform for applicant tracking system suite solutions
$24M43 mo agoSeries A64Barb Hyman
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+39—
3Marqo
Provider of AI-native product discovery platform optimizing search relevance and conversion
$18M28 mo agoSeries A17Tom Hamer
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesReact+221 launch · 1 partnership
4Heidi
Developer of an AI assistant designed for clinical documentation support
$15M8 mo agoSeries B—Tom Kelly
Co-Founder & CEO
——
5Josef
Platform offering legal workflow automation software
$9M18 mo agoSeed48—WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24—
6Black Innovation
Provider of a platform for training autonomous systems
$9M47 mo agoSeed20—Apache HTTP ServerCloudflareHubSpot+9—
7Lyrebird 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
$8M12 mo agoSeries A—Kai Lieshout
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+31—
8Fluency
Provider of adaptive work intelligence and process automation platform
$8M4 mo agoSeed—Finnlay Morcombe
Co-Founder & CEO
——
9Redactive
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
$8M23 mo agoSeed—Alexander Valente
Co-Founder
——
10Preezie
Provider of AI shopping assistant and quiz platform for e-commerce
$6M54 mo agoSeries A39Quoc Nguyen
Co-Founder
——
11Datarock
Provider of computer vision-based mining and exploration solutions
$6M55 mo agoSeries A14Liam Webb
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+362 job openings
12MyWave
Provider of a conversational AI-based customer support solution
$5M128 mo agoSeries A21Geraldine Mcbride
CEO & Director
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+25—
13Cipher Sports
Diverse software for sports businesses
$5M47 mo agoSeries A26Adam Fiske
Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder
—1 partnership · 1 award
14Qsic
Music streaming solutions for businesses
$4M16 mo agoSeries B36Matthew Elsley
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+221 partnership
15Minikai
A healthtech company that utilize artificial intelligence to simplify administrative tasks and support…
$2M16 mo agoSeed—Kyel Shera-Jones
Co-Founder & CTO
——
16FinchXP
Open banking API solutions
$2M103 mo agoSeed5Shahirah Gardner
Co-Founder
——
17Finch
Group expenses tracker
$2M103 mo agoSeed—Toby Gardner
Co-Founder & CEO
——
18Operata
Provider of cloud based voice and messaging services
$2M4 mo agoSeries A17Romilly Blackburn
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowSentryAtlassian Statuspage+27—
19PI.EXCHANGE
Provider of cloud and AI-based predictive analytics solution provider
$2M57 mo agoSeed26—Webflow EcommerceWebflowMailChimp+13—
20Diag-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
$2M16 mo agoSeed8Brian Wang
Co-Founder
——
21Graceview
AI-driven regulatory compliance solutions for businesses
$2M22 mo agoAcquired—Dan Hunter
Co-Founder
——
22Mapai
Provider of a platform for querying geospatial data using natural language
$1M18 mo agoSeed—Matang P
Founder
WebflowVimeoYouTube+10—
23Rental Heroes
Provider of a cloud-driven maintenance management software for properties
$1M61 mo agoSeed—Dominik Chmielewski
Co-Founder & CCO
——
24ContractProbe
Legal document review management software
$500K110 mo agoSeed3Michael Pattison
Founder
——
25SensOre
Tech first mineral exploration company
$322K40 mo agoPublic40Adrian Manger
Co-Founder
——
26Nola
Provider of an AI-based video surveillance analytics platform
$200K44 mo agoSeed3Victoria Zorin
Chief Executive Officer
——
27OneTouch
OCR based Platform for Documents
$150K147 mo agoSeed—Hany Pham
Co-Founder
——

Top 12 Native AI companies in Victoria

#1
Public · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2009 · 83 employees
$25.3Mraised
▾

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 — 4.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Post IPO$2.8M
  • Feb 2023Series A$25M
  • Nov 2022Seed$255.4K
Founders & team
Arun SinghCEO
Investors
Tenmile, Firetrail, Karst Peak Capital, Ilwella
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssAutoptimizeCalendlyClickdimensions
#2
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2023
$7.5Mraised
▾

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.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Seed$6M
  • Apr 2025Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Finnlay MorcombeCo-Founder & CEOOliver FarnillCo-Founder & COO
Investors
Accel, DST Global, Carya, Archangel, NextGen Ventures, Mixture Of Experts
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerHstsMicrosoft 365Microsoft Clarity
#3
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2019
$15Mraised
▾

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.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series B$65M
  • Mar 2025Series A$16.6M
  • Oct 2023Series A$10M
  • Aug 2021Seed$5M
Founders & team
Tom KellyCo-Founder & CEOWaleed MussaCo-FounderYu LiuCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Blackbird Ventures, Hostplus, HESTA, Wormhole Capital, Archangel, Possible Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAmplitudeApple Icloud MailApple Sign-InBrazeCanny
#4
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2018 · 17 employees
$2.2Mraised
▾

Provider of cloud based voice and messaging services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 3.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Series A$11M
  • Aug 2021Seed$2.2M
Founders & team
Romilly BlackburnCo-Founder & CEOJohn MitchemCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Black Nova, Flying Fox Ventures, Tidal, Glitch Capital, Founderfounder
Tech stack
AhrefsApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCalendlyCdnjsCloudflare
#5
Series A · Victoria · founded 2023
$7.9Mraised
▾

AI-powered medical documentation platform that automates note-taking for clinicians. The platform captures relevant patient information, allowing clinicians to focus on patient care while it generates notes and documents in real-time.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 21%
AI
top 30%
Growth
top 35%
Funding
top 41%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 48%
Tech: 48 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Envoy
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series A$7.8M
  • Sep 2023Seed$120K
Founders & team
Kai LieshoutCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Startmate, Five V Capital, Octopus Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAmplitudeApple Icloud MailBootstrapClickbank
#6
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2017 · 48 employees
$8.7Mraised
▾

Platform offering legal workflow automation software. It allows lawyers to create bots to automate the case management process, manage the lawyer-client conversation, draft legal documents and provide legal advice and guidance to clients. It enables users to connect with clients, collect case-related data and analyze data to capture actionable insights.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 5.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Seed—
  • Nov 2022Seed$5.2M
  • May 2021Seed$2.5M
  • May 2019Seed$1M
Investors
Carthona Capital, LegalTech, Jelix, OIF Ventures, Flying Fox Ventures, Saniel Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailClickceaseCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#7
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2012 · 36 employees
$4Mraised
▾

QSIC is a music solution provider for businesses, shops, pubs, and professionally curated in-store music playlists. They cover a catalog of commercially licensed tracks. It monetizes through subscription charges.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 4.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. DG Media Network) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2025Series B$25M
  • May 2021Series A$4M
Founders & team
Matthew ElsleyCo-Founder & CEONick LarkinsCo-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Investors
Carthona Capital, Hedosophia, Flying Fox Ventures, Uluwatu Capital
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBunnyCloudflare
#8
Seed · Carlton, Victoria · founded 2024
$2.5Mraised
▾

A healthtech company that utilize artificial intelligence to simplify administrative tasks and support caregivers in the disability and aged care sectors. The company's AI agents aim to manage administrative burdens, enabling healthcare professionals to focus on patient care.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2025Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
Kyel Shera-JonesCo-Founder & CTOFreddie HedegaardCo-Founder & CGOKeoki Alexander-ChangCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Tidal, Antler, Mangosteen Venture Studio
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAzureCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Workspace
#9
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2023
$7.5Mraised
▾

Developer of generative AI applications. The platform provides data connectors, authentication flows, and other infrastructure to allow developers to integrate AI models with live business data sources with data security and access controls. Features include access to customer data sources, managed data pipelines, and more.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
AI
top 30%
Funding
top 44%
Market
bottom 37%
Global
bottom 37%
News
bottom 32%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: generative ai
Funding: Raised $7.5M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Seed (Jul 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Seed$7.5M
Founders & team
Alexander ValenteCo-FounderLucas SargentCo-Founder & CTOAndrew PankeviciusCo-Founder
Investors
Felicis Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, Atlassian, Zapier
#10
Seed · Port Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2019 · 8 employees
$2Mraised
▾

Provider of clinical decision support system for rhinologist. The company offers CRS decision support platform to provide actionable clinical insights and quantifiable biological data about the patient’s sinonasal inflammatory profile chronic respiratory disorders. It also, offers RhinoMAP platform an AI-enabled lab testing platform that enhances specialist treatment selection and monitoring capabilities with a focus is on improving patient access to costly Anti-Th2 biologics.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%
Talent
top 28%
Innovation
top 37%
Moat
top 38%
Patents
top 40%
Funding
bottom 46%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Innovation: 10 patents (top 62% of patent-holders) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2025Seed$2M
  • Grant (prize money)$31.1K
Founders & team
Brian WangCo-FounderEldin RostomCo-FounderDavid YenCo-Founder
Investors
Breakthrough Victoria, Radar Ventures, Specialty Physician Associates, LaunchVic
#11
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022 · 17 employees
$17.7Mraised
▾

Provider of AI-native product discovery platform optimizing search relevance and conversion. The platform uses click-stream, purchase, and event data to deliver intelligent results. It offers features such as semantic relevance, typo tolerance, and multilingual comprehension. The platform adapts to shopper intent and behavior, shifting between results and conversational search. It automates ranking, boosts, and filters through AI, improving relevance and revenue.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 9.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 product launches · 3 partnerships (incl. Kogan.com) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2024Series A$12.5M
  • Aug 2023Seed$5.2M
  • Oct 2022Seed$729.3K
  • May 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Tom HamerCo-Founder & CEOJesse ClarkCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Blackbird Ventures, January Capital, Lightspeed, Creator Fund
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare TurnstileGoogle Workspace
#12
Seed · Victoria · founded 2012
$1.3Mraised
▾

Provider of a platform for querying geospatial data using natural language. The platform enables users to ask location-based questions and receive instant answers. It integrates internal and external data sources for comprehensive insights. The platform is designed for non-technical users to easily access and interpret data. It supports real-time data analysis and ensures data privacy and security.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2024Seed$1.3M
Founders & team
Matang PFounder
Investors
Frontiersi, UNSW Sydney
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesHsts

Funding & investor landscape

$166.2Mtotal disclosed funding
30companies funded
51disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Blackbird Ventures4 rounds
Flying Fox Ventures3 rounds
Melbourne Accelerator Program3 rounds
Saniel Ventures3 rounds
Startmate3 rounds
Techstars3 rounds
Archangel2 rounds
Artesian2 rounds
Carthona Capital2 rounds
January Capital2 rounds

Notable founders

Arun Singh
CEO · CurveBeam AI
Finnlay Morcombe
Co-Founder & CEO · Fluency
Oliver Farnill
Co-Founder & COO · Fluency
Tom Kelly
Co-Founder & CEO · Heidi
Waleed Mussa
Co-Founder · Heidi
Romilly Blackburn
Co-Founder & CEO · Operata
John Mitchem
Co-Founder & CTO · Operata
Kai Lieshout
Co-Founder & CEO · Lyrebird Health
Matthew Elsley
Co-Founder & CEO · Qsic
Nick Larkins
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer · Qsic
Kyel Shera-Jones
Co-Founder & CTO · Minikai
Freddie Hedegaard
Co-Founder & CGO · Minikai
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
Robustness research is surging in Australian AI breakthroughs — papers rose from 3 to 16, signalling intensifying focus on model reliability.
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 — Australian papers grew from 1 to 4 as classical methods regain attention.
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 growing in Australian AI research — papers quadrupled from 1 to 4, reflecting mounting scrutiny of model transparency.
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.

Sydney65 · +0.50
Hot · Key (lock)Advancing · Convolutional neural networkOpportunity · Generative grammar
Melbourne59 · +0.58
Hot · Artificial neural networkAdvancing · Set (abstract data type)Opportunity · NarrativeConcern · Generative grammar
Brisbane28 · +0.46
Advancing · GraphOpportunity · Key (lock)
Canberra19 · +0.69
Hot · Identification (biology)Opportunity · Pipeline (software)
Adelaide13 · +0.53
Advancing · SegmentationOpportunity · Key (lock)
Perth10 · +0.55

Common questions

How many Native AI companies are there in Victoria, Australia?
Radar tracks 95 indexable Native AI companies headquartered in Victoria, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Native AI companies in Victoria, Australia?
The Native AI companies in Victoria, Australia on this list have raised a combined $166.2M in disclosed equity funding across 30 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Native AI company in Victoria, Australia?
CurveBeam AI is the highest-funded Native AI company in Victoria, Australia, with $25.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Native AI companies in Victoria, Australia are funded?
30 of the 95 Native AI companies in Victoria, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Native AI unicorns are there in Victoria, Australia?
None of the Native AI companies in Victoria, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Victoria, Australia Native AI companies?
The most active investors in Victoria, Australia Native AI companies on this list include Blackbird Ventures, Flying Fox Ventures, Melbourne Accelerator Program, Saniel Ventures, Startmate.
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