Meet Matilda, Australia’s Answer to OpenAI's ChatGPT
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 13 Aug 2025
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- 3
- Australian
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- 14 Aug 2025, 02:27 pm
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The company trying to build a local rival to OpenAI says its platform will track when it uses copyrighted data, so that it can share profits.
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The article introduces Matilda, an AI platform developed by Maincode, an Australian start-up aiming to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT. Funded by Ed Craven, the founder of Stake.com, Matilda features a unique mechanism to track and log the use of copyrighted data, potentially allowing for profit-sharing with content creators. The development of Matilda signifies an important step in Australia's AI landscape, highlighting local efforts to compete on a global stage. While the platform's safety and governance implications are not deeply explored, its development indicates significant investment in domestic AI capabilities.
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TechnologyAIPrint articlePaul SmithTechnology editorAug 14, 2025 – 4.00pmSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginMaincode, the start-up taking on the challenge of building Australia’s answer to OpenAI and ChatGPT, has revealed the first details of its plans, including the name of its flagship platform: Matilda.The company is bankrolled by the billionaire founder of online casino giant Stake.com, Ed Craven, and run by its founder and chief executive Dave Lemphers.Loading...Paul Smithedits the technology coverage and has been a leading writer on the sector for 20 years. He covers big tech, business use of tech, the fast-growing Australian tech industry and start-ups, telecommunications and national innovation policy.Connect withPaulonTwitter.EmailPaulatpsmith@afr.comSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIOpenAIInnovationMichelle RowlandATOGoogleFetching latest articlesThe 25 new watches you need to know nowLuke Benedictus and Bani McSpeddenWhat OpenAI’s Sam Altman suggests you do to keep your jobThis Australian watch reseller is making its move on London and NYCWhy this boss negotiated a 25pc pay rise for her staffPatrick DurkinBeing away from her baby felt wrong. So this exec invented a solutionPublic and private sectors both spy on staff, but with one differenceThe ‘Apple Isle’ may need a rebrand thanks to Tassie’s vineyard boomMax AllenA breezy Lee Mathews dress and a butterfly chair to relax inKevin McCloud and Tim Ross’s new podcast is for serious design nerdsThe Pratts v Alex Waislitz: a battle of ‘epic’ proportionsPrimrose Riordan and Max MasonWiseTech faces competition concerns after $3.2b acquisition of e2open‘Factually incorrect’: fund manager Elanor fires back at Lederer