SafetyCulture CEO Kelly Vohs Highlights AI Benefits Amidst $49 Million Loss
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 1 Nov 2025
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- 2
- Australian
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- 2 Nov 2025, 04:26 pm
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One of Australia’s biggest private tech firms says losses are needed to spend on international marketing, and investing in new artificial intelligence capabilities.
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SafetyCulture, a leading Australian technology firm, is embracing advancements in AI to drive future growth, despite reporting a $49 million financial loss. The CEO, Kelly Vohs, emphasizes that the investment in artificial intelligence will provide 'rocket fuel' for the company's expansion, particularly through increased global marketing and executive appointments. While the article primarily focuses on business strategy and AI investment, it does not delve deeply into potential AI safety concerns or regulatory challenges. The piece offers limited insights into how these AI investments might relate to existential risks or influence broader AI governance policies. As such, its contributions to the discourse on AI safety and governance are peripheral.
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TechnologySoftwarePrint articleAmelia McGuireBusiness reporterNov 3, 2025 – 10.43amSaveLog 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?LoginThe chief executive of SafetyCulture says the advent of increased artificial intelligence capabilities gives it big new growth opportunities, after increased spending on global marketing initiatives and new executives saw its losses widen in the 2025 financial year.SafetyCulture is one of Australia’s biggest private technology firms, with New York-based chief executive Kelly Vohs, who took over daily running of the company from its founder Luke Anear last year.Loading...Amelia McGuirecovers technology from the AFR's Sydney newsroom. She was previously the aviation, tourism and gambling reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.Connect withAmeliaonTwitter.EmailAmeliaata.mcguire@afr.com.auSaveLog 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 MoreSoftwareStart-upsVenture capitalAIUSAHESTANetflixYouTubeHostplusMicrosoftASX LimitedSharesAsia-PacificIPOFetching latest articlesWe met a professional shoplifter to understand this crime’s popularityGreg Bearup and Carrie LaFrenzShaken, stirred and a little smoky: three cocktails to define summerThis restaurant is stuck in the past. That’s what makes it greatWhy the boss of this $21b company has a two-part career ruleSally PattenWant to be a top performer? Work lessWhy this CEO says 45 minutes is too long for a meetingHow Gabriella Khalil creates desire – from Cayman resorts to jewelleryZoe SuenHere are some dazzling (and unexpected) ways to drip in diamondsBored with your car interior? How about one that can change colourHarry Triguboff books $222m profit as rental income jumpsNick LenaghanHow a mistake led to one family’s $13m trust tax billGina Rinehart pockets $1.4b payout despite Hancock profit slide