Bio

Paul Smith is a journalist at the Australian Financial Review, specializing in technology, corporate affairs, and artificial intelligence. His work provides insights into regulatory impacts on tech investments and advancements in Australia's digital landscape.

Articles (50)

• Canva Valuation Slashed by Backers Blackbird and Airtree as AI Costs Pile Up

  Australian Financial Review • 14 Aug 2026

• Canva’s Artificial Intelligence Experiment a Make-or-Break Moment

  Australian Financial Review • 10 Aug 2026

• South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas Announces a Royal Commission into Artificial Intelligence Risks and Regulation

  Australian Financial Review • 10 Aug 2026

• Canva AI Costs and Why Australia’s Biggest Tech Company Delayed Product Launches and Missed Revenue Targets

  Australian Financial Review • 4 Aug 2026

• AI from the Likes of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta Are in a Teenage Phase That Business Cannot Trust

  Australian Financial Review • 3 Aug 2026

• How AI Became the Arena for Global Cybersecurity Arms Race

  Australian Financial Review • 30 July 2026

• The Risks of Cyberattacks by Autonomous Agents Is Changing the Threat Landscape Forever

  Australian Financial Review • 30 July 2026

• How the US-China AI Cold War Over Model Distillation Is Being Used to Stifle Global Competition and Protect Market Dominance

  Australian Financial Review • 27 July 2026

• OpenAI Hacking Incident in US Sparks Urgent Cybersecurity Concerns in Australian Government Over Chinese Models

  Australian Financial Review • 22 July 2026

• AI Start-ups: MoonShot AI Model Kimi K3 to Compete with Anthropic and OpenAI

  Australian Financial Review • 20 July 2026

• CBA, Telstra Back Research Blitz into AI’s Impact on Jobs

  Australian Financial Review • 14 July 2026

• Albanese Government Faces Stalemate with Tech Giants over AI Copyright Laws

  Australian Financial Review • 7 July 2026

• Adam Gilmour, Australia’s Elon Musk, Has His Sights Set on a US Market Listing

  Australian Financial Review • 6 July 2026

• Firmable, Leigh Jasper’s AI Sales Start-up, Valued at Almost $100 Million

  Australian Financial Review • 1 Mar 2026

• AI Job Losses: Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins Urges Preparation for Potential Upheaval, Warns AI Impact Will Mirror Dotcom Crash

  Australian Financial Review • 24 Feb 2026

• AI Investment in Australia a Priority for Albanese Government as It Pushes for Local Innovation to Capture $100 Billion Wealth

  Australian Financial Review • 23 Feb 2026

• Sharon AI Debuts with $1 Billion Valuation on NASDAQ, Rival Firmus Technologies Plans Listing

  Australian Financial Review • 19 Feb 2026

• Melbourne AI Firm Affinda Valued at $220 Million After Raising $25 Million in Funding Round

  Australian Financial Review • 16 Feb 2026

• Tech Council of Australia Calls for Greater AI Consultation Between Government and Industry

  Australian Financial Review • 12 Feb 2026

• Oliver Curtis’ Firmus Secures $10 Billion from Blackstone to Build AI Factories

  Australian Financial Review • 9 Feb 2026

• Power Infrastructure Start-up Neara Reaches Unicorn Status with AI Models to Reinvent Energy Grids

  Australian Financial Review • 9 Feb 2026

• Australian AI Start-up Fluency Backed by Accel and DST Global Partners

  Australian Financial Review • 8 Feb 2026

• Software Stocks Decline as AI Innovations, like Anthropic’s Claude, Disrupt Industry

  Australian Financial Review • 4 Feb 2026

• Kasada, a Sydney-Based AI Start-up, Reaches $300 Million as It Helps Businesses Combat AI Bots

  Australian Financial Review • 10 Dec 2025

• Australia AI Investment: Tech Giants Advocate for Law Reforms to Boost Data Centres

  Australian Financial Review • 26 Nov 2025

• Microsoft's Deal with Iren Nets Millions for AI Cloud Firm's Co-Founders

  Australian Financial Review • 3 Nov 2025

• Anthony Albanese's Phone Number Leak: PM's Details Published Alongside Global Leaders

  Australian Financial Review • 13 Oct 2025

• Australian AI Specialist Andrew Tulloch Joins Facebook Owner Meta

  Australian Financial Review • 12 Oct 2025

• Affinda Group Acquisition: Melbourne AI Firm Buys Pathfindr in $15 Million Deal

  Australian Financial Review • 7 Oct 2025

• ChatGPT Maker OpenAI to Open First Australian Office in Sydney

  Australian Financial Review • 26 Aug 2025

• Tech Council of Australia and ACTU Reach Agreement to Pay for Copyrighted Material in AI Development

  Australian Financial Review • 20 Aug 2025

• Meet Matilda, Australia’s Answer to OpenAI's ChatGPT

  Australian Financial Review • 13 Aug 2025

• Sam Altman's Advice for Job Security in the Artificial Intelligence Era

  Australian Financial Review • 24 July 2025

• Artificial Intelligence: Australia's China AI Quandary is a Dealmaker's Opportunity

  Australian Financial Review • 7 July 2025

• Albanese Warned Against China's Offer to Cooperate on AI

  Australian Financial Review • 6 July 2025

• OpenAI Chief Economist Proposes AI Tax Breaks Promising $115 Billion Windfall for Australia

  Australian Financial Review • 29 June 2025

• Amazon CEO Warns White-Collar Staff That AI Could Replace Jobs

  Australian Financial Review • 17 June 2025

• Australia Needs Clear AI Policy and Targets, Says Business Council of Australia

  Australian Financial Review • 31 May 2025

• Australian AI Start-up Raises $37 Million After Backing by US Tech Heavyweight

  Australian Financial Review • 5 May 2025

• DeepSeek's Energy Use: Impact on AI-Fueled Power Boom

  Australian Financial Review • 29 Jan 2025

• China's DeepSeek Catches Up with the US in the AI War

  Australian Financial Review • 24 Jan 2025

• How OpenAI’s Sam Altman Thinks AI Will Change Next Year (And What Elon Musk Will Do)

  Australian Financial Review • 5 Dec 2024

• Artificial Intelligence: Salesforce, Transurban, and Telstra Report Boards Increasing Pressure to Adopt AI

  Australian Financial Review • 13 Nov 2024

• Artificial Intelligence: Telstra and ANZ Say Human Call Centres Will Have AI Agents

  Australian Financial Review • 13 Nov 2024

• Anthropic's Claude AI Agents Could Transform the White-Collar Workforce

  Australian Financial Review • 24 Oct 2024

• Commonwealth Bank AI call centres: New Nvidia chips to help CBA build AI call centres

  Australian Financial Review • 17 Sept 2024

• OpenAI co-founder’s AI start-up raises $1 billion with just 10 employees and no product

  Australian Financial Review • 5 Sept 2024

• We Can’t Control Deepfakes, Say Amazon and Microsoft

  Australian Financial Review • 16 Aug 2024

• AI Used by Half of Australian Knowledge Workers, But Few Employers Have AI Policies

  Australian Financial Review • 29 July 2024

• Ex-Atlassian insiders pull in millions for AI development start-up

  Australian Financial Review • 3 July 2024