Tag: Michael Biercuk

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Space sector gets $14m in MMI funding round

Four Australian space companies will share in nearly $14 million as part of the first funding deployment from the federal government’s flagship $1.3 billion manufacturing initiative. The Modern Manufacturing...

Plans to restrict foreign research teams ‘dangerous’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government plan to crackdown on foreign research collaboration on emerging technologies is a “dangerous development” that risks holding back burgeoning sectors such as artificial intelligence, UNSW Professor...

Q-CTRL to take quantum tech to the Moon

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Local firm Q-CTRL will send its quantum tech to the Moon as part of an Australian consortium working on NASA’s Artemis program. The Sydney-based startup has developed quantum sensing...

Govt ‘dismissive’ of tech concerns on FIRB changes

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government was “dismissive” of concerns raised during consultations about the impact of reforms to Australia’s foreign investment laws on local tech companies, with these left unaddressed in...

FIRB changes to dampen foreign tech investment

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
New rules surrounding Australia’s foreign investment regime which passed Parliament last week may “dampen the enthusiasm” for investment in local tech companies, according to Australian Investment Council chief Yasser...

Research translation policies not fit for purpose

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Current policies aimed at creating incentives for research translation are not fit-for-purpose for tech companies, with too much focus on public-private collaboration, according to Q-CTRL founder Professor Michael Biercuk....

Uninspiring: ScoMo’s tech adoption fail

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Local tech leaders have railed against Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s emphasis on tech adoption rather than creation, branding it “uninspiring”, lacking in ambition and “the opposite of what we...

FIRB reforms will ‘imperil’ quantum sector

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Proposed changes to Australia’s foreign investment rules will “imperil” the future of the country’s quantum computing sector and severely disadvantage local tech companies, according to a number of submissions...

Michael Biercuk on deep tech policy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Michael Biercuk sits at the centre of a bunch of areas of strategic national interest as a quantum physicist at the University of Sydney and as the founder/CEO at...

Q-CTRL gets intelligence boost via In-Q-Tel

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The strategic investment by US intelligence-linked venture capital firm In-Q-Tel in the Sydney headquartered quantum startup Q-CTRL brings with it a lot more clout than money. Ironically the participation...