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The New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards celebrate our country's top businesses and individuals in the tech industry, highlighting leading innovations in electronics, software, biotechnology, creative sectors, agritech, telecommunications, and digital media.

We gave a Large Language Model (Google’s NotebookLM) a PDF copy of our annual report and everything you are about to hear, including the super-optimistic breezy American presenters, is what we got back.

Currently, GovGPT is in a closed pilot phase, trained on specific, publicly available data from selected government websites.

In partnership with Poutama Trust, Callaghan Innovation is proud to once again sponsor the NZ Hi-Tech Kamupene Māori o te Tau – the Māori Company of the Year award.

In partnership with Poutama Trust, Callaghan Innovation is proud to once again sponsor the NZ Hi-Tech Kamupene Māori o te Tau – the Māori Company of the Year award.

In partnership with Poutama Trust, Callaghan Innovation is proud to once again sponsor the NZ Hi-Tech Kamupene Māori o te Tau – the Māori Company of the Year award.

It’s been a big year for Easy Crypto, which last month launched its stablecoin, the NZDD, as well as a digital wallet for its customers.

Our team have made three key changes to the grant: Simplified co funding: 40% across both R&D projects and Capability Development - meaning more funding could be available to invest in that exciting first R&D project.

Callaghan Innovation has today launched a counselling service to support founders whose mental health is suffering due to the significant pressures associated with establishing and growing a startup.

The large, eye-catching pounamu Aaron Ward wears around his neck is not only his connection to home, but also a conversation starter.

Callaghan Innovation and Whāriki have entered a strategic partnership to accelerate the commercialisation of innovation in Māori enterprise.

After a decade as a recruiter, Scott Inglis saw a difficult part for firms hiring a new employee came right at the end.