Insights

Australia has new national frameworks for managing AI risk and safety. Our CTO Mike shares insights for investors and tech leaders including starter questions for portfolio companies and a downloadable resource for tech leaders to help operationalise AI risk management.

Lead Consultant Kelly Benson participated in a recent panel hosted by the Project Management Institute (Melbourne Chapter) on Generative AI, sharing perspectives on AI in project management including in the software development lifecycle.

Artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML), particularly generative AI, is a hot topic right now with implications being evaluated by nearly every organisation. CTO Labs sees as vital integrating AI into formal diligence processes to assist investors in making well-informed decisions based on risk and potential.

The recent XZ compromise has brought into focus the risk of software supply chain threats in cybersecurity: these are material for almost every organisation, yet not yet fully on the radar of most, as our technical due diligence uncovers. Kitson Kelly unpacks the topic

When you grant agency to an AI agent to provide advice, and it subsequently misleads a customer, you can become liable for the outcome. In this piece Isaac Schultz explores some of the questions investors can ask to explore whether a business has appropriate AI guardrails in place.

With the ASEAN-Australia summit underway in Melbourne this week, Tom Xu reflects on investment opportunity in Southeast Asia and the challenges of understanding tech investment value in this context.

Block recently announced that they are retiring Afterpay in the US and global expansion plans have faltered, since acquiring the company in 2022. Are there lessons to be learned about common risks and growth contraints in integrating tech heavy enterprise? Kitson Kelly takes a look.

Investing in business where custom software development is material to the success of the organisation brings a particular set of risks. Getting clear advice at the right stage that helps quantify and strategise these risks can materially perserve the value on an investment.

CTO Labs Principal Technologist Roger Almeida delves into the developer productivity debate and asks how non-technical leaders can best become collaborators in the intricacies of software engineering.

The "B-Sides" feat. CTO Labs Joshua Hinton - are a new series where we go under the covers of recent work in Tech M&A. Here's our first Episode.

Tools like Anti-Corruption Layers (ACLs) are helping leaders ensure effective communication within tech systems. This article by CTO Labs Senior Developer Muhammad Amir explores benefits and things to consider in using them effectively.

Amazon Prime decided to dump their serverless, microservices architecture and replace it with a monolith instead. But a good versus evil standoff misses nuanced opportunity under the hood.

Deconstructing monoliths is 'the new black'. Here's some insights from Gavin Allan on using lesser known Tactical Forking as part of a larger effort. Download to read what, why, how, and the benefits it delivered, with some key things to consider.

As AI technology advances at pace it's important that tech leadership keep a good eye on both opportunity and risk, and evolve approaches to meet both. Here's my take including 3 priorities for CTO's right now.

Interested in exploring how good Acceptance Criteria drives Test Driven Development? In this extract from a recent presentation, Kelly shares experience-led insights and recommendations.

Looking to understand how performance affects valuation in M&A tech? We unpack technical debt - the hidden HECs style tech debt - in this article by Josh Hinton.

Looking to understand how tech performance affects valuation in M&A? We unpack velocity or tech meets compound interest in this article by Josh Hinton.

In this piece I'll introduce you to a system bottleneck we affectionately call 'Tony'. At times the most resistant to change and difficult to diagnose .. but also can be the most deeply impactful if you get it right.

In the rapidly changing world of DevOps how do you know you are measuring the right thing? CTO Labs offers a fresh take on DevOps measurement in this article by CTO Mike Mengell.

Website costs starting to hurt? Website code changes too slow? Been hacked again? Here Gavin Allan talks through the tech story under our new website.