Crypto lobbying, Albo’s selfie, Barron Trump’s date
AI needs some good PR: With all the hype around AI, we’ve been keeping a close eye on who’s trying to have their voice heard through the “litany of lobbyists” descending on Canberra.
Maincode, a crypto gambling-backed “sovereign AI company”, has recently acquired the services of Akin Agency as its representatives. (Akin also represents the family investment firms for Elon Musk’s Australian boss Robyn Denholm and Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council of Australia’s chair Scott Farquhar).
We tipped you off a few weeks ago to Maincode’s meetings in Canberra, and this week its CEO Dave Lemphers was in the nation’s capital — this time in front of a parliamentary committee making the point that it’s easy for…