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SmartCompany
smartcompany.com.au ↗Australian small business and startup news site. Guest contributions of 400 to 1,000 words go to its news editor with a LinkedIn link and must not be promotional; it says it has 1.9 million monthly impressions across its network.
SmartCompany is a tech publication at smartcompany.com.au. It covers AI startups, with a rule: Australian SMEs and startups. Listing is free, with paid spots on offer. Review: it gets hundreds of pitches a day and gets in touch only if it thinks a story is suitable. Terms read on smartcompany.com.au on 3 October 2026.
Rate card
- Price
- Free to send news releases and story pitches by email; partner content, events and sponsorship through its sales address, no prices stated
- Link you get
- not stated
- Review
- It gets hundreds of pitches a day and gets in touch only if it thinks a story is suitable
- Run by
- Private Media Pty Ltd
- Their rule
- Australian SMEs and startups
- Lists
- Every kind of AI product
- Where they say so
- smartcompany.com.au/contribute ↗
- Reach
- HugeHuge reach: #47,562 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #5,433 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
- Checked
- , on its own pages
Quick answers
- Does SmartCompany cover AI startups?
- Only some. It covers AI startups, with a rule: Australian SMEs and startups.
- How much does a listing on SmartCompany cost?
- Listing is free, with paid spots on offer.
- How does SmartCompany review submissions?
- Review: it gets hundreds of pitches a day and gets in touch only if it thinks a story is suitable.
Who is listed on SmartCompany
Our nightly read of smartcompany.com.au found 15 apps we recognise from other places, among them impact.com, jasper.ai, algolia.com, latitude.io, tailwindcss.com, bsky.app, splashthat.com, hpe.com. As of 8 Oct 2026. Your tracker checks whether yours is there.
How to submit to SmartCompany
- 1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots, and check that your product fits their rule: australian smes and startups. The listing guide lists what forms ask for; the tracker builds the kit from your website.
- 2. Write to them. Their address and the subject line they ask for show above once you are signed in.
- 3. Wait for the review. It gets hundreds of pitches a day and gets in touch only if it thinks a story is suitable. Pay only for a spot you asked for; the listing itself is what the price above says. Log the submission in your tracker; it marks the listing when it appears.
Listing tracker
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Add your app once; we read smartcompany.com.au every week and mark the listing when it appears, every night on Pro. Last read 8 Oct 2026.
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