Atlassian buys Melbourne software firm, advances AI push

Australian software giant Atlassian has followed up the biggest acquisition in its history with the buyout of a six-year-old Melbourne developer, AirTrack, which it will use to beef up its flagship Jira service management product.

Company filings show Atlassian took ownership of AirTrack at the start of October, but it is planning to unveil the deal at a conference in Sydney on Wednesday, where it will promote new artificial intelligence-based product developments.