Artificial intelligence has prompted a supercharged tech boom, with valuations of the world's biggest companies soaring on the Nasdaq amid talk about a new era of human-like algorithms.Here in Australia, a microcosm of Silicon Valley is happening, with 30,000 people now working in AI and many start-ups tapping into billions of dollars of venture capital.One local start-up that just got $2.5 million in seed funding is Apate.The company, originally founded out of Macquarie University, has clients including th ...