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Crescendo expands into UK & Europe after rapid growth
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Crescendo targets Britain and Europe with AI customer service push after topping USD $100 million in annual recurring revenue.
CodeRabbit launches Slack agent for engineering teams
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CodeRabbit brings its AI engineering assistant into Slack, aiming to keep planning, coding and deployment decisions in one shared workflow.
Newo appoints Jason Luo as Chief Executive Officer
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Newo names Jason Luo Chief Executive Officer after USD $25 million funding round as it targets small businesses missing inbound calls.
RobCo unveils Alfie robot for variable factory work
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RobCo's new robot targets factory jobs where products, layouts and conditions change constantly, as the Munich startup pushes into Level 4 autonomy.
OpenAI says weekly users top 900 million as AI reshapes work
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OpenAI's weekly user base has surged past 900 million as experts warn AI's economic impact is still hiding in official data.
Gizmo raises USD $22 million to expand AI study platform
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Gizmo secures USD $22 million to deepen AI-powered study tools as it targets US college students and broader global growth.
SpaceAI to test crypto transaction from orbit on TLON flight
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SpaceAI plans first in-orbit cryptocurrency transaction on Argentina's Aventura-1, aiming to mint an NFT tied to artwork by Eugenio Cuttica.
Aria launches Deep Networking platform with USD $125 million
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Aria launches Deep Networking platform as it secures GBP £97 million to target AI data centre networking bottlenecks.
Seattle tops Karat's 2026 engineering talent rankings
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Seattle tops Karat's 2026 engineering talent rankings as Toronto, Chicago and London surge in a shift away from traditional tech hubs.
Thunes ranks among top three in cross-border payments
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Thunes wins Juniper Research top-three nod for cross-border payments as network breadth, interoperability and stablecoin links reshape the market.
Eventus Security wins four Global InfoSec awards
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Eventus Security's AI-led platform earns four Global InfoSec honours at RSAC as the firm's managed detection and response offering gains fresh momentum.
Databricks to invest USD $850 million in UK expansion
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Databricks to quadruple London footprint with new Fitzrovia HQ as it backs UK AI demand, hiring and training with a USD $850 million plan.
Thunes wins best cross-border payment solution award
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Thunes has won the Best Cross-Border Payment Solution award at the MPE Awards 2026 after judges praised its global reach, FX pricing and compliance platform.
Harness ranked No. 24 on Fortune's innovation list
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Harness says its AI tools tackle the post-code bottleneck as it lands No. 24 on Fortune's 2026 innovation list, alongside rapid growth and new funding.
Jazz wins CrowdStrike & AWS cybersecurity accelerator
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Jazz has won a CrowdStrike and AWS-led cybersecurity accelerator, beating five other finalists with its AI-native data loss prevention platform.
Cork Cyber launches AI tool to catch MSP blind spots
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Cork Cyber adds AI-powered asset analysis to help MSPs spot security gaps, zombie records and wasted licences across crowded tool stacks.
Rocketlane raises USD $60m to expand AI services platform
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Rocketlane secures USD $60m Series C to accelerate global rollout of Nitro, its AI-driven professional services execution platform.
Zalos raises USD $3.6 million for finance AI agents
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Zalos secures USD $3.6 million seed funding to build AI agents that automate complex finance workflows across legacy enterprise systems.
N-able sees network attacks surge as AI boosts SOCs
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Network and perimeter attacks are resurging as SOCs lean on AI and SOAR, with 90% of investigations now handled autonomously.
Gold Lapel launches PostgreSQL proxy to tune queries
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Gold Lapel unveils a PostgreSQL proxy that auto‑tunes slow SQL, aiming to replace extra cache and pooling layers with in‑database smarts.