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Newo raises USD $25m to grow AI voice agents that answer calls for small businesses, after revenue doubled late 2025 amid rising demand.

Nium strengthens global payments push with new chiefs for risk, technology and marketing as AI, stablecoins and regulation reshape the sector.

Token Security named RSAC 2026 Innovation Sandbox finalist for its platform securing and governing autonomous AI agent identities.

Constructive launches secure-by-default Postgres platform to hardwire Row-Level Security and permissions into databases from creation.

NeuBird AI's agentic SRE platform autonomously resolved 230,000 alerts in a year, saving 12,000 hours and USD $1.8 million in costs.

Nebula and Meter team up to speed global rollouts of subscription-based enterprise networks via resellers, promising faster, consistent support.

GTIA aims to boost its charitable giving to USD $5m in 2026, more than doubling the USD $1.91m it distributed to 45 non-profits in 2025.

Salesforce denies axing 4,000 jobs for AI as critics question Agentforce reliability and the need for hard-coded fallbacks in workflows.

Luminance launches AI platform to capture contract memory and combat 'enterprise amnesia', promising 90% faster negotiations.

Juspay raises USD $50m in follow-on funding led by WestBridge Capital, lifting the payments firm to a USD $1.2bn valuation.

Zepz has bought fintech Pomelo to bolt credit cards and lending onto its remittance brands, deepening its push into cross-border finance.

Pearson will roll out Redrock's palm-print ID across 20,000 global test centres and remote exams to tighten security and curb fraud.

Horizon3.ai names veteran marketer Andres Botero CMO to spearhead global expansion after a USD $100 million funding boost.

Tetrate has unveiled Agent Router Enterprise, a platform to certify AI agents as production ready with shared standards, guardrails and metrics.

AI-powered cyber attacks are outpacing thinly staffed security teams, as firms prioritise defence but starve programmes of people and budget.

Google has invested in Emergent, giving the AI start-up early access to Gemini 3 to help millions of non-coders build production software.

Airwallex secures USD $330m at a USD $8b valuation and names San Francisco a dual global HQ as it ramps US expansion and AI investment.

AWS, CrowdStrike and NVIDIA have picked 35 startups for their 2026 AI-focused cybersecurity accelerator, offering mentoring and tech support.

Ignition platform fuels more than USD $3.1bn in 2025 client revenue as 8,500 firms automate billing, payments and pricing decisions.

OpenAI is turning ChatGPT into a software platform, opening a built‑in app directory where users can discover and install third‑party tools.