Kanishka Narayan gets Cabinet seat for UK AI policy
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has made Kanishka Narayan the UK’s cabinet-level AI minister as part of a machinery-of-government resh...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month agoSection
Funding
Dell Technologies Capital sees AI changing SaaS pricing, not ending SaaS
Daniel Docter says AI startups will be judged on distribution and durable demand, while SaaS incumbents may buy their way into the...
By Marcus Adeyemi 1 month ago
Black Ops VC founders argue Black founders need larger AI-era seed rounds
James Norman and Sean Green point to weak 2025 funding data and say underfunded seed rounds are blocking more Black-led startups f...
By Marcus Adeyemi 1 month ago
Revolut secures Australian banking licence from APRA
The fintech plans to spend AU$400 million over five years as it moves 1.2 million local customers into a regulated bank.
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month ago
ORiS raises €5M to test laser power beaming between satellites
Earlybird and Pitchdrive led the Turin space startup’s pre-seed round, with a 2027 in-orbit demo planned with DCUBED.
By Marcus Adeyemi 1 month ago
Natural raises $30 million to build payment infrastructure for AI agents
The San Francisco startup says it will use the Series A to build wallets, transfers, cards and compliance tools for autonomous AI...
By Marcus Adeyemi 1 month ago
Prodlane raises €4M for MAIA, an AI assistant for industrial teams
Leipzig-based Prodlane says it will use the funding to expand MAIA across DACH industrial and medtech customers.
By Marcus Adeyemi 1 month ago
Illustra Pro targets maritime safety training from San Diego
The National City firm sells bilingual maritime safety courses built around behavioral psychology, but it has not disclosed revenu...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month ago
Paycom leads 2026 enterprise HRIS ranking as AI budgets climb
A 2026 HRIS comparison ranks Paycom ahead of Workday, Oracle, ADP, UKG and Dayforce, citing unified HR and payroll data as the mai...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month ago
Wonder raises $650 million at $9 billion as IPO plan moves up
Marc Lore’s food-tech company added new capital, a Zipline deal and investor protections as it prepares for a possible public list...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month ago
Mexico pulls ahead of Brazil in Latin America venture funding
Crunchbase data shows Mexican startups raised $944 million in Q2, driven by late-stage rounds and renewed participation from U.S....
By Marcus Adeyemi 1 month ago
SAP closes Prior Labs deal with €1 billion investment plan
The Freiburg startup raised only €9 million before SAP acquired it, betting on tabular AI for enterprise data rather than language...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month ago