Author: Paul Rogers

Stoke Space adds $350M to funding round as it gets ready for the first launch of its reusable rocket

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space Technologies says it has added another $350 million to its previously announced Series D financing round, bringing the amount raised in the round to $860 million. The fresh funding will go toward completing activation of the company’s Florida launch complex and expanding production capacity […]

Driving strategic growth in Europe: Announcing Planet’s European advisory board

Planet’s commitment to Europe runs deep, with roots dating back to 2015 when Planet Labs Germany GmbH was established. Europe is home to >30% of our global team, over 40% of our satellite components, and ground stations in the UK, Germany, Iceland and Norway bringing down almost 50% of our data. We have our mission […]

Animoca Brands secures VASP Licence from Dubai’s VARA

Animoca Brands, a global digital assets leader building and investing in impactful technologies and ecosystems to reimagine future economies, today announced it has received a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) Licence from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). The VASP Licence authorizes Animoca Brands to commence operations and to provide virtual asset (VA) Broker‑Dealer Services […]

SkinnyDipped launches Female Founder Fund with $25,000 grant for woman-owned CPG brand

SkinnyDipped announced the launch of the SkinnyDipped Female Founder Fund, an initiative designed to support women-led food businesses as they scale and build long-term, sustainable growth. As a female-founded brand, SkinnyDipped is acutely aware of the structural challenges women entrepreneurs continue to face, particularly in access to capital, with only 2.4% of venture funding going […]

Paxos Labs and Aleo Network Foundation announce USAD stablecoin live on Aleo Mainnet

USAD represents programmable, privacy-preserving digital dollars built for real-world payments, applications, and on-chain commerce Paxos Labs, the enterprise infrastructure platform for embedded on-chain finance, and the Aleo Network Foundation, the non-profit organization supporting the Aleo Network, today announced that USAD, a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin 1:1 backed by compliant USDG reserves, is now live on Aleo […]

Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN acquires controlling stake in London-based ai.io to launch sports technology division

HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF)-backed artificial intelligence (AI) company, has launched a sports technology division called HUMAIN Sport after acquiring a controlling interest in ai.io, a London-headquartered AI and sports technology company. HUMAIN Sport is set to bring together the technical strengths of HUMAIN and ai.io to build unified AI-driven platforms serving the […]

Klarna launches on Google Pay in the UK

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, is now available on Google Pay in the UK. Google Pay users in the U.K. can choose Klarna’s interest-free payment options at checkout. Raji Behal, Head of Western and Southern Europe, UK & Ireland at Klarna, said, “We’re really excited to bring Klarna’s fair, flexible and […]

Whoosh and Lightspeed Commerce showcase the power of their combined functionality at 2026 CMAA World Conference

Two of the most innovative software platforms available to private golf club operators have come together to offer fully integrated solutions that solve the most challenging scheduling, payment and membership related issues. Whoosh, Inc., a leading provider of modern operations software for golf, racquet and hospitality facilities, is pleased to announce that it will be […]

Helium Mobile wants to create a next generation MNO using decentralised Wi-Fi as its connectivity engine

Can Helium Mobile disrupt the US mobile market using not much more than a growing network of Helium Wi-Fi hotspots? Helium’s technology and business strategy includes incentives to encourage deployment, assuring Wi-Fi quality of service, and even – if all goes well – creating a positive feedback loop to drive growth. The company’s aim is […]

AXA and Planet partner to revolutionize disaster management and prevention

Planet Labs GmbH, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced a strategic partnership with AXA Digital Commercial Platform (AXA DCP), an all-in-one risk management system, to provide high-frequency satellite imagery to monitor, predict, and respond to natural disasters in near-real-time. Through this partnership, AXA DCP will integrate data […]

Ambience Healthcare partners with MultiCare Health System on enterprise Rollout of AI Platform

Following one of the most comprehensive evaluations of ambient AI technology in healthcare, MultiCare Health System, based in Tacoma, WA, has selected Ambience Healthcare for an enterprise-wide deployment of its AI platform for documentation, coding, and clinical workflows. The initiative advances clinician well-being, patient experience, and documentation quality across the organization. The deployment follows a […]

RiverMeadow announces migration support for OpenStack private cloud, expanding its hybrid cloud modernization and VMware alternative capabilities

RiverMeadow Software, a global leader in cloud migration and modernization, today announced full migration support for OpenStack private cloud environments. This significant enhancement extends RiverMeadow’s Workload Mobility Platform, enabling organizations to seamlessly migrate, modernize, and optimize workloads into OpenStack as a compelling VMware alternative and a foundation for secure hybrid cloud strategies. As enterprises increasingly […]

Radenta, Vantiq roll out AI platform for fraud detection in Philippines

Radenta Technologies has partnered with US-based Vantiq to introduce a real-time intelligence and fraud detection platform aimed at helping Philippine organizations respond faster to digital and identity-based threats. The unified, edge-optimized system uses artificial intelligence and generative AI to analyze multiple data sources, including financial transactions, device telemetry, geolocation data, and external intelligence feeds. The […]

Axie Infinity launches bAXS, Terrariums, and dual airdrops in ecosystem update

Introduction of Bonded AXS (bAXS): Axie Infinity unveils bAXS to function alongside AXS as the primary token in gameplay, facilitating a healthier economic flow within the ecosystem. New Land Gameplay System – Terrariums: Replacing the Homeland with Terrariums, focusing on active participation in earning rewards and enhancing land utility. Two Strategic Airdrops: Aimed at rewarding […]

SadaPay chairman Ali Samir Oosman steps down

Oosman has chaired SadaPay’s board since July 2020, helping guide the company through multiple product launches, funding rounds, and regulatory approvals, as well as its acquisition by Türkiye’s Papara in 2024. Ali Samir Oosman is stepping down as chairman of the board at Pakistan-based digital banking and payments platform SadaPay. In a LinkedIn post, SadaPay’s […]

Varo Bank announces growth investment led by Coliseum Capital Management

$123.9M Raised in Series G Funding and Strengthened Board with New Directors Varo Bank, the first all-digital nationally chartered bank in the U.S., today announced that it raised a growth investment of $123.9 million. Varo’s Series G round led by existing investor Warburg Pincus and new investor Coliseum Capital Management, LLC. Existing investors, including Northview, […]

NEAR Protocol integration with Nansen: A new era of data transparency for the open web

Decentralized finance and blockchain development have always experienced a “black box” problem. Although on-chain data has technically always been considered “public”, it’s very difficult to retrieve useful, meaningful insights from all the hexadecimals, code redundancy, and wallet addresses spread across the network. In a move aimed at addressing this challenge and enhancing the synergy between […]

Animoca Brands and Ethoswarm launch Animoca Minds to accelerate agentic economy

Animoca Minds removes hardware bottleneck to AI adoption, seeks to democratize access to agentic economy Animoca Brands, a global digital assets leader building and investing in impactful technologies and ecosystems to reimagine future economies, and CryptoSlam’s Ethoswarm, which generates persistent AI minds with their own identity, memory, and cognition, today announced a strategic partnership to […]

Blockchain.com, Ondo Finance bring tokenized U.S. stocks to Europe

Partnership expands access to over 200 digital securities through cryptocurrency wallet Blockchain.com and Ondo Finance announced today they are offering tokenized U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds to users across Europe through a digital wallet, extending a partnership that launched similar services in Africa and South America last year. Eligible users in 30 European Economic Area […]

Confirmo and Paxos partner to bring trusted stablecoin payments to U.S. enterprises nationwide

Confirmo, the global stablecoin-first payment platform built to simplify how merchants and enterprises move money, today announced it will offer fully compliant digital asset deposits, payouts, and custody services to U.S. businesses across all 50 states via Paxos infrastructure. Beginning this month, Confirmo will integrate Paxos’ regulated trust and custody infrastructure into its payment platform, […]

Los Angeles Lakers announce PATH Water as official sponsor

The Los Angeles Lakers today announced a new sponsorship with California-based PATH Water, the first refillable and recyclable bottled water in an aluminum container. The Lakers and PATH will introduce basketball fans to the eco-friendly option with a Lakers-branded reusable bottle, furthering PATH’s mission to eliminate single-use plastics. This custom Lakers x PATH bottle will […]

Jackpot.com secures $10m financing to fuel expansion

Jackpot.com has secured a $10m revolving credit facility with Discerning Capital to support its nationwide expansion and strengthen its position in the digital lottery marketplace. The financing arrangement was announced yesterday (29 January) by the San Francisco-based online lottery courier service, which operates in seven US states. The revolving credit facility is provided by House […]

PT Bolttech Insurance Broker named Innovator of the Year at Asian Management Excellence Awards 2026

The recognition highlighted an EV-specific insurance programme addressing protection gaps for electric vehicle owners in Indonesia. PT Bolttech Insurance Broker (Bolttech Insurance Broker) received the Indonesia Innovator of the Year – Insurance Broker category at the Asian Management Excellence Awards 2026 for its development of an electric vehicle insurance programme exclusively designed for Harmony Auto […]

RiverMeadow appoints Noel Hara as Senior Vice President and Head of Public Sector

RiverMeadow Software Inc., a leading provider of Workload Mobility and Cloud Modernization Solutions, today announced the appointment of Noel Hara as Senior Vice President and Head of Public Sector. In this strategic role, Hara will lead the company’s expansion across Federal, State, and Local Government (SLG) markets, ensuring that technology deployments are purpose-built to support […]

Carbon Arc launches Ask AI, bringing natural language search to market intelligence

Carbon Arc has announced the launch of Ask AI, a new natural language search capability designed to make discovering companies, brands, people, and locations faster and more intuitive across its platform. The new feature allows users to query the Carbon Arc platform using plain language rather than structured filters or predefined queries. Ask AI interprets […]

Airspace Link adds real-time drone alert tool in AirHub Portal ahead of 2026 World Cup

The new Alert Areas feature in Airspace Link’s AirHub Portal gives public safety agencies and critical infrastructure operators real-time notifications when drones enter their defined 3D airspace volumes, aligning with a broader national push on counter-UAS security before the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Super Bowl and other mass events. With drone incursions drawing increasing attention […]

Skyryse raises $300M+ for its AI flight control system

Skyryse Inc., the developer of a flight control system with artificial intelligence features, today announced that it has closed a funding round worth more than $300 million. The Series C deal was led by Autopilot Ventures and returning backer Fidelity Management. They were joined by more than a half-dozen other institutional backers. Skyryse is now […]

JUMO: Responsible lending in the era of digital credit

Digital credit is reshaping financial behaviour in Africa. From micro-retailers to smallholder farmers, millions are turning to mobile-enabled lending to finance their businesses, pay for school fees, and navigate everyday financial shocks. Wilfred Wabwire, Regional Manager for East Africa at JUMO, unpacks this powerful and complex shift. Across Uganda and the broader continent, digital credit […]

Announcing the multi-sensor edge-to-cloud MatrixSpace AI software platform

Building on its award-winning portable AI-sensing radar for counter UAS, MatrixSpace announces a major update to its edge-to-cloud MatrixSpace AI Software Platform. The platform now supports multi-sensor, multi-drone detection in real time for counter UAS applications. It delivers true threat assessment and early warning – detecting, tracking and identifying – to empower on-site and remote […]

Talos extends Series B to $150M in strategic fundraise

$45M extension brings leading global institutions onto the cap table Talos, the premier provider of institutional digital asset infrastructure, technology and data supporting the full trading and portfolio management lifecycle, today announced a $45 million Series B extension, including new strategic investors Robinhood Markets, Sony Innovation Fund, IMC, QCP and Karatage, alongside returning investors a16z […]

Skyryse lands another $300M to make flying, even helicopters, simple and safe

Skyryse, an El Segundo, California-based aviation automation startup, has raised more than $300 million in a Series C investment, pushing its valuation to $1.15 billion and into unicorn territory. The round, which was announced Tuesday and led by Autopilot Ventures, provided a multimillion-dollar accelerant for the startup as it nears the end of a lengthy […]

Aleo, Toku, and Paxos Labs launch first private stablecoin payroll solution

New Partnership Uses Zero-Knowledge Technology to Make Compliant, Global Crypto Payroll a Reality for Businesses, Solving the Privacy Problem for the $33 Trillion Stablecoin Market. For years, the promise of using stablecoins for business has been blocked by one fundamental flaw: a total lack of privacy. Every transaction on a public blockchain is visible to […]

AirJoule Technologies to partner with TenX Investment for exclusive Middle East distribution of AirJoule solutions

Strategic partnership accelerates AIRJ’s commercialization strategy in the Middle East and broader Global South AirJoule Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: AIRJ) (“AirJoule Technologies” or “AIRJ”), a leading technology platform that unleashes the power of water from air, today announced an agreement with TenX Investment in Energy Enterprises & Management Co (“TenX Investment”), a wholly Emirati-owned UAE-based technology […]

Crexi reports record Q4 2025 auction volume, posting $496M

Commercial real estate data platform and marketplace Crexi reported the highest quarterly deal volume in the history of Crexi Auction in the fourth quarter of 2025. During the quarter, Crexi Auction generated $496 million in total listings across 207 properties. In addition, Q4 included six auction events spanning retail, industrial, office and land asset classes. […]

Self-driving startup Waabi makes global headlines after raising as much as US$1 billion

Founded by U of T Professor Raquel Urtasun, Waabi will use the funding to commercialize its autonomous trucking technology and deploy robotaxis in partnership with Uber An autonomous trucking company founded by University of Toronto researcher Raquel Urtasun has raised US$750 million to accelerate the commercialization of its self-driving technology, as well as another US$250 […]

Klarna backs Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) to enable agentic commerce across platforms

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, is joining Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard designed to help AI agents and commerce systems work together across the full shopping lifecycle, from discovery and purchase through post-purchase support. UCP enables consumers to shop seamlessly in AI conversations while giving agents, merchant systems, […]

Nirvana Labs: January 2026 roundup

January was a heads-down, shipping month. We launched Accelerated Block Storage (ABS), opened up our Silicon Valley data center, shipped product upgrade, Here’s what moved: ABS is Live ABS is our crypto-tuned block storage built for always-hot blockchain data. 20K baseline IOPS (sustained) up to 600K burst sub-ms latency performance included in pricing scales from […]

The intent-driven future of travel: NEAR and ADI Chain power agentic commerce with TravAI

In a landmark partnership with the ADI Chain team and Datrics, NEAR Protocol is introducing TravAI, a next-generation travel management platform that combines the power of AI-driven automation and blockchain-based settlement. TravAI eliminates the complexity and inefficiency of modern travel for both large corporations and individual frequent flyers by integrating NEAR Intents’ leading cross-chain infrastructure […]

Boom: XB-1 – The airplane that unlocked a supersonic age

From the Wright Bros first flight to the dawn of the jet age, humanity always strived to fly faster and higher, and every major generation of airplane exceeded the performance of those that came before it. The jet age didn’t just mean faster flights—it meant human connection across distance. Righting a historic wrong and unlocking […]

Waabi secures $1 Billion in new funding to lead physical AI revolution

Waabi, the leader in Physical AI, today announced it has closed its oversubscribed $750M USD Series C round co-led by Khosla Ventures and G2 Venture Partners, and secured an additional milestone-based future investment from Uber to support a new partnership to deploy robotaxis powered by the Waabi Driver exclusively on the Uber platform. The funding, […]

MontyCloud signs strategic collaboration agreement with AWS to accelerate cloud operations for MSPs

MontyCloud, in collaboration with AWS, helps MSPs scale CloudOps with AI-driven automation to deliver measurable customer outcomes. MontyCloud, the no-code platform for autonomous CloudOps, announced that it has signed a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The agreement reflects a commitment to help Managed Service Providers (MSPs) scale cloud operations using AI-driven […]

John McDonnell hopes to raise spirits as new executive chairman of Ghost Tequila

Life is getting spicier for John McDonnell. He just traded in one top spirits job, as managing director of international business for Texas-based Tito’s Handmade Vodka, for another, executive chairman of Boston’s own Ghost Tequila, this month. Ghost is considerably smaller, and is based in the office of its largest investor, Jim Pallotta’s Raptor Group. […]

DryWater secures NSF Certified For Sport designation, elevating clean performance hydration

Official Hydration Partner of LOVB Brings Batch-Tested, Third-Party Verified Quality to the Court and Beyond DryWater’s entry into the sports market reflects broader consumer demand for functional, clean-label hydration products that deliver nutritional support without added sugar, artificial ingredients, or excess sodium. DryWater, the real-fruit electrolyte and vitamin powder disrupting the hydration category, today announced […]

Ghost Tequila announces John McDonnell as Executive Chairman

Boston-based Ghost Tequila has announced the appointment of John McDonnell as Executive Chairman of the Board. Until recently, McDonnell served as Managing Director, International, at Tito’s Handmade Vodka where  over his 12-year tenure he led the expansion of the brand from a handful of North American markets to nearly 150 countries and islands worldwide and […]

Alloy unveils perpetual KYB and Customer Risk Assessment

Identity orchestration platform company Alloy has launched its first perpetual Know Your Business (pKYB) and Customer Risk Assessment (CRA) orchestration solution in the UK and across Europe. The new offering will enable banks, fintech, and payments companies to enhance their ability to check and provide risk assessments on companies on a continuous basis. Headquartered in […]

Elegen raises the bar for synthetic DNA by lowering prices across its ENFINIA™ portfolio

Clonal, cell-free DNA with unmatched length, complexity and accuracy now available at industry-leading prices. Elegen today announced significant price reductions across its ENFINIA™ DNA portfolio, now offering high-accuracy, clonal, cell-free synthetic DNA with list pricing as low as $0.07 per base pair. “For years, researchers have been forced to choose between quality, speed, length, complexity […]

Inside Nirvana Silicon Valley Data Center (us-sva-2)

Storage, compute, and nodes together Nirvana’s Silicon Valley data center (us-sva-2) is the first facility where we operate storage, dedicated compute, and nodes together in the same Tier III data center. This deployment brings Nirvana-owned storage racks, dedicated compute infrastructure, and bare-metal nodes into one physical environment. By keeping these components colocated, we shorten data […]

Lucra Partners with UPSHOT League to power free-to-play fan engagement for new professional women’s basketball league

Lucra, the leading social competition platform, today announced a partnership with UPSHOT League, a new professional women’s basketball league where rising talent UPlifts entire communities. The UPSHOT League will launch in four cities —Jacksonville, Savannah, Greensboro, and Charlotte — with opening day on May 15, 2026. Through this collaboration, Lucra will power an innovative free-to-play […]

Walrus: Bad data costs billions. Verifiability is the answer

Verifiable data is the missing piece in AI, advertising, and beyond. The biggest threat to AI projects isn’t what most people think. It’s not computing power, talent, or poorly written algorithms. It’s bad data. And when that data is flawed, the consequences ripple beyond AI and into advertising, finance, healthcare, and every other system that […]

Paxos: From vault to blockchain, how physical gold becomes tokenized PAXG

Gold has served as a store of value for thousands of years, but owning physical gold comes with limitations: it’s expensive to store, difficult to transport and cannot be easily divided.  PAX Gold (PAXG) solves these problems by tokenizing physical gold, creating a digital asset that retains all the value of the underlying metal while […]

Less charting, more caring: How Ardent reclaimed the patient experience with Ambience Healthcare partnership

Ardent Healthcare has turned to AI to help reduce physicians’ paperwork load and improve the patient experience. On average, physicians spend 15.5 hours on paperwork and administration each week, including nine hours on electronic health record documentation alone, according to one 2023 survey. With hospitals and clinics across six states, Ardent Health was not immune […]

How Walrus stays decentralized at scale

Data powers everything — from our fitness trackers to the ads we see online. But who really controls it? Most of us never question where the data behind our newsfeeds, AI responses, and search results comes from. We simply trust it, assuming someone, somewhere is making sure it’s accurate and unbiased. But the reality is […]

Gemini Sports AI announces new platform functionality

Faster, smarter roster decisions to fit your needs – all in the palm of your hand. We’re always pushing updates focused on clearer visibility and various ways to support faster and more confident player trading decisions. Enhanced Feature: Recent Transfers With just days remaining in the January transfer window, we’ve further enhanced Recent Transfers – […]

Planet signs enterprise agreement with Slovenian government to support agriculture, urban planning and disaster management

Planet Labs Germany GmbH, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced an enterprise-scale agreement with the Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia (GURS) to provide comprehensive satellite data and high-resolution tasking capabilities across the country’s civil public administration. This strategic partnership establishes a unified spatial […]

NFTs are not dead: Wealthy crypto collectors are still driving the market, says Animoca Brands’ Yat Siu

The Animoca Brands co-founder, who is also an avid NFT collector, said there’s a community of owners who bought to own, not sell. What to know: Sales of non-fungible tokens are down from the $1 billion a month at the 2021/22 peak, but still close to $300 million in the past 30 days. The cancelation […]

Klarna expands digital bank offer with peer-to-peer payments

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, has launched instant peer-to-peer payments in 13 European countries, marking the next step in its evolution as a digital bank. The new feature enables Klarna customers to send money to friends and family, whether splitting bills or gifting cash, directly from the Klarna app: as simple […]

Cambridge Mobile Telematics launches DriveWell Fleet

Industry-leading telematics platform expands to commercial auto insurance, providing 100% telematics coverage and the most accurate risk pricing Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), the world’s largest telematics provider, today announced DriveWell Fleet, a solution that enables commercial auto insurers to strengthen pricing decisions across their entire book of business by incorporating telematics data. DriveWell Fleet brings […]

Vatn Systems acquires Crewless Marine to advance AUV acoustic capabilities

Move to bring enhanced acoustic capabilities in-house comes as autonomous underwater vehicles reshape naval operations and defense procurement priorities Vatn Systems, a defense technology company building autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for the US military, allied nations, and commercial customers, today announced the acquisition of Crewless Marine, a Rhode Island-based company specializing in advanced underwater acoustic […]

ZBD announces a $40 million Series C funding round to streamline game payments across platforms

The gaming payments space just received a serious infusion of investor cash. Today, January 22, the fintech and gaming payments company ZBD announced a $40 million Series C funding round backed by Blockstream Capital Partners, with the goal of further enhancing the company’s growth as a vertically-integrated payments provider built natively for gaming. The funding […]

Esports giant Team Liquid taps Walrus to future-proof 250TB of match footage and brand content

The move unlocks new fan experience and content monetization opportunities. Team Liquid, the most successful organization in esports history, today announced a major migration of content to Walrus. The collaboration sees the largest single dataset entrusted to the protocol to date, transitioning years of match footage, behind-the-scenes clips, and other beloved Team Liquid content from […]

Applied Brain Research closes seed funding round to accelerate edge AI voice processing

Startup’s TSP1 State Space Accelerator Chip Delivers On-Device Voice AI for AR, Robotics, Wearables, Medical Devices, and Automotive Applications Applied Brain Research (ABR), the leader in low latency real-time on-device voice AI solutions, announced today the successful closure of its oversubscribed seed funding round. The investment round was led by Two Small Fish Ventures (TSF), […]

Corespan Systems launches as the new identity for Drut Technologies

Drut Technologies, a leader in high-performance compute infrastructure, today announced a rebrand to Corespan Systems. The new name reflects the company’s broadened mission to accelerate the deployment and scalability of advanced AI and data center systems worldwide. “The name Corespan Systems captures the essence of what we do, spanning compute cores, and dynamic systems to […]

Animoca Brands releases FY2022 annual report

Animoca Brands Corporation Limited is pleased to announce the release of the FY2022 annual report, which is now available for download here. The text of the Chairman’s Letter contained in the FY2022 annual report is reproduced below. Dear Shareholders and Friends of Animoca Brands, I am pleased to share the FY2022 annual report for Animoca […]

Brightline West high-speed rail project now on track for late 2029

America’s first true high-speed rail system connecting Las Vegas to Southern California in “civil construction” phase The Brightline West high-speed rail project connecting Las Vegas to Southern California is now scheduled for completion by late 2029, the company told FOX5 late Tuesday. The 218-mile line will run in the median of Interstate 15. Work is […]

Sony and bolttech launch My Sony Care+ device protection programme in Hong Kong

Sony and bolttech launch My Sony Care+ in Hong Kong, combining extended warranty and accidental damage protection for Sony devices. Sony has partnered with global insurtech company bolttech to launch My Sony Care+, a new embedded device protection programme for customers in Hong Kong. The initiative expands Sony’s aftersales offering by combining extended warranty coverage […]

Animoca Brands: ‘Tokenize or die’ – Charting Web3’s course for 2026 and beyond

Yat Siu predicts the Clarity Act will pass in 2026, triggering unprecedented corporate tokenization across the United States. Real-world asset tokenization could reach $30 trillion, with institutional players finally moving from spectators to active participants. Blockchain will fade into the background as mainstream users adopt crypto services for utility, not technology enthusiasm. As we step […]

Flowcode: A successful new formula for Waterpik email acquisition

“This campaign was much more successful than expected! We haven’t done an email lead generation sweepstakes in several years, so to have [5x the expected amount of] unique entrants was stellar!” Lauren McCarthy, eCRM & Digital Reporting Manager Waterpik partnered with Flowcode to modernize email acquisition ahead of peak season. The result was a frictionless, […]

Klarna boss backs Trump’s interest rate cap on credit cards

The chief executive of the ‘buy now, pay later’ lender, which wants to lure customers from big banks, says the move will make the market more competitive Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the chief executive of Klarna, the “buy now, pay later” lender, said it is unfair for wealthy American consumers to benefit from credit card reward programmes […]

NEAR Infrastructure Committee: 2025 year in review and the path to 2026

NEAR Infrastructure Committee Now that 2025 has come to a close, it is time to reflect on the main accomplishments and improvements enabled by the NEAR Infrastructure Committee (IC), a group focused on strengthening the network’s foundational infrastructure. We’ll also dive into how the IC will support what is coming in 2026 for the NEAR […]

Fast Swaps: How Aori Delivers Sub-Second Crosschain Execution with Nirvana Cloud

How Aori Uses Nirvana Cloud to Power Fast Swaps Across Chains Crosschain swaps have always been limited by latency: finality delays, network hops, and mismatched infrastructure slow the entire process down. Fast Swaps by Stargate Finance, powered by AORI, changes that narrative. Today, Fast Swaps deliver sub-second to a few seconds end-to-end crosschain execution. Aori’s […]

Unspoken Words blankets Sausalito and California wine country with Helium

In Anderson Valley and Sausalito, CA, Unspoken Words combines decades of networking expertise with Helium’s decentralized model to deliver reliable connectivity where it matters. When most people think of the Northern California tech scene, glassy sprawling campuses and venture capitalists come to mind. But long before all that, Unspoken Words was helping small businesses get […]

SecEdge unveils embedded TPM for STM32 microprocessors

SEC-TPM Accelerates CRA Compliance with Embedded TPM for STM32 MPUs without Hardware Redesign SecEdge, Inc., a leader in digital security for edge devices, today announced the availability of its SEC-TPM™ foundational device security solution for STMicroelectronics’ STM32 microprocessors (MPUs). SEC-TPM™ enables a TPM 2.0-compliant Firmware Trusted Platform Module (fTPM), seamlessly integrated into the STM32 Board […]

Blockchain.com: Expanded access to bank transfers and trading in CHF

Swiss Franc (CHF) support is now live on Blockchain.com. Users across Switzerland and Liechtenstein can deposit, withdraw, and trade directly in CHF. Starting today, users in Switzerland and Liechtenstein can deposit, withdraw, and trade directly in Swiss Francs (CHF).  We plan to make CHF trading available to users in additional European countries soon. This expanded […]

NEAR 2025: A monumental year for sharded scaling, cross-chain execution, and private AI

In 2025, NEAR expanded far beyond the boundaries of a traditional Layer-1 blockchain to become a universal execution layer for cross-chain DeFi and the fast-emerging Agentic Economy. With major protocol upgrades, cross-chain innovation, and the launch of verifiably private AI, NEAR’s stack now unifies three critical technologies: sharded blockchain infrastructure, intent-driven cross-chain execution, and hardware-backed […]

NEAR AI joins NVIDIA Inception Program to accelerate enterprise-grade, verifiable AI

We’re excited to announce that NEAR AI has joined NVIDIA’s Inception program to further our mission to build verifiable, privacy-preserving AI, where every computation is private and every result provable. NVIDIA Inception is designed to support companies pushing the boundaries of applied AI. Through the program, NEAR AI gains access to NVIDIA’s technical expertise, advanced […]

DriveWealth: Wall Street meets Main Street – The new frontier of investing for all

By Harry Temkin, Chief Digital Officer at DriveWealth, a leading financial technology platform providing brokerage as a service. Gone are the days of investors living by the clock, when the New York Stock Exchange would adhere to a 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. trading day. Fixed hours were a staple of securities trading mindsets. Once […]

Telix buying therapeutic assets from ImaginAb for $45 million

Telix Pharmaceuticals announced it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with antibody engineering company ImaginAb to buy a pipeline of next-generation therapeutic candidates, a proprietary novel biologics technology platform, and a protein engineering and discovery research facility to enhance existing innovation capabilities. This deal adds a pipeline of early-stage drug candidates against high-value targets, […]

How Walrus stays decentralized at scale

Data powers everything – from our fitness trackers to the ads we see online. But who really controls it? Most of us never question where the data behind our newsfeeds, AI responses, and search results comes from. We simply trust it, assuming someone, somewhere is making sure it’s accurate and unbiased. But the reality is […]

Nirvana Labs: How we designed Accelerated Block Storage for sustained IOPS

Why always-on blockchain workloads break traditional storage — and how ABS was built to stay fast under continuous load. When we started designing Accelerated Block Storage (ABS), we didn’t begin with hardware specs or benchmark targets. We started with what users were experiencing in production. Teams running nodes, indexers, and analytics systems kept telling us […]

Klarna takes on Amex Platinum and Chase Sapphire with premium perks that don’t require a credit card

The Swedish fintech’s new tiers offer luxury travel perks, lounge access, cash back, and subscriptions as more Americans shift toward BNPL. As Americans grapple with $1.23 trillion in credit card balances, Klarna Group is introducing a new way to access premium rewards—one that doesn’t require a credit card at all. The Swedish fintech company launched […]

Planet signs 9-figure deal with Sweden

Marks Third Major Satellite Services Contract in 12 Months, Solidifying Market Leadership Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced a multi-year low 9-figure agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces to rapidly deliver a suite of satellites, space-based data and awareness solutions to support the country’s […]

Commercial neighbors Stoke Space and Relativity Space Advance make progress on Cape launch sites

Along Florida’s Space Coast, two ambitious aerospace companies are rapidly transforming historic launch sites into modern facilities to support their upcoming reusable rockets. Significant progress can be observed at Stoke Space’s Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) and Relativity Space’s Launch Complex 16 (LC-16), both located adjacent to each other at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Stoke […]

Nirvana Labs welcomes Sonny Singh to its board

A seasoned investor and operator supporting Nirvana’s go-to-market strategy and long-term vision. Today, we are excited to welcome Sonny Singh to the Nirvana Labs board. Sonny brings a rare and relevant combination of experience across web3, fintech, and data centers. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Beluga, a crypto education and investment platform dedicated […]

Paxos: Clarifying misconceptions around stablecoins

The introduction of the GENIUS Act by the US Congress has led banks to pay more attention to stablecoins. While introducing new technology can be onerous, there are more opportunities for banks than widely-shared misconceptions lead you to believe. The reality is that stablecoins are already a multi-trillion-dollar market and banks that can accept them […]

Boom Year in Review 2025

We Broke the Sound Barrier, Supersonic Flight Is Legalized, and the World Meets Superpower It has been a massive year for Boom. XB-1 made history by breaking the sound barrier, paving the way for an executive order changing the future of aviation. And Boom introduced a new product to power AI innovation. Let’s look back […]

Hims & Hers to acquire YourBio Health, pioneer behind advanced, pain-free blood sampling technology

Acquisition Combines Hims & Hers’ Leading Wellness Platform with YourBio’s Patented, Virtually Painless Micro-Needle Technology to Redefine the Future of Blood Sampling Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (NYSE: HIMS), the leading health and wellness platform, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire YourBio Health, Inc., a Boston-based pioneer in capillary […]

2026 Trends: Mysten Labs’ Anthony Palma looks forward to EVE Frontier and Xociety’s success

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, the time to look back and consider what we learned during 2025 and how to make the most of that knowledge in 2026. In this article we catch up with Mysten Labs’ head of gaming partnerships, Anthony Palma. What was the most significant trend for blockchain games […]

Klarna partners with Coinbase to add stablecoin to funding mix

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, has partnered with Coinbase to add stablecoin funding to its broad range of traditional sources of funding, which include consumer deposits, long-term loans and short-dated commercial paper. The digital bank plans to raise short-term funding from institutional investors denominated in USDC utilizing Coinbase’s digitally native infrastructure. […]

Nirvana Labs December 2025 Roundup

Closing the Year with Real-World Performance December was about proof. After a year of building, testing, and refining what performance really means for Web3 infrastructure, December marked the moment it all came together, with production launches, real traffic, and real results. From powering a new L1 to supporting sub-second cross-chain execution, this month showed what […]

Skyryse achieves historic first flight of Black Hawk with SkyOS

Skyryse completes an automated pickup, automated hover and automated setdown with the swipe of a finger, Marking An Unprecedented 91-Day Integration Skyryse, a leader in aviation automation and simplified flight controls, today announced the successful first flight of a Black Hawk helicopter equipped with SkyOS™, the world’s first operating system for flight. While in flight, […]

Trump, tariffs and utility tokens: Animoca’s Yat Siu says crypto finally has to grow up

Trump‑era tariffs, bruising rate realities and a burned‑out memecoin cycle are forcing crypto to shed its Peter Pan phase and build tokens with real utility, says Animoca Brands’ Yat Siu. For Animoca Brands co‑founder Yat Siu, 2025 will be remembered as “the Trump year,” not because US President Donald Trump saved crypto, but because the […]

Walrus 2025: Year in Review

How we’re building a platform based on trust, ownership, and privacy in 2025 and beyond. The internet runs on data. From the pictures we post on social media to the apps we open every day, we spend a large chunk of our daily lives sharing gigabytes of ourselves online. But for years, more and more […]

Two major military competition wins and transforming defense technology

In the past three weeks MatrixSpace achieved notable results in two rigorous, competitive military demonstration events for counter drone technologies. First, our team was awarded winner for best active sensing in the Army’s xTechCounter Strike competition at the Operation Flytrap 4.5 live fire exercise in Germany. Next, we won the Defense Innovation Unit’s C-UAS Low-Cost […]

Prediction market Myriad partners with Walrus decentralized data storage layer

The partnership will see Myriad media stored on the developer platform, creating an immutable record with applications in DeFi and AI. Prediction market Myriad is launching its integration with Walrus, leveraging the developer platform as its data layer for image storage. The partnership builds on Myriad’s ambition to become a “fully on-chain” prediction market protocol, […]

AI needs more power than the grid can deliver. Boom Supersonic tech can fix that

By: Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO, Boom Supersonic It started, as many things do these days, by scrolling on X. I was reading post after post about the power crisis hitting AI data centers—GPU racks sitting idle, waiting not on chips, but on electricity. I texted with Sam Altman—who confirmed power was indeed a major […]

Blockchain.com Year in Review: A year of innovation, expansion and growth

A reflection on a milestone-filled year for Blockchain.com. 2025 was a year of bold moves. Throughout the year, we remained focused on building solutions that have actively shaped the industry through groundbreaking product launches, strategic partnerships, and a forward-thinking approach to privacy and AI, and regulatory alignment. As we close out the year, I’m incredibly […]

Nirvana Labs 2025 Year-In-Review

2025 was a real turning point for Nirvana. We moved beyond fast RPCs and into building a real cloud platform for Web3 — one that brings compute, storage, networking, and orchestration together in a way that actually works for production systems. Here’s everything we built, scaled, and shipped this year. Company This was the year […]

Cambridge Mobile Telematics receives Frost & Sullivan’s 2025 Global Telematics Insurance and Connected Claims Market Leadership Recognition for excellence in mobility ecosystem innovation

CMT is honored for advancing crash technology and shaping the future of mobility ecosystems through industry-leading telematics, AI-driven insights, and connected claims innovation. Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), the world’s largest telematics service provider, has been given the 2025 Global Market Leadership Recognition in the telematics insurance and […]

Advantech and SecEdge annouce global distribution agreement to strengthen edge AI security

Advantech, a global leader in IoT intelligent systems and embedded platforms, is pleased to announce a new global distribution and technology partnership with SecEdge, a digital security leader for IoT and Edge devices. This collaboration specifically aims at equipping Arm-based devices, which mostly lack hardware TPM, with firmware TPM. By integrating SecEdge’s Firmware TPM (fTPM) […]

Animoca Brands partners with GROW Digital Wealth to integrate crypto and traditional finance in Asia

Animoca Brands has entered a strategic partnership with GROW Digital Wealth (GDW), a China-based investment platform backed by Julius Baer, to bridge crypto assets and traditional finance products. The collaboration targets family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals in Asia, enabling independent financial advisors to offer both crypto and conventional investment options through GDW’s licensed and regulated […]

The MANTL–Alloy partnership surpasses 2 million processed applications

This milestone reflects the strength of the partnership as it redefines how financial institutions balance growth, user experience, and fraud prevention MANTL, an Alkami solution team and leading provider of loan and deposit account opening technology, and Alloy, a leading identity and fraud prevention platform provider, today announced that their partnership has processed more than […]

Esports team Fnatic aims to score with $100m sale

Fnatic, which was founded in 2004, has hired the sports advisory firm Oakwell to explore a potential sale after receiving expressions of interest from potential bidders, Sky News learns. One of the world’s biggest esports organisations is exploring a sale that could value it at about $100m (£74.7m) after receiving approaches from potential buyers. Sky […]

Klarna partners with Coinbase to receive stablecoin funds from institutional investors

After staying out of crypto for years, the buy-now-pay-later giant Klarna has been making a flurry of moves in the digital asset space. The latest example came on Friday when the company said it is partnering with the crypto exchange Coinbase to accept stablecoin funds from institutional investors. Klarna’s business model revolves around supplying consumers […]

AirJoule Technologies partners with Red Dot Ranch to advance residential off-grid water solutions in California’s coastal communities

AirJoule Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: AIRJ) (“AirJoule Technologies” or “AIRJ”), a leading technology platform that unleashes the power of water from air, today announced a collaboration with the Red Dot Ranch Foundation (“Red Dot Ranch”) to bring cutting-edge off-grid water solutions to rural communities in coastal California. This positions the AirJoule™ platform technology to address critical […]

Animoca teams up with Solv to boost corporate Bitcoin adoption in Japan

Both companies will guide on treasury and regulatory practices. Solv Protocol, a DeFi platform focused on Bitcoin, has teamed up with Animoca Brands Japan to expand institutional on-chain treasury services in Japan. Under this initiative, Solv Protocol and Animoca Brands Japan, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-headquartered web3 giant Animoca Brands, will jointly serve corporates […]

Helium Network expands to Brazil through partnership with Mambo WiFi and launches international waitlist

Helium, a leader in decentralized wireless communications, has launched a landmark joint venture with premier Brazilian WiFi provider Mambo WiFi aimed at bringing people-powered connectivity to millions of mobile users across the country. The partnership marks one of Helium’s most significant international expansions to date and underscores the accelerating global adoption of decentralized, community-built infrastructure. […]

Klarna launches global AI climate adaptation initiative

Klarna, the global digital bank and payments provider, has launched its AI for Climate Resilience Program, a worldwide initiative designed to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in strengthening climate adaptation and community resilience across vulnerable regions. Klarna, known for its technology-driven financial services and consumer payments offerings, has spent the past two years integrating […]

Paxos selects Mesh to enable crypto deposits

Mesh, the crypto payments network, today announced a partnership with Paxos, the blockchain infrastructure and tokenization platform. This integration will now reportedly allow Paxos to deploy Mesh’s technology “across its customer base, in order to enable seamless crypto deposits from verified sources.” By leveraging Mesh, Paxos can now offer its customers a “way to verify […]

RiverMeadow unveils next-generation discovery and assessment capabilities to accelerate and simplify cloud migrations

RiverMeadow Software, a global leader in workload mobility and modernization automation, today announced a significant expansion of its platform: a fully integrated suite of advanced discovery and assessment capabilities designed to accelerate and simplify every stage of the cloud migration journey. These enhancements enable enterprises to analyze complex environments with unprecedented speed, precision, and transparency. […]

Animoca Brands appoints John Madden to board of directors

Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (“Animoca Brands” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of John Madden as a non-executive director to the Company’s board of directors, effective 10 December 2025. Mr Madden has served as Animoca Brands’ company secretary since 2019. Effective 11 December 2025, non-executive director Mr David Brickler has resigned from […]

Orange Poland partners with bolttech to launch digital insurance platform

Orange Poland, one of the leading telecommunications providers in the Polish market, and bolttech, a global InsurTech, have launched a new digital insurance comparison service designed specifically for telecom customers. The partnership was formed to address growing consumer demand for simpler, faster and more transparent ways to access insurance products online. By combining Orange Poland’s […]

Ghost Tequila partners with Citizens House of Blues Boston and MGM Music Hall at Fenway

Boston-Based Brand Named ‘Official Spicy Tequila’ of the Citizens House of Blues Boston Boston-based Ghost Tequila, one of the fastest-growing tequila brands in the U.S., has announced a new strategic partnership with Citizens House of Blues Boston and MGM Music Hall at Fenway, in collaboration with local concert promoter Crossroads Presents. As the “Official Spicy […]

Pentagon chooses MatrixSpace in counter-UAS program

MatrixSpace was selected as the overall winner of the Defense Innovation Unit’s Counter-UAS Low-Cost Sensing Challenge after live testing during USNORTHCOM’s Falcon Peak 25.2 exercise. The company’s radar-based system outperformed more than 115 submissions and earned a $500,000 award, with eligibility for follow-on contracts. MatrixSpace announced today that it has been selected as the overall […]

Boom Supersonic announces first order for natural gas turbines

Aerospace manufacturer Boom Supersonic has received its first commercial order for the Superpower natural gas turbine, which has already accumulated more than $1.25 billion in customer orders. Superpower’s First Customer Superpower is a 42-megawatt natural gas turbine built using the same core architecture as Boom’s Symphony jet engine. It is designed to deliver high and […]

Animoca Brands Japan partners with Solv Protocol to expand Bitcoin DeFi and corporate treasury services

Animoca Brands Japan signs MOU with Solv Protocol to enhance Bitcoin DeFi services. Collaboration enables BTC staking, lending, and yield farming for Japanese corporates. Partnership supports strategic digital asset treasury management and corporate growth. Animoca Brands Japan, the strategic subsidiary of global Web3 leader Animoca Brands, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Solv […]

Cision acquires Trajaan, expanding AI and search intelligence across its platforms

Acquisition builds on Brandwatch and Trajaan’s August 2025 partnership, unifying consumer, search, and generative AI insights in a single ecosystem. Cision, a global leader in consumer and media intelligence, today announced the acquisition of Trajaan, the industry-leading search intelligence platform. This move significantly accelerates Cision’s AI and data strategy and gives customers a more complete […]

Ancient Crunch: MASA Chips posts record-breaking sell-through at Sprouts Farmers Market, cementing its position as one of America’s fastest-scaling snack brands

Sprouts-Only Hatch Chile and French Onion Flavors Help Power MASA’s Historic Sell-Through Ancient Crunch, parent company of MASA and Vandy, today announced record-breaking performance following MASA’s nationwide introduction at more than 460 Sprouts Farmers Market stores, a launch that has become one of the strongest velocity moments in the retailer’s recent history. Within days of […]

Relation Therapeutics forms $1.7 billion multi-program collaboration with Novartis advancing therapeutics for atopic diseases

Relation Therapeutics and Novartis launch a multi-program alliance combining Relation’s AI-powered, patient-derived discovery engine with Novartis’s immuno-dermatology capabilities. Relation Therapeutics announced it has formed a multi-program, strategic collaboration with Novartis aiming to advance therapeutic solutions for atopic diseases. The collaboration agreement joins Relation’s AI-powered drug discovery platform and human data generation capabilities with Novartis’s expertise […]

RiverMeadow announces migration support for Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO)

RiverMeadow Software, a global leader in cloud migration and modernization, today announced full support for migrations to Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO). This significant enhancement extends RiverMeadow’s Workload Mobility Platform, enabling organizations to seamlessly migrate, modernize, and optimize workloads into ARO as a compelling VMware alternative and a foundation for hybrid and AI-ready cloud strategies. […]

Northern Virginia could be getting its first Sloomoo Institute

Big news for kids and adults who are kids at heart – a Sloomoo Institute is potentially headed to Northern Virginia and bringing with it all things slime-related. The Burn has learned that a Sloomoo Institute is in the planning stages for the Tysons Corner Center mall at 1961 Chain Bridge Road in Tysons. The […]

Agentic payments need trust: Turning AI agents into economic actors on Walrus

The missing piece that transforms AI from helpful assistant to autonomous decision-maker. The capabilities of AI agents are rapidly evolving, with every day bringing a new headline about what they can achieve. Instead of just answering simple questions or performing straightforward tasks, they’re beginning to take real-world actions on behalf of everyday people. But there’s […]

SoFi and Templum launch exclusive private market opportunity in Epic Games and Stripe

Limited December window gives accredited investors access to two of the world’s most sought-after private companies. Templum, the leading infrastructure provider for private markets, and SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI), the all-in-one digital personal finance platform, today opened an exclusive investment window for accredited investors to access Epic Games and Stripe through the Cosmos Fund. The offering, […]

Blockchain.com announces strategic partnership with Spacecoin to launch SPACE Token in early 2026

Retail and institutional users will gain early access to the SPACE token, complete with fiat on-ramps, OTC support, and exclusive product access. Blockchain.com announced a strategic partnership with Spacecoin, the decentralized protocol pioneering infrastructure for a new era of satellite internet and finance. As part of the partnership, Blockchain.com will support the launch of the […]

Animoca Brands teams up with Rayls to enable access to tokenized real-world assets

Animoca Brands announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Rayls, a blockchain ecosystem to bridge traditional finance with decentralized finance, for a strategic partnership focused on the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs). The partnership will leverage Animoca Brands’ network to spearhead the “origination of RWAs by identifying asset classes and […]

Klarna partners with privy to explore crypto wallet use within its ecosystem

The project aims to make crypto more accessible to everyday users, building on Klarna’s recent launch of KlarnaUSD, a dollar-backed stablecoin. Klarna is partnering with Privy to develop crypto wallet features that will allow users to store, use and send digital assets directly within Klarna’s financial products. The project aims to make crypto more accessible […]

Mysten Labs: Building real-world blockchain technology in Bhutan

A week in one of the world’s most remote landscapes revealed what happens when connectivity disappears, and how new ideas emerge when engineering meets real terrain By Kostas Chalkias, Chief Cryptographer, Mysten Labs Most blockchains assume constant internet access. My recent trip to Bhutan showed how fragile that assumption really is. In a country defined […]

Vatn Systems raises $60 million Series A to redefine underwater naval warfare at scale

Leading defense tech company strengthens position as the largest AUV manufacturer in the US with record-breaking funding round Vatn Systems, a defense technology company building autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for the US military, allied nations, and commercial customers, today announced it has raised $60 million in Series A funding, bringing total funding to $76.5M. The […]

MatrixSpace launches Portable 360 Radar for rapid, resilient counter-drone operations anywhere

Lowest power, portable and affordable low-airspace drone detection MatrixSpace, a leader in portable AI-enabled radar for counter-UAS (C-UAS), announces the availability of its revolutionary Portable 360 Radar This rugged, easily transportable radar kit delivers reliable close-airspace awareness with panoramic coverage for rapid-response counter-drone operations, from safe-guarding stadiums and large public gatherings, to border security and […]

Stable and Chipper Cash partner to build accessible payment rails across Africa

Stable, the Layer 1 blockchain network powered by USDT and designed to achieve seamless financial transactions through stablecoins, today announced a partnership with Chipper Cash, one of Africa’s leading payment providers, to implement StableChain for facilitating stablecoin and digital asset payments across the Chipper Cash platform. This collaboration aims to enhance institutional adoption and support […]

Boom Supersonic raises $300 million at a $1.5 billion valuation

Boom Supersonic is an aerospace company dedicated to transforming air travel by developing the Overture, a groundbreaking commercial airliner designed for supersonic flight. The company’s mission is to make the world dramatically more accessible by offering a supersonic airliner designed to carry 60 to 80 passengers at speeds of Mach 1.7—roughly twice the speed of […]

AirJoule Technologies identifies Nexus Data Centers as AI hyperscale developers

Commercial framework positions the AirJoule platform technology to deliver pure distilled water using waste heat at unprecedented industrial scale AirJoule Technologies Corporation, today identified Nexus Data Centers as the AI hyperscale data center developer previously referenced in its June 2025 memorandum of understanding press release and is now accelerating the first deployment of AirJoule systems […]

Axie Infinity and Ragnarok are joining forces in Axie Dungeon!

Key Points The Axie Dungeon is LIVE in Ragnarok Online Landverse! Defeat slimes and axies to earn RON, Axie Coin, and more. Enter the Axie Dungeon here. Event Details: This limited-time event will run from Dec 4 at 3:00 PM VN/TH to Jan 8 9:59 AM VN/TH. How to get started: Speak to Professor A […]

Blockchain.com’s AI tool June surpasses 500,000 accounts

The privacy-first AI feature has surged due to new features and advanced models, including the rollout of June Pro Blockchain.com, a global leader in crypto services, announced that June, its privacy-first, finance-enabled and crypto-knowledge AI feature, has sustained momentum in user growth month over month. Since its summer beta launch, June has experienced exponential growth, […]

bolttech acquires Kenyan InsurTech mTek

bolttech, the global InsurTech, has acquired Kenya-based digital insurance platform mTek as part of a move to accelerate its strategic expansion in East Africa and deepen its embedded insurance capabilities worldwide. The acquisition allows bolttech to integrate mTek’s digital platform and local market expertise with its own global insurance and protection ecosystem. The combined capabilities […]

Moca Network launches MocaProof beta, the digital identity verification and reward platform

MocaProof is a gamified digital identity system where users can build a verifiable profile of their achievements across Web3. Web3 projects can reward users and curate communities based on proven reputation. MocaProof is integrated with Moca Network’s AIR Kit and Moca Chain to enable interoperable and verifiable identity data using privacy-first zkProof technology. MocaProof visualizes […]

Klarna now available on Apple Pay to customers in France and Italy

Klarna now live on Apple Pay in 8 countries — offering millions of consumers the ability to pay with installments when checking out online, in-app and in-person with Apple Pay Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, has made its flexible payment products available when checking out on Apple Pay in France and […]

Boom: AI needs more power than the grid can deliver. Supersonic tech can fix that

By: Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO, Boom Supersonic It started, as many things do these days, by scrolling on X. I was reading post after post about the power crisis hitting AI datacenters—GPU racks sitting idle, waiting not on chips, but on electricity. I texted with Sam Altman—who confirmed power was indeed a major constraint. […]

dubizzle honours UAE’s top real estate agencies at first digital-only property awards

New digital-only award recognizes 35 winners – through online voting by users and by a jury – across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the Northern Emirates Property companies haus & haus Real Estate, Driven Properties and fäm Properties were among the winners in multiple categories in the inaugural digital-only dubizzle Property Awards 2025. Recognising excellence and […]

Klarna launches Tap to Pay for in-store purchases across 14 markets

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, today launches the brand new feature Tap to Pay across 14 European markets, bringing flexible payments into physical retail at scale and transforming the Klarna app into an everyday contactless wallet. With more than 80% of European shopping still happening in physical stores, Tap to Pay […]

Lemurian Labs raises $28 million Series A to liberate AI from the constraints of hardware

Funding will accelerate the deployment of Lemurian’s software-first solution that enables AI to run faster, more efficiently and on any hardware Lemurian Labs today announced it has secured $28 million in an oversubscribed Series A round, including capital previously raised from convertible securities. Lemurian is developing a software-centric, hardware-agnostic solution that enables AI workloads to […]

AMINA Bank integrates Paxos’ USDG stablecoin, joins Global Dollar Network Alongside Leading Financial Institutions

Swiss-regulated bank expands stablecoin offering for professional and institutional clients with custody, trading, and rewards programme AMINA Bank AG, a Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority-regulated crypto bank with global reach, today announces the addition of Paxos’ USDG stablecoin to its custody, trading, and rewards offerings. As part of this expansion, AMINA Bank becomes a member […]

Sam Altman wants his own rocket company

The OpenAI CEO explored a deal with Stoke Space that would have put him in control of the rocket startup. The horrors of AI’s environmental impact may extend beyond Earth as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks into launching data centers to space. Altman was reportedly considering investing billions into Stoke Space, a Seattle-based startup that’s […]

NEAR hits 1 million TPS: A major milestone for blockchain scalability

1M TPS achieved: Used real NEAR core code in a realistic, publicly verifiable benchmark. Powered by Google Compute Engines C4D machines based on the latest 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors: Demonstrated on cost-effective, consumer-grade hardware to support a decentralized validator network. Massive headroom for growth: Showcases NEAR’s ability to scale horizontally for high-load dApps and […]

TripFusion partners with Troon to transform golf travel booking

New partnership enables golfers to seamlessly plan, customise and book their golf holidays online  TripFusion, the innovative golf travel booking platform by Vacayou, is transforming how golfers plan and book trips by integrating live tee-times directly with accommodations and car rentals, all in a seamless online checkout. The technology, now live at more than 30 […]

Hims & Hers snaps up YourBio to bring pain-free blood tests home

Hims & Hers Health, Inc. has agreed to acquire YourBio Health, Inc., a Boston-based provider of capillary whole blood sampling technology. YourBio Health develops technologies designed to simplify the process and expand when, where, and how blood samples can be collected—including beyond traditional clinic settings. Its TAP device, built on HALO technology, uses bladeless microneedles […]

MatrixSpace wins Army award for portable AI counter UAS tech

MatrixSpace has come out on top in the active sensor category of the US Army xTechCounter Strike competition, as SSB Crack reports. This win highlights the company’s push to build portable and smart counter UAS tools that soldiers can use in the field with ease. The focus of the win is the company’s Expeditionary AI […]

Nirvana Labs × Aori: Dedicated RPC powering fast swaps for the Stable mainnet

Nirvana Labs, the performance cloud for Web3, is proud to support the Stable mainnet launch with fast, bare-metal RPC infrastructure powering Aori’s high-frequency intent engine for Fast Swaps. Bare-Metal RPC for a High-Throughput L1 Stable is a high-throughput L1 purpose-built for USDT, designed for sub-second finality, gas-free transfers, and large-scale stablecoin settlement. To match that […]

Walrus: Bringing programmability to data storage

How blob storage on Walrus is handled, from write to read, storage to management. Walrus, a next-generation decentralized storage protocol, addresses the limitations of centralized cloud storage, such as high costs, single points of failure, and the risk of censorship or privacy violations, while improving on other decentralized storage systems by introducing programmability and increasing […]

Boom Supersonic partners with NASA to capture iconic image of civil supersonic flight

Specialized photography from NASA shows the shock waves as Boom’s supersonic demonstrator breaks the sound barrier. Boom confirms no sonic boom reached the ground during XB-1 demonstrator’s supersonic flights. Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, partnered with NASA to capture specialized photography during supersonic flight tests of its demonstrator aircraft, XB-1. […]

The billion-dollar AI startup solving doctors’ biggest headache

Ambience Healthcare uses AI to help doctors spend less time on paperwork – and more time saving lives. Losing loved ones to cancer drove best friends Mike Ng, 41, and Nikhil Buduma, 30, to harness the power of AI to save lives. They met in 2013 as students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ng […]

Klarna takes on Amex Platinum and Chase Sapphire with premium perks that don’t require a credit card

The Swedish fintech’s new tiers offer luxury travel perks, lounge access, cash back, and subscriptions as more Americans shift toward BNPL. As Americans grapple with $1.23 trillion in credit card balances, Klarna Group is introducing a new way to access premium rewards—one that doesn’t require a credit card at all. The Swedish fintech company launched […]

Introducing NEAR AI Cloud and Private Chat

Unlock your most valuable data for AI with verifiable, hardware-enforced privacy Today NEAR AI is launching NEAR AI Cloud and Private Chat, two products built around one simple yet powerful principle: users should own their AI. Today we’re taking the first steps to enable that with novel products that offer hardware-backed, verifiable privacy. Privacy Concerns […]

Paxos acquires Fordefi to build the custody infrastructure layer to power the on-chain economy

Paxos, the leading regulated blockchain infrastructure platform, today announced it has acquired Fordefi, an institutional-grade custody and wallet technology provider. Businesses have long relied on Paxos for trusted custodial infrastructure as they enter the on-chain financial economy.  Digital asset market adoption continues to accelerate and customers now require secure and modular custody solutions. This acquisition […]

Fast swaps: How Aori delivers sub-second crosschain execution with Nirvana Cloud

How Aori Uses Nirvana Cloud to Power Fast Swaps Across Chains Crosschain swaps have always been limited by latency: finality delays, network hops, and mismatched infrastructure slow the entire process down. Fast Swaps by Stargate Finance, powered by AORI, changes that narrative. Today, Fast Swaps deliver sub-second to a few seconds end-to-end crosschain execution. Aori’s […]

Paxos announces acquisition of Fordefi to build custody infrastructure layer to enable on-chain economy

Paxos, the blockchain infrastructure platform, announced it has acquired Fordefi, which is described as an institutional-grade custody and wallet technology provider. Businesses have reportedly relied on Paxos for custodial infrastructure as they enter the on-chain financial economy. Digital asset market adoption continues and customers require modular custody solutions. This acquisition combines Paxos’ expertise in infrastructure […]

Vantiq, Keyin College, and global organizations join forces with NL Health Services to drive digital health innovation

Newfoundland and Labrador’s own Keyin College is teaming up with global leaders Huron, a professional services firm, and Vantiq, the leading platform for end-to-end real-time AI orchestration, in an exciting new collaboration with Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS). The group has been officially pre-qualified as an Innovation Partner under NLHS’s 2025–2026 Innovation Strategy, opening […]

MatrixSpace named active sensor winner in US Army Operation Flytrap 4.5, xTechCounter Strike competition

Operation Flytrap is the U.S. Army’s key initiative to accelerate innovative, scalable C-UAS technologies MatrixSpace, a leader in portable AI-enabled radar for counter-UAS missions, is the winner in the U.S. Army’s xTechCounter Strike competition, part of Operation Flytrap 4.5. MatrixSpace was the only active sensing provider selected among 15 finalists, highlighting the company’s breakthrough capabilities […]

Brightline West pursues financing for the HSR project

DesertXpress Enterprises, known as Brightline West – the company constructing the new 350-km high-speed line from Las Vegas to Rancho Cucamonga, linking Nevada with Southern California – has entered into a transaction support agreement expected to lead to a private exchange by holders of a substantial majority of the USD 2.5 billion issue. The arrangement […]

Animoca Brands receives in-principle approval from ADGM’s FSRA

Animoca Brands has announced it has received in-principle approval (IPA) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM, the international financial center of Abu Dhabi, the Capital of the UAE, to operate as a regulated Fund Manager. Subject to the fulfillment of conditions and final regulatory approval, Animoca Brands will be authorized to carry […]

Nirvana Labs November 2025 roundup

Building the Performance Cloud for Web3 November was a fast, infrastructure-driven month! We refreshed our introduction, strengthened our control plane, launched with high-throughput networks – Monad, published a research write up on subgraph failures and met dozens of teams across Devconnect. Here’s what moved: A Proper Refresher This month we published a full refresher thread […]

Record Black Friday lifts Klarna to 45% November growth

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, today announces record Black Friday sales growth in the US, with volume (GMV) up 45% year-over-year for November 1 through Black Friday November 28. Growth has been seen across all categories, with footwear, technology, beauty and home goods performing particularly strongly as Americans made the most […]

Lukka x CryptoSwift: Delivering end-to-end AML transparency for the digital asset economy

A Deeper Look at the Partnership – and Why It Matters for the Future of Crypto Compliance For years, compliance teams across exchanges, custodians, brokerages, payment companies, and regulated digital-asset businesses have asked for a practical way to connect the two halves of crypto AML compliance that have always operated separately: 1. Collecting counterparty identity […]

Animoca Brands invites crypto community to support Tai Po fire relief

Animoca Brands today announced an initiative for relief and recovery efforts for those affected by the fire at a large apartment complex in Tai Po, Hong Kong. As part of the initiative, Animoca Brands invites the global crypto community to contribute by donating tokens to two dedicated wallet addresses set up by Animoca Brands to […]

How Otter’s MCP turned 76 conversations into a searchable evidence-based study

Overview When David Boyle set out to document what was truly happening with AI adoption in corporate insights, analytics and strategy departments, he faced a challenge familiar to anyone conducting qualitative research at scale: how to capture, process and synthesize dozens of confidential, hour-long conversations without drowning in data. The project was ambitious: conduct 76 […]

Klarna launches KlarnaUSD as stablecoin transactions hit $27 trillion annually

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, has launched KlarnaUSD, its first stablecoin and a significant shift for a company whose CEO was once a vocal crypto skeptic. The move comes as McKinsey estimates stablecoin transactions now top $27 trillion a year — and could overtake legacy payment networks before the decade is […]

Cambridge Mobile Telematics AI platform now paired with Progressive’s Accident Response

Progressive Insurance and Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) have collaborated to develop the carrier’s newest version of Accident Response — a crash detection and response feature available to Progressive personal auto insurance customers. The feature is available in the Progressive mobile app. More than 1.5 million Progressive customers rely on Accident Response, according to a press […]

Klarna deepens partnership with Blackhawk Network to tap $447B U.S. gift card market

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, has expanded its partnership with Blackhawk Network (BHN), a leading global provider of branded payment solutions, to give consumers even more choice and flexibility for purchasing gift cards, just in time for the holidays. Gift cards remain America’s most-wanted holiday gift, with the market projected to […]

Paxos rolls out regulated stablecoin USDG0 across three blockchains

Paxos expanded its regulated stablecoin with USDG0, an omnichain version built on LayerZero to bring compliant dollar liquidity to Hyperliquid, Plume, and Aptos. Paxos has launched USDG0, an omnichain extension of its regulated USDG stablecoin, to expand fully backed dollar liquidity across multiple blockchain ecosystems while maintaining regulatory compliance. USDG0 is built using LayerZero’s Omnichain […]

Smart label startup Reelables gains $10.4 million in Series A funding

Company offers thin film, wireless active smart labels which can be produced using standard barcode printers, to simplify item-level inventory tracking Reelables, which provides printable active smart label for tracking cargo and inventory, has raised a $10.4 million Series A funding, with participation from Amigos Ventures, Moneta, Raptor Group, Silicon Labs, and Smooth Brain. The […]

Tether enters strategic partnership with Bitcoin-backed loanmaker Ledn

Stablecoin issuer and fintech platform Tether has announced a strategic investment in Bitcoin -backed consumer lending firm Ledn. The partnership comes as Tether continues to expand its services and agreements throughout the sector and Ledn caps off a banner company year. According to a Nov. 18 press release, Ledn had its strongest year-to-date in 2025, […]

Brightline West entering ‘Transaction support agreement’

Fortress Investment Group-backed Brightline West on Nov. 20 reported entering into a “transaction support agreement that is expected to culminate in a private exchange by holders of a significant majority of the $2.5 billion of Series 2025A Bonds issued by California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank and the Director of the State of Nevada Department […]

Open Campus and Animoca Brands partner with Rich Sparkle Holdings Limited, a U.S.-listed company

As part of this collaboration, ANPA will purchase up to US$50 million worth of EDU tokens over the next 24 months ANPA’s move marks its first major crypto acquisition, signaling strong confidence in Open Campus and its mission to transform education through blockchain Animoca Brands will start this collaboration with a contribution of US$3 million […]

Bobbie becomes the only USDA organic infant formula available at Costco stores nationwide

Following a successful digital test, Bobbie is officially launching in select Costco stores nationwide to fill the need for a premium, organic, and reliable option Bobbie Organic Original is now available to Costco members at its best cost-per-ounce to-date: a two-pack of 14.1oz cans for $37.99 Bobbie, the purpose-driven organic infant feeding company, has officially […]

Wizzwoods raises $10M in Series A investment from Animoca Brands and IVC

Web3 gaming platform Wizzwoods has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Animoca Brands and Infinity Ventures Crypto. The funding will bolster the development of Wizzwoods following a successful token generation event in March. Wizzwoods provides a unique multiplayer farming and strategy game experience, integrating NFTs and accessible through platforms like Telegram and […]

Walmart’s OnePay selects DriveWealth to power embedded investing

Walmart’s OnePay digital banking platform is partnering with DriveWealth to launch OnePay Invest, giving users access to stock and ETF trading within their existing app. Since acquiring fintechs Even and ONE, Walmart has built OnePay into a full-service app offering savings, credit-building, BNPL, and now investing. Integrating DriveWealth’s brokerage-as-a-service APIs, OnePay lowers the barrier to […]

Hang Feng Technology Innovation and Animoca Brands announce MOU for strategic partnership

Hang Feng Technology Innovation Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: FOFO), a Cayman Islands holding company (“Hang Feng”) providing comprehensive corporate management consulting and asset management services, and Animoca Brands, a global leader in Web3 and digital property rights (“Animoca”), today announced that they entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding for a strategic partnership to drive the […]

Klarna: EU BNPL regulation is (almost) ready for take-off

Fifteen years after the original rules, the EU has refreshed its approach to consumer credit through the Consumer Credit Directive 2, which Brussels policymakers passed last year. Following this, EU countries had until 20 November 2025 to update their local laws, bringing modern products like Klarna’s Buy Now Pay Later into scope to strengthen consumer […]

Skyryse unveils Skylar, a universal AI flight assistant focused on aviation safety and efficiency

From the makers of SkyOS, the world’s first universal operating system for flight, Skyryse reveals a new AI-powered flight assistant for safer flight operations and pilot workload reduction, including monitoring of Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS), air traffic control (ATC), weather and more Skyryse, a leader in aviation automation and simplified flight controls, today announced […]

Klarna powers Fair Financing hypergrowth with $6.5bn US agreement

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, announced today that investment funds managed by Elliott Investment Management, a U.S.-based investment firm, will purchase Klarna’s U.S. Fair Financing loans, supporting the continued expansion of this product in the United States. The companies expect to facilitate a total of $6.5bn-worth of loans over the two-year […]

BlueOrchard managed fund invests $7.5 million in JUMO’s venture to support entrepreneurs in Uganda

Global impact investment manager, BlueOrchard Finance Ltd has partnered with Uganda-based fintech JUMO to support MSMEs and job creation. The BlueOrchard Microfinance Fund has committed $7.5 million to JUMO’s innovative asset-backed securitisation (ABS) financing structure in Uganda, strengthening the  expansion of  access to finance for underserved entrepreneurs and individuals in the country. This ABS financing […]

Myriad integrates Walrus as the data layer to build more transparent prediction markets

Myriad, a decentralized, multichain prediction market platform, built by the team behind Decrypt Media and Rug Radio, today announced a partnership with Walrus to become its trusted data layer. Myriad, a decentralized, multichain prediction market platform, built by the team behind Decrypt Media and Rug Radio, today announced a partnership with Walrus to become its […]

Mysten Labs boosts Sui blockchain with Mysticeti v2 upgrade

New Consensus Protocol Delivers Faster, Leaner, and More Scalable Performance Mysten Labs has unveiled Mysticeti v2, a significant update to its consensus protocol that substantially enhances the performance and scalability of the Sui blockchain. The upgrade introduces faster transaction processing, reduced resource usage, and improved network resilience, further strengthening Sui’s standing as one of the […]

Pura Vida Miami announces strategic growth investment from TSG Consumer

Partnership to accelerate nationwide expansion of premium health and wellness café Pura Vida Miami (“Pura Vida”), a premium all-day café and lifestyle brand focused on health and wellness, today announced a strategic growth minority investment from TSG Consumer (“TSG”), a leading private equity firm specializing in consumer brands. Co-Founders Omer and Jennifer Horev will retain […]

‘Internet should just work’: Helium bets crypto can fix broken telecom model

Frank Mong says the wireless industry has stopped innovating. Helium wants to bring cheaper and even free connectivity by combining blockchain and network sharing. For decades, the telecom industry has barely changed. Frank Mong, chief operating officer at Helium, says that slow pace has left a four trillion dollar global market open for disruption. “I […]

Arm to acquire AI networking chipmaker DreamBig in $265M deal

Move brings AI-SuperNIC technology in-house as Arm looks to capitalize on surging data center demand Arm is set to extend its chip design efforts into the world of networking as its latest earnings report revealed it plans to acquire DreamBig Semiconductor. The SoftBank-owned firm beat both its revenue and adjusted EPS guidance in the second-quarter […]

MGA Entertainment’s Slime Life and Sloomoo Institute debut an immersive slime café in Los Angeles

Experience the playful, tactile world of Slime Life: November 19th through December 21st MGA Entertainment, maker of iconic brands like Little Tikes, L.O.L. Surprise!, Bratz and more, is collaborating with Sloomoo Institute in LA for an immersive slime activation. The event runs from November 19 through December 21, and guests can experience the Slime Life […]

Bobbie launches in Costco stores, capping off a year of triple-digit retail growth

For infant formula brand Bobbie, a big focus in 2025 has been expanding its availability in mass retail. Within the past year, Bobbie — which sells a USDA-certified organic formula designed to be similar to European brands — has launched in Wegmans, Meijer, Thrive and Walmart, building upon its existing brick-and-mortar presence in retailers like […]

The capital crunch for UK restaurants, and how Pipe is expanding access

Pipe partners with Uber Eats to help satisfy UK restaurants’ hunger for financial access Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) make up 99% of all UK businesses and nearly 60% of private-sector jobs (British Business Bank, 2024). Despite their outsized role, many are finding it harder than ever to access capital. The British Business Bank reports […]

Animoca Brands’ Anichess adopts CHECK Token as native token

Anichess, the Web3 chess platform developed by Animoca Brands in partnership with Chess.com, today announced that it is integrating the recently launched CHECK Token (CHECK) into its gaming experience. CHECK is a utility token designed to reward players’ skill, creativity, and community contributions based on their value rather than mere click activity. It has a […]

Responsible lending: Here’s why global standards matter to JUMO

Emerging markets are driving the next wave of digital finance, but growth comes with responsibility. Amelia Greenberg, Deputy Director of the Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) at Cerise+SPTF unpacks what this responsibility looks like for businesses. She shares how global standards like the Digital Financial Services (DFS) Standards are supporting ethical sustainable growth through fintechs […]

Canton Coin goes live: How Lukka powers the institutional infrastructure behind tokenized markets

The Canton ecosystem reached a major milestone today as Canton Coin (CC) began spot trading across 11 global exchanges – a defining moment in the evolution of regulated, interoperable tokenized markets. This launch represents more than a new listing. It demonstrates how tokenized ecosystems can operate with institutional-grade transparency, valuation accuracy, and compliance discipline from […]

Flowcode’s Tim Armstrong: Big creative ideas will lead the next wave of advertising

The next frontier of marketing lies not in digital screens but in the physical world, and that artificial intelligence and creativity will define who wins there, says Tim Armstrong, founder and chief executive of digital connection company Flowcode. The former AOL and Google executive described n this conversation with Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan how Flowcode […]

Klarna expands European card network with Marqeta’s platform

Klarna is expanding its card offering in Europe with the help of card issuing platform Marqeta. The partnership is designed to bring the Klarna Card into 15 new European markets, according to a press release. The launch builds on the two companies’ long-term partnership and employs Visa’s Flexible Credential (VFC) technology, letting cardholders choose between […]

AVEO Oncology, an LG Chem company, and HiberCell enter into an exclusive development and option agreement for first-in-human compound

First-in-Human PERK inhibitor (HC-5404) to be developed in combination with AVEO’s FOTIVDA® (tivozanib) for RCC AVEO obtains option to an exclusive license for the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of HC-5404  AVEO Oncology, an LG Chem company, and HiberCell, Inc. announced today that the companies have entered into an exclusive development and option agreement to develop […]

Otter.ai’s CEO is pushing the company to be more than just a meeting scribe

Otter.ai CEO Sam Liang isn’t satisfied with the company being viewed, and used, as just a meeting notetaker. Liang wants Otter.ai to become a go-to source for enterprises and a new batch of products released Tuesday is the first step in that evolution. The Silicon Valley-based AI meeting assistant startup on Tuesday released a new […]

DriveWealth strengthens executive team to accelerate next phase of growth

Charles Schwab veteran Barry Metzger joins DriveWealth as first Chief Brokerage Officer; Former OnePay executive Emily Chardac is appointed Chief People Officer DriveWealth, a leading financial technology platform providing Brokerage-as-a-Service, has announced the expansion of its executive leadership team with the introduction of Barry Metzger as Chief Brokerage Officer (CBO) and appointment of Emily Chardac […]

Ambience Healthcare introduces AI capability for inpatient care

Ambience Healthcare has introduced an AI-driven Conditions Advisor designed to expand its support for inpatient care, aiming to assist clinicians in identifying and documenting patient complexity at the point of care. According to the company, this capability will enhance decision-making and promote comprehensive care. The Conditions Advisor is engineered to fit within existing inpatient workflows […]

Mysten Labs: Mysticeti v2 – Faster and lighter Sui transaction processing

An inside look from Mysten Labs engineers at how Mysticeti v2 refines Sui’s consensus for smarter, more efficient transaction handling Mysticeti is the consensus protocol that powers Sui. First launched on mainnet in July 2024, it introduced a new generation of high-performance consensus built on Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs). This design allowed Sui to achieve […]

Mukuru and JUMO partner to launch responsible AI-powered credit solution in South Africa

Fast Loan aims to help customers build credit profiles, ease financial pressure and enable participation in the formal financial system. Mukuru, a leading next-generation financial services platform, has partnered with AI-powered banking technology provider JUMO to launch ‘Fast Loan’, a scalable, mobile-first credit solution designed to address a critical gap in South Africa’s financial ecosystem. […]

Nirvana Labs: Pagination, Terraform Data Sources, and Command Menu to strengthen the Nirvana control plane

Today’s release focuses on the core control plane of Nirvana, the layer developers interact with every day through the API, Terraform provider, and Dashboard UI. These updates improve how you navigate, query, and automate your infrastructure across compute, networking, and (soon) storage. We’re introducing three enhancements that make Nirvana smoother, faster, and easier to operate […]