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Horizon3 raises $250M at $2B valuation as AI-powered security testing demand grows
Horizon3 tripled its valuation in 14 months with a $250M Series E, as enterprises shift from annual pen testing to conti...
Palantir Revenue Jumps 93% on US Commercial Demand, Forecast Raised
Palantir nearly doubled quarterly revenue to $1.94 billion, beating analyst estimates and lifting its full-year outlook ...
Pippa Pays Artists for AI Training — but Its Models Still Rest on Scraped Data
The text-to-video startup pays artists royalties for AI training, but its underlying models still use scraped data — and...
AI and IT Teams Don't Have to Fight: What Three Companies Got Right
Baringa Group, Southern Bank and PacificTel each resolved the AI-IT divide by changing structures, not just attitudes. T...
ICE Mortgage Tech Logs Best Quarter Since 2022; Parent to Buy MarketAxess for $5.7B
ICE Mortgage Technology posted $557M in Q2 revenue and an 8% operating margin, while parent ICE announced a $5.7B deal t...
Retail TouchPoints to Host June 9-10 Webinar Series on Practical AI in Retail
Four-session webinar series on June 9-10, 2026 will cover practical retail AI — cross-channel orchestration, tax complia...
DAX Eyes Record High as Amazon and Microsoft Ignite Global Tech Rally
Strong earnings from Amazon and Microsoft fuel a surge in U.S. and Asian markets, putting the DAX within reach of a reco...
Jefferies: China Will Win AI's Consumer Market Despite Chip Stock Rout
A new Jefferies note argues China is best positioned for AI's mass market, even as semiconductor stocks wobble and big t...
AI Optimism Ignites Asian Markets; Korean Shares Surge 17%
Renewed enthusiasm for artificial intelligence triggered a powerful rally across Asian equities, with South Korean stock...
Space Economy’s Real Engine Isn’t Rockets—It’s the Data Flowing From Orbit
SpaceX’s Starlink illustrates a broader shift: recurring data-driven revenue, not launch hardware, is the space economy’...
AI Arms Race Fuels Cybersecurity Spending Boom, Goldman Sachs Predicts
A reported breach by a rogue AI agent at OpenAI has reignited debates about AI safety and turned attention to cybersecur...
Why AI Model Distillation Has Become a US-China Flashpoint
A technique long used to shrink AI systems is now at the centre of a geopolitical dispute as US firms accuse Chinese dev...
AI’s First Winners Seek Their Next Big Moves with Acquisitions and Unlikely Bets
From Midjourney buying a astrology app to Cognition adding personality to its coding agent, AI startups flush with cash ...
AI Goods Trade Soars 40% as Global Commerce Defies Middle East Conflict
WTO data shows global merchandise trade grew 3.2% in Q1 2026, propelled by a 40%+ surge in AI-enabling goods that offset...
Solocal Group Eyes AI-Powered Local Media Pivot After Turnaround
CEO Maurice Lévy announced the digital services firm’s accounts have recovered and unveiled plans to reposition as an AI...
From Tesla to AI Factories: Adi Prasad’s Lessons from Musk and Kalanick
The MIT and Harvard MBA grad recounts working under Elon Musk and Travis Kalanick before founding Matter, an AI-driven m...
Microsoft Books $450 Billion Single-Day Gain as Azure AI Bets Pay Off
Microsoft added nearly $450 billion in market value in one session — the largest single-day jump in stock market history...
How to Use AI as Your Morning Assistant: 10 Tasks to Delegate Before 10 a.m.
A new productivity framework suggests offloading routine morning tasks to AI. From sorting priorities to drafting emails...
US State Department Displays AI-Generated Map Misplacing African Nations at AIDS Forum
A rushed last-minute edit led to a map with distorted borders for Côte d'Ivoire, Mozambique and Nigeria at a global heal...
Lloyds Unveils £13bn AI-Powered Strategy as Insurance Arm Profits Surge 70%
Lloyds Banking Group launched its Accelerate 2030 strategy with a £13bn tech investment, as Scottish Widows’ profit jump...
AI Spending Under Microscope: Alphabet, Tesla, Intel Deliver the First Verdicts
Investors are no longer rewarding AI ambition with blind capital. As Alphabet, Tesla and Intel report, the market demand...
Amazon Jumps 9% After Hours on Strong Q2, AWS Growth; Capex Raised to $220bn
Amazon shares surged after Q2 revenue topped estimates and AWS growth accelerated to 37%. But free cash flow turned nega...
AWS Doesn't Need the Best AI Model to Win, Says Amazon's Jassy
Amazon Web Services reported a 37% revenue jump as AI demand grows. CEO Andy Jassy now says the race is about offering m...
Poland's KSeF e-Invoice Mandate Sparks AI Adoption in Accounting
The obligatory KSeF electronic invoicing system is prompting Polish businesses to adopt AI-driven automation tools like ...
FirstTeam Real Estate Taps Purlin AI, Warns Against Tools That 'Create More Work'
FirstTeam Real Estate's $6.12 billion partnership with Purlin underscores how brokerages must integrate AI strategically...
Nadella's Toughest Year: How Microsoft's AI Bet Threatens Its Own Empire
Three years after vaulting Microsoft to the front of the AI race, Satya Nadella faces a paradox: the technology that mad...
Amazon’s AI Bet Delivers a Blowout Q2 as AWS Growth Hits 18-Quarter High
Amazon’s Q2 net sales reached $200.6bn, operating income surged 43%, and AWS grew 37%—its fastest pace since 2021. The s...
Amazon, Walmart AI Spots 'Made in USA' Fraud but Business Logic Keeps It Silent, Study Finds
A Columbia Law School think tank run by ex-FTC chief Lina Khan reveals that Amazon's Alexa and Walmart's Sparky can dete...
Rolls-Royce Lifts Profit Outlook on Defence and AI Data Centre Boom
The British engineering group raised full-year profit guidance after first-half earnings jumped 46%, driven by surging d...
Moonshot AI Valued at $35 Billion After Kimi K3 Sparks Silicon Valley Interest
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI raised over $3.5 billion and is already targeting a $50 billion pre-money round, propelle...