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Parloa Raises $350M to Make Enterprise Customer Experience Fully Conversational
Parloa, a Berlin‑based AI customer‑experience automation startup, announced a $350 million late‑stage funding round at a $3 billion valuation, led by General Catalyst. The round brings total capital raised to over $560 million within four years and includes existing backers such as EQT Ventures and Altimeter Capital. Parloa’s voice‑first platform, AMP, enables enterprise customers—including Allianz, Booking Holdings, and SAP—to automate phone‑based interactions with AI agents and provides real‑time dashboards and compliance features. Co‑founder Malte Kosub says the company aims to make every digital touchpoint conversational, starting with the phone channel.
DianaHR Deploys Onboarding Agent to Cut HR’s Paperwork Gravity
HR-as-a-service provider DianaHR launched an agentic AI onboarding system designed to automate the paperwork‑heavy compliance layer of people operations. The platform works from Slack or email, ingesting offer letters, verifying signatures, and interacting with dozens of payroll and benefits tools...
Manufacturing Automation Software Startup Tulip Hits Unicorn Status with $120M Raise
Tulip Interfaces raised $120 million in a Series D round led by Mitsubishi Electric, pushing its valuation above $1.3 billion and earning unicorn status. The cloud‑hosted, no‑code frontline operations platform lets manufacturers build custom shop‑floor apps without coding, positioning itself as a flexible...
Tines Launches AI Interaction Layer to Unify Agents, Copilots and Workflows
Tines Security Services launched an AI Interaction Layer that unifies AI agents, copilots, and workflow automation within a single, secure interface. The platform introduces Model Context Protocol support, human‑in‑the‑loop controls, and built‑in auditing to address the fragmentation of AI tools....
MongoDB Combines Database and Embedding Models for Simplified AI Development
MongoDB announced the general availability of its Voyage 4 family of embedding models and the multimodal‑3.5 model, integrating them directly into Atlas and the community edition. The new models—voyage‑4, voyage‑4‑large, voyage‑4‑lite, and voyage‑4‑nano—offer varying trade‑offs in accuracy, latency and cost, while...
Depthfirst Secures $40M to Expand Agentic Approach to Software Security
Depthfirst Inc. announced a $40 million Series A round led by Accel to accelerate its AI‑native security platform. The startup’s General Security Intelligence platform deploys custom AI agents that continuously analyze code, infrastructure and workflows, delivering context‑aware vulnerability detection. In its first...
Aikido Security Raises $60M Series B at $1B Valuation to Unify Application Security
Belgian cybersecurity firm Aikido Security announced a $60 million Series B round that values the company at $1 billion, making it Europe’s fastest unicorn in the sector. The funding will accelerate its unified application security platform, which combines static and dynamic testing, software...
Phenom Acquires Included to Expand Agentic People Analytics Capabilities
Phenom People announced the acquisition of Included, an AI‑native people analytics platform, for an undisclosed sum. Included consolidates HR, ATS, and performance data into a unified dataset and delivers real‑time, predictive insights on hiring bottlenecks, attrition risk, and equity gaps....
IO River Raises $20M to Decouple Edge Infrastructure From Services
IO River Ltd. announced a $20 million Series A round to fund its multi‑edge platform that separates edge infrastructure from add‑on services. The startup’s virtualization layer lets enterprises aggregate disparate CDN and edge providers into a single logical system, preserving performance, security...
JumpCloud Unveils New AI Capabilities to Secure and Manage Enterprise AI Adoption
JumpCloud introduced AI‑focused capabilities to secure, monitor, and automate enterprise AI usage. The new suite adds zero‑trust controls for AI agents, automatic detection of shadow AI and hidden machine identities, and an AI Admin Assistant that handles routine tasks via...
CrowdStrike Acquires Browser Security Startup Seraphic Security for $400M
CrowdStrike Holdings announced the acquisition of browser‑security startup Seraphic Security, with market estimates placing the deal at about $400 million. Seraphic’s platform isolates the JavaScript engine, randomizes memory addresses, and monitors over 200 webpage data points to block ransomware, phishing, and...
As Enterprise Risk Rises, AI Agent Control Is Cast as Critical Infrastructure
Enterprises are rapidly deploying AI agents, but many lack robust guardrails, prompting leaders to label AI‑agent control as critical infrastructure. Rubrik’s research predicts that within a year, at least half of cyberattacks will be driven by agentic AI, highlighting an...
Upstream Partners with Škoda to Strengthen Connected Vehicle Cybersecurity
Upstream Security announced a strategic partnership with Škoda Auto to deploy its unified cybersecurity platform across the automaker’s connected‑vehicle, digital services and supply‑chain ecosystem. The solution consolidates threat intelligence, risk signals and compliance data into a single workspace, improving visibility,...
Wasabi’s Cloud Storage Service Gets $70M Funding Boost
Wasabi Technologies raised $70 million in equity financing, valuing the Boston‑based cloud storage provider at $1.8 billion and pushing total capital above $600 million. The oversubscribed round, led by L2 Point Management and joined by Pure Storage, will fund global expansion, AI‑focused product...
Acronis Launches Archival Storage to Give MSPs Long-Term, Compliant Data Retention
Acronis International launched Archival Storage, a compliance‑focused, long‑term data retention service aimed at managed service providers (MSPs) and their SMB customers. The solution uses AWS S3‑compatible object storage, offering millisecond retrieval, 11×9 durability and 99.5% availability, while eliminating egress and...
OpenAI Buys Torch to Bring Unified Medical Data Into ChatGPT Health
OpenAI announced the acquisition of Torch Health, a startup that consolidates personal medical data into a unified platform. Reported price ranges from $60 million to $100 million. Torch’s AI‑driven aggregation of labs, prescriptions, and unstructured notes will be integrated into the newly...
Owkin Unveils Biology-Focused AI Agents for Clinical Research and Drug Discovery
Owkin, a decade‑old AI startup, unveiled a suite of biology‑focused autonomous agents for clinical research and drug discovery. The agents, built on a curated multimodal dataset from over 800 hospitals, aim to identify biomarkers, interpret complex medical data, and guide...
Cast AI Raises Funds From Pacific Alliance Ventures at $1B Valuation to Launch Unified GPU Marketplace
Cast AI secured a strategic investment from Pacific Alliance Ventures, pushing its valuation past $1 billion and bringing total funding to over $180 million. The startup, known for AI‑driven Kubernetes optimization, is using the capital to roll out Omni Compute, a unified...
Everseen Adds a Conversational Intelligence Layer to Its AI Theft-Prevention System
Everseen Ltd. has introduced Everact, a conversational intelligence layer that lets retailers query its existing Evercheck and Evershelf AI theft‑prevention tools using natural language. The prototype builds on a system already deployed at over 140,000 checkouts worldwide, capturing roughly 15 million...
Anthropic Pushes Into Healthcare to Help Patients Understand Their Medical Records
Anthropic unveiled Claude for Healthcare, letting U.S. Pro and Max subscribers upload medical records and fitness data for personalized AI assistance. The feature expands the earlier Claude for Life Sciences tool, aiming to translate test results, summarize histories, and generate...
Torq Raises $140M at $1.2B Valuation to Scale AI-Driven Security Hyperautomation
Security automation startup Torq announced a $140 million Series D funding round, valuing the company at $1.2 billion. The capital will be used to scale its AI‑driven, no‑code hyperautomation platform that connects to existing security tools and deploys autonomous AI agents for alert...
AI Cloud Provider Lambda Reportedly Raising $350M Round
Lambda Inc., an AI‑focused cloud provider, is reportedly raising a $350 million financing round led by Mubadala Capital, following a $1.5 billion Series E just two months earlier. The company operates a dozen U.S. data centers with liquid‑cooled GPU racks, offering its Superclusters...
ThreatModeler Acquires Competing Threat Modeling Startup IriusRisk
ThreatModeler announced the acquisition of Spain‑based rival IriusRisk, merging two leading threat‑modeling platforms. The deal, terms undisclosed, brings together ThreatModeler’s AI‑driven workflow automation with IriusRisk’s Bex AI that scans Jira feature descriptions for security gaps. Both solutions also address regulatory...
Strava Makes Confidential IPO Filing as Subscriptions and Revenue Grow
Strava Inc. has confidentially filed a draft registration statement with the SEC, appointing Goldman Sachs as lead underwriter for a potential IPO. The fitness platform, which serves over 150 million users in 185 countries, reported a 50% revenue increase last year,...
AI Ambition Meets Data Reality: Why Ungoverned Data Undermines Operational Success
Enterprises are racing to deploy AI, yet 41% still lack data‑classification tools, leaving vast amounts of unstructured data unmanaged. This “ROT” (Redundant, Obsolete, Trivial) data fuels security breaches, compliance failures, and inflated storage costs. Congruity360 highlights the gap between AI...
Motive Debuts AI Dashcam to Help Logistics Fleet Operators Avoid Collisions
Motive Technologies unveiled an AI‑powered dashcam designed for logistics fleets, featuring a dual‑lens camera, AI‑driven risk detection, motion sensors, GPS, and a Qualcomm QCS6490 system‑on‑chip that delivers three times the computing power of rivals. The device records high‑resolution footage, captures...
SAP Expands AI Options for Retailers
SAP announced a suite of AI‑enhanced features for its retail portfolio at the NRF 2026 Big Show. The rollout, slated for the first half of 2026, adds a Retail Intelligence layer to the Business Data Cloud, AI‑assisted assortment planning via...
Upwind Rolls Out Choppy AI to Bring Transparent Natural-Language Security to Cloud Workloads
Upwind Security has launched Choppy AI, an artificial‑intelligence layer that lets security teams interact with its cloud‑native application protection platform using natural language. The tool converts plain‑text intent into structured, editable queries and policy rules, preserving full visibility into the...
CraftStory Adds Image-to-Video Generation to Power Long-Form AI Videos with Human ‘Actors’
CraftStory unveiled an image‑to‑video model that can generate up to five‑minute, human‑centric videos from a single image and script. The new system builds on its Model 2.0 video‑to‑video engine, using a parallelized diffusion pipeline to keep facial features, lighting, and motion...
Coralogix Gains US Department of Education Support in Push for FedRAMP Moderate
Coralogix announced that the U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid will sponsor its pursuit of FedRAMP Moderate authorization, positioning the company to offer its AI observability platform to federal agencies. Achieving the moderate level would make Coralogix the first...
JumpCloud Expands Latin America Presence with MacSolution Acquisition
JumpCloud Inc. announced the acquisition of MacSolution Tecnologia Ltd., Brazil’s largest managed service provider, for an undisclosed amount. MacSolution, founded in 2005, offers identity, access and device management services, including zero‑trust and multi‑factor authentication, to enterprises across Brazil. The deal...
Protege Raises $30M to Grow Governed Marketplace for AI Training Data
Protege Health Inc., founded in 2024, raised $30 million from Andreessen Horowitz to expand its governed AI‑training data marketplace. The platform connects data owners with AI developers, offering high‑value datasets such as video, audio, and de‑identified health records. Funding will accelerate...
Cyera Researchers Detail Critical ‘Ni8mare’ Vulnerability Allowing Full Takeover of N8n Instances
Cyera researchers have disclosed a critical vulnerability in the n8n workflow automation platform, catalogued as CVE‑2026‑21858 and rated 10.0 on the CVSS scale. The flaw, dubbed “Ni8mare,” stems from improper handling of the Content‑Type header in webhook and form requests,...
Why AI Agents Fail — and How Process Intelligence Makes Them Work
Enterprises are struggling to extract value from AI agents because they lack process intelligence, the contextual map that lets agents act safely and efficiently. Gartner predicts over 40 % of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by 2027 due to high...
Swap Raises $100M Series C Round to Expand Global Commerce Operating System
Swap Commerce Ltd. announced a $100 million Series C funding round. Led by DST Global and ICONIQ Capital, the round brings total capital to about $149 million. The cash will fund geographic expansion into the U.S., Europe and later Canada and Australia, and...
Barracuda Report Finds Phishing Kits Doubled in 2025 as Attacks Grew More Evasive
Barracuda Networks’ 2025 Threat Spotlight reveals that phishing‑as‑a‑service kits doubled in number, fueling a surge in sophisticated attacks. Ninety percent of high‑volume campaigns relied on rented kits, many of which now embed AI‑generated content, MFA bypass, and malicious QR codes....
OneStream to Be Acquired by Hg in All-Cash $6.4B Transaction
OneStream Inc. agreed to be acquired by a Hg‑controlled entity for an all‑cash $6.4 billion valuation, offering shareholders $24 per share—a 31% premium to the Jan. 5 close. The deal, approved by the board, will make Hg’s Saturn Fund the majority voting...
AI Lending Startup Pluto Financial Raises $8.6M to Unlock Illiquid Private Equity Capital
Pluto Financial Technologies announced an $8.6 million Series A round led by Motive Ventures, backed by Apollo Global Management, Hamilton Lane and others. The startup secured hundreds of millions in institutional lending capacity to offer AI‑driven credit against private‑equity holdings. Its...
Vibe’s New AI Robot Sits in on Meetings to Record Every Interaction and Delegate Tasks
Digital whiteboard firm Vibe Inc. unveiled Vibe Bot, a compact AI‑powered robot designed to sit in on in‑person and virtual meetings. The device records every spoken interaction, converts it into searchable transcripts, and automatically creates actionable tasks linked to tools...
Unusual Raises $3.6M to Shape How AI Models Talk About Brands
AI‑focused startup Unusual announced a $3.6 million seed round to help brands control how generative AI models describe them. Backed by investors such as BoxGroup, Y Combinator and Instacart co‑founder Max Mullen, the company offers a platform that probes AI reasoning and...
ContractPodAI Rebrands as Leah to Expand Agentic Automation Beyond Contract Lifecycle Management
ContractPodAI has rebranded as Leah, adopting the name of its flagship AI platform to signal a broader focus beyond contract lifecycle management. The company now offers an agentic automation suite that spans legal, finance, and procurement functions, while still retaining...
Cisco May Be in Talks to Acquire Axonius, Which Denies Discussions
Cisco Systems is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire cyber‑asset‑management startup Axonius for about $2 billion, though Axonius publicly denied any acquisition discussions. Founded in 2017, Axonius offers an agent‑less platform that aggregates data from hundreds of security and IT tools...
Palo Alto Networks Reportedly Explores $400M Acquisition of Koi Security
Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire Israeli startup Koi Security for about $400 million. Koi, founded in 2024 by former Unit 8200 veterans, offers a Supply Chain Gateway and AI‑driven risk engine that provide continuous visibility and control over software...
Banking Software Startup Knight Fintech Raises $23.6M Round Led by Accel
Mumbai‑based Knight Fintech closed a $23.6 million round led by Accel, bringing its total funding to $30 million since its 2019 launch. The startup offers a co‑lending and treasury‑management platform that automates loan issuance, reconciliation and risk monitoring. Its product line also...
LexisNexis Champions AI’s Move Into the Courtroom
LexisNexis has embedded generative AI into its Lexis+ platform, pairing 138 billion documents with the Protégé assistant to answer questions, draft briefs and surface litigation insights. A Thomson Reuters survey shows 80 % of legal professionals expect AI to be transformational within...
Uber Reportedly Seeking to Acquire Parking Startup SpotHero
Uber is reportedly in talks to acquire SpotHero, a Chicago‑based parking‑reservation startup valued at $290 million after its 2019 Series D round. SpotHero’s platform lets users book spots in over 400 North American cities and has facilitated more than 100 million parked cars...
New Shai Hulud 3.0 Malware Variant Raises Fresh Supply Chain Security Concerns
Security researchers at Aikido Security have identified Shai Hulud 3.0, a new variant of the JavaScript‑focused supply‑chain worm. The malware embeds malicious code in npm packages, using enhanced obfuscation, modular architecture, and broader runtime compatibility to evade detection. Although currently limited to...
Verisk Scraps $2.35B Acquisition of Roofing Software Maker AccuLynx
Verisk Analytics abandoned its $2.35 billion purchase of roofing‑software firm AccuLynx after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission failed to complete its antitrust review before the contract’s Dec. 26 deadline. The deal, announced in June, had been slated to close by October and...
Octopus Energy Spins Out AI-Native Utility Software Subsidiary Kraken
Octopus Energy has spun out its Kraken Technologies subsidiary as an independent company valued at $8.65 billion after closing a $1 billion funding round led by D1 Capital Partners. Octopus will retain a 13.7% stake and inject an additional $320 million through Octopus...
US and Australian Agencies Warn MongoBleed Vulnerability in MongoDB Is Under Active Exploitation
U.S. and Australian cyber agencies have issued urgent alerts that the critical MongoDB flaw known as MongoBleed (CVE‑2025‑14847) is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability stems from improper handling of zlib‑compressed network messages, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read...