News•Jan 23, 2026
Building a European Digital Stack: The Alternatives to US Big Tech You Should Know
Europe is mobilising a broad coalition of home‑grown firms to replace US big‑tech services across cloud, AI, collaboration and consumer tools. The European Commission’s recent open‑source consultation and Germany’s €23 million Sovereign Tech Fund signal a coordinated push for digital sovereignty. A curated list of alternatives—from Crypt.ee’s cloud to Mistral AI’s language models—illustrates the growing ecosystem ready to serve European users and regulators.
By Tech.eu
News•Jan 23, 2026
Profile: The Danish Fintech Boss Who Says “No” A Lot
Flatpay’s CEO Sander Janca‑Jensen champions a disciplined "no" culture, refusing many opportunities to keep the Danish payment unicorn focused. The company hit unicorn status last year after a $170 million round that valued it at $1.7 billion, and now serves about 70,000...
By Tech.eu
News•Jan 23, 2026
RXNT Leads 2026 Gartner Digital Markets Across Five Categories
RXNT, a Maryland‑based ambulatory health‑tech firm, has been named a 2026 Gartner Digital Markets Leader, earning Shortlist and FrontRunner honors in five categories: Medical Billing, Practice Management, EMR, Mental Health, and Physical Therapy. The awards reflect both breadth—covering 23 Gartner...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 23, 2026
ITradeNetwork Collaborates with Google Cloud to Bring Gemini Enterprise and AI Agents to Food and Beverage Supply Chains
iTradeNetwork, the largest North American food and beverage trading network, announced a partnership with Google Cloud to embed Gemini Enterprise and Vertex AI agents into its Cerena Solution Suite. The integration will automate manual workflows such as order processing, enrich...
By AiThority
News•Jan 23, 2026
UK CFOs Facing ‘Automation Deficit’ as Fragmented Systems Stall Progress
Corpay’s new research of 150 UK CFOs uncovers an "automation deficit" – while 99% plan to automate finance by 2025, fragmented legacy systems stall progress. Integration challenges top the list, cited by 47% of respondents, followed by resistance to change...
By The Fintech Times
News•Jan 23, 2026
SutiCLM Redefines Contract Management With AI-Powered Automation and Intelligence
SutiSoft launched SutiCLM, an AI‑driven contract lifecycle management platform that automates drafting, negotiation, approval, and storage. The solution uses generative summarization, clause suggestions, risk detection, and conversational AI to cut cycle times and lower compliance risk. Executives claim the tool...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 23, 2026
Agileday Raises €6.4M to Scale AI Solutions for Professional Services
Finland‑based Agileday closed a €6.4 million Series A round, led by Newion and joined by Specialist VC, Vendep Capital, and Business Finland. The startup offers a people‑focused professional services automation (PSA) platform that merges talent management, resource allocation, timesheets and project financials...
By Tech.eu
News•Jan 23, 2026
Iboss Unveils AI-Powered SSPM Capability to Reduce SaaS Risk
iboss introduced an AI‑powered SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) capability within its Zero Trust SASE platform. The solution connects to SaaS apps via native APIs, continuously scanning configurations, permissions and data exposure. AI analysis prioritizes misconfigurations and risky sharing, presenting...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 23, 2026
How UK Accounting Firms Can Prepare for Busy Season With Automated Workflows
UK accounting firms are turning to workflow automation to tame the chaos of busy season. By automating client intake, document collection, and deadline alerts, firms reduce repetitive admin tasks and gain real‑time visibility into work progress. Smaller practices can adopt...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 23, 2026
Epic and Google Have a Secret $800 Million Unreal Engine and Services Deal
A federal judge disclosed an undisclosed six‑year, $800 million partnership between Epic Games and Google focused on Unreal Engine services and joint marketing. The agreement, kept largely confidential, involves Epic paying Google for cloud and AI services rather than co‑creating a...
By Slashdot
News•Jan 23, 2026
Inferact Launches with $150M in Funding to Commercialize vLLM
Inferact Inc. launched with a $150 million seed round that values the startup at $800 million. The company will commercialize the open‑source vLLM inference engine, known for its PagedAttention memory‑saving technique and quantization. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed and Databricks’ VC arm,...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Jan 22, 2026
Scaling PostgreSQL to Power 800M ChatGPT Users
OpenAI scaled a single‑primary Azure PostgreSQL flexible server to serve 800 million ChatGPT users, leveraging nearly 50 read‑replicas across global regions. By combining aggressive query tuning, connection pooling with PgBouncer, and off‑loading write‑heavy workloads to sharded Cosmos DB, the platform now handles...
By Hacker News
News•Jan 22, 2026
The ‘App’ Era Is Dying — Welcome to the ‘Agent’ Era
The article declares the end of the traditional app era, ushering in an “Instruct/Verify” era where users command AI agents to perform tasks. It outlines two parallel shifts – an interface shift turning super‑apps into conversational operating systems, and a...
By eWeek
News•Jan 22, 2026
How to Implement EOS in SaaS: How SaaS Founders Actually Make the Entrepreneurial Operating System Work (and Where It Breaks)
The post demystifies EOS for SaaS founders, emphasizing it as a disciplined operating rhythm rather than a quick‑fix framework. It outlines three real‑world adoption styles—self‑implementation, fully facilitated, and a hybrid blend—and highlights the weekly Level 10 meeting as the system’s core....
By SaasRise
News•Jan 22, 2026
FreeAgent and Fathom Partner to Help SMEs Better Manage Finances
UK accounting software provider FreeAgent has announced a partnership with Australian reporting platform Fathom, integrating real‑time profit‑and‑loss reporting, cash‑flow forecasting and KPI dashboards into its ecosystem. The automatic data sync enables small‑business owners and their accountants to generate interactive management...
By Finovate
News•Jan 22, 2026
EBay Bans Illicit Automated Shopping Amid Rapid Rise of AI Agents
eBay has revised its User Agreement to expressly forbid third‑party “buy‑for‑me” agents and large‑language‑model (LLM) chatbots from placing orders on its platform without explicit permission. The new clause, effective February 20 2026, expands the previous ban on generic bots to specifically target...
By Slashdot
News•Jan 22, 2026
Substack Launches a TV App
Substack announced a beta TV app for Apple TV and Google TV, letting subscribers watch video posts and livestreams directly on their living‑room screens. The app features a TikTok‑style “For You” row that surfaces creator videos and tailors recommendations. Access aligns with...
By TechCrunch Apps
News•Jan 22, 2026
Workday CEO Calls Narrative That AI Is Killing Software 'Overblown'
Workday chief executive Carl Eschenbach told CNBC from Davos that the idea AI is destroying software businesses is "overblown" and outright false. He framed artificial intelligence as a tailwind, not a headwind, for Workday’s cloud‑based offerings. The comment comes as...
By Slashdot
News•Jan 22, 2026
Artie Announces $12M Series A Funding Round
Artie, a fully managed real‑time data streaming platform, announced a $12 million Series A financing on Jan. 22, 2026. The round was led by Dalton Caldwell of Standard Capital and included participation from Y Combinator, Pathlight Ventures, and prominent angels such as Dropbox co‑founder...
By VC News Daily
News•Jan 22, 2026
Mews Raises $300M Series D Round
Hospitality‑tech platform Mews announced a $300 million Series D round, valuing the company at $2.5 billion. The round was led by EQT Growth with new investors Atomico and HarbourVest Partners, alongside existing backers Kinnevik, Battery Ventures and Tiger Global. Mews reported a 55 % increase...
By VC News Daily
News•Jan 22, 2026
UAE Group Pensions: Designing Digital-First Savings
Insurers, employers, and technology providers in the UAE are transitioning from discussion to deployment of digital‑first group pension programmes as recent gratuity reforms shift end‑of‑service benefits toward funded pensions. Kidbrooke’s analysis shows that flexibility, modularity and user‑friendly design are now...
By Fintech Global
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News•Jan 22, 2026
SaasRise CEO Mastermind Recaps for the Week of Jan 19 - 22, 2026
The SaaSRise weekly mastermind for Jan 19‑22, 2026 delivered a rapid‑fire set of recommendations for growth‑stage SaaS founders. Key themes included scaling outbound efforts with selective AI‑driven personalization, streamlining leadership hires and EOS adoption, and leveraging AI coding tools to accelerate development....
By SaasRise
News•Jan 22, 2026
AnswerThis (YC F25) Is Hiring
AnswerThis, a Y Combinator‑backed AI agent orchestration startup, has reached $1 million ARR in just eight months and serves over 200,000 daily users from institutions like Stanford and MIT. The company is building a system of record for scientists that integrates...
By Hacker News
News•Jan 22, 2026
AI Coding & AI Design in 2026: How to Re-Build Your Existing SaaS App with AI
Founders are rebuilding SaaS platforms with AI coding tools like Claude Code, slashing months‑long rewrites to weeks or days. The author’s Pulse.bot project demonstrates a production‑grade app built almost entirely by AI with minimal human oversight. Claude Code excels at system‑level refactoring,...
By SaasRise
News•Jan 22, 2026
Autodesk To Cut 1,000 Jobs
Autodesk announced it will cut approximately 1,000 jobs, about 7% of its global workforce, as the final stage of a multi‑year restructuring. The layoffs focus primarily on customer‑facing sales roles, reflecting a shift toward a more digital, data‑driven selling model....
By Slashdot
News•Jan 22, 2026
Pave Finance Integrates with Fidelity to Automate RIA Workflows
Pave Finance announced a direct integration with Fidelity, enabling registered investment advisors to link client accounts to Pave’s platform without moving assets. The connection automates portfolio construction, ongoing management and trade execution, leveraging Pave’s ten‑year‑tested Asset Intelligence Layer. Advisors can...
By Fintech Global
News•Jan 22, 2026
Critical Appsmith Flaw Enables Account Takeovers
A critical authentication flaw (CVE‑2026‑22794) was discovered in Appsmith’s low‑code platform. The vulnerability stems from the password‑reset endpoint trusting the client‑supplied Origin header, allowing attackers to craft malicious reset links and capture tokens. Exploitation enables full account takeover, including admin...
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Jan 22, 2026
Claude Was Down for Many – Here's Everything We Know
Anthropic’s Claude chatbot experienced a service disruption on January 22 2026, lasting just over an hour. User reports on Down Detector peaked at more than 2,400 within minutes, with both desktop and mobile interfaces displaying a “This isn’t working right now” error....
By TechRadar
News•Jan 22, 2026
The ROI Blueprint: Turning AI and Automation Into Business Value
AI initiatives are moving from pilot to production, yet only one in five firms achieve expected outcomes, prompting analysts to warn that up to 30% of generative‑AI projects may be abandoned this year. Executives are urged to redefine ROI, focusing...
By TechRadar
News•Jan 22, 2026
Railway Raises $100M in Series B Funding
Railway, a San Francisco‑based cloud platform that streamlines developer workflows, announced a $100 million Series B round. The financing was led by TQ Ventures with participation from FPV Ventures, Redpoint, Unusual Ventures and other existing backers. Railway plans to deploy the capital...
By FinSMEs
News•Jan 22, 2026
Exclusive: Cambio Lands $18M At $100M Valuation For AI-Powered Commercial Real Estate Software
Cambio, an AI‑powered commercial real‑estate SaaS startup, closed an $18 million Series A round at a $100 million post‑money valuation. The round was led by Maverick Ventures with participation from Y Combinator, Adverb and angels from OpenAI, Anthropic and Notion. Founded in 2022, Cambio...
By Crunchbase News AI
News•Jan 22, 2026
CallFinder Unveils Targeted Microlearning Video Training for Contact Center Teams Through Collaboration with BenchmarkPortal
CallFinder, an automated quality‑assurance and coaching platform for contact centers, announced a collaboration with BenchmarkPortal to deliver BenchmarkPortal’s Learning Channel+ microlearning video library to its clients. Learning Channel+ provides a subscription‑based catalog of more than 50 short, five‑minute videos designed...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 22, 2026
Searchlight Cyber Adds Ransomware Leak Site Visibility with Ransomware File Explorer
Searchlight Cyber introduced Ransomware File Explorer, a new feature in its Cerberus platform that provides searchable visibility into file‑tree data posted on ransomware leak sites. The tool indexes file‑tree metadata, enabling instant keyword searches without handling malicious archives. It helps...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Jan 22, 2026
Airbyte Joins the Agentic AI Foundation as a Silver Member
Airbyte announced its membership as a Silver participant in the Linux Foundation’s newly created Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF). The move underscores Airbyte’s focus on providing secure, scalable ELT/ETL connectors for autonomous AI agents that require continuous, governed data access. By...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 22, 2026
Keyfactor and IBM Consulting Launch Joint Solution to Accelerate Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness
Keyfactor and IBM Consulting have unveiled a joint solution that streamlines post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) readiness for enterprises. The offering blends Keyfactor’s automated cryptographic discovery, PKI lifecycle management, and digital signing with IBM Consulting’s cybersecurity governance, quantum‑safe delivery frameworks, and AI‑driven...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Jan 22, 2026
Yuki Launches with $6M in Funding to Help Businesses Manage Spiraling AI Data Costs
Yuki Technologies raised a $6 million seed round led by Hyperwise Ventures to launch its AI data‑cost optimization platform. The startup’s Yuki Fabric acts as a real‑time control layer for data warehouses such as Snowflake and BigQuery, automatically routing queries to...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Jan 22, 2026
Obsidian Security Targets Rising Tide of SaaS Integration Threats
Obsidian Security unveiled a new suite that provides end‑to‑end protection for SaaS‑to‑SaaS integrations, addressing a surge in supply‑chain attacks that exploit OAuth tokens and blind spots in traditional tools. The platform offers real‑time breach detection, visibility into unauthorized “shadow” connections,...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Jan 22, 2026
PanTerra Launches Streams.AI for Microsoft Teams: Enterprise Communications That Work Inside Teams—Even When Microsoft Teams Goes Down
PanTerra unveiled Streams.AI for Microsoft Teams, a native unified‑communications app that operates inside Teams without requiring Teams Phone licenses. The solution automatically fails over to PanTerra’s carrier‑grade network when Teams experiences an outage, preserving voice, SMS/MMS, and fax capabilities. It...
By AiThority
News•Jan 22, 2026
Palantir Helps Ukraine Turn Battlefield Data Into Drone Intercepts
Palantir is partnering with Ukraine to launch Brave1 Dataroom, a secure AI platform that gives vetted Ukrainian defense developers access to real battlefield data for training counter‑drone models. The environment houses visual and thermal imagery of Shahed‑type UAVs, allowing AI...
By eWeek
News•Jan 22, 2026
Cool AI Tools for Beginners You Can Use Right Now
The article highlights three beginner‑friendly AI platforms—Perplexity AI, Napkin AI, and Make—that deliver immediate productivity gains without requiring technical expertise. Perplexity AI combines search with AI‑generated answers and source citations, offering a robust free plan. Napkin AI converts written notes...
By eWeek
News•Jan 22, 2026
Silent Push Launches Traffic Origin to Expose the True Source of Obfuscated Web Traffic
Silent Push, a preemptive cyber‑defense startup, unveiled Traffic Origin, a solution that pinpoints the true upstream source of obfuscated web traffic such as residential proxies, VPNs, and bot farms. The platform delivers high‑confidence risk indicators, country‑connected data, and visual context...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Jan 22, 2026
Why We Invested in Endra
Notion Capital led a $20 million seed round in Endra, a Stockholm‑based startup building a generative‑design platform for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) engineers. The solution promises to automate up to 80 % of the traditionally manual MEP design workflow, shrinking project...
By Notion Capital
News•Jan 22, 2026
Gr4vy and Ecommpay to Deliver Multiple Payment Methods Through a Single Integration
Gr4vy, a cloud‑based payments orchestration platform, has partnered with global payments provider Ecommpay. The collaboration enables merchants to access a broad suite of local and international payment methods through a single integration. By combining Gr4vy’s API‑first orchestration with Ecommpay’s extensive...
By Finextra
News•Jan 22, 2026
C5i Launches Enterprise-Grade Platform Agent5i to Scale Business Value
C5i unveiled Agent5i, an enterprise‑grade platform that lets organizations operationalize and scale autonomous AI agents across mission‑critical workflows. The platform combines planning, intelligence, governance, and systems integration into a single lifecycle environment, from design to continuous optimization. Agent5i ships with...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 22, 2026
Syntax Launches Construction Toolkit for SAP Solutions to Accelerate Cloud Transformation for Engineering, Construction, and Operations Firms
Syntax has launched the Construction Toolkit for SAP Solutions, a suite of four purpose‑built applications that embed construction‑specific workflows directly into SAP Cloud ERP. The toolkit includes change order management, forecasting, mobile field data capture, and progress billing, aiming to...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 22, 2026
Liveops Unveils LiveNexus to Help Enterprises Modernize CX with Confidence
Liveops announced LiveNexus, an AI‑human orchestration platform that combines its 20,000‑plus agent network, three decades of CX data, and best‑in‑class AI into a single operating model. Debuted at Customer Contact Week 2026, the solution lets enterprises test, validate, and scale...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 22, 2026
Securing the Future: Practical Approaches to Digital Sovereignty in Google Workspace
The recent Thales‑Google Workspace webinar highlighted practical ways to achieve digital sovereignty through client‑side encryption and Thales CipherTrust. It underscored how Google Workspace’s zero‑trust architecture, regional data storage, and external key management give organizations control over encryption keys. The discussion...
By Security Boulevard