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Fireworks AI has secured $250 million in Series C funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Index Ventures, and Evantic, valuing the company at $4 billion. The startup plans to expand its AI inference infrastructure and hire over 150 new staff.
Tencent has announced 50 finalists from 12 countries for its CarbonX 2.0 initiative, offering up to 200 million RMB in funding to accelerate next-generation climate technologies across carbon removal, industrial decarbonization, carbon utilization, and energy storage.
Google has partnered with Reliance Industries to provide free 18-month access to its AI Pro subscription for eligible Jio 5G users in India, including access to Gemini 2.5 Pro and 2 TB of cloud storage.
Getty Images and Perplexity have entered a global multi-year licensing deal that allows the AI startup to use Getty’s editorial and creative images in its search and discovery tools, integrating Getty’s API for improved visual content and attribution.
DirectMail2.0 has released a public beta of its AI-powered tool for direct mail advertisers, unveiled at the Printing United Alliance Convention in Orlando. The system benchmarks campaigns against a proprietary database to provide performance insights and recommendations.
Dashmote has secured $6 million in Series A1 funding co-led by Blossom Street Ventures and Rabobank to accelerate the development of its generative AI agent DashSalesAI and expand its U.S. operations.
Happiest Minds Technologies has implemented its Agentic AI solution with Intelligent Document Processing at MUA Insurance Acceptances in South Africa, automating email and document workflows with 99.5% accuracy.
Jacaruso Enterprises has appointed Jason Webb as its new CEO, the first leadership change in its 18-year history. Founder Toni Jacaruso will remain as President, and the company plans to launch its AI-powered sales platform, Lead Shark, in 2026.
OUTFRONT Media has announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services to modernize out-of-home advertising through AI-enabled workflows that streamline planning, buying, and measurement of media inventory.
A new survey by Collibra and The Harris Poll shows that most technology decision-makers believe agentic AI will deliver strong returns, with 91% of organizations developing or rolling out such systems.
Later has introduced EdgeAI, an AI-powered predictive intelligence engine that uses over a decade of influencer marketing data to forecast campaign outcomes and optimize creator selection.
Infor has introduced new Industry AI Agents and a cloud migration program called Infor Leap, built on AWS with Amazon Bedrock to optimize workflows and accelerate AI adoption across sectors such as manufacturing, distribution, and services.
Doctivity Health has introduced Doctivity AI, an embedded conversational assistant that integrates directly into its analytics platform to streamline market insights and automate analysis for healthcare growth teams.
Semos.ai has expanded early access to its Manager Agents system, an Agentic AI platform designed to support leadership and management decisions through proactive guidance and integrated intelligence.
Dun & Bradstreet has launched D&B.AI, a suite of enterprise AI tools designed to help organizations build generative AI agents grounded in verified company data. The suite leverages the D-U-N-S Number to ensure accuracy and reliability across workflows.
WPP and Google have announced a five-year expansion of their partnership focused on advancing AI and cloud technologies for marketing. The collaboration includes a $400 million investment from WPP to integrate Google’s AI tools into its marketing platform, WPP Open.
iCIMS has launched its first AI Sourcing Agent along with new integrations and platform enhancements aimed at improving recruitment efficiency and candidate engagement.
Sapiens International Corporation has launched Decision Analytics, a new module within its Sapiens Decision Platform, providing enterprises with real-time visibility and optimization capabilities for automated decisions.
Cooperate Marketing has appointed Gary DuVall as its new Chief Technology Officer, succeeding Sean Li. DuVall will guide the company’s investment in AI, machine learning, and large language model technologies to enhance its enterprise platform solutions.
BillingPlatform has launched an AI Monetization offering to help companies manage complex consumption-based billing models for AI products and services.
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