Saudi EdTech Startup AILA Secures $3 Million in Pre-Series A Funding Round
2026-08-24
AILA, a Saudi education technology startup focused on AI-powered personalized learning, has raised US$3 million in a Pre-Series A funding round.Read More…
AMD to Acquire Canadian Startup Taalas to Advance AI Inference Performance
2026-08-07
AMD has announced the acquisition of Taalas, a pioneer in specialized AI inference silicon to strengthen its long-term AI roadmap with differentiated inference technology and world-class engineering expertise.Read More…
Coursera Announces $100 Million Strategic Investment in LearnVector
2026-07-31
Coursera announced a $100 million strategic equity investment in LearnVector Inc., a new AI-native learning company founded and led by Andrew Ng. The investment marks an important step in Coursera’s next chapter of growth, a strategy powered by putting AIRead More…
Apptio Founders Raise $21M for Thira to build AI‑powered Back‑Office Automation Platform
2026-07-17
Thira, creator of secure, self-learning AI system of execution built for the enterprise announced a $21 million seed financing led by Madrona, with participation from FUSE and a group of prominent global advisors and CIOs.Read More…
Akamai to Acquire Cybersecurity Startup LayerX for $205 Million
2026-05-22
Akamai Technologies announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LayerX, a fast‑growing cybersecurity startup founded in 2021 and recognized for pioneering browser‑based AI usage control and secure enterprise browser (SEB) technology.Read More…
CentaureAI Brings Real-Time Intelligence to Surveillance Market
2026-05-08
CentaureAI, an Abu Dhabi-based startup, today announced its AI platform following successful early deployments. Built on deep tech originally developed by the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the platform is designed to help organizations transform cameras, sensors, and security systems into an active intelligence layer for real-time monitoring,Read More…
TACTICA AI Introduces AI Platform for Mission-Critical, Real-Time Operational Decisions
2026-05-06
TACTICA AI, an Abu Dhabi-based start-up, today introduced its multi-domain decision-support platform to a wider market during Make it in the Emirates 2026. As operational complexity grows and pressure to make faster, better-informed decisions increases, the platform turns fragmented intelligence,Read More…
Presight AI Accelerator Sees Global Interest Surge as Applications Triple for Cohort II
2026-04-06
Presight, a leading global AI company that designs and deploys intelligent systems for governments and critical infrastructure, today revealed it received 376 applications from 62 countries for Cohort II of its AI Accelerator Program.Read More…
Presight Partners with NodeShift to Expand the Adoption of Sovereign AI Solutions
2026-03-27
Presight and NodeShift, a sovereign AI company which was part of Presight’s inaugural AI Accelerator Program, have announced a strategic partnership that includes joint go-to-market collaboration and investment support to expand the adoption of sovereign AI solutions across international markets.Read More…
Presight First AI Fund Invests in Six AI Startups Building Next‑Gen Intelligent Systems
2026-03-17
Presight has unveiled the first six AI companies selected to receive investment through its AI Innovation Ecosystem, strengthening the pipeline of technologies designed to power next-generation intelligent systems at national and enterprise scale. Read More…
Google Announces Completion of Its $32 Billion Acquisition of Wiz
2026-03-16
Google announced the completion of its $32 billion acquisition of Wiz, a leading cloud and AI security platform headquartered in New York. Wiz will join Google Cloud and maintain its brand and commitment to securing customers across all cloud environments.Read More…
Armadin Secures $189.9 Million Record Funding to Fight AI‑Driven Hyperattacks
2026-03-11
Armadin has raised an industry record $189.9 million in Seed and Series A funding. Led by Accel, with participation from Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Menlo Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and follow-on investment from 8VC and Ballistic Ventures,Read More…
