AppDirect buys Soul Machines to give software a face
The business marketplace adds lifelike AI avatars to move customers past text-based…
Modulate lands $25M to decode intent inside voice calls
The Boston startup sells emotion, deepfake and scam detection to companies running…
ElevenLabs v4 clones a voice from ten seconds of audio
The speech startup's new models add expression control and 90 languages as…
Riyadh’s erad lands $22M to lend to Gulf small businesses
The Saudi fintech writes working-capital loans for companies banks keep turning away.
Lisbon’s Humanos scores agent risk so insurers can price it
A Portuguese seed round backs a credit-score idea for autonomous software.
Milan’s Complaion collects €13.5M to make compliance routine
The Italian regtech pairs software with human auditors to help small European…
Meta recruits MongoDB’s chief to sell agents to businesses
Meta is giving its enterprise AI push a new leader and a…
Astro Digital picks a blank-check route to public markets
The California satellite builder agrees to a $587M SPAC merger as blank-check…
Quartermaster maps the ocean’s blind spot with $140M Series B
The maritime intelligence startup doubles down on real-time ship data after a…
SiMa.ai banks $150M to arm robots with low-power silicon
The physical AI chip developer lands a $1.45B valuation to take on…