Artificial Intelligence

January 26, 2025 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juro, a contract automation platform leveraging artificial intelligence, has announced the opening of its US headquarters in Boston. This move aims to strengthen its presence in its largest market, accelerate growth, and enhance support for its US customer base. Founded in London in 2016, Juro… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against the CEO of a startup artificial intelligence (AI) firm and his wife. The SEC alleges fraud involving fake audit reports and other financial documents. A criminal indictment has simultaneously been revealed, charging the duo with… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 5:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order today that aims to keep the US at the forefront of Artificial Intelligence (AI) development. The EO revokes “certain existing AI policies and directives” that have been deemed to undermine AI innovation. The goal is to clear a… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cainam Ventures, a financial technology startup, is launching a platform that aims to redefine autonomous digital asset trading. Guided by its mission to support the onramp to agentic financial portfolio construction for digital capital investors, Cainam says that it leverages artificial intelligence (AI), large language… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 10:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Persona, a global identity platform, announced significant advancements in its AI-based face spoof detection capabilities. These updates strengthen Persona’s ability to detect and “prevent increasingly sophisticated generative AI fraud techniques.” AI-based face spoofs – such as deepfakes, synthetic faces, and face morphs – have “enabled… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Egregious, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm that seeks to combat social media and other types of deception has raised $1 million in a Pre-seed round. Egregious was backed by Fuel Ventures and Oxford Capital, which led the funding. Oxford Capital focuses on EIS/SEIS-qualified firms for… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 9:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) has recently launched a formal evaluation of potential AI/HPC uses for remaining 600 MW of power capacity at its Corsicana facility. Riot Platforms says that it has engaged expert consultants in order to assess AI/HPC opportunities and plans to “accelerate engagement… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 7:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantexa, the global enabler of Decision Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, has joined the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Innovator Community as a member of its Unicorn Program. This program unites private start-up companies valued at more than $1 billion with political,… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 5:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

President Donald Trump took to the podium once again to reveal a significant investment targeting Artificial Intelligence development. “Largest AI Infrastructure project in history” At a press event at the White House, the President introduced Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, Masayoshi (Masa) Son, CEO of… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 1:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

As one of many Executive Actions taken by President Donald Trump, the Biden Executive Action pertaining to Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been rescinded. As posted on the White House website, Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of… Read More

January 20, 2025 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A report by the UK Startup Awards, supported by Starling Bank, has fired the starting pistol for those looking to launch or join a startup business in the new year. The ‘UK Startup Report 2024’ is based on a survey of “over 1,176 businesses under… Read More

January 19, 2025 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As interest rates begin to decline, US retail investors plan to strategically adjust their portfolios, prioritizing growth sector stocks such “as healthcare & technology (24%), cash assets (22%), high-yield bonds (18%), and dividend yielding stocks (18%),” according to data from the Retail Investor Beat (RIB)… Read More

January 19, 2025 @ 8:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

10x Banking, the cloud-native meta core banking platform, and DLT Apps, a firm focused on solutions for data migration, have partnered to leverage AI to set a standard in the banking industry’s digital transformation efforts. This partnership offers a migration journey from legacy and non-legacy… Read More

January 18, 2025 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CyberCube, the global firm focused on cyber risk analytics, has released its 2025 Predictions Report, offering insights into the dynamics of the cyber (re)insurance market. The report identifies trends and challenges shaping the sector in the year ahead. As noted in the update from CyberCube:… Read More

January 18, 2025 @ 1:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Olé Life, a Latin American insurtech company, announced that it has raised $13 million in Series B funding, led by PayPal Ventures with participation from Mundi Ventures, AV8 and Advent Morro. Olé Life explained that is focused on redefining how families access and experience financial… Read More

January 18, 2025 @ 12:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company have signed an agreement to collaborate on a comprehensive corporate transformation initiative that will use artificial intelligence (AI) to “reinvent how Meiji Yasuda’s workforce operates.” Under the multi-year agreement, until March 2030, Accenture will help Meiji… Read More

January 17, 2025 @ 7:41 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The faults that contributed to the massive data leak on the NFT platform Open Sea back in 2022 came home to roost on Monday when more than seven million email addresses were publicly released. Impossible Cloud Network co-founder Kai Wawrzinek it’s a “sad indictment of… Read More

January 16, 2025 @ 7:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mini Apps are putting the power of the growing World Network community on “full display.” As noted in a blog post, there are currently more than 22 million people on World Network, including 10,247,382 verified humans. As of January 2025, Mini Apps were seeing as… Read More

January 14, 2025 @ 6:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, the global firm focused on AI-driven fraud prevention solutions, announced its partnership with Credibanco, Colombia’s payment processing company. This partnership will enable Credibanco to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning models to detect and prevent fraud “in real time, ensuring  secure transactions across channels—both… Read More

January 14, 2025 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nevermined, the provider of AI payment infrastructure for AI-to-AI transactions, announced it has raised over $4 million in funding to accelerate the adoption of AI-Commerce by enabling AI agents to pay and get paid. The investment round was led by Generative Ventures, with participation from… Read More