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9,437 Checkouts Just Learned to Spot Theft Together
Edgify raised EUR7.7 million ($9 million) to run loss-prevention AI on checkout terminals, cameras and scales retailers already own, using federated learning so store video stays on site.
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Omilia Raises $67M as Banks Trust AI With Live Calls
Omilia grew ARR tenfold since its 2020 Series A with no interim equity, then raised EUR58.1 million ($67M) from Expedition Growth Capital - a real-demand signal for agentic CX, not a funding story.
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Cambridge Aerospace Triples Its Valuation in 4 Months
Cambridge Aerospace raised $300M at a $3.4B valuation, up from $1.3B four months ago, on live UK Ministry of Defence contracts for its Skyhammer interceptor.
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The Market Doubted Nvidia's $500 Billion Deal
Nvidia announced MOUs with six Wall Street firms to mobilize over $500 billion for AI compute financing. Its stock fell 3 percent the same day. Here is why that gap matters.
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Boeing Takes 16.5% of Archer, Exits Air Taxis
Archer Aviation is buying Wisk Aero, SkyGrid and Insitu from Boeing in an all-stock deal leaving Boeing with roughly 16.5 percent of Archer - three years after Wisk sued Archer for stealing its technology.
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Intel Raises $15 Billion, First Stock Sale Since 1971
Intel is raising $15 billion in new stock, its first public share sale since 1971, to fund AI compute capacity even a doubled share price could not cover alone.
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Pipedrive Buys Its Own Top Marketplace App
Pipedrive acquired Outfunnel, its top-rated marketplace app, on 5 August 2026. What the deal signals for any business depending on a platform's marketplace apps.
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A Fund That Almost Broke Just Doubled Down On Chips
Days after a margin-call scare forced Situational Awareness to sell its public stocks, it added $400 million to a private chip-manufacturing bet. What the split says about real risk.
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A 50 Billion Dollar IPO Filing Just Priced the AI Data Centre Boom
Switch confidentially filed for a US IPO on August 7, 2026, seeking a valuation approaching 50 billion dollars, with a possible November listing and up to 10 billion raised near 80 billion. What the filing reveals about AI infrastructure economics.
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EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund Debuts on Iceye
EQT's newly launched Scaleup Europe Fund joined Iceye's already-closed EUR 1 billion-plus Series F on August 5, its first-ever investment alongside lead investor General Atlantic.
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Nvidia's $3 Billion Bet Is on Grid Power, Not Chips
Nvidia is reportedly putting up to $3 billion into Lancium, the Blackstone-backed power developer behind Stargate's first site, betting on grid-connection rights over silicon.
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BofA's MDSec Buy Signals a New Pentest Bar
Bank of America is acquiring UK red-team firm MDSec, its first deal in five years. Here is what the pentest buying signal means for owners and CISOs.
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