Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Tabby Cash hits 1 million UAE accounts in under three months

Tabby's fee-free stored-value account reaches a million users, signalling Gulf consumers' appetite for BNPL-native everyday banking.
Tabby's fee-free stored-value account reaches a million users, signalling Gulf consumers' appetite for BNPL-native everyday banking.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Rillet brings agentic ERP to UK after $100m raise and unicorn status

The AI-native accounting platform, backed by Sequoia and a16z, opens in London as agentic finance tools challenge SAP and Oracle's ERP dominance.
The AI-native accounting platform, backed by Sequoia and a16z, opens in London as agentic finance tools challenge SAP and Oracle's ERP dominance.
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Fintech

FreeAgent and Apron link up to unify SME bill payments and bookkeeping

The UK accounting software integration closes the gap between bookkeeping and bill payment for over 250,000 small businesses.
The UK accounting software integration closes the gap between bookkeeping and bill payment for over 250,000 small businesses.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

SouqView launches Arabic-first simulated trading platform in UAE

The Emirati edutainment startup targets GCC financial literacy gaps with gamified, AI-guided market simulation in Arabic.
The Emirati edutainment startup targets GCC financial literacy gaps with gamified, AI-guided market simulation in Arabic.
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Space
Sustainability
Energy

OroraTech cuts wildfire detection to minutes with Kepler orbit deal

Fifteen thermal sensors hosted on Kepler satellites by 2028 will deliver wildfire alerts before the first emergency call reaches a dispatcher.
Fifteen thermal sensors hosted on Kepler satellites by 2028 will deliver wildfire alerts before the first emergency call reaches a dispatcher.
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Datatech
AI & ML
Energy

Riot Platforms' $28bn AI lease marks bitcoin miner's infra pivot

Riot's 910 MW Corsicana deal with an unnamed frontier AI lab signals how bitcoin miners are becoming backbone data-infrastructure plays.
Riot's 910 MW Corsicana deal with an unnamed frontier AI lab signals how bitcoin miners are becoming backbone data-infrastructure plays.
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Cybersecurity
Defence

ESET exposes Gorbag, the Russia-aligned broker harvesting Ukraine intel

ESET Research unmasks a cyberespionage group targeting Ukrainian frontline administrations, defence units and military-aid logistics.
ESET Research unmasks a cyberespionage group targeting Ukrainian frontline administrations, defence units and military-aid logistics.
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Space
Defence

Firefly Aerospace lands $1.3bn engine deal with AST SpaceMobile

A $1.3bn rocket engine agreement gives AST SpaceMobile launch sovereignty while turbocharging Firefly's production capacity.
A $1.3bn rocket engine agreement gives AST SpaceMobile launch sovereignty while turbocharging Firefly's production capacity.
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Cybersecurity
AI & ML

Proofpoint doubles UAE footprint as agentic AI rewrites cyber risk

Proofpoint's Gulf expansion reveals how agentic AI is forcing cybersecurity to become a cross-sector boardroom priority across the Middle East.
Proofpoint's Gulf expansion reveals how agentic AI is forcing cybersecurity to become a cross-sector boardroom priority across the Middle East.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Energy
AI & ML

ENOC brings Amazon's Just Walk Out to Middle East petrol retail

ENOC's Dubai ZOOM store becomes the first Middle East deployment of Amazon's checkout-free AI retail technology.
ENOC's Dubai ZOOM store becomes the first Middle East deployment of Amazon's checkout-free AI retail technology.
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Cybersecurity
Fintech
AI & ML

LexisNexis Risk Solutions launches Know Your Agent fraud layer

As agentic traffic surges 750% in six months, risk intelligence is extending to cover AI agents executing financial transactions.
As agentic traffic surges 750% in six months, risk intelligence is extending to cover AI agents executing financial transactions.
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Fintech
Cybersecurity

Signicat ranks 76th in FT growth list as digital identity scales

The Norwegian identity provider's 39.65% annual growth rate over a decade reflects surging demand from regulated industries across Europe.
The Norwegian identity provider's 39.65% annual growth rate over a decade reflects surging demand from regulated industries across Europe.
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