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Wonderful AI enters Mexico with $300m war chest for enterprise rollout

The applied-AI platform eyes Latin America's pilot-to-production gap, backed by a $150m Series B closed just four months after a $100m

The applied-AI platform eyes Latin America's pilot-to-production gap, backed by a $150m Series B closed just four months after a $100m

Disrupts Editorial Team · 1 July 2026
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Perk lands in Abu Dhabi as Gulf AI ambition reshapes business travel

The AI-native travel platform targets tripled UAE spend by 2028, backed by Abu Dhabi's push to make AI 20% of non-oil GDP.

The AI-native travel platform targets tripled UAE spend by 2028, backed by Abu Dhabi's push to make AI 20% of non-oil GDP.

Disrupts Editorial Team · 4 July 2026
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ANNA Money Australia bundles AFSL, tax rails and payments for SMEs

The fintech secures its Australian Financial Services Licence and dual government accreditations to build a single operating platform for small businesses.

The fintech secures its Australian Financial Services Licence and dual government accreditations to build a single operating platform for small businesses.

Disrupts Editorial Team · 1 July 2026
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Transportation & Logistics

VEON anchors $1bn Bangladesh FDI push with $250m digital pledge

The Nasdaq-listed operator's anchor commitment targets connectivity, digital finance and AI in one of South Asia's fastest-growing digital markets.

The Nasdaq-listed operator's anchor commitment targets connectivity, digital finance and AI in one of South Asia's fastest-growing digital markets.

Disrupts Editorial Team · 2 July 2026
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Sustainability

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Azizi and Dubai Islamic Bank tie up on UAE green real estate finance

A new Islamic-finance sustainability pact signals Gulf real estate capital is pivoting toward green lending as UAE developers scale rapidly.

A new Islamic-finance sustainability pact signals Gulf real estate capital is pivoting toward green lending as UAE developers scale rapidly.

Disrupts Editorial Team · 3 July 2026

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Wio Bank Launches UAE’s First Fully Shared Banking Experience for Families

Wio Family lets households manage money together with shared accounts, virtual cards, and smart tools, helping families save, spend, and plan collaboratively while teaching children finan

Disrupts Editorial Team · 6 February 2026

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Intuit Australia Launches Open Banking Feeds for QuickBooks

Intuit partners with SISS Data Services to roll out open banking feeds for QuickBooks customers, enabling real-time data sync, improved cash flow insights, and paving the way for AI-drive

Disrupts Editorial Team · 5 February 2026

AI & ML

Ivo Raises $55M Series B to Scale AI-Powered Contract Intelligence

Ivo has secured $55M in Series B funding to accelerate its AI-driven contract intelligence platform, helping enterprises extract insights, reduce review time by up to 75%, and transform c

Disrupts Editorial Team · 5 February 2026

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Biotech

Multiply Labs Brings Robotics and AI to Scale Cell Therapy Manufacturing

Multiply Labs is revolutionizing cell therapy production with robotic systems and AI-driven digital twins, cutting costs by up to 70%, increasing throughput, and reducing contamination ri

Disrupts Editorial Team · 4 February 2026

Biotech

Harley-Davidson Dubai Raises Men’s Health Awareness Across GCC

For Men’s Health Month, Dubai’s Harley-Davidson Chapter goes viral with a humorous, heartfelt campaign promoting early screening for prostate and testicular cancer, engaging men across th

Disrupts Editorial Team · 4 February 2026

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Biotech

NVIDIA and Eli Lilly Launch AI Co-Innovation Lab to Accelerate Drug Discovery

A strategic collaboration worth up to $1 billion unites NVIDIA and Eli Lilly to harness AI for drug development, speeding up discovery and research with advanced biomedical models.

Disrupts Editorial Team · 3 February 2026

UrbanChain and Low Carbon Hub Partner to Power Oxfordshire’s Local Renewable Energy Market

UrbanChain teams up with Low Carbon Hub to connect community-owned renewable energy directly with local consumers, creating fair, transparent trading, boosting local returns, and accelera

Disrupts Editorial Team · 3 February 2026

AI & ML

NVIDIA Expands BioNeMo Platform to Accelerate AI-Driven Drug Discovery

NVIDIA has expanded its BioNeMo platform with new models, tools, and partnerships, enabling autonomous, AI-driven biology and drug discovery while reducing R&D costs and speeding up s

Disrupts Editorial Team · 2 February 2026

Hub71 Partners with UAE–India CEPA to Accelerate Indian Startups into Abu Dhabi

Hub71 teams up with the UAE–India CEPA Council to onboard winning Indian startups into Abu Dhabi’s tech ecosystem, providing mentorship, market entry support, and pathways for regional sc

Disrupts Editorial Team · 2 February 2026

AI & ML

Vertiv Report Highlights AI as a Catalyst for Next-Generation Data Center Innovation

A new Vertiv™ Frontiers report reveals how AI-driven workloads are reshaping data center design and operations, accelerating trends such as high-voltage DC power, distributed AI, energy a

Disrupts Editorial Team · 30 January 2026

AI & ML

Ant Group’s LingGuang Hits 1M Downloads in 4 Days

Ant Group’s new multimodal AI assistant, LingGuang, surpassed 1 million downloads in four days.

Disrupts Editorial Team · 30 January 2026

AI & ML

Governata Raises $4M to Power Saudi AI-Ready Data

Governata, Saudi Arabia’s first Arabic-first enterprise data governance platform, secures $4M seed funding to expand across the Kingdom and MENA, enabling organizations to build AI-ready,

Disrupts Editorial Team · 29 January 2026

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Parkin deploys ticketless ANPR parking at Al Ghurair Centre, Dubai

Parkin has signed a five-year deal to roll out AI-enabled numberplate recognition and a fully digital parking system at Al Ghurair Centre.

The Datatech Times Editorial Team · 3 July 2026

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Biotech

BellaSeno pivotal trial enrols 30 women for absorbable breast scaffold

The Leipzig-based regenerative medtech firm reports 83% mean breast volume retention and zero scaffold-related complications in its first-in-human safety cohort.

The Biotech Times Editorial Team · 3 July 2026

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AI & ML

Cipher9 invests $2m in Goooo to establish AI trading research labs

Investment firm Cipher9 is backing Goooo's new AI Research Labs with $2m to develop autonomous trading agents and prediction market infrastructure.

The Datatech Times Editorial Team · 3 July 2026

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Biologics

GNI Group completes JPY 44.8bn acquisition of Ayumi Pharmaceutical

GNI Group has acquired Ayumi Pharmaceutical from Blackstone, adding an 83% Japanese acetaminophen market share to its four-region biopharma platform.

The Biotech Times Editorial Team · 2 July 2026

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Enterprise Software

EXE and Ipsos launch GCC workforce sentiment tracker

The quarterly People Pulse survey of 1,500 GCC employees finds high advocacy masking burnout rates 17 points above the global average.

The Datatech Times Editorial Team · 2 July 2026

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Genomics

Roche divarasib beats first-gen KRAS G12C drugs in Phase III NSCLC trial

Roche's Krascendo 1 study showed divarasib improved both progression-free and overall survival versus sotorasib or adagrasib in previously treated KRAS G12C lung cancer

The Biotech Times Editorial Team · 2 July 2026

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Enterprise Software

Micware posts FY2026 revenue of $140m after Nasdaq debut

The Japan-based automotive software supplier grew net income by 19.6% in fiscal 2026 and raised $26.2m via a May Nasdaq IPO.

The Datatech Times Editorial Team · 2 July 2026

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Digital Health

Startup Coalition and DSIT launch Pitch in Whitehall competition

UK startups have until 24 July to apply for a government proof-of-concept contract under the Green Compute challenge.

The Biotech Times Editorial Team · 1 July 2026

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Datatech

Trafigura sponsors AEW 2026 with $1bn Gabon deal and cobalt push

Commodity trader Trafigura will be a Silver Sponsor at African Energy Week 2026, backed by a $1bn Gabon oil prepayment and a DRC cobalt supply

The Datatech Times Editorial Team · 1 July 2026

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Biologics

Candel Therapeutics opens Phase 3 AURORA trial for CAN-2409 in NSCLC

Candel has activated the first site in its 150-site pivotal AURORA trial, testing viral immunotherapy aglatimagene against docetaxel in ICI-refractory lung cancer.

The Biotech Times Editorial Team · 1 July 2026

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AI & ML

Magna AI launches MagnaVERSE platform for enterprise AI deployment

Magna AI has unveiled its unified AI software platform at Global AI Show 2026 in Riyadh, targeting enterprise and government production deployments.

The Datatech Times Editorial Team · 1 July 2026

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Diagnostics

Mdxhealth GPS-ProMPT study published in European Urology Oncology

The peer-reviewed Oxford study of 409 men over six years underpins the GPS-ProtecT randomised controlled trial of mdxhealth's 17-gene prostate assay.

The Biotech Times Editorial Team · 1 July 2026

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Featured Articles

Wio Family lets households manage money together with shared accounts, virtual cards, and smart tools, helping families save, spend, and plan collaboratively while teaching children finan

Intuit partners with SISS Data Services to roll out open banking feeds for QuickBooks customers, enabling real-time data sync, improved cash flow insights, and paving the way for AI-drive

Ivo has secured $55M in Series B funding to accelerate its AI-driven contract intelligence platform, helping enterprises extract insights, reduce review time by up to 75%, and transform c

Multiply Labs is revolutionizing cell therapy production with robotic systems and AI-driven digital twins, cutting costs by up to 70%, increasing throughput, and reducing contamination ri

For Men’s Health Month, Dubai’s Harley-Davidson Chapter goes viral with a humorous, heartfelt campaign promoting early screening for prostate and testicular cancer, engaging men across th

A strategic collaboration worth up to $1 billion unites NVIDIA and Eli Lilly to harness AI for drug development, speeding up discovery and research with advanced biomedical models.

UrbanChain teams up with Low Carbon Hub to connect community-owned renewable energy directly with local consumers, creating fair, transparent trading, boosting local returns, and accelera

NVIDIA has expanded its BioNeMo platform with new models, tools, and partnerships, enabling autonomous, AI-driven biology and drug discovery while reducing R&D costs and speeding up s

Hub71 teams up with the UAE–India CEPA Council to onboard winning Indian startups into Abu Dhabi’s tech ecosystem, providing mentorship, market entry support, and pathways for regional sc

A new Vertiv™ Frontiers report reveals how AI-driven workloads are reshaping data center design and operations, accelerating trends such as high-voltage DC power, distributed AI, energy a

Ant Group’s new multimodal AI assistant, LingGuang, surpassed 1 million downloads in four days.

Governata, Saudi Arabia’s first Arabic-first enterprise data governance platform, secures $4M seed funding to expand across the Kingdom and MENA, enabling organizations to build AI-ready,

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