AI & ML

Hello Purple opens Purple Group's payments and trading stack to external founders, targeting the persistent infrastructure bottleneck in fintech product creation.

A J.P. Morgan-led debt package backs Bird's Agentic Harness, letting AI agents call, text and email without human intervention.

PwC's inaugural Global Automotive Outlook finds tech-sector entrants and AI adoption forcing a fundamental rethink of the vehicle business model.

Avalara Aviator deploys specialised AI agents across tax workflows, signalling agentic automation's move into regulated finance operations.

Experian becomes the first personal finance app in Google Gemini's Connected App ecosystem, bringing FICO credit data into conversational AI.

Dubai conglomerate Al-Futtaim deploys Juspay's orchestration layer across 12 markets, laying groundwork for agentic commerce.

The AI-native patent firm's a16z-backed launch signals that professional services economics are the next frontier for AI disruption.

Insight Partners leads a $100m round in Numeral as AI-native tax infrastructure scales to 80m annual transactions across 90 countries.

Capital Intelligence gives GPs institutional-grade LP intelligence without leaving their existing CRM, as LP capital concentrates with fewer managers.

Proofpoint's new agentic system uses multi-stage AI reasoning to catch sophisticated attacks that mimic trusted business relationships.

The J.P. Morgan and Vanguard veteran takes the helm of Broadridge's wealth platform as AI and digital assets reshape advisory models.

Pushpay's Staq Transformation adds AI pastoral briefings and one-click digital-wallet giving to its faith-sector management platforms.

NIO extends its HERE Technologies mapping partnership across its full European EV lineup, underpinning its Navigation on Autopilot ambitions.

The Ray-Ban Meta partnership expands to 100-plus styles, adds an AI agent and FDA-cleared hearing tools as wearable AI scales globally.

The Chinese facility-management integrator's five-country expansion signals where semiconductor and optoelectronic capex is flowing.

CooperCompanies opens a UK R&D centre and accelerates six contact lens launches, betting on myopia and ageing demographics.

IP Fabric's v8.1 platform bridges application, cloud and network data to give AIOps a verified, read-only foundation for enterprise operations.

Klarna's summer sprint spans a US banking licence bid, AI shopping integrations, and a $36.6bn GMV quarter.

UK insurtech Subcontext lets insurers sell protection products inside AI assistants, days after the FCA flagged agentic distribution as a protection-gap fix.

Adyen's upgraded Authenticate module routes every transaction to the best verification method in real time, reporting double-digit conversion gains.