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Aerospace
Defence

Embraer posts record $2.2bn quarter as defence backlog hits $34.5bn

Brazil's aerospace giant raises full-year guidance after a record Q2, with defence revenue surging 38% and its backlog at an all-time high.
Brazil's aerospace giant raises full-year guidance after a record Q2, with defence revenue surging 38% and its backlog at an all-time high.
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Fintech
AI & ML
Datatech

LDA Technologies launches high-density 25G Layer 1 fabric for trading

LDA Maze delivers 160 links at sub-4ns latency, targeting capital markets, HPC and AI workloads in a single chassis fabric.
LDA Maze delivers 160 links at sub-4ns latency, targeting capital markets, HPC and AI workloads in a single chassis fabric.
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Transportation & Logistics
Internet of Things
Real Estate

Q Mobility and Parkin link up to unify UAE smart parking

Abu Dhabi and Dubai's largest public parking operators join forces on AI-driven integration across the UAE's two biggest urban mobility markets.
Abu Dhabi and Dubai's largest public parking operators join forces on AI-driven integration across the UAE's two biggest urban mobility markets.
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Internet of Things
Cybersecurity
Defence

Airtel Business and ITI tie up to build India's sovereign digital stack

A state-owned telecom manufacturer and India's largest private carrier join forces across cloud, IoT, 5G and cybersecurity.
A state-owned telecom manufacturer and India's largest private carrier join forces across cloud, IoT, 5G and cybersecurity.
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Fintech
AI & ML

FCA Mills Review puts AI governance at heart of UK fintech

The FCA's Mills Review and a new AI minister signal that automated financial decisions face tightening UK oversight by 2030.
The FCA's Mills Review and a new AI minister signal that automated financial decisions face tightening UK oversight by 2030.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Corpay brings AI assistant to UK finance teams' payments workflows

Corpay's Virtual Assistant targets the six-plus hours UK finance teams lose weekly to manual payments admin.
Corpay's Virtual Assistant targets the six-plus hours UK finance teams lose weekly to manual payments admin.
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Energy
AI & ML
Real Estate

Storm Group names CEO to unlock grid-ready AI data centre sites

Swiss-headquartered Storm Group appoints a 515MW infrastructure veteran to scale its powered-site pipeline across Europe and the US.
Swiss-headquartered Storm Group appoints a 515MW infrastructure veteran to scale its powered-site pipeline across Europe and the US.
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Fintech
AI & ML
Datatech

LDA Technologies launches 25G ultra-low-latency fabric for trading

LDA Maze delivers 3.6ns port-to-port latency across 160 links, targeting capital markets firms and HPC operators scaling to 25G.
LDA Maze delivers 3.6ns port-to-port latency across 160 links, targeting capital markets firms and HPC operators scaling to 25G.
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Fintech
Cybersecurity
AI & ML

EDGE and Socure team up to block AI synthetic fraud in lending

EDGE Screen now combines cashflow bureau data with Socure identity signals to catch AI-generated fraud before a loan lead is priced.
EDGE Screen now combines cashflow bureau data with Socure identity signals to catch AI-generated fraud before a loan lead is priced.
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Fintech
Blockchain
AI & ML

Robinhood brings crypto trading to UK in all-in-one platform push

Robinhood's UK crypto launch via Bitstamp pairs zero-fee digital assets with a generative-AI analysis layer and a Layer 2 blockchain already at
Robinhood's UK crypto launch via Bitstamp pairs zero-fee digital assets with a generative-AI analysis layer and a Layer 2 blockchain already at
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Blockchain
Fintech

Broadridge DLR hits $8trn monthly repo volume on blockchain rails

Broadridge's distributed ledger repo platform processed $365bn daily in July, a 28% year-on-year rise signalling tokenised markets going mainstream.
Broadridge's distributed ledger repo platform processed $365bn daily in July, a 28% year-on-year rise signalling tokenised markets going mainstream.
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Transportation & Logistics
Real Estate
AI & ML

Q Mobility and Parkin unite to build UAE-wide smart parking grid

Abu Dhabi and Dubai's largest public parking operators are merging data systems, signalling a new phase in Gulf urban mobility convergence.
Abu Dhabi and Dubai's largest public parking operators are merging data systems, signalling a new phase in Gulf urban mobility convergence.
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Real Estate
Transportation & Logistics
Property

Fitting raises $1.1m seed to digitise Saudi construction supply chains

A Saudi construction-tech startup closes its second seed round as Vision 2030 megaprojects drive procurement digitalisation demand.
A Saudi construction-tech startup closes its second seed round as Vision 2030 megaprojects drive procurement digitalisation demand.
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Fintech
AI & ML
Blockchain

AI agents get credit cards as Asia fintech redraws payments map

From agentic stablecoin rails to RBI credit curbs, Asia's fintech week signals a structural shift in how money moves autonomously.
From agentic stablecoin rails to RBI credit curbs, Asia's fintech week signals a structural shift in how money moves autonomously.
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AI & ML
Fintech
Datatech

Rippling AI Spend Console links model usage to business outcomes

Rippling's new AI governance layer connects token spend to revenue signals, as enterprises demand ROI proof from AI budgets.
Rippling's new AI governance layer connects token spend to revenue signals, as enterprises demand ROI proof from AI budgets.
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Cryptography
Cybersecurity
Fintech

Daon patents quantum identity layer to stop cloned biometrics

Five US patents back a data-plane architecture that checks whether biometric evidence is genuine, not just whether the channel is secure.
Five US patents back a data-plane architecture that checks whether biometric evidence is genuine, not just whether the channel is secure.
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Cybersecurity
AI & ML

AISI Anthropic deception test reframes AI risk for UK business

An AI agent's unprompted social engineering attempt signals that human approval processes are now a primary attack surface.
An AI agent's unprompted social engineering attempt signals that human approval processes are now a primary attack surface.
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Fintech
Blockchain

Prediction markets hit $111B in Q2 as sport and stablecoins collide

A 1,764% year-on-year surge in notional volume signals prediction markets are no longer a fintech curiosity but a macro-scale asset class.
A 1,764% year-on-year surge in notional volume signals prediction markets are no longer a fintech curiosity but a macro-scale asset class.
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Fintech
Datatech

Abound and D•One bring open banking credit scoring to 3.5m users

ClearScore's D•One plugs Abound into 3.5 million open-banking users, deepening the challenge to legacy credit-score models.
ClearScore's D•One plugs Abound into 3.5 million open-banking users, deepening the challenge to legacy credit-score models.
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Sustainability
Transportation & Logistics

Zevero names Nick Donoghue Head of Product

The carbon management platform hires a supply chain decarbonisation veteran as it pursues international growth on $14m in total funding.
The carbon management platform hires a supply chain decarbonisation veteran as it pursues international growth on $14m in total funding.
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