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Cryptography
Cybersecurity

OpenMatter Network launches cryptographic trust layer for AI agents

The Florida startup replaces assumption-based enterprise security with mathematical proof, targeting autonomous AI and cross-organisational data collaboration.
The Florida startup replaces assumption-based enterprise security with mathematical proof, targeting autonomous AI and cross-organisational data collaboration.
Transportation & Logistics
Energy
Datatech

ITG prices $312m Nasdaq IPO to fund digital infrastructure buildout

The US infrastructure services firm raises $279m net to repay debt as digital backbone demand accelerates nationwide.
The US infrastructure services firm raises $279m net to repay debt as digital backbone demand accelerates nationwide.
Defence
Robotics

T3 Defense's Positech logs $4.9m in Israeli rotator orders

Precision motion control deliveries to Israeli defence customers signal durable demand for embedded, long-cycle hardware programmes.
Precision motion control deliveries to Israeli defence customers signal durable demand for embedded, long-cycle hardware programmes.
Energy
Sustainability
Real Estate

Boralex closes €1.45bn French platform financing for renewables growth

A pooled 22-year debt structure consolidates Boralex's entire French wind and solar portfolio, signalling how institutional capital is scaling clean-energy platforms.
A pooled 22-year debt structure consolidates Boralex's entire French wind and solar portfolio, signalling how institutional capital is scaling clean-energy platforms.
Space
Defence

Intuitive Machines wins $148m NASA deal to mass-produce lunar landers

A sixth CLPS award signals a shift from bespoke aerospace to industrial-scale lunar logistics, with civil and defence clients in view.
A sixth CLPS award signals a shift from bespoke aerospace to industrial-scale lunar logistics, with civil and defence clients in view.
Space
Defence

Firefly Aerospace wins $144m NASA contract for rapid Moon return

Firefly's sixth lunar contract signals a commercial cadence shift, compressing mission timelines and raising the stakes for lunar infrastructure investment.
Firefly's sixth lunar contract signals a commercial cadence shift, compressing mission timelines and raising the stakes for lunar infrastructure investment.
AI & ML
Defence
Robotics

Europe's AI hubs beyond London draw $28.6bn as capital clusters

Paris, Berlin and Stockholm lead a multi-city European AI funding surge, with infrastructure and defence tech absorbing nearly half of all capital.
Paris, Berlin and Stockholm lead a multi-city European AI funding surge, with infrastructure and defence tech absorbing nearly half of all capital.
AI & ML
Defence
Robotics

Europe's AI hubs beyond London draw $28.6B as infra bets surge

Paris, Berlin and Stockholm lead a multi-city European AI funding map where infrastructure and defence tech absorb nearly half of all capital.
Paris, Berlin and Stockholm lead a multi-city European AI funding map where infrastructure and defence tech absorb nearly half of all capital.
Robotics
Defence
Transportation & Logistics

Arridex Omnifactory opens as West Africa's first additive hub

Lagos-based Arridex commissions a multi-technology additive manufacturing facility, targeting import dependency across oil, defence and maritime sectors.
Lagos-based Arridex commissions a multi-technology additive manufacturing facility, targeting import dependency across oil, defence and maritime sectors.
Defence
Sustainability

Exosens wins 17,000-tube NATO night-vision deal for Czech forces

The French ITAR-free supplier secures Europe's largest Czech night-vision procurement, backing EU defence autonomy through 2032.
The French ITAR-free supplier secures Europe's largest Czech night-vision procurement, backing EU defence autonomy through 2032.
Space
Energy
Defence

Ascent Solar thin-film panels survive atomic oxygen in LEO test

Ascent Solar's flexible PV technology records zero power loss after six months of simulated low-Earth-orbit atomic oxygen exposure.
Ascent Solar's flexible PV technology records zero power loss after six months of simulated low-Earth-orbit atomic oxygen exposure.
Energy
Sustainability
Fintech

Tencent CarbonX backs Quino Energy's flow battery in the Maldives

A Tencent climate grant funds the first commercial deployment of organic flow battery tech on a Pacific island microgrid.
A Tencent climate grant funds the first commercial deployment of organic flow battery tech on a Pacific island microgrid.
Real Estate
Energy
Sustainability

Altes Capital and Zero Intensity target data centre risk repricing

A new underwriting collaboration aims to standardise environmental data for data centres, as $156bn in US projects stalled in 2025.
A new underwriting collaboration aims to standardise environmental data for data centres, as $156bn in US projects stalled in 2025.
Sustainability
Energy
Transportation & Logistics

Green Manganese joins RecycLiCo hub to speed critical minerals push

A BC battery-materials campus becomes a shared launchpad for onshoring North America's manganese supply chain.
A BC battery-materials campus becomes a shared launchpad for onshoring North America's manganese supply chain.
AI & ML
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Scaled Cognition raises $100m to fix enterprise AI reliability

Khosla Ventures backs a Mountain View AI lab targeting the hallucination problem blocking AI adoption in finance, healthcare and insurance.
Khosla Ventures backs a Mountain View AI lab targeting the hallucination problem blocking AI adoption in finance, healthcare and insurance.
Wellbeing
AI & ML

Nanox drops 2026 guidance as imaging roll-out lag fuels going-concern

The Israeli medical-imaging company withdraws its annual revenue target as deployment delays and a $14m quarterly loss test its cash runway.
The Israeli medical-imaging company withdraws its annual revenue target as deployment delays and a $14m quarterly loss test its cash runway.
Space
Defence

Microchip launches radiation-tolerant clock chip for spacecraft timing

Microchip's DSA504RT consolidates spacecraft timing architecture into a single chip, cutting component count and mass for aerospace and defence missions.
Microchip's DSA504RT consolidates spacecraft timing architecture into a single chip, cutting component count and mass for aerospace and defence missions.
Defence
Energy
Sustainability

Galvion backs Paleblue to modernise soldier battery systems

A strategic investment unites rechargeable lithium-ion tech with integrated soldier systems as military power demands escalate.
A strategic investment unites rechargeable lithium-ion tech with integrated soldier systems as military power demands escalate.
Space
Transportation & Logistics
Internet of Things

Encore Technologies backs Solstar's orbital comms push with $1m bet

A Canadian tech firm channels a private placement into space communications infrastructure, betting on persistent orbital connectivity as a foundational layer.
A Canadian tech firm channels a private placement into space communications infrastructure, betting on persistent orbital connectivity as a foundational layer.
Space
Defence
Sustainability

Rocket Lab wins three NASA launches for Sun and Earth science

Rocket Lab's Electron rocket will carry two climate-sensing and one solar-irradiance mission for NASA, reinforcing small-launch dominance.
Rocket Lab's Electron rocket will carry two climate-sensing and one solar-irradiance mission for NASA, reinforcing small-launch dominance.
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