Silicon Valley stories
Fast-growing fintech Mercury seeks a US national bank charter to hold deposits and lend directly after scaling to 200,000 business customers.
QuSecure lands a USD $3.9m AFWERX contract to mature quantum-resilient encryption for sensitive US Air Force Global Strike missions.
Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne, 92, will headline the Computer History Museum's Apple@50 launch, reflecting on the tech giant's origins.
Zalos secures USD $3.6 million seed funding to build AI agents that automate complex finance workflows across legacy enterprise systems.
Simbian unveils an AI-driven cyber security platform uniting offence and defence via a shared Context Lake to speed, link and automate response.
GMI Cloud unveils USD $12bn sovereign AI hub in Kagoshima, aiming for 1GW capacity to power Japan's next wave of “Physical AI” systems.
OXMIQ and AM Intelligence plan a 2 GW, carbon-free AI compute hub in Noida by 2030, starting with a 1 GW renewable-powered build-out.
Adobe and Nvidia are expanding their AI alliance to power Firefly, agent-based workflows and 3D digital twins for creative teams.
OpenAI abandons in-chat checkout for ChatGPT, pivoting to web‑navigating shopping agents and referral-led partnerships with retailers.
Adobe boss Shantanu Narayen to step down as chief executive after 18 years, staying on as chair while the group navigates the AI era.
Databricks launches Genie Code to automate complex data workflows and snaps up Quotient AI to boost evaluation and oversight of its agents.
Sentinel Global rebuilds its AI-driven venture team around GIC veteran Jeremy Kranz and expands Sentinel Labs, targeting a 2026 fundraise.
Auxia passes 100bn AI 'revenue decisions' as enterprises shift from genAI trials to agent-based systems that drive measurable top-line gains.
Quiq names Jen Grant chief marketing officer to steer strategy as enterprises move AI agents from pilots to large-scale customer use.
Lyten buys Northvolt's Swedish battery assets in a USD $5bn deal, planning a Skellefteå hub fusing cell plants with vast AI data centres.
Women already belong in the rooms where technology's future is decided. As AI reshapes our industry, it's time their voices truly shape the path forward.
Legal AI firm Ivo opens London and New York offices and plans to triple headcount, after 600% annual recurring revenue growth.
Swiss robotics firm ANYbotics appoints veteran industrial tech executive Thierry Obédé as Chief Revenue Officer to drive global growth.
Accel and Google's AI Futures Fund have picked five startups for the 2026 Atoms AI Cohort, each offered up to USD $2 million and compute.
Irish workers race ahead of their employers on generative AI, as staff adopt free tools faster than firms can set policies and pay for them.