Venture Capital stories

Spektr lands USD $20 million Series A from NEA as Copenhagen AI compliance platform targets manual checks at banks and fintechs.

Artemis lands $70 million as investors back AI-driven cyber defence platform for real-time threat detection and response.

Emergent unveils Wingman, an always-on AI agent for email, scheduling and sales support as Australian firms seek to ease admin pressure.

Emergent's Wingman puts autonomous AI agents to work across email, calendars and chats, with human approval for higher-risk actions.

Capsule Security emerges from stealth with $7 million backing to police AI agents at runtime as enterprises widen their use.

Tether invests USD $134 million in listed stablecoin platform as stablecoin use surges past USD $300 billion and eyes public market access.

Gizmo secures USD $22 million to deepen AI-powered study tools as it targets US college students and broader global growth.

Auctor secures USD $20 million from Sequoia Capital and backers to automate enterprise software rollouts and cut costly project delays.

Emergent's Wingman promises an always-on digital assistant that can juggle email, calendars and chat, while pausing for approval on bigger actions.

US AI megadeals push global venture capital to a record USD $330.9 billion as OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI dominate first-quarter funding.

Infobip marks 20 years with AgentOS launch as it pushes into agentic AI, aiming to unify customer data and let AI agents act across channels.

KPMG has opened applications for its 2026 Global Tech Innovator contest in Ireland, with founders set to pitch for a place in Lisbon.

Vertigenius secures GBP £2.2 million to accelerate US clinic rollout of its wearable vertigo sensor, with 20 sites already using the device.

Aria launches Deep Networking platform as it secures GBP £97 million to target AI data centre networking bottlenecks.

Neara turns to ClickHouse's ClickStack as engineers cut incident response times by more than half and track seven terabytes of data monthly.

NeuBird AI expands beyond incident response with a production ops agent and Falcon engine as it secures USD $19.3 million in new funding.

NeuBird AI study finds execs and engineers sharply split on AI for incident management as alert fatigue fuels outages and burnout.

Private equity-backed firms use paid AI tools more than most peers, but many still struggle to turn sponsor pressure into practical finance gains.

OpenAI secures USD $122 billion in funding as Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank back a rapid expansion in compute, enterprise tools and product plans.

Legora tops USD $100 million ARR in 18 months as legal AI adoption accelerates across firms and corporate teams.