Author: Art Ryan

BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI), a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for defense, national security, travel, trade, and enterprise will provide Trueface facial biometric solutions for consumer payment transactions made across SoftPoint’s network of established retail partners through SoftPointPay. SoftPointPay’s integration of BigBear.ai biometrics will provide businesses with advanced capabilities to enhance security, streamline operations, and elevate customer satisfaction in payment experiences. “Our collaboration with SoftPoint represents an exciting opportunity to demonstrate the power of facial biometrics delivering accurate, reliable facial recognition capabilities across industries,” said Ha McNeill, Vice President of Digital Identity at BigBear.ai. “Together, we are setting new…

As the global technology community gathers in Doha for Web Summit Qatar 2025, Paintit.ai is set to redefine the future of interior design and e-commerce with its groundbreaking AI-powered shopping platform. By merging advanced generative AI with furniture shopping, Paintit.ai provides users with a seamless, highly personalized experience, making home furnishing smarter, faster, and more intuitive. Revolutionizing Interior Design with AI Paintit.ai transforms the way people visualize and purchase furniture by instantly generating realistic interior designs with AI-driven curated recommendations that users can buy directly. This technology eliminates uncertainty in online furniture shopping, offering a fully immersive experience that allows…

China asked local officials to use the DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to advise and assist in decision making, according to local media on Thursday. Senior officials in several city governments issued instructions to their staff on how to utilize DeepSeek effectively in “decision-making, analysis and problem-solving,” the daily South China Morning Post reported. In Zhengzhou, the capital of central province of Henan, local Communist Party chief An Wei asked city officials to employ AI models such as DeepSeek in governance, the report said. The city’s local political research department also handed out training manual to its staff, noting that…

Augury Inc. has raised funding to enhance its industrial AItechnology, which helps factories prevent breakdowns, improve efficiency, and boost productivity, demonstrating the growing interest in AI-driven industrial solutions. Augury has raised $75 million in new funding to keep improving its AI technology for factories. This funding round was led by Lightrock, along with support from investors like Insight Partners, Eclipse, Qumra Capital, Schneider Electric Ventures, and Qualcomm Ventures. This demonstrates growing interest in using AI to make production lines more efficient and avoid costly machine breakdowns. Making factories smarter with industrial AI Augury’s industrial AI technology continuously monitors machines to detect problems before…

AdvantageClub.ai is excited to launch ADVA 2.0, the world’s first Agentic AI for Employee Experience (EX), Rewards, and Wellness. This technology makes employee engagement seamless by enabling recognition, rewards, and wellness actions through simple, real-time conversations. ADVA 2.0 acts as a smart assistant, allowing employees and managers to give awards, redeem points, and access wellness benefits effortlessly. For example, a manager can say, “Hey ADVA, appreciate Pam for closing the deal today,” and ADVA will suggest a personalized message and reward. Similarly, an employee with 1000 points can simply ask ADVA for a shopping voucher, and the AI will instantly provide…

📅 Dates: February 23-26, 2025📍 Location: Doha Exhibition & Convention Center, Qatar⏳ Countdown: Just 3 days to go! The wait is almost over! Web Summit Qatar 2025 is set to be one of the biggest technology events of the year, bringing together visionary entrepreneurs, investors, and global tech leaders to discuss the future of AI, fintech, Web3, and emerging technologies. This groundbreaking event will offer unmatched networking opportunities, exclusive industry insights, and a stage for startups to showcase cutting-edge innovations that will shape the future of tech and business. 🌍 Why You Can’t Miss Web Summit Qatar 2025! 🔹 Keynotes…

Key Points AI startup OpenEvidence is raising a fresh round of capital from Sequoia to scale its chatbot for doctors. The new $75 million cash injection, which has not been previously reported, values OpenEvidence at $1 billion, the two companies told CNBC. OpenEvidence, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was founded by Daniel Nadler. He previously built Kensho Technologies, a Wall Street-focused artificial intelligence firm that sold to Standard & Poor’s for $700 million in 2018. Nadler’s newest AI venture is a chatbot for physicians that helps them make better decisions at the point of care. The company claims it’s already being…

Mortgage Automator, a BVP Forge company and the leading SaaS platform for private real estate lenders, has announced record growth and global expansion in 2024. This milestone year was defined by cutting-edge AI integration, innovative product releases, leadership advancements, and a strengthened strategic partnership with BVP Forge. “2024 was a transformative year for Mortgage Automator. By leveraging AI across our business operations, we have not only increased efficiency but also improved the overall client experience,” said Pavel Tchourliaev, CEO. “Our collaboration with BVP Forge has allowed us to scale rapidly while continuing to innovate and enhance our solutions for private lenders worldwide.” Highlights…

Lambda, the AI Developer Cloud, today announced it has raised a $480 millionSeries D, bringing the total equity capital raised to date to $863 million. The round was co-led by Andra Capital and SGW with participation from new investors Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, and NVIDIA, among others, as well as strategic investment from Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, and Wiwynn, as well as many existing investors including 1517, Crescent Cove, and USIT. “AI is fundamentally restructuring our economy. Lambda is investing billions of dollars to build the software platform and infrastructure powering AI,”…

Local governments in China have urged officials to use DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence model to help them make decisions. Senior figures in a number of cities have recently given their staff instructions about the use of the technology. These include Zhengzhou, capital of the central province of Henan, where the city’s Communist Party chief An Wei urged senior city officials to “deeply study and master the use of AI models such as DeepSeek, and make full use of AI to support decision-making, analysis and problem-solving”, according to the city’s official newspaper. The local political research department has also distributed a training manual to…

Lenovo announced Q3 results for fiscal year 2024/25, reporting significant increases in overall group revenue and profit. 20 February, 2025 – Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY), together with its subsidiaries (‘the Group’), today announced Q3 results for fiscal year 2024/25, reporting significant increases in overall group revenue and profit. Revenue grew 20% year-on-year to US$18.8 billion, marking the third consecutive quarter of double-digit growth. Net income more than doubled year-on-year to US$693 million (including a non-recurring income tax credit of US$282 million) on a Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards (HKFRS) basis. The Group’s diversified growth engines continue to accelerate, with non-PC revenue…

Top legal AI platform Leya announced today that it has rebranded as Legora and released significant new product features that will increase productivity and efficiency for users across its platform. The new features include market-leading agentic research tools, a Microsoft Word add-in, and collaboration across their large-scale document analysis tool known as tabular review that allows for parallel prompts and tagging. Founded in 2023 and led by CEO and Y Combinator alum Max Junestrand, Legora, a Latin word meaning “to bring things together,” is an AI-powered workspace designed to unlock unparalleled collaboration between lawyers and machine intelligence. The platform is utilized in…

CentralSquare Technologies, the leading provider of public sector software, today announced the launch of Centerline AI, a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence-driven platform in public safety. Building on the recent acquisition of Blueline AI, Centerline AI is a comprehensive AI platform designed to augment time-consuming tasks – reducing processes that once took hours to just minutes. Purpose-built for the public sector, Centerline AI works by embedding AI directly into the workflows organizations rely on. More than just report generation, its suite of capabilities reduces administrative workload, eliminates redundant data entry and enhances accuracy – empowering law enforcement officers to accomplish more in…

New standards align high-performing AI with seven dimensions of human flourishing — backed by global research and industry experts Gloo, a technology platform connecting the faith ecosystem, today announced a new set of trust standards and the formation of a trust advisory group to advance artificial intelligence that is aligned with human flourishing. The new standards and advisory group are part of the broader Gloo Open strategy announced earlier this month, which includes open access to AI research, models and datasets that include research, articles, images and other non-copyrighted content. These announcements underscore the Gloo commitment to advancing values-aligned AI that is open…

Apple has announced a new iPhone which brings artificial intelligence (AI) features at a lower cost than its flagship handsets. The iPhone 16e has the same processor as the larger iPhone 16, Apple said, with similar storage options, though a lower spec elsewhere, including fewer cameras. Apple has been struggling to find a new product that excites consumers – sales of iPhones dropped at the end of last year. It will be hoping that bringing enhanced AI functionality to a less expensive phone will address that – however analysts have been cautious about the sales boost such tools bring. Its name…

Next-Generation AI Solution Transforms Dispatch Operations and Field Work Efficiency AI Enterprise software leader IgniteTech today announced StreetSmart AI, introducing powerful AI capabilities to both the Dispatch Hub and Field Worker components of its industry-leading mobile workforce management platform. This new investment in StreetSmart brings immediate AI powered benefits with dramatic new capabilities, forever altering and improving how organizations manage their field force. StreetSmart AI will be available to all customers, whether deployed directly through IgniteTech or through white-label, OEM solution partners. “Field operations excellence requires both intelligent dispatch and empowered field workers,” said Eric Vaughan, CEO of IgniteTech. “StreetSmart AI…

Sharon AI, Inc. (“Sharon AI”), a High-Performance Computing (“HPC”) business focused on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), Cloud GPU Compute Infrastructure and Data Storage, announces the launch of the Sharon AI Cloud. The Sharon AI Cloud is a custom software orchestration and automation platform, enabling self-provisioned, cutting-edge GPU Compute for HPC and research, AI training, fine-tuning, inferencing of generative AI, large language models, VFX rendering and other complex workloads. The platform provides the full suite of Bare Metal Servers, Virtual Servers and Containers with guaranteed, dedicated resources for non-contending performance. These resources can be pre-configured with popular machine learning frameworks enabling rapid…

AlertMedia, the world’s leading emergency communication, threat intelligence, and travel risk management provider, today announced the launch of AI Assistant, a generative AI-powered tool designed to help organizations communicate faster and more effectively during critical events. With AI Assistant, crisis management and response leaders can now dynamically draft, edit, and translate emergency notifications in seconds natively within the AlertMedia platform, reducing response time when every moment counts. “During an emergency, clarity and speed are everything. Ensuring employees receive clear, actionable notifications as quickly as possible avoids confusion and improves outcomes,” says Christopher Kenessey, CEO at AlertMedia. “With our AI Assistant, we’re…

CO/AI, the AI discoverability marketplace, launched today with a mission to guide businesses and their workforce through the AI transformation. Founded by Anthony Batt and Shane Robinson, entrepreneurs who have successfully built and scaled multiple technology companies including BuzzMedia, Greenplum and Craigslist, CO/AI connects organizations with the right AI solutions amid an explosion of new products. CO/AI launches with $1.8M in pre-seed funding, backed by investors including Sequoia Scout Fund, MoVi Partners, Gaingels, and The Critical Co, and executives from CVS Health, Carlyle Group, Capital One, Cross Equities and On-Chain Investments. “Distribution is the critical challenge for AI today – solving…

The Digital Marketing World Forum (DMWF) Asia is set to return to Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands on February 26-27, 2025, bringing together the region’s most influential marketing leaders for a dive into the future of digital marketing and technology. This year’s forum places a special emphasis on AI integration and automation, featuring an impressive lineup of speakers from global brands including Coca-Cola, Unilever, PepsiCo, and TikTok. The two-day conference will run parallel tracks exploring more than 10 themes, from AI-driven marketing strategies to customer experience optimisation. Dr. Luke Soon from PwC Singapore will present ‘Humanising the future of marketing through AI and Automation’ as…