Absa Renews Strategic Collaboration with Visa to Accelerate Digital Transformation
Absa and Visa have renewed their strategic partnership to accelerate the development of innovative, inclusive, secure, and digitally enabled financial payment ecosystems across Absa’s Regional Operations (ARO). This agreement was formalized at a signing ceremony in Johannesburg and marks a significant milestone in a relationship that has driven innovation and
Read moreHayo Launches Local Operations to Accelerate Digital Growth Across Africa
Hayo has expanded its African footprint with new offices in Gaborone (Botswana), Monrovia (Liberia) and Lilongwe (Malawi). The contribution of Africa’s digital economy to the continent’s GDP has increased from 1.1% in 2012 to 4.5% in 2020, and is projected to reach 5.2% by 2025 and 8.5% by 2050. The
Read moreNevoya raises $9.3M as its EV truck fleet reaches cost parity with diesel
All-electric truck fleet startup Nevoya has landed a fresh round of capital and plans to expand.
Read moreLucid Air owners will be able to use Tesla Superchargers from July 31
Owners of the Lucid Air sedan will be able to charge their luxury EVs at thousands of Tesla Supercharger stations in North America starting July 31. But there is a notable caveat: Lucid Air vehicles won't be able to charge as fast as Tesla vehicles.
Read moreMimecast Appoints New Global Channel Chief
Mimecast, the UK-headquartered cybersecurity company, has appointed Michael McCollough as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Partners & Alliances. McCollough joins with a rich track record of building high-impact partner ecosystems, having held leadership roles at Anomali, Imperva, Akamai and Dell Managed Services. He brings deep MSP expertise and a truly
Read moreAmazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive
Lumotive reopened its February Series B round to add Amazon's Industrial Innovation Fund and ITHCA Group, increasing the size of the round to $59 million.
Read moreThis startup thinks email could be the key to usable AI agents
Mixus' AI agent platform not only keeps humans in the workflow, it also allows those humans to interact with agents directly from their email or Slack.
Read moreThree things veteran planetary health investors look for in a startup
RA Capital Planetary Health closed a $120 million fund. Here's the rubric two investors use to determine where to place their fund's money.
Read moreThe Future of Infrastructure Monitoring: How Full Stack Observability is Changing the Game.
As digital transformation accelerates, traditional infrastructure monitoring is rapidly losing its effectiveness in the face of increasingly complex IT environments. With organisations expanding operations across hybrid and multi-cloud platforms, there is a growing demand for more mature, actionable insights that go beyond the capabilities of independent tools. Enter Sintrex’s own
Read more“AI has been the wild west”: Creating standards for agents with Sean Falconer
Ryan is joined on the podcast by Confluent’s AI Entrepreneur in Residence, Sean Falconer, to discuss the growing need for standards for AI agents, the emerging Model Context Protocol and agent-to-agent communication, and what we can learn from early web standards while AI continues to evolve.
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