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Flamingo raises USD $4.5 million for AI IT platform
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Flamingo raises USD $4.5 million for AI IT platform

about 2 hours ago

The fresh capital will help Flamingo turn beta users into paying customers as it takes on the high staffing costs of managed IT services.

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National Bank

OpenReserve wins conditional US national bank approval

The bank still needs final regulatory clearance before it can open and offer lending, deposits and stablecoin infrastructure to businesses.

about 18 hours ago · Karen Joy Bacudo
BlackBerry

QNX adds Hailo-8 support for the edge AI developers

Developers in safety-critical sectors gain another edge AI option as the pair touts more predictable performance on devices running QNX SDP 8.0.

about 18 hours ago · Sofiah Nichole Salivio
Software-as-a-Service

Google launches BigQuery Graph for AI & fraud checks

Fraud teams and AI builders can now query linked data in BigQuery without moving it to a separate graph database, Google said.

about 18 hours ago · Sofiah Nichole Salivio
Identity Theft

Numeracle launches corporate KYCaaS identity checks

Growing fraud fears are driving demand for continuous business identity checks, as Numeracle targets telecoms and other platforms with its KYCaaS service.

about 20 hours ago · Sofiah Nichole Salivio
Public Sector

NetSPI & Synack merge to create USD $200m cyber group

The tie-up gives enterprise and government clients deeper testing coverage as AI reshapes offensive security and demand for specialists grows.

4 days ago · Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin
Financing

OMIKINA launches AI news platform on infrastructure

Readers can now track the power, land and supply-chain pressures behind AI deployment as OMIKINA adds evidence-led reporting and an infrastructure atlas.

4 days ago · Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin
Investigation

Why Canadian companies are investing in U.S. data centres

Rising demand for AI computing is pulling Canadian investors into U.S. data centres, with major stakes already tied to big technology names.

about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Why Canadian companies are investing in U.S. data centres

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