Microsoft’s MAI-Image-2 enters the top three AI image generators in the world The second version of Microsoft’s in-house image model lands at #3 on Arena.ai’s leaderboard, behind only Google and OpenAI, and begins rolling out …
AI analytics agents need guardrails, not more model size Picture a VP of finance at a large retailer. She asks the company’s new AI analytics agent a simple question: “What was our revenue last quarter?” T…
Reson8 raises €5M pre-seed funding to scale Europe’s first customisable speech AI Amsterdam-based Reson8 has raised €5M in pre-seed funding to challenge US-centric speech platforms by building a high-precision, industry-specific s…
Facebook will pay TikTok and YouTube creators up to $3,000 a month to post Reels on its platform Meta’s Creator Fast Track programme guarantees three months of pay for established creators willing to build a following on Facebook, after the comp…
GlobalComix raises $13M, acquires INKR, and appoints new CEO to build the infrastructure for global comics distribution The New York digital comics platform is combining its 300,000-title library with INKR’s AI localisation engine, and bringing in new leadership to ex…
Mastercard buys stablecoin firm BVNK for up to $1.8bn For most of its fifty-year history, Mastercard has been, in essence, a message-passing network. A transaction happens; Mastercard’s rails carry the …
Ofiniti raises $6.8M to push its maritime fuel software into global shipping hubs The Oslo-based DNV spinout processed over 25,000 bunker operations in 2025 and claims roughly 40% of Singapore’s digital bunkering market. Verb Vent…