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India’s fintech sector is expanding but faces constraints. A funding shortfall and a decline in new startup formation are holding back further progress.
Reporting: business-standard.com
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Lightfield, a company developing an AI-driven customer relationship management platform, has raised $47 million in a Series A funding round.
Reporting: unite.ai
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A Sebi-regulated private markets platform in India and a Dubai-based incubator have agreed to link founders and investors across both countries.
Reporting: msn.com
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Meta has acquired Stilla.ai, a Swedish AI company, as part of its push to expand automated business messaging capabilities.
Reporting: finance.yahoo.com
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The head of Mistral’s robotics unit is leaving to launch an independent startup.
Reporting: msn.com
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Harmoni, an Akron-based startup, has secured $10 million to deploy AI technology aimed at mitigating the shortage of skilled machine operators in manufacturing.
Reporting: bizjournals.com
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France’s Mistral has raised $3.5 billion, positioning itself as a European alternative in AI.
Reporting: nytimes.com
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Overroute has raised funding to scale AI agents handling load monitoring and freight exceptions.
Reporting: finance.yahoo.com
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Base’s fourth accelerator cohort, Batches 004, is now accepting applications through September 9.
Reporting: cryptobriefing.com
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Ohio employers have filed layoff notices affecting more than 850 workers this month, according to state records.
Reporting: msn.com
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EU regulators disclosed Apple’s acquisition of Sonera, a startup developing brain-sensing technology, before Apple announced the deal.
Reporting: ithinkdiff.com
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Clay, an AI startup automating sales and marketing tasks, secured $115 million at a $7.1 billion valuation—over double its valuation from a year ago.
Reporting: msn.com, finance.yahoo.com
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