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Polymarket becomes Official Prediction Market Partner of Major League Soccer and Leagues Cup

Multi-year deal will introduce data-driven fan engagement across MLS digital platforms

HBO Max unveils February slate of originals, films and live sports

New titles include Neighbors, Like Water for Chocolate season 2, and the two-part documentary Murder in Glitterball City

Automated flight start-up Grid Aero raises $20m in Series A round

Grid Aero said the Series A will fund scaling of long‑range autonomous airlift capabilities.

Finance AI start-up Zocks raises $45m in Series B funding round

Zocks has secured $45 million in Series B funding to expand its AI platform for financial advisors.

HPE teams up with 2degrees to build a sovereign customer service AI platform

HPE will help 2degrees deploy a private AI platform to accelerate AI services and keep data on shore.

Canva adds on-brand design generation inside Claude

Users can create branded Canva presentations and visuals inside Claude chats.

Indeed says it uses AI in over 100 job search and hiring features

Indeed is expanding AI across its job-search and hiring products to speed matching and reduce repetitive work for recruiters and job seekers.

Multiverse buys StackFuel to upskill German workers for AI

Multiverse has completed the acquisition of Berlin-based StackFuel and set a goal to train 100,000 German workers in AI skills.

Dr Martens cites drop in direct-to-consumer promotions as revenue dips

Group revenue fell 2.7% in Q3 to £253 million, as the boots brand took a more 'disciplined' approach to promotions.

Salesforce lands $5.6bn US Army contract to enable AI agents

Salesforce will provide cloud and data services to support the Department of War.

Qualcomm invests in legal AI start-up SpotDraft

SpotDraft raised $8 million from Qualcomm Ventures in a strategic Series B extension.

Zama raises $118.5 million in Ethereum auction for encryption token

Cryptography company’s token sale becomes most-used application on Ethereum for a day

FLock.io partners with Blockchain for Good Alliance to expand decentralised AI initiatives

Collaboration aims to promote privacy-preserving AI technologies through academic and public-sector engagement

Mitsubishi Electric invests in data centre optimisation platform Lucend

Fourteenth investment by ME Innovation Fund targets AI-driven efficiency in global data infrastructure

Compa secures $35m to scale AI compensation platform

Series B round to support global expansion as enterprises adopt automated pay intelligence

Zscaler launches AI security suite to tackle enterprise risk and visibility gaps

New capabilities aim to secure generative and agentic AI use across infrastructure, applications and data

Consello acquires Morpheus Risk to launch global investigations practice

New division to advise multinational leaders on operational, reputational and security challenges

Archax and OpenPayd partner to streamline institutional fiat settlement

Integration aims to reduce complexity and improve reconciliation across multi-currency flows

Schneider Electric named Official Energy Technology Partner of McLaren Racing

Partnership to focus on energy efficiency, electrification and digital twin insights across McLaren’s global operations

Mastercard unveils Agent Suite to bring agentic AI into enterprise operations

New platform to launch in Q2, targeting banks and merchants with customisable AI agents and embedded intelligence