News archive — August 2026
Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Anthropic puts $5M into research on how AI affects user wellbeing
ProductsRobotics🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Skild AI introduces S1, a foundation model that learns tasks from one example
FundingHealth🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Blue Arbor raises $10.2M seed to bring natural control to prosthetic limbs
Fintech🇿🇦Aug 25, 2026
NtisoAkhona buys stake in FundRock, Africa's biggest unit trust firm with $40B in assets
InvestorsEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Superstep Capital backs Google Cloud specialist Zencore in growth deal
M&AHealth🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
JARS to acquire Sonoran Roots, forming Arizona's largest cannabis retail network
InvestorsFintech🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
H.I.G. Capital backs 76-year-old accounting firm HBK in first institutional deal
M&AFintech🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Lendesca acquires SBA Collective, hires industry veteran Ray Drew as revenue chief
Health🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Priority Courier Experts buys two Midwest delivery firms in same-day logistics push
PeopleEngineering and Manufacturing Equipment🇬🇧Aug 25, 2026
Videndum's new CEO buys £84K stake a week into the job
M&AHealth🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
Switchboard Health buys Livara, adds $5M to move from referrals into care delivery
M&AEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026
WellStack buys DeLorean AI to add predictive layer to health data platform
InvestorsFintech🇭🇰Aug 25, 2026
Pinestone Capital raises US$4.71M placing to fund margin lending, crypto push
FundingFintechUzbekistanAug 25, 2026
Uzbek utility-payments startup DOMO raises $100K from IT Park Ventures