News archive — AI & Software
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M&AEnterprise Software🇮🇪Sep 1, 2026
Kerno buys Scan Simple to add barcode labeling for product makers
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Sep 1, 2026
Sequoia-incubated Empirik spins out with $21M to predict outages before they hit
FundingHealth🇨🇦Sep 1, 2026
Scopia Surgical raises C$2.65M to bring AI navigation into robotic surgery
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Sep 1, 2026
Fambot raises $3.5M pre-seed for its AI family logistics assistant
InvestorsFintech🇸🇬Sep 1, 2026
Airwallex hands $1M to 10 Australian AI startups in first Latitude 37 cohort
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Sep 1, 2026
Wafer raises $40M Series A to automate AI inference optimisation
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Sep 1, 2026
Google veteran raises $4.2M to help enterprises track AI spend
FundingSecurity🇺🇸Sep 1, 2026
Smack Technologies raises $61M to strap military AI to operators' wrists
FundingHealth🇺🇸Sep 1, 2026
HathiTrust lands $5M Mellon grant to open 19M digital books to AI research
FundingFintech🇪🇪Sep 1, 2026
Estonia's Instarc raises $1.35M seed to bring compliance platform to South Africa
ProductsEnterprise Software🇩🇪Sep 1, 2026
Cambridge spinout Flower Labs launches AI model to rival OpenAI, after £23M raised
M&ATransportation🇨🇦Sep 1, 2026
Descartes buys Extensiv for $120M to expand warehouse and fulfillment reach
FundingSemiconductors🇨🇦Sep 1, 2026
Meissner raises $2.6M to build a “discovery engine” for superconductors
Transportation🇯🇵Sep 1, 2026
Auto-parts maker Univance backs emade's bridge round, lifting equity funding to ¥116M
FundingEnterprise Software🇺🇸Sep 1, 2026
Physics lab Physical Superintelligence launches with $58M seed to industrialize discovery