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South Korean AI software developer Genesis Nest is rolling out Chatplanet, an enterprise chat API designed to keep real-time messaging stable during heavy traffic spikes, with fandom platforms and live services as its first targets.
Meta says it may raise up to $95 billion through new share sales to fund AI infrastructure, joining Alphabet, Amazon, NVIDIA and Oracle in turning to bond and equity markets as AI spending outpaces internal cash generation.
Ventures Platform hosted the fourth Africa Prosperity Summit in Lagos, gathering investors, fund managers and founders to debate how AI, new capital structures and exit pathways will shape the next phase of Africa's technology ecosystem.
TikTok has introduced a brand safety center website, new guides for marketers, and tools to help brands spot risks such as copyright infringement, trademark misuse and counterfeit goods. The resources were unveiled at the company's APAC Responsible Media Forum in Singapore.
A young professional's post on X about leaving a multinational for a startup, where she works directly with a veteran founder, has sparked discussion about how proximity to decision-makers can speed up early-career learning.
Investor Yvonne Bajela's new firm, Evertrue Capital, has closed a $17 million first fund aimed at early-stage AI and fintech companies across Europe, entering the market as local investors take on a bigger role in funding the region's startups.
Richard Horne, head of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre, says criminals and hostile states using AI will likely target British critical infrastructure by 2028, and he is urging business leaders to stop underinvesting in security and outdated technology.
Swiss cleantech startup Apolarion has secured CHF 150,000 from Venture Kick to move its chemical-free, plasma-based seed treatment device toward its first field trials and early customer deployments in Switzerland and Europe.
Microsoft is extending voluntary exit packages to about a quarter of its workforce across four countries, a move that could rival its largest-ever restructuring as it commits up to $190 billion to AI infrastructure.
Meta has paused a planned overhaul of its business terms after publishers warned it could grant broad automated access to their websites, as a Norwegian court injunction, a UK competition probe and European Commission talks raise the stakes.
Havas Media India has again been ranked first in RECMA's 2026 India qualitative assessment, earning the top Dominant profile with 21 points, while also leading new-business rankings and placing among the country's five largest agencies by activity volume.
Portuguese startup Granter has closed a €1.6 million round led by 3XP Global, lifting total funding to €2 million. The company will use the capital to bring its AI public-funding platform to Spain, Germany and Italy and more than double its team.
