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about 3 hours agoConsumers using AI assistants to book travel or shop may now be offered protection in chat, without being sent to a separate checkout flow.
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Marklo raises USD $5 million for Shopify marketing platform
The new funding will help Marklo expand its beta and product team as Shopify brands seek faster campaign planning with fewer staff.
RapidCanvas raises USD $29 million in Series B round
The fresh capital will help the Austin-based firm expand sales and engineering as enterprises push AI projects into live operations.
Hyphenate raises USD $45 million to automate finance
The new funding will help the New York-based startup expand AI software that already cuts routine finance work by 90% for customers.
Black Ore launches tax automation for small firms
Smaller accountancy practices under staffing pressure now have access to software that prepares tax returns and plugs into existing tax systems.
Teens drive culture more than young adults, study says
Teen-led content reaches young adults four times as often, upending marketers' assumptions about where online trends begin.
PostCrewly launches free sample social content for SMEs
Small business owners can now trial branded social posts before paying, as the service targets time-poor SMEs with ready-made content.
Question marks over valuation as Canva makes AI pivot
Lower revenues and higher AI costs are challenges for Australian design software company Canva to maintain growth as it mulls IPO.
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Apple unveils M6 iMac with deeper Siri AI integration
Users will get faster on-device AI and improved connectivity, as Apple's new desktop adds Siri AI, Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 without changing the design.
Etam partners with commercetools on digital rebuild
A pilot showed a 70-80% boost in development velocity, prompting Etam to replace its legacy commerce system across three brands.
AWS reveals Prime Day 2026's vast infrastructure load
The four-day sale pushed AWS to peak at 192 million DynamoDB requests a second and more than 2.3 trillion Lambda invocations daily.
Only 5% of organisations say data is AI-ready
That shortfall is already hitting projects, with 37% of firms pausing, scaling back or abandoning AI initiatives because of poor data quality or availability.
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Reco raises USD $55 million in AT&T Ventures-backed round
The deal lifts Reco's total funding to USD $140 million as enterprises race to govern AI agents linked to sensitive systems and data.
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Jon Cook will stay on until March 2027, giving WPP a lengthy handover as Eric Campbell takes over VML's global leadership.
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