South Korean travel data company DealLabs has built a database of more than 280,000 verified local travel records covering seven Asian cities, aiming to improve the accuracy of information delivered by AI-powered travel services. The database covers Seoul, Busan, Tokyo, Osaka, Bangkok, Taipei and Singapore, with each record accompanied by its source and verification date….
Foundry Robotics has raised an oversubscribed $100 million Series A round to expand its autonomous manufacturing operations and develop AI-powered robotic assembly for complex industrial products. Led by Marlinspike Partners, the round includes existing investors Khosla Ventures and Red Glass Ventures, alongside new participants SE Ventures, Wing VC and Axiom Ventures. The company plans to…
VikingCloud has launched AI Governance Services to help businesses identify unauthorized AI tools, assess security and compliance gaps, and establish plans for managing AI-related risks. The offering includes a three-week AI Health Check and a more extensive four- to six-week AI Readiness Assessment. The launch addresses a growing governance challenge for large, multi-location organizations: according…
Businesses are increasing their investment in artificial intelligence, but many still lack the data foundations needed to turn pilots into measurable business results. In Dun & Bradstreet’s latest AI Momentum Survey of 10,000 businesses across 32 countries, 65% of respondents plan to increase AI spending over the next 12 months, while just 28% report broad…
Evoke Security has introduced the Rogue Agent Assessment, a security evaluation designed to identify risky behavior, employee misuse and unapproved tools across AI platforms and coding environments. The assessment focuses on how AI agents behave during execution, including whether they follow their original instructions, take unnecessary risks or bypass existing security controls. The launch reflects…
Plato has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round to expand its simulated workplace environments, where AI models can practice complex tasks before operating in real business systems. Led by Nava Ventures, with participation from Gradient Ventures, Transpose Platform and Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, the round brings Plato’s total funding to $19…
NOL8 has launched the NOL8 AI Data Plane, a platform designed to control which enterprise data enters and leaves AI models, agents and tools. The system applies deterministic pattern-matching policies to prompts, retrieved documents, tool calls and model outputs, aiming to give security teams more predictable control over sensitive information as organizations deploy autonomous AI….
AI governance company Trustible is working with Mass General Brigham to help standardize how the US healthcare system evaluates, approves and monitors artificial intelligence use cases. The implementation will support existing governance processes across clinical care, research and operations, including risk assessment, review routing, decision documentation and post-deployment monitoring. The collaboration will also explore practical…
Voice AI developer Rime has launched Prism, a fine-tunable speech-to-speech model designed to give enterprises more control over conversational AI. The model can run on-premises or in a private cloud, with customization for vocabulary, pronunciation, latency and safety policies. Rime says Prism generates text before speech, enabling businesses to review responses and maintain audit trails….
