At the World Economic Forum, Josephine Teo, Singapore’s Minister for Digital Development and Information, announced the Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI, making Singapore the first country to formally define expectations for how autonomous AI agents should be deployed, controlled, and held accountable in enterprise environments.
The platform leverages AI to analyze travelers’ preferences and Tripadvisor data to solve the logistical challenges of sports tourism, where fans must coordinate lodging, transportation, and activities across multiple cities in a short window. By combining user inputs with real-time data, the platform delivers tailored hotel recommendations, route suggestions, and curated local experiences—from dining and cultural highlights to fan-friendly activities—ensuring travelers can plan with confidence while staying flexible.
Aesthetic, the company aiming to build the shopping layer for the modern internet, has unveiled FindGPT, an AI-powered discovery app designed to turn inspiration into instant, personalized shopping. From Instagram outfits to celebrity street style, users can now shop the looks they love without scrolling endlessly or hunting for affiliate links.
CIOs and senior IT leaders are under more pressure than ever to turn AI strategy into operational results, improve IT discipline, and deliver measurable business outcomes at scale. Info-Tech LIVE 2026, taking place February 3–4 at The Roosevelt New Orleans, aims to tackle these challenges head-on with a curated lineup of research-driven sessions designed to help IT leaders move from insight to action.
LightIC Technologies and indie have announced a strategic partnership and the completion of a reference design that replaces FPGA-based processing with indie’s iND83301 system-on-chip (SoC) inside LightIC’s silicon photonics FMCW LiDAR architecture. The result is a platform that dramatically improves size, weight, power, and cost—often summarized as SWaP-C—marking a key step toward real-world commercialization.
DeFi Technologies (Nasdaq: DEFT) announced that its subsidiary Valour Inc., together with Valour Digital Securities Limited, has received UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approval to offer select digital asset exchange-traded products (ETPs) to UK retail investors through the London Stock Exchange (LSE), starting January 26, 2026.
The insurance technology company announced new artificial intelligence capabilities in Surefyre™ that automatically convert PDF submission forms into fully functional web applications. The feature, embedded directly into Vertafore’s low-code agent portal and underwriting workbench, replaces hours of manual configuration with an automated, AI-driven process that runs in minutes.
Copeland, a global provider of compression technologies and controls solutions, announced it will acquire Bueno Analytics, an Australia-based SaaS company specializing in AI- and machine learning-powered building analytics, energy management, and operational efficiency tools. Financial terms were not disclosed.
BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI), a leader in mission-ready AI for national security, announced today the acquisition of certain technologies from CargoSeer, Ltd., a company specializing in AI-enhanced cargo scanning and trade risk management. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
