Gravitee, a pioneer in Agentic API and Event Management, announced a $60 million Series C funding round led by Sixth Street Growth. With over $125 million raised to date, Gravitee is advancing its vision to simplify and unify API, event stream, and AI agent governance — addressing the growing complexity of modern digital ecosystems.
Glance, a leading consumer technology company backed by Google, today launched Glance AI, an AI-native commerce platform designed to transform online shopping into an inspiration-driven experience. Available globally via the Google Play and Apple App stores, Glance AI uses advanced proprietary AI models to move beyond traditional search and browsing — empowering users to discover personalized, AI-curated styles with a simple selfie or image upload. This launch marks a significant step toward the ‘AI consumer’ era, where shopping becomes intuitive, immersive, and predictive.
Acceldata, a leader in data observability and agentic data management, today unveiled its Agentic Data Management Platform at Autonomous 25, a premier event for data and AI leaders. Alongside this, the company introduced the xLake Model Context Protocol with Distributed Compute Server (MCP-DC) — the first distributed data control plane purpose-built for intelligent agents. This platform enables seamless data governance and AI-driven operations across hyperscalers, Snowflake, Databricks, and on-premises systems. The platform will be generally available starting July 31, 2025, marking a new era in autonomous, cross-platform data infrastructure.
Ascend.io today officially launched Agentic Data Engineering, a comprehensive platform designed to help data teams accelerate workflows, reduce operational complexity, and focus on high-impact tasks. By integrating AI-powered ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and observability into a single environment, the platform eliminates friction caused by fragmented tools traditionally slowing down data engineering.
Cognyte Software Ltd., a global leader in software-driven investigative analytics, has announced the acquisition of GroupSense, Inc., a U.S.-based digital risk protection services company. This strategic move will expand Cognyte’s customer base and growth potential within the critical U.S. market, furthering the company’s long-term growth strategy.
Ataccama, the data trust company, today announced the release of Ataccama ONE data trust platform v16.1, introducing advanced data lineage and connectivity features. These updates improve lineage visualization, enable diagram exports for audits, and expand pushdown processing on cloud platforms like Azure Synapse and Google BigQuery. The new capabilities empower organizations to govern data more effectively across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, ensuring trusted insights for AI and analytics at scale.
Operant AI, the only Runtime AI Defense Platform, announced Woodpecker, an open-source, automated red teaming engine designed to make advanced security testing accessible to organizations of all sizes. Woodpecker targets vulnerabilities across AI systems, Kubernetes environments, and APIs — helping teams proactively secure their infrastructure against evolving cyber threats.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced significant enhancements to its portfolio of NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE solutions, designed to support the entire AI lifecycle. These updates target enterprises, service providers, sovereigns, and research organizations, providing deeper integration with NVIDIA AI Enterprise and launching new compute, storage, and software offerings.
Silverside AI, the AI innovation lab founded by creative agency Pereira O’Dell and global network Serviceplan Group, today announced a strategic partnership with Vivaldi Group, a leading global strategy and business reinvention consultancy. This collaboration aims to launch co-branded AI-driven solutions and strategic programs that guide Fortune 500 companies through comprehensive AI adoption—helping them build smarter marketing and innovation functions while creating more adaptive, resilient organizations. Unlike traditional technology providers, this partnership offers high-level strategic guidance from AI specialists, elevating AI adoption beyond tools to transformative business impact.
