The dual-use AI software company announced a $3.7 million seed round led by Lightbank and Cotulla Capital, with backing from Techstars and Scalewolf. Alongside the funding, Kilsar unveiled a strategic partnership with the Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM), one of the largest U.S. training institutions for aviation technicians.
The AI revolution isn’t just straining GPUs—it’s now reshaping the very plumbing of the data center. According to a new five-year forecast report from the Dell’Oro Group, the explosive scale of AI back-end networks is pulling forward a wave of demand for front-end network capacity—specifically for high-speed data ingest.
Announced today, the new partnership aims to reshape global trade finance by blending Windward’s AI-driven maritime intelligence with SGTraDex’s trusted digital infrastructure. The result? A more transparent, compliant, and efficient supply chain ecosystem—where financiers, shippers, and stakeholders can make better-informed decisions with fewer blind spots.
H2Ok Innovations, the Boston-based startup turning AI and inline sensor tech into a manufacturing game-changer, just announced a $12.42 million Series A round led by Greycroft, with participation from 2048 Ventures and Construct Capital.
Hexaware Technologies just made a calculated move in the global IT services chess game. The India-headquartered firm has acquired SMC Squared, a U.S.-based leader in building and operating Global Capability Centers (GCCs)—an increasingly critical model for global companies looking to scale innovation without inflating cost or complexity.
Liquid AI is cutting the cord on cloud dependence. The foundation model company today launched LEAP v0 (Liquid Edge-AI Platform), a new developer platform designed to bring advanced AI to smartphones, laptops, wearables, drones, and even cars—without relying on the cloud.
OutSystems is on a mission to take AI agents out of the lab—and into the enterprise. The low-code platform leader has launched an Early Access Program for Agent Workbench, a new suite designed to help organizations build, orchestrate, and govern AI-powered agents across departments, workflows, and data systems.
Confluent, Inc., the data streaming pioneer, today announced the availability of Confluent Cloud in the new AI Agents and Tools category of AWS Marketplace. This enables AWS customers to easily discover, buy, and deploy AI agent solutions, including Confluent’s fully managed data streaming platform Confluent Cloud, using their AWS accounts, for accelerating AI agent and agentic workflow development.
The AI Agent Software Market, valued at USD 554 million in 2024, is projected to soar to USD 15.12 billion by 2031, growing at a staggering CAGR of 60.3%, according to a recent report by Valuates Reports.
This dramatic growth reflects the accelerating adoption of intelligent agents across industries, fueled by the rise of L4 and L5 AI autonomy, the democratization of AI tools for individuals, and the enterprise push toward hyper-automation.
