Align, a global leader in technology infrastructure and managed IT services, has been recognized by FTF News for its exceptional cybersecurity innovation. Its flagship solution, Align Guardian, has won the Best Cyber Resilience Solution award in the 2025 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards, a recognition of technological excellence in financial services.
Hirundo, the first AI startup specializing in machine unlearning, has raised an $8 million seed round to combat one of AI’s most pressing challenges—how to make AI forget. Backed by Maverick Ventures Israel, with support from SuperSeed, Alpha Intelligence Capital, AI.FUND, Tachles VC, and Plug and Play Tech Center, Hirundo is pioneering tech that retroactively removes biased, malicious, or confidential data and hallucinations from trained AI models—without retraining and without degrading performance.
As enterprises increasingly customize foundation models like GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and DeepSeek, they face a critical challenge: vendor dependency. While techniques such as fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, and human-in-the-loop feedback unlock tailored performance, these investments are often bound to third-party providers.
As enterprises race to deploy AI at scale, the need for governance, security, and trust in AI systems becomes critical. To address this, Trust3 AI has launched Trust AI for Databricks, a purpose-built trust layer designed to support responsible AI deployment within Data Intelligence Platforms.
As AI adoption accelerates, organizations face increasing complexity across data environments. Fragmentation in tools, governance, and access is creating barriers to reliable, secure, and scalable AI applications. At its recent Product Premiere events in New York and Brussels, Collibra, a leader in unified governance for data and AI, unveiled major innovations and announced the acquisition of Raito, a company specializing in data access governance.
At its 9th Annual Sales Success Summit (S3), Allego, Inc. announced a groundbreaking leap in sales enablement technology with its latest suite of agentic AI capabilities. Themed “Amplify Impact”, the event signaled a pivotal moment where human-centered strategies converge with autonomous AI systems to scale sales coaching, content delivery, and deal intelligence—without replacing the human element.
In an age where data drives decision-making, ensuring its quality has become mission-critical. Dynata, a global leader in first-party data, has responded with a robust AI-powered solution: QualityScore™. Initially launched in 2020 and limited to Dynata’s internal tools, the platform is now expanding its reach.
BCforward, a recognized leader in professional services and workforce management, has taken a major step to strengthen its AI capabilities by investing in Stellar, an AI-native services company. This partnership marks a pivotal development in BCforward’s vision to provide enterprise-grade, scalable AI solutions across key industries.
ValidMind, a leader in model risk management and AI governance, has appointed Jan Larsen as its new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Formerly on the company’s Advisory Board, Larsen brings deep expertise in capital markets, credit risk, and enterprise analytics to the executive team. His appointment reflects ValidMind’s strategic expansion amid rising demand for AI-native risk management solutions in financial services and beyond.
