STAMFORD, Conn., September 18, 2025 — By 2030, preemptive cybersecurity solutions will account for 50% of IT security spending, up from less than 5% in 2024, replacing standalone detection and response (DR) solutions as the preferred approach to defend against cyberthreats, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company.
Dot Ai (Nasdaq: DAIC), an IoT and AI-driven SaaS company specializing in Asset Intelligence, announced $1.27 million in new hardware orders, signaling strong market demand for its AI-enabled asset management solutions. To meet this surge, the company is expanding its Barceloneta, Puerto Rico manufacturing facility, adding a second shift and new capital equipment to increase production capacity.
Subotiz, an AI-powered growth and payments platform for subscription-based digital businesses, made its regional debut at Money20/20 Middle East 2025 in Riyadh. The event, held from September 15 to 17 at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Centre, is the region’s leading fintech gathering, attracting over 450 brands, 350 speakers, and 600 investors.
Belgian AI startup Eagl has raised €825,000 in funding to expand its engineering team, scale operations across Europe, and accelerate development of its AI-native financial agent platform. The platform integrates directly with ERP and accounting systems, automating workflows, continuously monitoring data quality, and resolving anomalies in real time, giving finance teams faster, cleaner, and more accurate insights.
Google Workspace has been recognized as the best AI assistant for productivity in 2025 by Expert Consumers, highlighting the platform’s AI-driven capabilities in transforming modern work environments. The designation underscores how AI-powered tools are redefining efficiency, collaboration, and secure data management for organizations of all sizes.
Flagship Pioneering, the innovation engine behind transformative platforms and products, has unveiled Extuitive, an AI-first company aimed at democratizing product innovation for small businesses. With $20 million in seed funding from Flagship, Extuitive’s platform leverages agentic AI—autonomous software agents trained as product designers, marketers, and consumer researchers—to accelerate how products and targeted content are created, validated, and launched.
Continuous Integration (CI) is supposed to streamline development—but for many teams, it’s become a bottleneck. Blacksmith, a startup out of Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 batch, is tackling that problem head-on. The company announced a $10 million Series A, led by Google Ventures, to bring faster, more cost-effective, and highly observable CI to engineering teams, starting with GitHub Actions.
Gurucul, a global leader in security analytics, has unveiled its AI Insider Risk Management (AI-IRM) platform, promising a radical rethink of how organizations detect and respond to insider threats. Combining behavioral analytics, identity intelligence, and AI-powered automation, AI-IRM positions itself as the first native AI Insider Analyst, streamlining workflows and bolstering defense against both human and non-human threats.
Subsplash, the company behind Pulpit AI, has announced a partnership with Southeastern University Barnett College of Ministry & Theology (SEU) to equip ministry students with AI-driven sermon preparation tools. The collaboration aims to modernize theological education by integrating technology into the workflow of future pastors.
