UST has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Italdesign from the Audi Group, bringing a technology transformation company with deep expertise in artificial intelligence, digital engineering and software-defined vehicles into the same corporate structure as one of the automotive industry’s best-known design and engineering firms. The transaction comes as automakers increasingly move beyond…
Battery-powered security cameras have traditionally traded some capability for installation flexibility. At IFA 2026, EZVIZ is challenging that assumption with a new generation of AI-enabled cameras designed to combine multi-lens coverage, 24/7 recording, wireless connectivity and solar charging. The company’s latest launches point to a broader shift in smart-home security: cameras are becoming more autonomous,…
Smart lighting has traditionally been about remote controls, schedules and preset scenes. Govee is pushing the category toward something more autonomous. At IFA 2026, the company is showcasing AI-powered lighting that can interpret text, voice and image inputs, respond to user context and coordinate increasingly complex lighting environments, including a new AI-powered ceiling light, COB…
Home energy systems are becoming increasingly difficult to manage as solar panels, batteries, EVs, heat pumps, dynamic electricity tariffs and household appliances operate as one interconnected system. At IFA 2026, Zendure is introducing Agentic HEMS, an AI-driven home energy management architecture designed to move beyond fixed schedules by forecasting conditions, deciding how energy should be…
As AI coding tools accelerate software development, investors face a new problem during technology acquisitions: understanding exactly what they are buying is becoming harder. Plan A Technologies has acquired a stealth AI assessment tool to strengthen its technical M&A due diligence practice, using automated analysis to examine large, fragmented technology environments and surface risks that…
AI coding agents are making software development dramatically faster, but infrastructure teams still have to review changes through tickets, approvals and manual workflows. empirik.ai is betting that this mismatch is becoming a reliability problem. The company has emerged from stealth with $21 million in funding and an AI agent designed to understand infrastructure-change intent, calculate…
EpiVax is upgrading its computational immunology platform with AI-enabled models designed to give drug developers a more precise view of how the human immune system may respond to biotherapeutic candidates. The latest release of ISPRI combines an updated JanusMatrix model, a new tolerance-adjusted immunogenicity score and an enhanced anti-drug antibody prediction model, pushing computational assessment…
AI systems are only as useful as the data they can actually access. Sayari is tackling that problem in a high-stakes setting by rebuilding its Commercial World Model on Snowflake, bringing more than a decade of corporate, trade and regulatory records into an AI-ready data foundation. The move is designed to help organizations uncover ownership…
Generative AI is beginning to reshape not only how medicines are discovered, but also how investors classify the companies building that technology. Insilico Medicine will join the HKEX Tech 100 Index in September, placing the AI-driven drug discovery company alongside Hong Kong-listed businesses representing artificial intelligence, biotechnology, robotics and other technology themes. The boundary between…
