Revenued has released its 2025 survey on AI usage among small businesses, revealing a dramatic surge in adoption over the past year. Conducted with nearly 300 U.S. business owners, the survey found that while 60% weren’t using AI at the start of 2025, over 90% reported using at least one AI tool by fall.
Mycroft, an agentic AI platform for security and compliance, has emerged from stealth with $3.5 million in funding, led by Luge Capital and joined by Brightspark Ventures, Graphite Ventures, Ripple Ventures, Developer Capital, Antler, BoxOne Ventures, and strategic angels. The financing will accelerate product development and expand Mycroft’s AI-powered security operations to new customers.
SeedlingLabs has officially launched as an AI-native Product Development-as-a-Service (PDaaS) company, offering startups and product-led enterprises a platform and services to scale AI applications from MVPs to enterprise-grade deployments.
AppZen, a leading Agentic AI platform for finance teams, has raised $180 million in growth funding, led by Riverwood Capital, a tech-focused investment firm. The Series D round will accelerate the adoption of AI-powered finance automation, enabling enterprises to convert manual workflows into autonomous digital coworkers.
LSEG and Databricks have teamed up to bring LSEG’s vast financial datasets directly into Databricks, making them instantly accessible for AI-driven investment analytics, risk management, and trading workflows. The partnership launches with Lipper Fund Data & Analytics and Cross Asset Analytics, with additional datasets—Pricing, Reference Data, Models (Starmine), Fundamentals, Estimates, Economics, and Tick History—coming soon.
