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NIQ announced that Irina Stoian has joined the company as Chief AI Commercial Officer, a newly created role designed to accelerate NIQ’s enterprise AI commercial strategy and help clients turn the company’s AI capabilities into business impact and growth. Stoian will help align Product, Technology, Commercial, Partnerships, and Marketing around a unified AI growth strategy.

Apaluma, which transforms fragmented regulatory records into a unified ecosystem, announced the closing of its $5.55 million seed funding round led by Crosslink Capital and Kickstart, co-led by Haven Ventures and Overwater Ventures, with Orange DAO and NM Vintage Fund as additional pre-seed and seed investors. Government agencies hold the data that shapes daily life: Permits, regulations, and environmental records are all public records.

Accelerating CX with an evolved digital platform powered by new “Plus” capabilities transcosmos announced that it has added AI agent capabilities to trans-DX for Support its CX platform that enhances customer experience (CX) across customer touchpoints while optimizing operational costs evolving it into trans-DX Plus for Support. The company plans to deploy the platform to 200 companies by the end of the current fiscal year, supporting CX enhancement across a wide range of industries.

Rapid global adoption fuels fivefold valuation growth, taking total funding to $230 million as users build over 12 million applications on the platform Emergent, the fast-growing AI software creation platform that enables founders and business owners to build full-stack, production-ready web and mobile applications, announced a $130 million Series C funding.

The consumer habits reshaping global retail were built in the East — and most Western shoppers haven’t yet adopted them. NIQ report shows that brands still treating live, social, and quick commerce as “emerging” risk being left behind. The center of gravity in global retail has shifted East. The formats now driving the fastest growth in global retail (live shopping, social commerce, and delivery in minutes) were pioneered and scaled in Asia, and most Western consumers have yet to adopt them.

Icertis, the global leader in AI-native contract intelligence, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Rajat Bahri, Chief Financial Officer, and Jim Moffatt, a seasoned Chief Executive Officer and Icertis Board Member, as Interim co-CEOs. Moffatt has also been appointed Chair of the Icertis Board of Directors and Bahri will continue serving as CFO to execute on the company’s strategy and drive sustained growth.

Leidos and DHL Supply Chain have formed a strategic alliance to bring integrated, resilient and scalable logistics capabilities aligned to the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Future Defence Support Services (FDSS) programme.

New capabilities across retail and hospitality help high-volume businesses simplify operations, move faster and deliver more seamless customer experiences Lightspeed Commerce Inc., the unified omnichannel platform powering ambitious retail, golf and hospitality businesses in over 100 countries, announced a new wave of product innovations across Lightspeed Retail and Lightspeed Restaurant designed to help merchants and operators simplify complex workflows, save time and operate with greater...

Open Text Corporation, a global leader in data management for enterprise AI, announced the appointment of Jill Larsen to its board of directors (the Board) effective immediately. Ms. Larsen is a seasoned executive, currently serving as Chief People Officer at Synopsys, Inc., a publicly traded global technology company and leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems.

Denise Ruffner brings more than a decade of experience building commercialization strategies for quantum industry leaders Haiqu, a leading developer of quantum application software, today announced that Denise Ruffner, a veteran quantum commercialization strategist, is joining the company as Vice President, Business Development and Commercial Operations Worldwide.