Generative artificial intelligence video startup Higgsfield Inc. announced today that it has raised $80 million in new early-stage funding on a more than $1.3 billion valuation. The funding is intended to support enterprise and international expansion of AI models built for commercial advertising, marketing content production and music videos, as well as continued research and ...

Industrial cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks Inc. today announced the launch of the new Vantage IQ, a private, company-trained artificial intelligence assistant for operational technology and internet of things security teams. The new assistant has been designed to help with the issue of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure reaching historic highs at a time when shortages of OT and ...

Workflow automation company Tines Security Services Ltd. today announced the launch of AI in Tines, an “AI Interaction Layer” comprised of capabilities designed to solve artificial intelligence fragmentation. The new capabilities provide a single, secure and intuitive layer for interacting with AI and integrating it with real systems, allowing organizations to move beyond stalled proof-of-concepts and embed ...

Artificial intelligence-native security platform startup depthfirst Inc. revealed today that it has raised $40 million in new funding to support its research and development, go-to-market efforts and hiring across applied research, engineering, product and sales. Founded in 2024, depthfirst was created in response to a rapidly changing threat landscape where software is developed faster than ...

Belgian cybersecurity company Aikido Security NV today announced that it has raised $60 million in new funding at a $1 billion valuation to enhance its unified platform for code, cloud and runtime security and introduce autonomous self-securing software. Founded in 2022, Aikido was built to unify security across the entire software lifecycle, embedding security directly into how ...

Artificial intelligence-based human resources company Phenom People Inc. announced today that it has acquired Included Inc., an AI-native agentic people analytics platform company that claims to surface actionable insights for faster, smarter workforce decision-making, for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2021, Included aims to help organizations harness the power of their employee data. Its platform integrates disparate ...

Virtual edge solution startup IO River Ltd. announced today it has raised $20 million in new funding to fuel its plan to decouple infrastructure from add-on services and help new players enter the market, permanently changing how edge services are built and bought. Founded in 2022, IO River is focused on re-architecting how edge and ...

JumpCloud Inc., which offers a unified platform for identity, access and devices, today unvieled new artificial intelligence capabilities to fuel safe innovation by allowing organizations to accelerate AI adoption and ensure compliance and control for all types of identities. JumpCloud’s new features are designed to allow organizations to see, secure and automate AI management and ...

Israeli artificial intelligence offensive security startup Novee Cyber Security Ltd. launched today with $51.5 million in new early-stage funding to scale up its AI penetration testing platform and accelerate customer adoption as organizations shift toward continuous, machine-speed offensive security. Founded in May 2025, Novee is seeking to address the increasing issue whereby attackers are leveraging ...

Information technology services firm Presidio Inc. today announced the launch of Adaptive Cloud Services, a suite of intelligent, artificial intelligence-enhanced cloud offerings built on Amazon Web Services Inc. The new offerings are designed to provide flexible, tiered options that scale with customer needs while delivering an outcomes-driven approach. Adaptive Cloud Services is structured around three tiers – ...