Technology solutions provider NWN Corp. today announced the launch of NWN Cybersecurity, an artificial intelligence-enabled managed security operations suite. The new offering introduces new managed services, expands strategic security partnerships and delivers new platform integrations to help organizations modernize security operations and drive innovation in the AI era. As cyberthreats accelerate and AI adoption expands ...

Artificial intelligence-native audit technology startup Modus Audit Inc. announced today that it has raised $85 million in new funding to accelerate product development and to support its strategy of investing in and partnering with growing audit-first accounting firms. Founded in 2025, Modus is aiming to empower the AI-native accounting firm by combining AI, deep regulatory ...

The White House has proposed cutting around $707 million from the budget of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in a move that would shrink the agency and refocus its mission around core cybersecurity operations. According to the Department of Homeland Security’s fiscal 2027 budget request, the proposed budget would lower CISA’s annual funding ...

Marketing technology startup Clarvos LLC today announced an early access launch of its new agentic marketing workflow platform designed to simplify how growing small and midsized businesses plan, create and run marketing campaigns. The company says the new platform combines audience discovery, creative generation and campaign execution into a single system to help businesses maintain ...

Cloudflare Inc. today announced that it’s accelerating its post-quantum security roadmap and is now aiming to make its entire platform fully post-quantum-secure by 2029, including authentication systems. The updated timeline follows new developments in quantum computing research that suggest current cryptographic standards could be broken sooner than previously expected. The decision by Cloudflare to move ...

CoChat Inc. a company providing an artificial intelligence collaboration platform for teams, today announced a new centralized workspace where employees can communicate, share AI chats, deploy assistants and generate automated workflows. The new platform is designed to deliver greater coordination, visibility and AI fluency while also mitigating tool sprawl and security risks for businesses. As employees ...

A new report out today from artificial intelligence security platform company Noma Security Inc. details a recently discovered vulnerability in Grafana that allowed sensitive enterprise data to be exfiltrated silently through the platform’s AI features. Dubbed “GrafanaGhost,” the vulnerability could have let an attacker bypass both client-side protections and AI guardrails to send private data from ...

Cybersecurity and data protection company Acronis International GmbH today announced the launch of Acronis MDR by Acronis TRU, a new globally available continuous managed detection and response service. The new MDR service has been built for managed service providers of any size and provides threat detection, rapid incident response and cyber resilience powered by the Acronis Threat ...

Nvidia Corp.-backed Australian artificial intelligence data center company Firmus Technologies Pty. Ltd. today said it has raised $505 million in new funding on a $5.5 billion valuation ahead of an expected initial public offering on the Australian Stock Exchange later this year. Founded in 2019, Firums develops and operates data center infrastructure designed to support AI ...

U.S. venture capital activity surged to unprecedented levels in the first quarter of 2026, driven by a small number of outsized artificial intelligence deals that reshaped the overall market profile, according to a first look at the quarterly PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report released early Friday. According to the report, $267.2 billion in deal value was recorded during the quarter, ...