(Europe) Kao Data, the specialist developer and operator of high-performance data centres for enterprise, cloud, HPC and AI, has today announced it has secured a new customer contract with Speechmatics, the leading speech recognition technology scaleup, providing highly accurate speech-to-text to global enterprise businesses.

(US and Canada) GeoCue, a leader in LiDAR and photogrammetry equipment and software, recently appointed Rodney Cope as their new Senior Vice President of Federal Programs. In this new role, Rodney will be responsible for expanding the company’s sales into federal government sectors. mdGroup …

(Europe) Dstny, the European leader in business communications, announced the acquisition of Tactful AI, a technology start-up based in the UK and Egypt, that provides a cutting-edge intelligent customer experience platform. The acquisition extends Dstny's products portfolio and helps companies enhance customer engagement operations across modern digital and traditional voice channels.

(US and Canada) Today, Wing Zone announced a partnership with Miso Robotics – the company transforming the restaurant industry with robotics and intelligent automation – to make Flippy 2 a part of the chain's standard build for all future restaurant locations. Wing Zone is the first fast-casual brand in the world to spec food robotics into its operations at this level.

(Oceania) Sabre Corporation, a leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, today announced an expanded and enhanced agreement with Virgin Australia. The carrier will be using Sabre's Dynamic Availability solution to identify ways to unlock greater value as it continues to scale up its operations.  

(US and Canada) Vic.ai, the artificial intelligence (AI) platform for autonomous accounting and real-time insights, today announced the appointment of seasoned enterprise technology executive Aditi Charnoubi as Chief Growth Officer. Recognized for incubating and scaling emerging technology platforms, bolstering sales and strategic partnerships, and building verticals for enterprise and public sectors globally, Charnoubi will work alongside Vic.ai CEO Alexander Hagerup to drive strategic growth for the finance-focused AI software company.

(Middle East) Cognata Advanced Solutions announced today the integration of its simulation authoring software into Mistral Inc.'s advanced portfolio, to further accelerate ground unmanned vehicles simulation adoption into the U.S. defense market. Mistral will utilize its strong marketing and business development infrastructure and relationships with OEMs, LSIs, and the U.S. Department of Defense to offer Cognata's unique solution.

(US and Canada) PrecisionOS is now offering immersive virtual reality (VR) training in partnership with Siemens Healthineers. The module helps surgeons and technicians to practice the use of Siemens Healthineers' mobile 3D C-arm Cios Spin for intraoperative quality control and surgical workflow guidance. Multi user, peer-to-peer training sessions will enable the exchange of surgical procedure knowhow on a virtual patient and will lead to an enhanced surgeon/technician collaboration.

(US and Canada) AiDash, a leading provider of satellite- and AI-powered operations, maintenance, and sustainability platforms, today announced its Disaster and Disruption Management System (DDMS). DDMS is a satellite- and AI-powered SaaS offering that helps utility and energy companies as well as governments and cities, manage the impact of natural disasters, including storms and wildfires.

(US and Canada) Medical claims and pharmacy-cost technology specialist Exponent Health officially recently welcomed D.S. Suresh Kumar as the new Chief Transformation Officer to lead the Expio platform journey. Expio is an AI-powered platform designed to intelligently reduce pharmacy and medi…

(US and Canada) Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced it has been selected by Backcountry, a premier online retailer of outdoor gear and apparel, to deliver a seamless and secure digital experience making it even easier for customers to pursue their outdoor passions. Backcountry also uses Google Cloud to fuel its data-driven transformation and help optimize business outcomes with analytics and real-time insights.

(Asia) Gainsight announces a partnership with Japan Cloud, making it easier for companies in the Asia-Pacific region to adopt Gainsight customer success solutions, drive greater net revenue retention, expand accounts, and reduce churn. The partnership represents a full-scale entry into APAC, in response to the rise of new SaaS business models that have ignited the demand for customer success.

(US and Canada) Silicon Catalyst, the world's only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating semiconductor solutions, is pleased to announce that Flex Logix has joined as the newest member of its In-Kind Partner program (IKP). Portfolio companies in the Silicon Catalyst Incubator will have access to Flex Logix's innovative embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP and software, enabling silicon reconfigurability for use in their chip designs.

(US and Canada) Jitterbit, the API transformation company, has named Avner Alkhas as its new CFO. In this role, he will report to George Gallegos, CEO of Jitterbit, and will be responsible for overseeing global finance during a time of continued growth and expansion.  

(US and Canada) Resultant, a leading consulting firm specializing in technology, data analytics, and digital transformation, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Teknion Data Solutions (“Teknion”), a Dallas-Fort Worth-based, full-service data analytics company. The acquisition will enhance Resultant’s data expertise, scale Resultant’s sales and marketing team, and support the Company’s geographic expansion into Texas.

(US and Canada) TechSee, the market leader in Computer Vision solutions for customer service, announced the launch of Continuity, a seamless solution to drastically improve the customer experience by syncing visual customer interaction data between self-service channels, live agent, and field agent interactions.

(US and Canada) Today Soft Robotics Inc. announced it has expanded commercial focus for its mGripAI artificial intelligence-enabled picking solutions to target the Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, and Logistics industries. 

(Europe) Ricardo Crepaldi has been promoted to Global Director Data Foundation of BASF from his previous role as Director Business Intelligence, Big Data and Integration. In his new role, he will be responsible for a global team with 150+ data professionals. He will be directing the Data Foundation in providing and making data available to the complete organization, democratizing the use of Data and AI and supporting the digitization processes of their business.

(Asia) Carrot, a South Korean InsurTech, is pushing the boundaries of innovation in an effort to keep the road safer and minimize the accident-related losses through the use of drones and AI technology.

(US and Canada) Komprise, the leader in analytics-driven unstructured data management and mobility, today announced Komprise Smart Data Workflows, a systematic process to discover relevant file and object data across cloud, edge and on-premises datacenters and feed data in native format to AI and machine learning (ML) tools and data lakes.

(US and Canada) Heartex, the company behind the leading open source data labeling platform Label Studio, today announced it has raised $25 million in Series A funding, bringing the company's total raised to $30 million. Redpoint Ventures led the round, with participation from existing investors, including Unusual Ventures, Bow Capital, Swift Ventures and some notable angel investors.

(Oceania) QBE Insurance, one of the world's top 20 general insurance and reinsurance companies, has appointed Christopher Bannocks as Group Chief Data Officer.

(Europe) D-Orbit, the space logistics and orbital transportation company, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Astralintu Space Technologies, a leading Ecuadorian space logistics company. Under the terms of the agreement, Astralintu will represent D-Orbit for customers in Latin America and the Caribbean, helping D-Orbit expand its commercial presence in the regions.

(Middle East) MOV.AI announced today its partnership with Ouster, a leading provider of high-resolution digital lidar sensors, to provide autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) with uninterrupted autonomy in today's challenging intralogistics and industrial environments.

(US and Canada) First Advantage Corporation, a leading global provider of technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety, and compliance related to human capital, announces the promotion of Joelle Smith to President, Data, Technology, and Experience.

(US and Canada) Relativity, a global legal and compliance technology company, today announced at its EMEA-focused annual conference, Relativity Fest London, several new product capabilities to enhance productivity in RelativityOne. The conference will showcase how Relativity is leveraging AI ethically, optimizing key workflows, and empowering customers to navigate the changing data privacy and security landscape.

(US and Canada) RightHand Robotics, a leader in data-driven, autonomous robotic picking solutions for order fulfillment, announces its debut at LogiMAT 2022, the international trade show for intralogistics solutions and process management. RightHand Robotics will be showcasing product demos in Hall 7 Stand A61 from 31 May - 2 June in Stuttgart, Germany.

(Middle East) Buildots, which uses AI and computer vision to modernize construction management, today announced a $60 million Series C round mutually led by Viola Growth and Eyal Ofer's O.G. Tech along with existing investors TLV Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Future Energy Ventures and Maor Investments. Buildots will use the new funds, secured less than a year after the company's series B raise, to expand its solution to support more workflows within construction teams.

(US and Canada) Overjet, the leader in dental AI solutions for payers and providers, today announced that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Caries Assist, AI-powered dental caries detection and outlining software for chairside aid and patient communication.

(US and Canada) Dan Merzlyak has joined Aladdin Client Transformations (ACT) at Blackrock as the Head of ACT Invest Data Migration Practice and Business Intelligence Lead. In his new role, he will lead the effort to launch the ACT Invest Data Migration Practice, improving BlackRock Alternatives Platform implementations to drive reduced project risk and higher customer satisfaction.

(US and Canada) Roviero, a Silicon Valley provider of highly programmable and flexible AI compute is joining the Arm AI Partner Program to bring AI and general-purpose compute as a packaged product to customers in the edge IoT space.

(Middle East) Optibus, the end-to-end software platform for public transportation planning and operations, announced today that it has closed $100 million in Series D funding, with investments from new and existing investors Insight Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Verizon Ventures, Pitango First & Pitango Growth, Tencent, SOMV Momentum, and others.

(US and Canada) Industrial Nanotech, Inc. a global leader in advanced nanotechnology-based solutions for energy efficiency and sustainability, is continuing to roll out an ambitious growth plan that includes investing in groundbreaking technologies, increasing revenue streams, and building a…

(Europe) Seoul Robotics, the 3D perception solutions company using deep learning AI to power the future of autonomy, announced a value-added reseller (VAR) partnership with Digiflec to supply its industry-leading 3D sensor software, SENSR-I, to customers across the United Kingdom.

(Africa) Nollie Maoto has been promoted to Chief Data and Analytics Officer of FNB South Africa from her previous role as Executive Head: Business Intelligence, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring. 

(Asia) Deep Bio, a pioneer in medical AI for digital pathology and cancer diagnostics software, announced that the research results of an external validation study of its deep learning-based prostate cancer diagnostic support software, DeepDx® Prostate, were published in Modern Pathology, demonstrating high concordance to experts.

(US and Canada) Recorded Future, the world's largest intelligence company, today announced a major new release of its cloud-based Intelligence Platform with new capabilities for exposing and remediating threats to organizations' brands, identities, and attack surfaces.

(US and Canada) Meridian Cooperative announced that Christopher D. Haas will succeed Riley "RB" Sloan as Meridian Cooperative's Chief Executive Officer, effective May 16, 2022.  Sloan, who has served as President and CEO of Meridian since 2013, is retiring.

(US and Canada) TIFIN, a fintech platform using artificial intelligence (AI) and investment-driven personalization to shape the future of investor experiences, today announced the successful closing of $109 million in a Series D financing round.

(Asia) Shield, through its partnership with Intelligent Voice, is breaking the inefficient silos between text and voice compliance by taking the complex data and analyzing it via its award-winning AI platform that turns communication compliance into a competitive advantage.

(US and Canada) Dow Jones, a worldwide news and information powerhouse company, announced the appointment of Anjali Gupta Reddi as Chief Data Officer.

(US and Canada) CBX Software, the leading Extended Product Life Cycle Management platform provider, has closed on its first institutional investment in partnership with Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA). 

(US and Canada) Pyramid Analytics, a pioneering decision intelligence platform provider of next-generation business analytics for the enterprise, announced today that it has closed a Series E funding round of $120 million, bringing the company’s total venture capital raised to more than $200 million. 

(US and Canada) CereCore today announced it has joined the ServiceNow Partner Program to implement ServiceNow solutions and provide professional services to ServiceNow customers.

(US and Canada) Benevity, Inc., a leading provider of global corporate purpose software, today announced Jane Moran as the company’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The announcement comes as the company continues its rapid global growth and responds to the increasing demand for its market-le…

(US and Canada) Hulsing joins LaunchDarkly from Slack, where he served as the Senior Vice President of Finance and led financial planning and analysis, investor relations, and real estate.

(US and Canada) The Insider Intelligence Canada Mobile Banking Emerging Features Benchmark 2022 study ranks the seven largest Canadian financial institutions by assets according to their emerging mobile banking capabilities. 

(US and Canada) Dolby Laboratories, Inc., a leader in immersive entertainment experiences, today announced the appointment of Dr. Shriram Revankar, a technologist and industry leader who has cultivated teams across multiple disciplines to deliver high impact technologies and world-class research, as its Senior Vice President Advanced Technology Group.

(US and Canada) Cumulus Data, a subsidiary of Talen Energy Corporation, announced that it has appointed Scott Hanna to the role of chief revenue officer.

(US and Canada) Rego Payment Architectures, Inc., and Capco, a global technology and management consultancy specializing in driving digital transformation in the financial services industry, have signed a definitive agreement to work together to support REGO’s expanding white label/private label banking system integration needs.