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As 2026 looms, studios find the real growth constraint is not equity or debt, but the reliability of revenue fuelling user acquisition.
LummaStealer roars back after domain takedown, using fake CAPTCHA ClickFix tricks and CastleLoader to spread via routine user actions.
More consumers now treat generative AI as an everyday aide and even a companion, using it for routine decisions despite trust concerns.
Newo raises USD $25m to grow AI voice agents that answer calls for small businesses, after revenue doubled late 2025 amid rising demand.
Daon warns viral ChatGPT caricature craze is handing fraudsters a richer dossier of personal data to fuel scams and social engineering.
Simbian claims 15-fold customer surge as its AI-driven SOC agents vie to replace rules-based automation in the cyber defence arms race.
Oracle NetSuite launches AI tools and a low-code integration platform to automate finance, planning and customer workflows across its suite.
New research finds 85% of firms trial AI but only 17% use it daily, with weak knowledge governance blamed for stalled adoption.
Aspire partners with early-stage investor Antler to capture global founders at inception, targeting a 2.3x jump in startup customers by 2026.
Honeywell and TCS form an AI-driven cloud partnership to merge IT and OT, targeting autonomous, secure and efficient industrial operations.
Submer is acquiring Radian Arc to fuse its InferX platform with carrier-embedded GPU edge, pitching a sovereign telco-focused AI cloud.
AI workloads are set to outstrip data centre capacity by 2027, as power constraints and skills shortages threaten expansion plans.
A new foundation has launched to study how AI is transforming real-world accounting and finance work, from tax and audit to advisory.
Virtual Spotter makes US its biggest market as lean direct debit model cuts gym admin by 65 hours and AUD $1.4k a month per client.
Xero is axing its app store billing by June 2026, forcing developers onto new API-based tiers and their own subscription systems.
Pure Global launches flat-fee device approval model from $2,000 a year, bundling AI-assisted registration and post-market support.
Cyber premiums drop 11% as competition heats up, but Lockton warns maturing claims could spark a volatile pricing rebound by 2027.
Asendia launches SendNow in Australia, giving SME online sellers self-service access to global shipping with no minimum parcel volumes.
Auckland agritech firm Hectre raises NZD $12m in an oversubscribed Series A to scale its AI-powered fruit data platform globally.
New Zealand AI startup Contented raises AUD $4.1m seed round to speed UK and US expansion and triple headcount in coming months.