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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ElephantSqlDB, Inc., a NVIDIA Inception partner that announced the general availability of its quantum-augmented database platform on August 5, 2025, today opened a pre-IPO investment round to verified accredited investors. Since the platform launch, the Company has secured $143 million in active proof-of-concept engagements and closed a $3 million institutional funding round, positioning it for a planned NASDAQ listing within 12 months. INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS NVI...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Memcyco, the real-time digital risk protection platform safeguarding enterprises from brand impersonation scams and account takeover (ATO), today announced it has secured $37 million in Series A funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $47 million. The oversubscribed round was led by new investors NAventures, the corporate venture arm of National Bank of Canada, E. León Jimenes, and PagsGroup, the family office of Steve Pagliuca, with participation from existing...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SUPERAGENT AI, Inc. today announced the world’s first Quoting AI Agent, a technological breakthrough that automates the single most critical and labor-intensive workflow in the insurance industry. For decades, the "quoting bottleneck", the manual process of collecting data, navigating multiple carrier portals, and re-keying information, has limited agency growth. Today, SUPERAGENT AI shatters that barrier. The new Quoting AI Agent autonomously gathers customer da...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Opna Bio, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel oncology therapeutics, today announced that OPN-2853, a bromodomain and extra-terminal motif (BET) small molecule inhibitor, has been granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for the treatment of myelofibrosis (MF) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Additionally, the generic name of zavabresib for OPN-2853 has been approved by the Interna...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lightning AI, a cloud platform where developers and companies build and run AI applications, today announced the completion of a merger with Voltage Park, a large-scale GPU infrastructure provider. The two companies, operating under the Lightning AI name, bring together AI software and on-demand GPU compute in a single AI cloud designed for training, deploying, and running AI models and applications. Lightning is used by over 400,000 individual developers, startups, a...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EliseAI, the leading AI startup automating complex housing and healthcare systems, announced today the signing of a 10-year lease agreement with Chetrit Organization at 401 Fifth Avenue, establishing the building as its New York headquarters. Located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 37th Street, 401 Fifth Avenue is a landmark Midtown office building spanning eight floors and 240,000 square feet. EliseAI will occupy approximately 109,000 square feet, moving just a few...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deeto, the AI-native platform for customer intelligence and activation, today announced a major evolution of its platform aimed at helping organizations treat authentic customer voice as a system of record for businesses. The redesigned Deeto platform connects customer conversations, feedback, and sentiment into a single operating layer that teams can use in real time. Rather than relying on fragmented insights or delayed reports, organizations can now continuously ca...

WEST JORDAN, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CareXM today announces the introduction of an AI Voice Agent within its non-clinical answering platform, extending its role in helping providers manage growing call volume without adding operational strain. The enhancement replaces traditional IVR menus with natural, conversational dialogue that engages patients immediately, captures and sequences multiple requests in a single call, organizes follow-up for care teams, and escalates clinically urgent needs to...

PARIS & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Horizon Quantum Computing Pte. Ltd. (“Horizon Quantum”), a pioneer of software infrastructure for quantum applications, and Alice & Bob (“A&B”), a cutting-edge developer of fault-tolerant quantum computers, today announced a strategic collaboration to leverage both companies’ strengths and streamline the development and deployment of fault-tolerant quantum computing (“FTQC”) software. By integrating A&B’s emulators with Triple Alpha, Horizon Quant...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) announced today that its corporate venture capital subsidiary, TDK Ventures, Inc., is investing up to $5 million in the Series A funding round of Bengaluru-based space technology company, Ethereal Exploration Guild. The investment backs the company’s mission to develop the world's first fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicle, the Razor Crest Mk-1. The Guild’s breakthrough approach is designed to disrupt the launch market by loweri...