HANOI, Vietnam -
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global technology corporation FPT and Nuummite, a MEA-based digital transformation and intelligent automation firm, have signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement to advance collaboration across the Middle East and Africa, creating a stronger platform for enterprise transformation through customer experience, data, AI, and cloud solutions. As part of the broader collaboration, e-CENS will contribute its regional data and analytics expertise alongside Nuummite’s digital transformation and intelligent automation capabilities.

Under the agreement, FPT will work with Nuummite and e-CENS to explore opportunities across a broad set of strategic areas, with an initial focus on Salesforce-led customer transformation and agentic AI, including Agentforce, Data Cloud, and cross-cloud delivery across sales, service, marketing, commerce, and analytics. This will be supported by a broader portfolio covering Adobe and Sitecore experience platforms, data a ... Read more »

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Thursday, 23. July 2026 AETOSWire


Default judgment follows Timeline’s independent laboratory testing showing products sold under 19 online brands contained no detectable Urolithin A, or far less than advertised

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Timeline (Amazentis SA), the Swiss life-sciences company that pioneered the postbiotic ingredient Urolithin A and its branded form Mitopure®, together with its U.S. subsidiary Timeline Longevity, Inc., announced today that the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has granted the companies’ motion for default judgments and permanent injunctions against 19 online sellers found to have marketed and sold nutritional supplements falsely advertised as containing Urolithin A.

The order, entered July 15, 2026 by Judge Myong J. Joun in Amazentis SA et al. v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule “A”, Case No. 1:25-cv-12913-MJJ (District of Massachusetts), permanently ... Read more »

CAMBRIDGE, England -

Cambridge University's Energy & Environment Group Deploys Planetary-Scale Foundation Model on Vultr Cloud GPU Infrastructure Powered by AMD Instinct™ MI325X GPUs



(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vultr, the world’s largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company, and AMD, a leader in high-performance and AI computing, have announced their support for the University of Cambridge's Energy & Environment Group in developing TESSERA, a groundbreaking AI foundation model designed to monitor environmental change internationally at unprecedented scale.

Vultr is providing the computational infrastructure, based on AMD Instinct MI325X accelerators, necessary to generate global embeddings covering Earth's land surface from 2017 to 2025, enabling applications in agriculture, biodiversity conservation, and renewable energy infrastructure monitoring. The collaboration represents a significant advancement in applying artificial intelligence to plane ... Read more »

New Visa data reveals the FIFA World Cup 26™ drove a nearly 20% surge in cross-border transactions across host cities in Canada, Mexico and the United States. (BUSINESS WIRE)--After the final whistle blew on the FIFA World Cup 2026™, millions of fans returned home with unforgettable memories and a trail of economic activity that stretched across countries. Every tap to pay left a lasting impact, as spending throughout the tournament delivered a meaningful boost to merchants and local economies across host cities in Canada, Mexico and the United States. According to new data from Visa, the tournament drove significant growth in cross-border spending, international travel, and digital commerce across host cities. The findings show how a major global event creates “pop-up economies,” defined by Visa as temporary, highly concentrated periods of commercial activity that emerge around major cultural, entertainment and sporting events. The data reveals that fans traveled from around the ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO - Thursday, 23. July 2026 AETOSWire

Largest fundraise in the firm’s history brings total capital raised to more than $75 billion

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Francisco Partners (“FP”), a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology companies, today announced the closing of $21 billion in capital commitments across its Francisco Partners VIII, L.P. flagship fund and Francisco Partners Agility IV, L.P., its middle-market fund. FP exceeded its initial targets of $14.0 billion and $3.5 billion, respectively. This milestone builds on Francisco Partners' longstanding track record of performance, underscored by its distinction as the only firm to rank among the top three performers in each of the past six HEC-Dow Jones Large Buyout Performance Rankings.*

“In our business, long-term success is created through a series of relationships built on years of trust and collaboration," said Dipanjan (“DJ”) Deb, Co-Founder and CEO of Francis ... Read more »

The Company disbursed more than $700 million in credit to MSMEs in 2025 (BUSINESS WIRE)--Moniepoint Inc. ("Moniepoint" or the "Company"), Africa's all-in-one financial ecosystem platform for individuals, businesses, and their customers, today publishes its inaugural Impact Report titled "Creating Financial Happiness". The report captures Moniepoint’s evolution from a financial infrastructure provider into a comprehensive financial ecosystem, now serving over 20 million businesses and individuals, processing over $250 billion in transaction value annually. It also highlights the impact of expanded access to credit, banking, and business management tools for MSMEs in Nigeria, which face a funding gap of approximately $32.2 billion. At the heart of the report is access to credit. In 2025, Moniepoint disbursed more than $700 million in loans to MSMEs. For three out of four borrowers, a Moniepoint loan was the first formal business credit their enterprise had ever accessed. Meanwhi ... Read more »

LONDON - Thursday, 23. July 2026

Humanoid announces its Series A investment round, reaching a $1.35 billion valuation just two years after founding.
It is the largest ever Series A for a humanoid-first robotics company in Europe, positioning Humanoid as the leading humanoid-first robotics unicorn in the UK and continental Europe.
The new capital will accelerate Humanoid's next-generation robot development, commercial deployments with global industrial leaders, and evolution of the proprietary AI platform on the path toward general-purpose humanoids.
The investment marks a defining moment for Europe's tech ecosystem, showing that globally competitive Physical AI companies can be built and scaled in Europe.


(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company building industrial humanoid robots, announced a $152 million Series A financing at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation. This funding brings the total amount raised to date to $270 million. ... Read more »