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Jade

Jade raises £450,000 for university agent software

Microsoft

Microsoft 365 outage disrupts email at Openreach

Griffin

Griffin raises $20m to add cards and stablecoin services

Sage

Sage picks Adyen and Mastercard to put business accounts in its software

Blackbird

Blackbird promotes product chief Sumit Rai to chief executive

Crediflow AI

Crediflow AI raises £1.5m to cut the paperwork behind commercial loans

Westcon-Comstor

Westcon-Comstor ties Palo Alto Networks partner perks to pipeline targets

Rillet

Rillet opens a London office 12 weeks after its $100m Series C

Sumary

Sumary raises $25m and moves two co-founders to London

Ancep

ancep raises $8.5m for AI that handles small policies

Kia

Kia prices PV5 Chassis and high-roof electric van

Giacom

Giacom names Susie Buckridge chief executive

Renault

Renault prices its first software-defined van from £38,000 before VAT

Association for Advancing Automation

Mobile robots from rival makers get one ISO language for shared floors

LO:TECH

London market maker LO:TECH raises $12m to open in New York and Singapore

Onecom

Onecom puts its AI receptionist online for any business to test free

Oracle

Oracle charges for AI work in Fusion on top of per-seat fees

Toyota

Toyota builds Waymo's bZ4X robotaxi in Japan from 2027

Cisco

Cisco reports attacks on a new firewall VPN flaw that forces reboots

Ravical

Ravical raises $17m for AI that spreads accountants’ expertise