Magic Raises $10M to Expand AI Platform for Hospitality
Magic has raised $10 million in seed funding led by Lerer Hippeau to expand its AI platform Loyalist, which helps restaurants personalize guest experiences.
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Magic has raised $10 million in seed funding led by Lerer Hippeau to expand its AI platform Loyalist, which helps restaurants personalize guest experiences.
CleanSpace has acquired TECHspace, a Women Business Enterprise and Special Project Delivery firm, to strengthen its national platform in life sciences, healthcare, and advanced technology. TECHspace CEO Jennifer Biro joins CleanSpace as Chief Revenue Officer.
Blue Clay Health has expanded its leadership team by appointing Dr. Garth Graham and Ajai Sehgal as executive advisors, bringing expertise in healthcare, public health, and data systems to support the company’s coordinated care platform.
Heron Data has partnered with TFS Financial to automate broker desk operations, processing over 4,000 monthly decisions using its AI document-processing platform.
LivePerson has appointed Ryan Vardeman to its Board of Directors, bringing extensive experience in finance, corporate strategy, and investment management focused on technology and software companies.
Paragon Legal has announced a partnership with GC AI to provide AI-driven legal solutions to in-house teams, offering access to GC AI’s platform and training for seamless adoption.
Seasats introduced its new Quickfish autonomous surface vessel during a U.S. Navy exercise off the California coast, showcasing high-speed performance and multi-week endurance capabilities.
Remsoft has acquired Australian forestry technology firm LOGR, strengthening its cloud-based Forest Intelligence Platform and expanding operations across the Asia-Pacific region.
Nebius has launched its AI Cloud platform in Israel, featuring one of the country's first public deployments of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, enabling local startups and researchers to access advanced compute resources.
LangChain has raised $125 million in Series B funding led by IVP, bringing its valuation to $1.25 billion. The company, known for its open-source framework connecting AI applications to real-time data, plans to expand its suite of tools for developing and managing AI agents.
Google has introduced LLM-Evalkit, an open-source framework built on Vertex AI SDKs that centralizes prompt engineering workflows. The tool enables teams to measure performance systematically using objective metrics and a no-code interface.
Oracle and AMD announced an expanded partnership that will see Oracle Cloud Infrastructure deploy 50,000 AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs starting in Q3 2026. The new AI supercluster will use AMD’s Helios rack design and next-generation EPYC CPUs.
Salesforce has expanded its partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic to integrate their AI models into the Agentforce 360 platform, enabling users to access enterprise data and workflows through ChatGPT, Slack, and Salesforce applications.
The Japanese government plans to emphasize domestic artificial intelligence development in its upcoming national strategy to reduce reliance on foreign systems and strengthen security. The initiative includes measures to attract AI talent, develop advanced chips, and build a next-generation supercomputer.
Nvidia-backed AI firm Cohere is launching a tender offer allowing employees to sell shares to outside investors, as its annualized revenue reaches $150 million.
Dubai-based startup Cercli has raised $12 million in an oversubscribed Series A round led by Picus Capital to expand its AI-native HR and payroll platform for MENA businesses.
Lithuania-based Nexos.ai has secured €30 million in Series A funding co-led by Evantic Capital and Index Ventures to expand its enterprise AI orchestration platform across Europe and North America.
Infrrd has introduced Ally, an Agentic AI workforce designed to automate up to 80% of the mortgage audit process. The company will showcase the platform during a live webinar on October 29, 2025.
Los Angeles-based Dialogue AI has launched with a $6 million seed funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company’s platform uses live conversational AI to automate customer research workflows and deliver real-time insights for teams across industries.
Microsoft has launched ExCyTIn-Bench, an open-source benchmark designed to test AI agents on realistic cybersecurity investigations using simulated multi-stage attacks and data from Microsoft Sentinel.