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Bold Security has announced a new endpoint data protection layer for AI interactions, covering prompts, clipboard activity, file access, MCP payloads, and commands issued by agents.
Invicti Security has launched Invicti Agentic Pentest, a web application and API penetration testing capability that combines autonomous AI reasoning with DAST validation.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has launched the Check Point AI Network Firewall as part of firewall software release R82.20. The product adds AI traffic controls to existing Check Point firewalls and is available now.
SiEngine Technology secured US$200 million in equity financing in H1 2026 to support research, production expansion, globalization, and customer growth for its automotive chip business.
ShipSigma has received a majority investment from Inverness Graham. The AI powered parcel platform uses shipping data and analytics to help businesses review costs, contracts, invoices, packaging, and distribution networks.
Cantina has launched from stealth with $8 million in new funding led by Framework Ventures, bringing its total raised to $16.5 million.
Discern Security raised $13 million in Series A funding led by Forgepoint Capital and launched Discern Security Loop, an agentic platform for finding and fixing security control gaps.
Smallest.ai raised a $13 million Series A led by Seligman Ventures, bringing its total funding to more than $21 million. The company is building enterprise voice AI systems under its Voice 4.0 platform.
Xsight Labs has raised more than $300 million in a funding round that values the semiconductor company at $2.8 billion. The company plans to use the capital for its switch and DPU roadmap, hiring, manufacturing, supply chain, and customer deliveries.
Extropic has signed a letter of intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce for up to $75 million in planned CHIPS research funding to develop Thermodynamic Sampling Units and qualify a domestic manufacturing path.
Netcore Cloud has rebranded as Netcore.ai and says its platform now uses seven autonomous AI agents to run marketing campaigns across the customer lifecycle.
Simile raised a $200 million Series B led by Greenoaks Capital at a $2 billion valuation to expand its human behavior simulation platform.
Elix, Inc. and the University of Vienna have signed a joint research agreement to use AI and NMR based structural biology in drug discovery for intrinsically disordered proteins and cancer related targets.
Bridgit introduced AI agents and an MCP connection for its construction workforce planning platform, adding tools that can build teams, find assignments, summarize project changes, create org charts, and prepare workforce schedules.
Reco has expanded AI Runtime with Browser Guard, prompt and tool call analysis, and Smart Remediation. The new capabilities add browser visibility, runtime inspection, and action recommendations for AI agent security findings.
Lantronix and DoD Solution have completed integration of DoD Solution's AURA AI autonomy platform with Lantronix's Open-Q 6490CS edge compute solution, with initial production now underway for drone systems used in Ukraine.
S&P Global Market Intelligence will add Farsight's AI powered financial workflow capability to Capital IQ Pro later this year. The tool will help bankers and investors create pitch decks, confidential information memoranda, and valuation materials using firm templates and past work.
LightSource has launched LightSource AI Workforce, a set of five AI capabilities for direct materials sourcing. The tools cover data analytics, item ingestion, RFQ setup, supplier activation, and award optimization.
heytruffle, formerly RestoHost, raised funding from Preface Ventures to expand its managed AI phone concierge for restaurant groups in the United States.
REcore is leading Project NexusRE toward alpha and beta testing after NorthstarMLS won the Inman Innovator Award for work on listing data governance in AI systems.
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