Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers Welcomes Jeremy Deutsch as President of APAC

Deutsch joins Vantage from Equinix to drive regional growth amid unprecedented demand for AI and cloud services DENVER, USA and SINGAPORE (Oct. 6, 2024) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced that Jeremy Deutsch has joined the company as president, APAC. In his new role, Deutsch will drive Vantage’s regional growth, including strategy, market development, sales, construction and operations. … Continue reading Vantage Data Centers Welcomes Jeremy Deutsch as President of APAC

World Bank Group

North Macedonia Faces Severe Climate Change Impacts and Needs Major Investments to Protect People and Economy

Skopje, October 7, 2024 – North Macedonia could face economic damages of up to 4 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 2050 due to the impact of changing climate, highlights the World Bank Group’s new Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for North Macedonia launched in Skopje today. According to the report, North Macedonia needs to invest US$6.4 billion over the next decade to effectively protect people and … Continue reading North Macedonia Faces Severe Climate Change Impacts and Needs Major Investments to Protect People and Economy

Thread AI

Thread AI Emerges From Stealth With Composable Infrastructure Platform to Help Enterprises Design, Implement, and Manage AI Workflows

Company raises $6 million in seed funding, led by Index Ventures, as customer momentum builds NEW YORK – Thread AI, a new company founded by former Palantir AI Product and Engineering leads Angela McNeal and Mayada Gonimah, emerged from stealth today to announce the launch of its composable AI infrastructure platform, Lemma. This AI workflow solution brings together disparate or previously incompatible systems into one observable, robust, and … Continue reading Thread AI Emerges From Stealth With Composable Infrastructure Platform to Help Enterprises Design, Implement, and Manage AI Workflows

Accenture and NVIDIA

Accenture and NVIDIA Lead Enterprises into Era of AI

NEW YORK; Oct. 2, 2024 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and NVIDIA today announced an expanded partnership, including Accenture’s formation of a new NVIDIA Business Group, to help the world’s enterprises rapidly scale their AI adoption. With generative AI demand driving $3 billion in Accenture bookings in its recently-closed fiscal year, the new group will help clients lay the foundation for agentic AI functionality using Accenture’s AI Refinery™️, which … Continue reading Accenture and NVIDIA Lead Enterprises into Era of AI

Globant

Globant Acquires Exusia To Continue Expanding Its Data & AI Offering

News provided by Globant  Oct 03, 2024 Exusia delivers solutions leveraging its full lifecycle AI, Data engineering, cloud computing expertise, and a robust portfolio of partnerships with Microsoft Azure, AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, Ab Initio, and Google Cloud Exusia has a strong cross-industry footprint, working for leading companies in the Healthcare, Logistics, Financial Services and Consumer Products verticals MIAMI, Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Globant, a digitally native company … Continue reading Globant Acquires Exusia To Continue Expanding Its Data & AI Offering

Iridex

Iridex Appoints Patrick Mercer as Chief Executive Officer

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Iridex Corporation (Nasdaq: IRIX), a worldwide leader providing innovative and versatile laser-based medical systems, delivery devices, and procedure probes for the treatment of glaucoma and retinal diseases, today announced the appointment of Patrick Mercer as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President effective October 1, 2024. Previously Mr. Mercer served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and President. David Bruce, the Company’s prior Chief Executive … Continue reading Iridex Appoints Patrick Mercer as Chief Executive Officer

Rare

Rare Raises US$6 Million in Outcome Funding to Launch World’s First Small-Scale Fisheries Impact Bond

September 24, 2024 – Press Release (New York City) Rare announced today that it has raised US$6 million to launch a first-of-its-kind Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) Impact Bond (Bond), the world’s first such bond specifically designed to channel private, public, and philanthropic capital to the small-scale fisheries sector. The Bond, first unveiled at COP28 in Dubai, will finance community-led co-management of small-scale fisheries, a proven pathway to meeting the needs … Continue reading Rare Raises US$6 Million in Outcome Funding to Launch World’s First Small-Scale Fisheries Impact Bond

Poolside

poolside closes $500 Million Series B to build the world’s most capable AI for software development

News provided by poolside Oct 02, 2024 Bain Capital Ventures-led round attracts corporate, institutional and VC investors drawn to proven leadership, a unique applied research approach and a strong go-to-market focus SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — poolside, the company building the world’s most capable AI for software development, today announces the final closing of a $500 million Series B financing this summer led by Bain Capital Ventures, joined by … Continue reading poolside closes $500 Million Series B to build the world’s most capable AI for software development