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VentureburnSupabase Raises $150 Million And Acquires Turso As AI Agents Drive 600% Database Growth
As we get to the point where you can describe a problem and the problem builds itself, one major challenge remains: databases. Every single autonomous agent needs a place to
VentureburnUK’s Extend Robotics Secures £2.6M to Sell Factory Work Instead of Machines
UK embodied-AI startup Extend Robotics has closed a £2.6 million early-stage funding round to scale its Result-as-a-Service model across European industrial sectors. Skyworks Venture Capital Fund led the round, with
VentureburnHow to Make an AI Essay Sound More Human
AI can produce an essay in seconds. That part is no longer impressive. The harder question comes afterward: why does a technically correct essay sometimes feel strangely empty? The problem
TechCentralHuawei sets out its vision for intelligent government at GovTech 2026
From connected to intelligent: Huawei’s role in building secure and inclusive AI capabilities for South Africa’s public sector.
VentureburnVolantis Raises $88M to Build New AI Inference Architecture
Volantis Raises $88M To Advance AI Inference Architecture Volantis has raised $88 million to develop a new architecture for AI inference. The Series A was co-led by Lachy Groom and
VentureburnSatlyt Secures $8M Seed to Run AI on Satellites Without Building Hardware
Sunnyvale- and Nairobi-based startup Satlyt has secured an $8 million seed round led by non sibi ventures to scale its software for running artificial intelligence models directly on satellites. Founded
VentureburnBroadcom To Lend Anthropic $42 Billion To Manage Surging Cost and Fund Next-Gen AI Chips
The recent Anthropic IPO prospectus leak gave us the clearest insight into how expensive building a super-intelligent AI actually is. Despite pulling in impressive revenues, the company is bleeding cash
TechCentralNorrsken22’s Lexi Novitske on how China is winning African tech
Norrsken22’s Lexi Novitske explains how Chinese firms won African phones and fintech – and are now winning in AI.
VentureburnArmadin Raises $255.5 Million To Fight Growing AI Threats With Agentic AI
Just as quickly as artificial intelligence is growing, so are attackers moving to find points of exploitation. Some even use frontier AI models to turn fresh vulnerabilities into fully working
VentureburnCScale Raises $145 Million To Fix Gigawatt-Scale AI Networking And Exit Stealth
As artificial intelligence data centers grow to staggering gigawatt scales, they inevitably hit a brutal physical wall. While stacking thousands of tightly packed accelerators in a room is easy, getting
ITWebBarracuda launches integrated e-mail protection for AI-era protection
Barracuda IQ uses multi-model AI to analyse intent and identity behaviour and multi-modal content across over 100 global threat feeds.
BizcommunityRetail marketers face a huge AI shift in 2026
For much of modern marketing, the campaign has been the core unit of work. Teams identify a target audience, shape an offer, choose the right channels, launch the campaign and assess its impact once it is over.
TechCentralAfter falling behind in AI race, Google turns to Gemini 4
Google’s new Argon model anchors Gemini 4 and, it claims, rivals OpenAI’s Astra and Anthropic’s Opus.
TechCentralCloud and AI won’t deliver value on their own, executives warn
Cloud and AI investments don’t automatically create value, executives at a recent Cloud On Demand roundtable concluded.
TechCentralDell Technologies Forum 2026: what to expect in Johannesburg
Scaling AI tops the agenda at Dell Technologies Forum, at Kyalami on 3 November.
TechCentralBMW restructuring plan bets on AI and new models
BMW plans to cut a fifth of divisions and management roles by mid-2027, with AI's help.
VentureburnRelay Raises $36M to Expand AI-Powered Frontline Operations
Relay Raises $36M in New Funding Relay has raised $36 million in new funding to expand its system for physical operations. The latest round brings the company’s total capital raised
News24 BusinessNo AI, no thanks: Morningstar skips SA shares
Morningstar is steering clear of South African stocks in its global portfolios as relatively weak economic growth overshadows cheap valuations.
News24 BusinessPolyester sold as satin: Some Shein ads banned in SA
South Africa’s advertising watchdog has banned Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein from using AI-enhanced images and misleading fabric badges that make polyester garments look like satin.
VentureburnOuterSignal Raises $22 Million To Revolutionize Customer Personalization With AI Agents
Every single day, e-commerce giants treat millions of loyal shoppers like total strangers as they operate blindly. They push identical product drops and static homepage layouts because they simply don’t
ITWebNutun eyes global deployment of AI debt collector
The company readies its Zoey agentic AI debt collector for global deployment after SA operations served as an innovation sandbox.
TechCentralApple’s next big category is the smart home – and it has a launch date
Apple’s smart-home hub will recognise household members and personalise responses, putting AI on walls and countertops.
News24 BusinessBMW wants AI to replace 20% of its managers
BMW is planning to deploy artificial intelligence to help eliminate a fifth of management roles by the middle of next year, part of an agreed buyout plan designed to slash costs and boost profitability.
ITWebFSCA builds AI guardrails as digital regulation expands
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority accelerates AI governance, as it responds to growing digital financial misconduct.
ITWebNutanix recognised as a leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure
Nutanix Cloud Platform unifies AI workloads, applications and data across on-premises, cloud and edge environments.
ITWebStop AI experimentation: Pilots are avoiding the real work
Enterprise AI experimentation has become a form of avoidance as it is now becoming an excuse to postpone the decisions that actually matter.
ITWebNetApp Delivers Secure, Zero-Copy Data Activation for the Agentic Enterprise
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced new capabilities that enable enterprises to accelerate their adoption of agentic AI with secure, in-place, zero-copy data activation.
ITWebNetApp and Oracle to Launch Fully Managed Cloud Storage Service for Demanding AI and Enterprise Workloads
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, and Oracle today announced a new fully managed storage service that brings enterprise-grade NetApp storage natively to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
ITWebNetApp Removes Storage Bottleneck for AI Factories
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced NetApp Novus™, the fastest storage on the planet designed for AI infrastructure providers operating large GPU environments.