RapidCanvas raises USD $29 million in Series B round
about 5 hours agoThe funding lifts RapidCanvas's total backing to USD $52.5 million as it expands its AI engineering team and pushes more client projects into production.
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ApprovalMax launches bill pay workflow for QuickBooks
US finance teams can now approve and pay vendor bills in one system, reducing manual handoffs and tightening audit trails for QuickBooks users.
Marklo raises USD $5 million for Shopify marketing platform
The new funding will help Marklo expand its beta and product team as Shopify brands seek faster campaign planning with fewer staff.
Transport & logistics firms boost AI spend despite gaps
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Ripple launches 24/7 treasury tools for businesses
Corporate finance teams could cut manual treasury work and earn returns on idle cash overnight, weekends and holidays with Ripple's new tools.
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TitanX launches Precision Dialer to boost cold-call rates
Sales teams could lift connect rates to more than 20% by narrowing prospect lists, as TitanX argues single-line calling beats parallel diallers.
scandiweb open-sources Expedio to speed up Magento stores
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Fascinated by the technology industry after a visit to a Computer Faire in 1998, Donovan Jackson first worked as a public relations consultant for enterprise software and hardware distribution companies in 2000, then as a journalist for IDG-affiliated channel and trade publications, and as a producer of commercial content as an agency owner through the 2000s and 2010s. He has served as ITBrief editor in the last days of the printed magazine, and has a long association with TechDay as a contributor to special projects. Donovan has wide interests spanning technology, philosophy, bicycles, literature, psychology, motorcycles, travel, geography, history, general knowledge, and various combinations of these and other subjects.
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Analyst Insights
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Intralogistics market set to hit USD $133bn by 2030
Warehouse operators are driving a shift towards software and robots as labour shortages and delivery pressures lift the intralogistics market to USD $133 billion by 2030.
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NiCE named Gartner CCaaS leader as AI revenue jumps
AI annual recurring revenue climbed to USD $362 million in the second quarter, as NiCE won a top Gartner ranking in cloud contact centre software.
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Vertice launches procure-to-pay platform with AI tools
The new system aims to curb value leakage after contracts are signed by linking requests, invoices and payments in one finance workflow.
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Oracle launches Fusion Claw for autonomous business tasks
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