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Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, and Mistral AI, a European provider of AI solutions, has announced a global partnership. This collaboration aims to bring Mistral AI’s most powerful language models directly to Snowflake customers in the Data Cloud.

Recent findings from Novuna Business Finance indicate that 75% of small business owners experiencing sleepless nights, with market volatility being their top concern for the second consecutive year.

International Women’s Day (IWD) is a globally celebrated day dedicated to celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, and 2024 is shining a light on ‘Inspire Inclusion’.

SEON, an end-to-end fraud prevention and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) platform, has announced the publication of its Fraud Trends 2024 guide.

Vitrue Health, the digital musculoskeletal (MSK) health platform for workplaces, has raised a further $4 millon (£3.2 million) in funding, taking their total raised to $7 million (£5.56 million), to improve the way employers assess, prevent, and treat MSK conditions at work.

For a stellar end to the month, London Excel saw a congregation of thousands of professionals working in the white-label products sector. From product manufacturers to representatives from leading multinational sellers, the event attracted names and faces from every corner of the industry.

Companies who are part of SETsquared Bristol, the acclaimed University of Bristol tech incubator, created 300 new jobs in 2023.

Technology which harnesses lightning’s nitrogen-fixing properties could revolutionise fertiliser production and supply, cut carbon emissions and support soil health.

The advertising landscape is undergoing significant changes. Recent data indicates a staggering growth in digital advertising spending, with estimates suggesting it will reach $38 billion in 2024, nearly triple pre-pandemic levels.

In celebration of International Women’s Day, a chatbot that answers questions on workplace sexual harassment is now free for all to use.

Synthesia AI has launched a new feature to its product offering, Live Collaboration, to give teams a new way to work together on video content.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to enhance the UK’s artificial intelligence sector with a significant increase in funding for the Alan Turing Institute, the nation’s premier institution for data science and artificial intelligence, aiming to boost national security.

Up!Rotterdam, alongside over 50 public and private collaborators, is set to host the fifth Upstream Festival on 28th and 29th May 2024.

Outsight, the innovator in 3D LiDAR-Based Spatial AI Software Solutions, has announced that it is joining GATE – The Airport Technology Network, an alliance dedicated to fostering innovation and advancement in airport infrastructure.

The OurCrowd AI Fund announced its intention to offer selected artificial intelligence startups a direct path into the NVIDIA Inception programme, in collaboration with NVIDIA.

A popular programme, which has helped thousands of sole traders and microbusinesses across the UK to grow, is making a come-back to support small firms facing the impact of recession.

Entocycle, the insect technology firm in the UK, has forged a partnership with EnviroFlight, North America’s producer of insect-derived nutrients for animals and plants.

Latitude59, the Estonian flagship startup and technology conference, puts once again €1M investment for the Latitude59’s Pitch Competition – this makes it the largest competition of its kind in the Nordic countries and the Baltics.

A recent survey has unveiled that fewer than 10% of people in Britain are acquainted with venture capital (VC), and only 6% feel confident in their ability to explain it. These findings underscore a significant gap in knowledge regarding the multi-billion dollar sector responsible for the success of companies like Deliveroo, Stripe, and Oatly.

According to an analysis by the Financial Times, the gender gap in the technology sector has shown signs of narrowing in the UK, EU, and US over the last four years. The report indicates an increase in the number of women working in computer-related roles in the UK, rising from 29% in 2019 to over 32% by the end of last year. Similarly, female representation in the sector overall increased from 30.9% to 34.1% during the same timeframe.