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Kazakhstan has launched UNESCO’s AI Readiness Assessment Methodology as part of efforts to strengthen ethical and inclusive artificial intelligence governance. The initiative aims to evaluate the country’s preparedness for AI development while aligning policies with international ethical and human rights standards. The program follows UNESCO’s broader framework designed to help countries implement responsible AI systems […]

Google and UNICEF have announced a new three-year partnership aimed at improving education systems and learning outcomes in Brazil, India, Pakistan, and Kenya. The initiative, funded by Google.org, will focus on expanding access to digital learning, strengthening teacher training, and using artificial intelligence tools to support students and educators. The partnership combines the expertise of […]

Helsinki, May 26, 2026 – Finnish startup Avrea has secured $4.7 million in pre‑seed funding led by Earlybird, emerging from stealth with an AI platform designed to make software testing and deployment faster in the era of AI‑generated code. Founded in 2025 by Aiven co‑founder Hannu Valtonen and Nosto co‑founder Juha Valvanne, Avrea aims to solve a growing bottleneck in modern software development. As tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code […]

Lomé, May 26, 2026 – The use of generative AI tools in Togo continues to climb, reaching 10.1% of the population aged 15 to 64 in the first quarter of 2026, according to Microsoft’s Global AI Diffusion Q1 2026 Trends and Insights report. The figure marks steady growth from 9.3% in late 2025 and 8.7% earlier that year. The report tracks adoption of platforms such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Copilot, using […]

Lagos, May 26, 2026 – Nigerian startup Veda Legacy is pioneering a new frontier in AI‑powered cognitive preservation, building technology that captures how people think before dementia erases it. Founded by Adeyemi Olaoye, the company’s mission is to safeguard the reasoning patterns, decision frameworks, and values that define a person’s identity — not just their memories. Olaoye explained that dementia […]

Singapore, May 26, 2026 – Google Cloud has unveiled a new cross‑border accelerator program designed to connect 25 Southeast Asian AI startups with technology and investment hubs in California, offering each founder up to $350,000 in cloud credits. The three‑month program, titled Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia, is now open for applications and will kick off in August 2026. Developed in partnership with Enterprise Singapore, Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs, Vietnam’s National Innovation Center (NIC), and Ho Chi Minh City’s Startup and Innovation Hub (SIHUB), the initiative aims […]

Bengaluru, May 25, 2026 – Scapia, a travel‑focused fintech startup, has secured $63 million in fresh funding led by General Catalyst, with participation from existing investors Peak XV Partners and Z47. The latest round brings Scapia’s total funding to $135 million, underscoring growing investor confidence in its AI‑first travel ecosystem. Founded in 2022 by Anil Goteti, former Flipkart executive, Scapia plans to use the new […]

Singapore, May 25, 2026 – Doozy Robotics, a Singapore‑based physical AI humanoid company, has announced a major global expansion across the United States, GCC, and Asia as it prepares for a Series A fundraising round. The move follows strong commercial traction and seed‑stage backing from investors including Cocoon Capital. Founded by Suresh Chandrasekar and Ajmal Thahseen, Doozy Robotics is building a vertically integrated industrial automation ecosystem that combines Industrial Super Humanoids, Autonomous Mobile Robots, […]

San Francisco, May 25, 2026 – The global AI cost crisis is forcing major tech firms to confront the financial realities behind the hype. Reports surfaced that Microsoft directed engineers to halt use of Anthropic’s Claude, while Uber revealed its entire 2026 AI budget was exhausted by April — underscoring the mounting strain of token‑based billing models. Uber’s CTO confirmed that […]

Canberra, May 25, 2026 – The United Kingdom and Australia have announced a landmark agreement to deepen cooperation on AI security and safety, establishing a new partnership between the UK AI Security Institute and the Australian AI Safety Institute. The collaboration aims to strengthen global defences against emerging risks from powerful AI systems and advance shared research on responsible technology development. Under the newly […]

Houston, May 25, 2026 – The upstream oil and gas sector is entering a new era of transformation, with digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI) projected to generate nearly $500 billion in cumulative value for Exploration & Production (E&P) companies between 2026 and 2030, according to fresh analysis from Rystad Energy. The report identifies three major levers driving this surge: cost reductions through operational efficiency, […]

Singapore, May 25, 2026 – Doozy Robotics, a Singapore‑based humanoid robotics startup, is accelerating its global expansion across the U.S., Gulf region, and Asia as it prepares for a planned Series A funding round. The company is scaling its AI‑powered industrial workforce platform, which integrates humanoid robots, autonomous mobile robots, and autonomous forklifts through its proprietary Eywa‑OS orchestration system. […]

New Delhi, May 25, 2026 – World Bank President Ajay Banga has emphasized the transformative potential of ‘Small AI’ systems to empower farmers and rural communities through locally deployed, low-cost technologies. Speaking at a recent summit, Banga pointed to examples such as Indian farmers using mobile phones to share crop images and receive remote agricultural advice, and […]

Seoul, May 25, 2026 – South Korea’s Economic, Social and Labor Council (ESLC) has established a tripartite committee to examine how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping employment and workplace dynamics. The initiative brings together representatives from labor, business, government, and public interest groups for a year-long dialogue on the future of work in the AI […]

New York, May 25, 2026 – Chance AI, a visual artificial intelligence startup founded by former ByteDance executive Xi Zeng, has secured $3 million in seed funding to accelerate development of its proprietary visual AI platform. The funding round, backed by leading investors, positions the company to expand its research and strengthen its foothold in the fast‑growing […]

Frankfurt, May 25, 2026 – The European Central Bank (ECB) has released new research exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) could impact financial stability as adoption accelerates across global markets. The study, conducted under the Eurosystem research framework, compared different AI architectures to understand how they might influence market behaviour under identical economic conditions. Simulations revealed […]

London, May 22, 2026 – The AIchemy Frontier Fund has awarded £700,000 to researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Cambridge to advance AI-assisted discovery of next-generation materials. The project, titled Alignment of Generative AI for Materials Discovery via Experimental Feedback, aims to bridge the gap between computational predictions and laboratory validation. Led […]

Abu Dhabi, May 22, 2026 – Core42, the UAE-based sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure operator under G42, has secured $550 million in structured trade finance facilities from HSBC to fuel its AI cloud and compute expansion across the United States and Europe. The financing, split into two facilities completed in February and May 2026, is […]

May 22, 2026 – WisdomTree has unveiled the WisdomTree Physical AI, Humanoids, and Drones Fund (WDRN), now trading on the Cboe BZX Exchange (CBOE). The fund marks a major step in the evolution of artificial intelligence, expanding beyond digital applications to power machines capable of perceiving, deciding, and acting autonomously in the physical world. The […]

May 22, 2026 – Bitcoin hardware wallet manufacturer Foundation Devices has secured $6.4 million in new funding led by Fulgur Ventures, with participation from Arche Capital, to accelerate its expansion into identity management, multi-factor authentication, and AI agent authorization. Fulgur Ventures Partner Oleg Mikhalsky said the investment supports companies solving large-scale problems through secure, open-source […]