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South African startup Jem HR, a WhatsApp-based HR and employee benefits platform used by over 200 companies and 250,000 frontline workers, has raised a US$8.4 million Series A funding round to support its expansion

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told employees during an all-hands meeting on Wednesday that the artificial intelligence lab “will be a public company in 2027,” but that it could make its public market debut sooner

An experimental personalized cancer vaccine from Merck and Moderna showed positive initial results in its first-ever late-stage trial, the companies announced Wednesday

Also has raised another $150 million as the micromobility startup that spun out of Rivian last year expands its business beyond pedal-assist electric bikes and commercial cargo quads to autonomous delivery vehicles

Afriex the cross-border payments infrastructure company processing more than $600 million in annual payment volume, today announced a new sponsor and settlement banking partnership with Global Innovations Bank (GIB).

Fintech unicorn Navi has raised $100 million from Prosus. This is the company’s first institutional funding round and the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals

Cashify is taking concrete steps towards its proposed IPO, converting into a public company and appointing independent directors. The firm has also appointed IPO bankers and is expanding overseas

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) is offering 2 PhD by Research positions under the REViVE Project, focusing on mangrove restoration, carbon storage, and sustainable ecosystem value chains.

Chinese robot maker Unitree Robotics (688836.SS) will make its stock market debut on Shanghai's STAR Market on August 19, according to a bourse filing Monday, becoming the first general-purpose robotics company to debut in mainland China.

Startup Groq has raised $350 million as it continues to pivot from an AI chipmaker to a neocloud company that provides powerful GPUs and AI infrastructure services.

Data breaches at two shipping companies has put cryptocurrency owners with physical hardware wallets at greater risk of having their funds stolen, highlighting weaknesses in the broader tech ecosystem relied on by the crypto industry.