Allianz and Anthropic Forge Global Partnership to Advance Responsible AI in Insurance
Allianz SE and Anthropic today announced a global partnership to accelerate the adoption of responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Allianz. The collaboration centers on three transformative projects within Allianz Group designed to empower Allianz employees and accelerate operations, while setting new benchmarks for accuracy.
“With this partnership, Allianz is taking a decisive step to address critical AI challenges in insurance. Anthropic’s focus on safety and transparency complements our strong dedication to customer excellence and stakeholder trust. Together, we are building solutions that prioritize what matters most to our customers while setting new standards for innovation and resilience,” said Oliver Bäte, CEO of Allianz SE.
“Insurance is an industry where the stakes of using AI are particularly high: the decisions can affect millions of people. Allianz and Anthropic both take that very seriously, and we look forward to working together to make insurance better for those who depend on it,” said Dario Amodei, CEO and Co-Founder of Anthropic.
Three Projects Driving Responsible AI Innovation
The partnership will concentrate on three key areas of collaboration, with initial projects already in progress:
1. Empowering People and Reimagining Code with AI
With foundational models built to address the unique insurance requirements, Anthropic is helping Allianz transform its operations with AI. Anthropic’s “Claude” models will become part of Allianz’s internal AI platform that is free to use for everyone within Allianz. “Claude Code” is already redefining software development for thousands of Allianz developers globally. Model Context Protocols (MCPs) will help employees to securely connect and integrate various data sources across different applications or services.
2. Agentic AI Automation for Speed and Customer Excellence
Allianz and Anthropic are developing custom AI agents capable of orchestrating multi-step workflows and automating labor-intensive processes at scale – from intake documentation to claims processing in areas such as motor and health insurance. The result: fewer manual steps, faster first payments, and a better experience for claimants when it matters most. This experience includes Allianz’s human-in-the-loop principle: Especially in sensitive or very complex cases, Allianz employees take over and make sure claims are handled empathically.
3. Driving Transparency and Compliance with AI
The partnership is co-developing AI systems that, inter alia, log every decision, rationale, and data source to address insurance-specific risks and regulatory requirements, ensuring that all AI-driven actions are fully traceable and compliant.
A Partnership Built on Shared Values
This partnership is grounded in shared principles. Anthropic’s focus on AI safety – reflected in its Responsible Scaling Policy and constitutional AI principles – complements Allianz’s long-standing dedication to customer centricity, stakeholder trust and regulatory excellence. Together, they will build AI that supports human decision-making, safeguards customers, and minimizes risk.
Allianz’s Track Record of Improving Customer Experiences with AI
Allianz combines cutting-edge technology with human oversight to deliver smarter services while prioritizing transparency and data security. An Allianz Partners voice assistant, for example, provides roadside assistance in multiple languages prioritizing urgent calls. Allianz Australia has launched an AI solution to automate food spoilage claims due to power outages, which significantly reduces turnaround time; Allianz Versicherungs-AG can pay pet insurance invoices within four hours thanks to AI. Overall, Allianz aims to use AI to bring the customer experience to a new level at every touchpoint. Click here to learn more.
Upskilling Employees
To drive the successful application of AI at Allianz, the company is investing in upskilling its people, as AI skills are essential for every member of the Allianz workforce. With a variety of global learning programs, Allianz prepares all employees for the challenges and opportunities ahead. Click here to learn more.
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About Allianz
The Allianz Group is one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers serving private and corporate customers in nearly 70 countries. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing around 761 billion euros* on behalf of its insurance customers. Furthermore, our asset managers PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage about 1.9 trillion euros* of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we are among the leaders in the insurance industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2024, over 156,000 employees achieved total business volume of 179.8 billion euros and an operating profit of 16.0 billion euros for the Group.
* As of September 30, 2025.
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Deviations may arise due to changes in factors including, but not limited to, the following: (i) the general economic and competitive situation in the Allianz’s core business and core markets, (ii) the performance of financial markets (in particular market volatility, liquidity, and credit events), (iii) adverse publicity, regulatory actions or litigation with respect to the Allianz Group, other well-known companies and the financial services industry generally, (iv) the frequency and severity of insured loss events, including those resulting from natural catastrophes, and the development of loss expenses, (v) mortality and morbidity levels and trends, (vi) persistency levels, (vii) the extent of credit defaults, (viii) interest rate levels, (ix) currency exchange rates, most notably the EUR/USD exchange rate, (x) changes in laws and regulations, including tax regulations, (xi) the impact of acquisitions including related integration issues and reorganization measures, and (xii) the general competitive conditions that, in each individual case, apply at a local, regional, national, and/or global level. Many of these changes can be exacerbated by terrorist activities.
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Anthropic is an AI research and development company that creates reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Anthropic’s flagship product is Claude, a large language model trusted by millions of users worldwide. Learn more about Anthropic and Claude at anthropic.com.
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European Firms Seek Sovereign Clouds for Compliance, Resilience
European enterprises are accelerating their adoption of sovereign cloud solutions to address stricter regulations, geopolitical risk and growing demands for data sovereignty and transparency, according to a new research report published today by Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm.
The 2025 ISG Provider Lens® Multi Public Cloud Services report for Europe finds that enterprises are expanding their use of sovereign clouds from niche deployments focused only on compliance toward foundational infrastructure to support workloads, services and AI platforms under EU jurisdiction. This shift is reshaping the provider landscape, increasing the momentum of both regional players and localized hyperscale offerings from global players.
“European enterprises are reclassifying sovereign cloud from a compliance safeguard to core infrastructure,” said Matthias Paletta, director at ISG. “Regulatory enforcement, security concerns and AI adoption are leading organizations to pursue resilient, transparent and locally governed cloud platforms for critical workloads.”
Regulatory alignment, operational resilience and commercial transparency are emerging as the most important criteria for choosing sovereign cloud platforms, especially in highly regulated industries, the report says. Organizations expect multizone EU-based infrastructure, customer-managed encryption keys and policy-driven services that support secure DevOps and disaster recovery. Enterprises are also placing greater emphasis on clear pricing models that offer visibility into capacity commitments, infrastructure usage and long-term costs, particularly for public sector deployments.
Accelerating enterprise adoption of AI is driving up demand for sovereign AI infrastructure to support training, inference and deployment under EU jurisdiction, ISG says. Providers are responding by embedding zero-trust architectures, automated compliance tooling and real-time threat detection into their solutions to help enterprises reduce exposure to insider threats and foreign surveillance.
To strengthen cloud security, organizations are deploying air-gapped environments, external key management and confidential computing. Procurement teams increasingly favor European-owned cloud providers to tighten control over governance, reduce legal exposure and achieve operational independence from entities outside the EU.
Enterprises seeking sovereign cloud services compare options based on data control, governance structures and alignment with national requirements, the report says. Global cloud providers are increasing investment in Europe with locally governed operating models designed to meet EU requirements. Regional providers are expanding local infrastructure for regulated and public sector environments across key European markets and industries.
“European enterprises are embedding sovereign cloud deeper into their IT strategies,” said Meenakshi Srivastava, lead analyst, ISG Provider Lens Research. “Regulations and risk management drive most adoption now, but in the coming years, more companies will expect services to include features such as open-source interoperability and sustainability compliance.”
The report also examines other trends in European cloud adoption, including enterprises’ growing use of advanced encryption and compliance automation and the expansion of sovereign cloud marketplaces that support flexible deployment models across Europe.
For more insights into the cloud-related challenges facing European enterprises, plus ISG’s advice for addressing them, see the ISG Provider Lens® Focal Points briefing here.
The 2025 ISG Provider Lens® Multi Public Cloud Services report for Europe evaluates the capabilities of 19 providers across one quadrant: Sovereign Cloud Infrastructure Services.
The report names AWS, Deutsche Telekom/T-Systems, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Orange Business and OVHcloud as Leaders in the quadrant.
In the area of customer experience, LTIMindtree is named the global ISG CX Star Performer for 2025 among multi public cloud service providers. LTIMindtree earned the highest customer satisfaction scores in ISG’s Voice of the Customer survey, part of the ISG Star of Excellence™ program, the premier quality recognition for the technology and business services industry.
Customized versions of the report are available from AWS, Deutsche Telekom/T-Systems and Orange Business.
The 2025 ISG Provider Lens® Multi Public Cloud Services report for Europe is available to subscribers or for one-time purchase on this webpage.
About ISG Provider Lens® Research
The ISG Provider Lens® Quadrant research series is the only service provider evaluation of its kind to combine empirical, data-driven research and market analysis with the real-world experience and observations of ISG’s global advisory team. Enterprises will find a wealth of detailed data and market analysis to help guide their selection of appropriate sourcing partners, while ISG advisors use the reports to validate their own market knowledge and make recommendations to ISG’s enterprise clients. The research currently covers providers offering their services globally, across Europe, as well as in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the U.K., France, Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, the Nordics, Australia and Singapore/Malaysia, with additional markets to be added in the future. For more information about ISG Provider Lens research, please visit this webpage.
About ISG
ISG (Nasdaq: III) is a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm. A trusted partner to more than 900 clients, including 75 of the world’s top 100 enterprises, ISG is a long-time leader in technology and business services that is now at the forefront of leveraging AI to help organizations achieve operational excellence and faster growth. The firm, founded in 2006, is known for its proprietary market data, in-depth knowledge of provider ecosystems, and the expertise of its 1,600 professionals worldwide working together to help clients maximize the value of their technology investments.
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Smartsheet Research Reveals Security Risk: 70% of Operations Management Professionals Use “Shadow AI” Amid Pressure to Increase Efficiency
Smartsheet, the Intelligent Work Management platform that unites people, data and AI, today released its 2026 operational excellence report, which found a widening gap between the speed of business change and operational systems’ ability to adapt. The result is that most operations management professionals are using their own tools to increase efficiency, many of which are unsanctioned by IT.
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The challenges reported are consistent with those in project and portfolio management, indicating a pervasive, enterprise-wide execution crisis. Nearly all (99.6%) of teams must shift priorities due to rapidly changing business needs, but 71% of operations professionals report that outdated tools and manual processes are hindering progress. AI offers promising solutions for bridging the gap, but most organizations lack the necessary infrastructure and governance to implement the technology effectively.
“It’s clear that businesses are facing an urgent inflection point: operations professionals are creating compliance and security risks by using ungoverned, shadow AI to overcome the limitations of legacy tools,” said Pratima Arora, Chief Product Officer at Smartsheet. “An Intelligent Work Management platform is the answer. Smartsheet embeds AI directly into its platform with built-in enterprise-grade governance and audit trails, delivering security and compliance without sacrificing the speed teams need to succeed.”
Key insights from the report include:
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The shadow AI crisis: 70% use ungoverned tools, creating security risk
Most operations management professionals are turning to AI to improve efficiency, with 94% stating they currently utilize AI to assist with tasks such as content creation, automating repetitive tasks and streamlining workflows. However, only 26% of respondents say their companies have fully documented and enforced AI governance policies. In the absence of a clear AI strategy, 70% of respondents admit employees use AI tools not covered by corporate policy. As AI adoption outpaces corporate policy, the use of unsanctioned AI tools, often referred to as shadow AI, poses significant security and compliance risks to organizations.
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The operational paradox: efficiency is the top priority, yet 99% still spend time on low-value tasks
Survey respondents rank efficiency as the most critical factor for success; yet, nearly all (99%) admit to spending time on repetitive, low-value tasks each week, and more than half (63%) struggle to balance conflicting demands for efficiency and adaptability. It’s no surprise that only 8% believe their organizations have achieved operational excellence.
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Rigid processes and fragmented tools: 76% rely on workarounds that create visibility gaps and slow execution
Three-fourths (76%) of operations professionals say their organization relies on workarounds because their tools and processes can’t keep pace with changing business priorities. However, this approach often backfires, resulting in information silos that impede execution. While 97% say visibility into work across the organization is essential, 61% admit they lack full visibility.
Securely unlock operational excellence with Intelligent Work Management
To truly harness AI and mitigate risk, organizations need more than point solutions; they need a secure, governed operational layer that unites people, data and workflows into a system that evolves as quickly as the business. An Intelligent Work Management platform that embeds AI into existing workflows provides that foundation by prioritizing enterprise-grade governance, enabling:
- Governed AI at scale to ensure security, compliance and consistent usage without slowing innovation.
- Connected work for full visibility across teams and systems, eliminating silos and facilitating informed decisions.
- Data-driven insights that help teams anticipate disruptions and enable confident, proactive responses.
- Flexibility within standardized processes, so teams can move fast and adapt without sacrificing efficiency or control.
“The report highlights a critical shift in operations management: adaptability is now as important as efficiency, and fixed processes can’t keep pace with business change,” said Maribel Lopez of Lopez Research. “AI can help close this gap, but only when paired with enterprise-grade governance and secure, integrated workflows. Organizations that embrace this shift will gain the visibility and agility needed to respond to disruption, reduce risk and turn operational complexity into a competitive advantage.”
Report methodology
Smartsheet partnered with Dimensional Research to conduct a global online survey with a total of 1,550 operational management professionals from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Singapore, Japan and Australia. All participants had responsibilities for operations management and included a mix of ages, job levels, job functions, company sizes and industries. The survey was fielded in September and October 2025.
About Smartsheet
Smartsheet is the Intelligent Work Management Platform that unites people, data and AI to turn strategy into measurable enterprise impact. Purpose-built for scale, Smartsheet gives enterprises the speed, governance and trust to execute complex work across portfolios, operations and IT on a single, secure system. Trusted by 123,000 customers and used by teams in 85% of the Fortune 500, Smartsheet empowers millions of users to move faster, reduce risk and realize ROI with confidence. Visit www.smartsheet.com to learn more.
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Terra Firma Energy Highlights the Critical Role of Flexible Generation in Securing the UK Power System
Terra Firma Energy today reaffirmed the essential role that flexible generation plays in maintaining the stability, resilience, and affordability of the UK electricity system as renewable penetration continues to accelerate.
Recent industry analysis and project developments across the UK energy sector underline a growing consensus: as nuclear capacity remains constrained, fast-responding flexible generation is indispensable in balancing intermittent wind and solar output, particularly during periods of peak demand and low renewable availability.
Flexible gas-fired generation assets are uniquely positioned to support the grid through rapid start-up times, high operational reliability, and proven availability during system stress events. These characteristics make flexible generation a cornerstone of the UK’s security of supply, while also supporting the transition to a lower-carbon energy system.
Terra Firma Energy notes that recent large-scale investments in flexible generation and grid-scale battery storage demonstrate the complementary nature of these technologies. Together, they enable National Grid to manage increasing volatility in supply and demand, reduce system costs, and maintain frequency and voltage stability across the network.
Terra Firma Energy continues to invest in and develop highly efficient flexible generation assets that support Capacity Market obligations, Balancing Mechanism participation, and wider grid services. The company is also actively evaluating opportunities across battery storage and future fuel readiness to ensure its portfolio remains aligned with the UK’s long-term decarbonisation goals.
As the government advances its Clean Power ambitions for 2030 and beyond, Terra Firma Energy believes a pragmatic approach, combining renewables, storage, and flexible generation, is essential to delivering a secure, affordable, and resilient electricity system for UK consumers and businesses.
About Terra Firma Energy
Terra Firma Energy constructs, owns and operates flexible power generation plants across the UK. With three operational sites and additional sites under construction totalling 116MW, the company is expanding through development and acquisition to support the UK’s transition to a resilient, flexible, low-carbon energy system.
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Vanda and Exante Data Combine in Strategic Merger
This morning Vanda, a global leader of high-frequency positioning data and tactical macro insights and Exante Data Inc, an innovative data analytics and global macro strategy provider announced they completed a definitive merger agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Exante Data Inc will merge with and into Vanda through the acquisition by Vanda of all of the outstanding capital stock of Exante. Following the closing, Jens Nordvig will assume the role of President and join the Board of Directors of the combined company.
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Vanda is the market leader in tactical positioning and flow data, empowering a growing clientele which today includes the world’s largest investment banks, hedge funds along with central banks, sovereign wealth funds and other leading global asset managers.
Exante Data is one of the world’s most respected providers of macro strategy and capital flow analysis serving more than 100 of the most sophisticated institutional investors. Exante Data is a must-have component of their alpha generation and risk management workflows.
Together, Vanda and Exante Data represent an indispensable independent partner to the global investment community, delivering unique data-driven insights across all major asset classes.
A World Class Offering of Must-Have Data Solutions and Insights
Independently, the two companies have both excelled in flow and positioning analysis, and by bringing their capabilities together, they are creating unparalleled analytical depth across both FICC and equity products, with a focus on both tactical and structural flows and positioning analysis.
There are natural economies of scale in sales, marketing, product engineering, operations and management, enabling both businesses to achieve the critical mass needed to aggressively leverage AI technology at speed, and roll out bespoke agentic solutions, based on client demand.
Angus Hume, Chief Executive Officer: “We are excited to welcome Exante Data to Vanda and to collaborate with Jens, whose expertise has shaped one of the most respected macro intelligence firms in the industry. This is a major step toward building Vanda Analytics the category-defining digital macro strategist which we will launch later this year. Exante’s macro expertise and technology stack perfectly complements Vanda’s strengths. Together, we will provide unmatched cross-asset data and insight to the world’s leading institutions.”
Jens Nordvig: “I am excited to see Vanda and Exante join forces during this period of dramatic macroeconomic change. The combined platform is uniquely placed to serve the world’s most sophisticated investors with independent macro strategy insights and data-driven perspectives, regardless of asset focus. Further, the combined company will deliver category defining AI powered technology solutions to the buy-side and sell-side. Angus and I share so many views and perspectives. I look forward to partnering with Angus and the rest of the management team to accelerate the growth of our combined company and to deliver winning solutions to our growing global network of clients. In an increasingly convergent and interconnected global economy, in-depth coverage of all major asset classes is key to a complete understanding of the big picture.”
Mark Hepsworth, Chairman of Vanda: “I am delighted to see Exante Data combine with Vanda and to welcome Jens Nordvig to our Board of Directors. This combination will offer clients access to a wide range of proprietary data, analytics and data driven market insights covering both macro and tactical themes and across global equities and FICC. Jens has built a market leader in data driven macro expertise and this aligns perfectly with Vanda’s breadth of coverage and expertise in positioning and flow data and tactical analytics and insights”
Chris Kay, Partner at FPE, commented, “We’re thrilled to support Vanda in this next strategic step. Exante Data adds highly complementary proprietary datasets and macro capability, strengthening Vanda’s cross-asset platform today and accelerating the Vanda Analytics roadmap. Together, the group is well positioned to deliver deeper insight to institutional clients globally and sustain strong growth in a rapidly evolving market.”
The terms of the transaction are not being publicly disclosed.
Advisors:
Vanda was advised by BDO (Financial and Tax), Stephenson Harwood (Legal), Troutman Pepper (US Legal), and Plural Strategy (Commercial). Financing was provided by FPE and Santander.
Exante Data Inc was advised by Vedder Price P.C. and SHEUMACK GMA.
About Vanda Research
Founded in 2012, Vanda is an independent data and insights firm delivering high-frequency positioning data and tactical macro insights over a 0-3 month horizon. By transforming complex data into actionable insights, Vanda empowers investment professionals with conviction in an ever-changing environment.
About Exante Data Inc.
Founded in 2016, Exante Data delivers flow analytics and differentiated macro insights to the world’s most sophisticated investors, with a focus of serving the largest institutional risk takers globally in FICC products.
About FPE
FPE Capital LLP (‘FPE’) is a specialist private equity investor focused on the software and services sectors. It invests in lower mid-market UK and Ireland headquartered software and services companies with advantaged business models that offer significant growth potential in large markets that are undergoing structural change. FPE is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. www.fpecapital.com
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Nexo Unveils Zero-interest Credit with 0% APR and No Fees
Nexo, the premier digital assets wealth platform, today announced the launch of Zero-interest Credit (ZiC), now joining the Nexo Credit Line as a flagship borrowing solution. ZiC enables Bitcoin and Ethereum holders to access liquidity at 0% interest through a fixed-duration term, free from the risk of premature forced liquidation.
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Previously available through Nexo’s Private and OTC services, structured zero-interest borrowing has been used by Nexo’s private channels and is now broadly available through Zero-interest Credit. In 2025, it has enabled access to more than $140 million in liquidity.
A broad solution for investors, traders, and businesses
Zero-interest Credit is designed for clients who want liquidity without sacrificing their long-term positioning. It supports BTC and ETH holders who prefer not to sell, affluent investors managing the timing of taxable events or funding major purchases, active traders pursuing market opportunities with defined risk, and businesses using digital assets to finance operations or strategic plans.
Built for peace of mind
ZiC brings a level of predictability rarely seen in crypto-backed credit. Instead of monitoring LTV ratios or worrying about market-driven liquidations, clients borrow at 0% interest with a structure that stays intact. Every ZiC position comes with a predefined repayment path that is fully visible from day one. Clients select the term and amount, and ZiC’s built-in Minimum Repayment Price ensures the loan cannot be liquidated mid-term, while the Maximum Repayment Price enables clients to lock in gains up to that level. At maturity, repayment is straightforward, with the option to settle in stablecoins or with collateral based on where the market stands relative to their predefined range. And for those who want continued exposure, ZiC Renewal makes it possible to extend the arrangement with refreshed terms, without unwinding or re-establishing the loan.
“Borrowers today want liquidity that is cost-efficient, clear, and free from the uncertainty of liquidation risk,” said Elitsa Taskova, Chief Product Officer at Nexo. “Zero-interest Credit gives them exactly that—a fully predefined borrowing structure they can rely on from start to finish.”
Setting a new standard for responsible crypto lending
As borrowing demand grows and major digital assets consolidate their role as the industry’s strongest collateral base, the market is shifting from interest-driven credit to structured models that prioritize predictability and client control. Crypto-collateralised lending reached $73.59 billion in Q3 2025, up 38.5% quarter-over-quarter and surpassing the previous cycle peak1 — reflecting stronger collateral quality and deeper institutional participation.
As a pioneer of crypto-backed credit — and today the world’s #2 crypto lender2 — Nexo continues to shape the industry. Zero-Interest Credit positions Nexo at the forefront of responsible credit innovation — delivering a solution shaped for the borrowing landscape as it stands today.
About Nexo
Nexo is a premier digital assets wealth platform designed to empower clients to grow, manage, and preserve their crypto holdings. Our mission is to lead the next generation of wealth creation by focusing on customer success and delivering tailored solutions that build enduring value, supported by 24/7 client care.
Since 2018, Nexo has provided unmatched opportunities to forward-thinking clients in over 150+ jurisdictions. With over $11 billion in AUM and $371 billion processed, we bring lasting value to millions worldwide. Our all-in-one platform combines advanced technology with a client-first approach, offering high-yield flexible and fixed-term savings, crypto-backed loans, sophisticated trading tools, and liquidity solutions, including the first crypto debit/credit card. Built on deep industry expertise, a sustainable business model, robust infrastructure, stringent security, and global licensing, Nexo champions innovation and long-lasting prosperity.
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1Coinspeaker – Crypto Lending Hits $73.6B Record as DeFi Captures Two-Thirds of Market
2Galaxy Research – The State of Crypto Leverage – Q3 2025
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Haveli to Make Majority Investment in Sirion to Support Continued Growth
Sirion, a global leader in contract lifecycle management (“CLM”) software, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which Haveli Investments, L.P. (“Haveli” or “Haveli Investments”), an Austin-based technology focused investment firm, will make a majority investment in the company.
Sirion helps some of the world’s largest enterprises manage complex commercial relationships across the full contract lifecycle, with a platform that has become a system of record for contractual data and performance across global organizations. Sirion’s platform is built on its proprietary AI foundation agentOSTM, which combines specialized contract intelligence with a conversational interface to help organizations create, manage, and act on contracts with greater speed, accuracy, and confidence.
Sirion stands differentiated as one of the leading end-to-end CLM platforms, delivering unmatched depth across the full contract lifecycle, spanning drafting and negotiation through post-signature obligation management, performance tracking, and advanced analytics – reflected in its consistent recognition as a CLM leader by leading industry analysts including Gartner, Forrester and IDC. Designed for enterprise scale, the platform combines extensive configurability, workflow orchestration, integrations, and rigorous data security and governance to support complex, multi-region operations across diverse regulatory environments.
“Contracts sit at the heart of every major enterprise transaction — from procurement and sales to employment and partnerships — and they increasingly define how value flows through an organization,” said Ajay Agrawal, Founder and CEO of Sirion. “At Sirion, we built AskSirion and agentOSTM for this moment — a purpose‑built AI foundation that brings intelligence, structure, and automation to contracting at enterprise scale. This partnership allows us to accelerate that vision and continue building the platform our customers rely on to run their businesses.”
“Sirion is one of the best examples we have seen of a system-of-record software company combining proprietary small-language models with frontier LLMs and creating next-gen agentic AI workflows,” said Sumit Pande, Senior Managing Director at Haveli Investments. “As AI becomes increasingly central to how enterprises operate, we see strong structural tailwinds for AI-first platforms that sit at the core of business workflows, and we look forward to partnering with Ajay and the entire Sirion team on the company’s next phase of growth.”
Sirion has delivered sustained growth, averaging over 40% annually over the past five years, and recently turned profitable. The company’s global footprint has expanded to ten offices across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, Germany, India, South Africa, and Singapore. Today, Sirion serves hundreds of enterprises across 70+ countries and has built a strong and growing partner ecosystem spanning all key global regions.
Haveli’s investment provides Sirion with additional capital and operational support to help accelerate product innovation, expand global reach, and deepen customer impact, while remaining focused on the platform and capabilities customers rely on today. The transaction enables continued investment to scale the business and strengthen Sirion’s leadership in the CLM category.
“As the first institutional investor to partner with Sirion over a decade ago, it has been a privilege to be a part of the journey since the seed stage,” said Shailendra Singh, Managing Director at Peak XV. “From those early days of inception, Ajay, Aditya Gupta, and Kanti Prabha have demonstrated a relentless commitment to innovation, building a category-leading product recognized by all leading analysts and earning the trust of hundreds of marquee customers. This majority investment from Haveli is a testament to the strength of the platform and the team behind it. We are honored to have been part of this journey and remain confident that Sirion will go from strength to strength as they continue to build an enduring company.”
Sirion was recently named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Contract Lifecycle Management for the fourth consecutive year and ranked first in the 2025 Gartner® Critical Capabilities report for CLM use cases for the third year in a row. The company has also been recognized by IDC and Forrester and included in Deloitte’s list of fastest-growing companies in North America.
The transaction is subject to customary closing and regulatory clearances and is expected to close in Q1 2026.
William Blair served as exclusive financial advisor to Sirion. Moelis & Company LLC served as exclusive financial advisor and Latham & Watkins LLP served as legal advisor to Haveli Investments.
About Sirion
Sirion is a leading AI-native contract lifecycle management platform that helps enterprises store, create, and manage contracts with greater intelligence and control. By combining a conversational interface with specialized AI agents, Sirion enables organizations to manage contractual risk, improve compliance, and gain deeper insight across millions of contracts. Sirion supports more than seven million contracts across over 100 languages for many of the world’s largest enterprises.
For more information, visit www.sirion.ai.
About Haveli Investments
Haveli Investments is an Austin-based private equity firm that seeks to invest in the highest quality companies in the technology sector through control, minority or structured equity and debt investments with a focus on software, data, gaming and adjacent industries. The firm seeks to partner with innovative companies, entrepreneurs and management teams throughout a company’s life cycle. Haveli’s experienced team of investors and diverse industry experts will provide operational and strategic support, enabling portfolio companies to focus on driving innovation and increasing growth, scale and operating margins. Underscoring Haveli’s investments is an unwavering focus on a culture of inclusivity and sustainability. For more information, please visit www.haveliinvestments.com, or follow Haveli on LinkedIn, @Haveli Investments.
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“We built a purpose built AI foundation that brings intelligence, structure, and automation to contracting at enterprise scale. This partnership allows us to accelerate that vision and continue building,” said Ajay Agrawal, Founder and CEO of Sirion
ITRS Acquires IP-Label to Strengthen Digital Experience Monitoring Capabilities and Expand European Presence
ITRS, a leading provider of real-time IT monitoring and observability solutions for financial services and regulated industries, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire IP-Label, a premier Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) provider headquartered in France. The acquisition strengthens ITRS’s DEM capabilities and significantly expands its European market presence.
IP-Label serves 310+ enterprise customers across 25 countries through its AI-powered Ekara platform, which provides comprehensive synthetic transaction monitoring (STM), Real User Monitoring (RUM), and AI-driven incident triage to proactively identify and resolve performance issues before they affect customers or employees.
The Ekara platform’s unique capabilities include monitoring of complex web applications, thick client applications, business-critical systems, mobile applications, self-service kiosk and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), with deployment options spanning cloud, self-hosted, and hybrid environments. In addition, IP-Label offers strong customer support capabilities through its Test Automation platform. These capabilities complement ITRS’s existing DEM offering and market-leading infrastructure and application monitoring solutions.
“Digital experience has become the frontline of business performance and customer satisfaction. IP-Label brings enterprise-grade DEM technology that will accelerate our leadership in this critical category,” said Ryan Terpstra, CEO of ITRS. “This acquisition accelerates our transformation into the leading observability platform for the world’s most demanding IT environments. Together with IP-Label, we will deliver holistic observability spanning IT infrastructure, application performance, and digital experience—all with the hybrid capability and configuration that complex and regulated industries require.”
The company was recognized in Gartner’s 2024 and 2025 Magic Quadrants for Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM). The acquisition significantly strengthens ITRS’s position in the European IT market. IP-Label also brings an established partner ecosystem and global service partners.
“Joining ITRS provides IP-Label with the resources, scale, and observability platform to accelerate our growth trajectory while maintaining our commitment to innovation and customer success,” said Philippe Borfiga, Co-CEO of IP-Label. “Together, we offer a highly cost-effective, end-to-end monitoring solution for digital services — from client experience to backend infrastructure. ITRS’s deep expertise in serving large enterprises makes them the ideal partner for our next chapter of growth.”
The transaction is expected to close in mid-January 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
About ITRS
ITRS provides real-time monitoring and observability solutions that help financial institutions and enterprises ensure operational resilience, performance, and compliance. Trusted by leading banks and global multi-brand enterprises, ITRS enables teams to detect, diagnose, and resolve IT issues before they impact their customers or their business. Learn more at www.itrsgroup.com.
About IP-Label
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in La Garenne-Colombes, France, IP-Label is a leader in Digital Experience Monitoring. Through its AI-powered Ekara platform, IP-Label helps enterprises monitor and optimize the performance of their critical digital services across web, mobile, API, thick client applications, and VDI. The company serves 310+ customers across 25 countries and was recognized in Gartner’s 2024 and 2025 Magic Quadrants for Digital Experience Monitoring. For more information, visit www.ip-label.com.
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ITRS Acquires IP-Label to Strengthen Digital Experience Monitoring Capabilities and Expand European Presence
Motive Launches AI Dashcam Plus, Powering a New Era of Edge AI Safety for Physical Operations
Motive, the AI platform for physical operations, today launched AI Dashcam Plus, a first-of-its-kind dash cam that brings improved AI capabilities, hands-free communication, and reliability together in one unified device using edge AI designed to detect risk faster and prevent more collisions. Powered by the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ QCS6490 processor, it delivers three times more AI processing power than other leading dash cams and can run more than 30 high-precision AI models simultaneously, enabling broader detection with fewer false alerts. AI Dashcam Plus is the first AI dash cam with dual forward-facing stereo vision to improve visibility, combining live, hands-free two-way calling and other AI capabilities into a unifying hardware designed to improve reliability and reduce installation time.
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Road safety is a global crisis. In 2024 alone, more than 128,000 roadway casualties occurred in the U.K. with almost 30,000 serious or fatal accidents. Reactive safety systems with limited visibility, delayed alerts, and unreliable technology are failing organisations at crucial moments.
“Collision rates and related costs remain unacceptably high around the world,” said Shoaib Makani, co-founder and CEO of Motive. “Organisations need AI-powered driver safety solutions that can perceive and respond in real-time. We’ve added three times more compute, created the first AI dash cam with stereo vision, and added hands-free communication, all in one system, so organisations can detect more risks and act faster. This isn’t just a new product; it reflects a shift toward proactive, AI-driven road safety.”
Improved AI Power: Designed to Detect More Risks and Prevent More Collisions
- A stronger AI processor with three times more compute than before: Powered by the Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS6490 processor, AI Dashcam Plus is capable of running more than 30 high-precision AI models simultaneously and supports an expanded range of detection capabilities. These updates are designed to enable AI Dashcam Plus to detect more unsafe behaviours in real-time with higher accuracy and less latency.
- First-of-its-kind stereo vision for superior depth perception: AI Dashcam Plus’s stereo vision uses two synchronised road-facing lenses to create human-like depth perception, enabling the AI to judge distance and closing speed with far greater accuracy. This stereo vision feature aims to improve Forward Collision Warning, Lane Swerving, and Close Following alerts to help prevent more collisions.
- Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR): AI Dashcam Plus has a 1440p zoom lens with a narrow field of view, enabling ANPR to capture clear number plates, even in motion, from long distances or in bad weather. This provides critical evidence in hit-and-runs, theft, and other incidents, helping speed up investigations and exonerate drivers.
- Advanced Sensor Fusion: AI Dashcam Plus integrates video, audio, telematics, GPS, and dual motion sensor data to detect more complex events, such as a break-in from the sound of glass shattering or to confirm a low-severity collision from subtle vibration patterns, events that other competing dash cams miss entirely.
“Motive’s AI Dashcam Plus shows how on‑device AI can transform road safety at scale,” stated Erick Hong, Head of Smart Home & Life, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “Built on the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ QCS6490, it delivers the concurrency, responsiveness, and reliability fleets need—running numerous AI models at the edge with lower latency. We’re proud to collaborate with Motive to help organisations detect risks sooner, communicate instantly, and keep drivers and communities safer.”
Instant, Hands-Free Communication for Built-In Safety Support
- Live two-way calling: Hands-free communication helps drivers instantly connect with managers using voice-activated control, while managers can reach drivers directly from the Motive Dashboard or Fleet App. Managers can check in with drivers about issues such as fatigue or severe weather, while drivers can safely report a maintenance issue, request directions, and respond when managers check in.
- AI Voice Assistant: Drivers can use a simple “Hey Motive” voice command to instantly save critical footage and check remaining journey time, find the nearest service station, and more—all without taking their hands off the wheel or their eyes off the road.
- AI automations: Automated alerts can help organisations improve safety and reduce costs by prompting drivers to address time-sensitive issues such as critical fault codes and excessive idling.
Enterprise-Grade Reliability: Reduce Downtime With One Unified Device
- All-in-one unified design cuts install time by nearly half: Combining an AI Dashcam and Vehicle Gateway into one device reduces installation time, lowers labour costs, and simplifies hardware management.
- More reliable uploads when it matters most: Unified hardware and improved connectivity help ensure critical collision footage uploads successfully, even if a cable disconnects.
- Modern Android platform accelerates innovation and boosts reliability: AI Dashcam Plus’s Android-based architecture provides a mature, secure framework for voice, audio, connectivity, and AI services. It enables rapid feature delivery, such as two-way calling, voice control, and over-the-air AI model updates, without frequent hardware refreshes. The Android-based architecture also enables the device to optimise AI workloads across Qualcomm’s CPU, GPU, and Hexagon DSP to improve performance and reduce latency on every update.
- Dual-SIM, multi-carrier connectivity delivers broad 4G coverage: Get uninterrupted vehicle tracking and timely video uploads, even in rural areas.
“Improving driver and vehicle safety is among the top three priorities for truckload carriers globally when adopting new technologies, according to the 451 Research Supply Chain Digital Transformation Survey 2025,” said Beatriz Minamy, principal analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence. “AI-powered solutions that enable real-time coaching, automated in-cab alerts for unsafe behaviours and proactive risk detection are becoming central to how fleets strengthen safety and accountability.”
Since 2023, the Motive AI Dashcam is estimated to have helped prevent over 170,000 accidents and saved 1,500 lives in North America.1 According to a 2023 study Motive commissioned from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Motive’s AI Dashcam successfully alerted drivers to four unsafe driving behaviours two to four times more often than the AI dash cam models from two competitors. On average, customers that used Motive’s AI Dashcam reduced collisions by 80%2 and accident-related costs by 63%.3
Learn more about the Motive AI Dashcam Plus on our website and blog, including which features are available today and what’s coming soon. For more on Motive’s Driver Safety product, visit here.
About Motive
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time, safety, operations, and finance teams can manage their workers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet-related spend in a single system. Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises such as Halliburton, KONE, Komatsu, NBC Universal, and Maersk across a wide range of industries including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, waste services, and the public sector.
Visit gomotive.com to learn more.
1 Since January 1, 2023, based on Company estimates
2 Based on an internal study of customers with at least 90% AI Dashcam adoption for at least 12 months.
3 Estimates are based on customer-reported survey data, using averages from the top 25% of respondents by total cost savings or ROI. Average accident savings are calculated by comparing reported annual savings to an industry-standard cost baseline.
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Abbelight Announces Successful Series B Investment led by AVANT BIO to Accelerate Imaging Innovation and Scale Adoption Across a Broader Customer Base
Abbelight, a global leader and a pioneer in super-resolution microscopy end-to-end solutions, today announced a successful Series B financing round led by AVANT BIO, a growth equity firm focused on enabling technologies shaping tomorrow’s therapeutics.
“With a decade of experience in the Life Science Research market, Abbelight has been transforming the way scientists see, quantify, and interpret all kinds of complex intracellular mechanisms. It’s now time to tailor our cutting-edge imaging toolbox to also address new key verticals, such as single cell phenotyping and mechanisms of action validation for drug discovery”, says Nicolas Bourg CTO and co-founder.
“Big things happen at the nanoscale – and Abbelight enables researchers to visualize precise sub-cellular structures like never before”, said Daniella Kranjac, Founding General Partner at AVANT BIO. “Their breakthroughs in super-resolution microscopy and sample-to-insight workflows embody the kind of enabling technologies that accelerate discovery and drive innovation across life sciences”.
“This is an exciting moment for Abbelight. The funding accelerates our commercial expansion and allows us to continue delivering best-in-class support to our 100+ installed base”, said Jean-Baptiste Marie, CEO and co-founder. “AVANT BIO’s support will be key to driving innovation and adoption across the broader bioindustry, including biopharma, biotech, and CROs”.
About Abbelight
Founded in 2016, Abbelight is a fast-growing company specializing in the development of microscopy and nanoscopy (SMLM) solutions. Its portfolio incorporates state-of-the-art chemistry, optics and data analysis enabling researchers at public research institutes and biotech companies to observe and understand complex biological mechanisms and interactions at nanoscale. Today, Abbelight employs around 60 people, all driven by the desire to provide innovative imaging solutions and to support its customers around the world. www.abbelight.com
About AVANT BIO
AVANT BIO is a growth equity firm focused on the enabling technologies which shape how tomorrow’s therapeutics are discovered, developed, and manufactured. With an investment focus engineered to accelerate new growth and innovation at various stages of company development, AVANT BIO is committed to amplifying value and unlocking the full potential of therapeutic enabling technologies, TechBio, and HealthTech. For further information, including opportunities to partner, visit www.avant.bio. Follow AVANT BIO on LinkedIn for the latest news and industry insights.
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