AI startup raises $20m to build ‘digital twins’ of office workers August 20, 2026 An AI startup that creates digital replicas of employees has raised $20m (£15m) as investors bet that technology used to model factories and machinery can be applied to office workers. Twin1 AI emerged from “stealth” on Thursday after securing seed funding in a round co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners and Aramco Ventures. [...]
MACH OE, an Open-Ended Aircraft Fund, Announces the First Aircraft Deliveries August 20, 2026 MACH OE, an open-ended aircraft fund launched in April by Airborne Capital Limited (an aircraft leasing and asset manager headquartered in Ireland; “ACL”), and Mercuria Investment Co., Ltd. (“MIC”), a subsidiary of Mercuria Holdings Co., Ltd. (“MHD”), has recently taken deliveries of 2 x Boeing 737 MAX 9 ’s placed with United Airlines.
Xsolla Announces Multi-Year Strategic Partnership With the Good Game Club Podcast to Amplify Positive Stories From the Global Games Industry August 19, 2026 Collaboration Brings Co-Created Episodes, Live Recordings At gamescom And GDC, And Stories From Studios, With Episodes Recorded Across the Globe
Goldman: Junior white-collar workers squeezed hardest by AI hiring slump August 19, 2026 Artificial intelligence is beginning to weigh most heavily on junior white-collar jobs, according to Goldman Sachs, as new research points to a growing divide between workers entering industries such as consulting and advertising, and their more experienced colleagues. The Wall Street bank analysed employment across more than 800 occupations and found that AI-related hiring pressures [...]
Kore.ai Named a Leader by Gartner, Forrester, and Everest Group Across Five Major Enterprise AI Evaluations August 19, 2026 Recognition Spans Agentic AI Products, Conversational AI Platforms for Customer Service and Employee Services, and Enterprise Search Kore.ai Has Been Named a Leader in Every Edition of the Gartner Magic Quadrant Covering Conversational AI Platforms Since the Report Launched in 2022
Williams turns to AI to squeeze more from F1 cost cap August 19, 2026 British racing team Williams is turning to AI to free up engineering time as Formula One’s (F1) cost cap makes squeezing more from existing resources more valuable. The nine-time constructors’ champion has rolled out software from title partner Atlassian across its 1,200-strong operation as part of a wider overhaul under team principal James Vowles, as [...]
Cut student loan repayments to get youths out of chicken shops August 19, 2026 Crippling student loan repayments have stolen billions from the economy sending struggling graduates to cheap food options and public transport, a consultancy firm has argued. Analysts at Baringa found that cutting the student loan repayment rate from nine per cent to five per cent would free up to £6bn in consumer spending each year for [...]
Mary Kay Accelerates Beauty Innovation and Digital Transformation August 19, 2026 Celebrating Milestone Initiatives Positioning Mary Kay For Consumers Today and Tomorrow
Xceedance Appoints Insurance and Technology Executive Adrian Spieler to Board of Directors August 19, 2026 Xceedance, a global provider of technology-driven business solutions for the insurance industry, today announced the appointment of Adrian Spieler to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Spieler brings more than 30 years of experience across reinsurance, insurance, and asset management to the Xceedance board. He has served as Chief Operating Officer at Convex Insurance, a [...]
Limbic Becomes First AI-Led Mental Healthcare Company Selected for FDA TEMPO August 19, 2026 Limbic’s Unpacked will be the first company to deliver clinician-supervised AI cognitive behavioral therapy to Medicare patients with depression and anxiety