Artificial Intelligence

ADP Launches New AI Agents to Tackle Workforce And Payroll Challenges

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

ADP introduced a new set of “ADP Assist” AI agents designed to help organizations reduce friction across HR and payroll processes, improve decision-making, and cut down on manual work across the employee lifecycle. The company said the agents are designed to think, plan, and act with human oversight, combining automation with ADP’s longstanding workforce expertise.

MITO AI: $4.5 Million Pre-Seed Funding Closed For Collaborative AI Video Creation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

MITO AI, a Madrid- and San Francisco-based startup building a collaborative platform for AI-native video creation, has raised a $4.5 million pre-seed round led by Paul Murphy at Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company said the financing included participation from Kibo, Kfund, Sequoia, and A16Z scouts, LifeX, and angel investors, including unicorn founders and executives with ties to USV, Roblox, and GitHub.

Northslope: $22 Million Series A Raised To Scale Palantir-Native And Mission-Specific AI Applications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Northslope, an applied AI company built specifically for the Palantir operating system, has raised $22 million in a Series A financing to scale its forward deployed engineering model and expand its Palantir-native AI application platform.

RobCo: $100 Million Series C Raised To Scale Physical AI Robotics In U.S. And Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

RobCo, a Munich-founded physical AI-driven robotics company, has raised $100 million in Series C funding to advance its “Physical AI” roadmap, expand enterprise deployments, and deepen its presence in the U.S. market. The company, founded in 2020, builds AI-enabled robotic systems designed to operate inside real production environments, targeting industrial use cases where autonomy and adaptability are increasingly critical.

Apple Acquires Audio AI Company Q.ai

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Apple has confirmed to Reuters that it has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli startup developing artificial intelligence technology for audio, as the company continues adding AI-driven features across its hardware lineup. And Apple did not disclose the terms of the acquisition.

AxisCare Expands Home Care Software Platform Following Strategic Partnership With Frontier Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

AxisCare announced it has broadened its home care technology platform and service offerings following its strategic partnership with Frontier Growth, which made a minority investment in the company in March 2024. The Waco, Texas-based home care management software provider said the partnership has helped accelerate product development, expand services, and strengthen its role as a technology partner for home care agencies seeking operational efficiency and growth.

Levellr: $2.5 Million Raised To Bring Real-Time AI Insights To Discord Communities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Levellr, an AI insights platform focused on helping brands and game studios understand and monitor Discord and other next-generation community platforms, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding in a round led by Fuel Ventures.

Decube: $3 Million Raised To Build ‘Context Layer’ For Enterprise AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Decube, a data trust and context platform focused on enterprise AI, has raised $3 million in a funding round led by Taiwania Hive Ventures, with participation from Iterative and 500 Global. The company said the financing will be used to support global growth, continue product development, and expand across the Asia Pacific region as enterprises push to operationalize AI on top of data they can trust.

Apex Fintech Solutions Launches AI Suite With Agentic Development Kit For Clearing and Custody

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Apex Fintech Solutions announced the launch of its Apex AI Suite, introducing what the company describes as one of the first Agentic Development Kits in the clearing and custody industry. Apex said the new toolkit is designed to accelerate integration with its AscendOS clearing, custody, and trading platform by enabling users to work through natural language commands, helping engineers ramp up faster while also allowing non-technical stakeholders to build and test proof of concepts.

Alkira Adds Guru Ramamoorthy To Advisory Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Alkira added Guru Ramamoorthy, S&P Global’s Global Head of Cloud & Infrastructure, to its advisory board as the company pushes deeper into what it calls AI native networking and modern multi-cloud network operations.

Dragonfly AI: Over £5 Million Raised To Scale Neuroscience-Led Creative Testing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Dragonfly AI, a UK-based company that uses neuroscience-led predictive AI to test and optimize advertising and creative assets, has secured new investment totaling more than £5 million, with the round led by early-stage investor 24Haymarket.