Founders stories
British founders remain wary of AI, with trust and knowledge gaps leaving small firms behind their European peers despite heavy admin loads.
The Singapore-founded fintech will use the expanded Suntec City base to hire more staff as TreasuryOS moves over USD $1 billion a month.
Tether's investment gives Plenti more firepower to expand into Peru and Bolivia as demand for dollar-based savings tools grows in Latin America.
Growing compliance pressure is pushing firms to hire external security specialists as Heelr opens a verified marketplace for project work.
The €65 million commitment is set to bolster scaleup finance for UK tech firms as public funding backs a €1 billion-plus growth fund.
SMEs facing tight margins could cut costs and reduce supplier risk through a new 10-module procurement course from Oboloo.
Security fears and a skills gap are holding back UK small firms, even as nearly half now use AI and more plan to adopt it.
Up to GBP £46 million in public backing should help Zinc reach a GBP £70 million close and fund 80 UK deep tech start-ups.
The award highlights Consistent Infosystems' growing reach in India, where it now sells more than 693 products through 25 branches and 93 service centres.
AI is moving from side project to core strategy for consumer brands as founders seek sharper margins, faster sales and better operations.
The credits could help Australian startups offset early AI costs as OpenAI races rivals to win long-term loyalty from founders.
Startups can now earn higher returns on idle balances as Mercury adds exclusive fund options from Morgan Stanley and State Street.
The US advisory firm is formalising years of AI investments with a dedicated unit that will test tools inside its accounting and client work.
Australian founders are losing time worth more than AUD $92 billion a year to routine admin, dragging on productivity and growth.
Smaller founder-led businesses may lose bargaining power in sales if they lack a finance chief to satisfy buyer scrutiny over reporting and succession.
Smaller finance teams can now enforce budgets and receipts in one place as Mercury adds employee and AI agent cards for business customers.
Disconnected systems are leaving many accountancy firms short of time, even as a survey finds integrated platforms sharply boost AI readiness.
Spring accounted for most UK business address sign-ups, with service-led sectors driving a March peak, new data from Hoxton Mix shows.
Fragmented banking, payments and accounting data is slowing reporting and weakening AI answers for businesses trying to act in real time.
Private capital firms using Claude may cut days of manual reporting as Carta rolls out plugins that work inside its permissioned records and audit trails.
