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26.02.26 - 14:03
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Vontier Appoints Rasha Hasaneen as Chief Innovation and Growth Officer (Business Wire)
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RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vontier Corporation (NYSE: VNT), a leading global provider of critical technologies and solutions to connect, manage and scale the mobility ecosystem, today announced the appointment of Rasha Hasaneen as Chief Innovation and Growth Officer to drive the company's enterprise innovation, AI strategy and digital modernization efforts.
“We're thrilled to welcome Rasha to Vontier as our industry undergoes a period of rapid technology adoption,” said Mark Morelli, CEO of Vontier. “Her combination of deep technical expertise, product leadership and commercial experience will be central to Vontier's mission to deliver innovative solutions that strengthen customer outcomes, focus on growth and position us as a leader across the mobility ecosystem.”
Hasaneen is a globally recognized leader at the intersection of sustainability, technology and innovation. Her prior roles include various leadership positions at Aspen Technology, Trane Technologies, General Electric, SAP ...
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25.02.26 - 18:15
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Profitmind Raises $9 Million Series A Led by Accenture Ventures to Scale an AI Platform for Retail Decision-Making (Business Wire)
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Backed by new and returning investors, including Chairman Andrew Ng's AI Fund, Magarac Venture Partners and Lightscape Partners, the company pioneered agentic AI for pricing, inventory and assortment decisionsPITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Profitmind, an agentic AI decision intelligence platform built for retail teams, today announced a $9 million Series A financing led by Accenture Ventures. New investor Thorndale Farm, Inc. participated in the round, alongside reinvestment from existing backers Magarac Venture Partners; AI Fund, led by Profitmind Chairman Andrew Ng; and Lightscape Partners. Several individual investors also participated, including board member Mario Ciampi, former President of Disney Store and former COO of The Children's Place.
The funding will be used to scale the platform to more retailers globally, expand product capabilities and grow the team to support those efforts.
Profitmind also recently partnered with Microsoft to bring the platform to Microsoft Marketplace and Azure, expandi...
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25.02.26 - 18:12
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Treasury calls in Blair thinktank to advise on using AI across public services (The Guardian)
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Tech equity campaigners compare move to 'inviting in foxes to consult on the future of the henhouse'Ministers have called in Tony Blair's thinktank and private tech companies to guide them on deploying AI across the UK government in a move campaigners compared to “inviting in foxes to consult on the future of the henhouse”.James Murray, chief secretary to the Treasury, chaired a meeting on Wednesday with the director of AI at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), the chair of IBM and senior executives at AI companies including Faculty AI, now part of Accenture, and Dex Hunter-Torricke, a former communications adviser at Google, Facebook and Elon Musk's Space X. Continue reading......
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25.02.26 - 15:00
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AI’s Future, What To Do When You Get Fired? (24/7 Wall St.)
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There are several grim assessments about how many jobs AI will eliminate in America. Large consulting firms say they will not hire people without AI experience. Accenture and KPMG say promotions will be based on whether people can use their AI tools. At a law firm, entry-level associates will find few jobs. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) ... AI's Future, What To Do When You Get Fired?
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19.02.26 - 23:09
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Seagate Announces Closing of Exchanges with Holders of $600 Million Principal Amount of Exchangeable Notes (Business Wire)
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SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ: STX) (“Seagate” or “Company”) and Seagate HDD Cayman, a subsidiary of Seagate (“Seagate HDD”), today announced that on February 19, 2026, the Company closed the previously announced privately negotiated exchanges (the “exchanges”) of $600 million principal amount of Seagate HDD's 3.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2028 (the “notes”) for aggregate consideration consisting of approximately $599.2 million in cash and approximately 5.95 million ordinary shares of Seagate stock. The number of ordinary shares of Seagate stock issued pursuant to the exchanges was determined over the one trading day period beginning on, and including, February 12, 2026. The exchanged notes have been retired. Approximately $400 million in aggregate principal amount of notes remain outstanding with terms unchanged.
The exchanges were conducted as private placements, and the shares of common stock issued in the exchanges were issued pursuant t...
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19.02.26 - 17:24
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Get AI Ready Launches Global AI & Data Transformation Consultancy Across Sydney, Singapore and London (Business Wire)
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The Databricks delivery partner has appointed former Accenture and Salesforce executive Brett Raven to lead the business, supported by a senior advisory board.SYDNEY & SINGAPORE & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#AI--Get AI Ready, a new AI and data transformation consultancy, has launched operations across Sydney, Singapore and London. The firm is purpose-built to help enterprises establish the data foundations required to successfully adopt and scale artificial intelligence.
Operating as a subsidiary of Rhino Partners, Get AI Ready is backed by deep experience in enterprise transformation, data platforms and advanced analytics. As an active Databricks delivery partner, the company supports organisations as they modernise data infrastructure and operationalise AI.
The business is led by Brett Raven, former Managing Director at Accenture, who brings decades of experience advising global enterprises across data, cloud and digital transformation. Based in Sydney, he has also held senior leadership roles at Salesfor...
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18.02.26 - 14:24
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Here Are Wednesday′s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Cadence Design, Crox, Genuine Parts, Kratos Defense, Medtronic, Palantir, StubHub, Transocean, and More (24/7 Wall St.)
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Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher after a sluggish start to the holiday-shortened trading week. While stocks started as if it were going to be another risk-off day, they turned positive by late morning, and all the indices ended the day modestly higher. With a trove of economic data on the way, and fourth-quarter ... Here Are Wednesday's Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Cadence Design, Crox, Genuine Parts, Kratos Defense, Medtronic, Palantir, StubHub, Transocean, and More
The post Here Are Wednesday's Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Cadence Design, Crox, Genuine Parts, Kratos Defense, Medtronic, Palantir, StubHub, Transocean, and More appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.....
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