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About Karen Joy
Karen Joy Bacudo
Finance Editor
Karen wears two hats at TechDay, balancing her role as an editor while assisting with finance tasks. She bridges writing content and reconciling numbers to support the team, with the same level of accuracy and precision.
Stories by Karen Joy - Page 6
GSMA fund backs mobile climate & circularity startups
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supply chain
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clean technologies
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cloud services
GSMA launches grants of GBP £100,000 to GBP £200,000 for mobile startups driving clean energy, circular devices and climate action worldwide.
Finance AI stuck in risky mid-maturity 'AI middle'
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manufacturing
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digital transformation
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rpa
Finance leaders warn of a risky 'AI middle' as many firms stall between pilots and governed, audit-ready use of automation in core workflows.
AlgoSec posts record 2025 growth on hybrid cloud demand
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firewalls
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hybrid cloud
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digital transformation
AlgoSec posts record 2025 as hybrid cloud surge drives 37% new business growth, strong ARR gains and rapid uptake of its Horizon platform.
Emergent debuts mobile app after USD $100m run rate
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saas
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digital transformation
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lcnc
Emergent launches mobile app for its AI software builder after hitting USD $100m annual run rate and doubling revenue in just one month.
Selector raises USD $32m to boost AI observability push
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devops
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digital transformation
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apm
Selector raises USD $32m at a USD $375m valuation to expand its AI-driven observability platform and accelerate global enterprise growth.
Unicity Labs raises USD $3m to build agentic AI rails
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encryption
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fintech
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blockchain
Unicity Labs raises USD $3m seed round to build peer-to-peer protocol powering high-throughput autonomous agentic AI marketplaces.
Unhedged FX losses push corporates back to hedging
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risk & compliance
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cfo
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inflation
Unhedged FX hits UK firms for GBP £6.71m and US peers for USD $9.85m on average, spurring a renewed shift towards defensive hedging.
Internal auditors fear AI fraud but lack readiness
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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fintech
Internal auditors warn AI-driven fraud is surging, but most concede they lack the tools, skills and time needed to spot it effectively.
Audit firms embed AI while tightening validation controls
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digital transformation
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fintech
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rpa
Audit firms embed AI in core workflows as new research shows rising adoption is matched by stricter validation, governance and training controls.
Palo Alto warns on earnings as guidance disappoints
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saas
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firewalls
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network security
Palo Alto Networks beat quarterly estimates but flagged weaker next-quarter earnings, unsettling investors despite stronger revenue and contract growth.
eflow launches RegCheck to cut compliance tech costs
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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ai
eflow launches RegCheck audit to help mid-market financial firms cut fragmented compliance tech stacks that can add up to 30% to costs.
Firgun backs Quantum Elements in quantum software bet
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hyperscale
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quantum computing
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digital twins
Firgun backs Los Angeles quantum start-up Quantum Elements to scale its AI-powered Constellation software platform for circuit design.
Sage adds AI to Intacct for faster, clearer finance work
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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fintech
Sage has embedded new AI tools in Sage Intacct to speed period-end close, sharpen cash visibility and cut manual finance workloads.
Valiant Finance hires Joe Iavarone to drive US growth
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fintech
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martech
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commerce systems
Valiant Finance recruits veteran Joe Iavarone as North America chief to spearhead its US push into the USD $1.3 trillion equipment finance market.
Fleet electrification shifts from compliance to costs
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cartech
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partner programmes
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supply chain
Fleet electrification is shifting from green compliance to cost-cutting strategy, EO Charging survey finds, despite policy and energy uncertainty.
Sabre, PayPal & Mindtrip unveil AI travel assistant
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digital transformation
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encryption
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crypto
Sabre, PayPal and Mindtrip are teaming up on an AI travel assistant that lets users discover, book and pay for trips in one chat-based flow.
NVIDIA touts GB300 to slash AI agent inference costs
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hyperscale
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dc
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hpc
NVIDIA claims its GB300 NVL72 platform slashes AI agent and coding assistant inference costs by up to 35x as cloud rollouts accelerate.
Anthropic raises USD $30 billion, hits USD $380b value
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Anthropic raises USD $30bn in new backing, lifting the AI group's valuation to USD $380bn as demand for its Claude models surges.
Active exploitation seen in BeyondTrust access flaw
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firewalls
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network security
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pam
Arctic Wolf says attackers are actively exploiting a critical BeyondTrust vulnerability in self-hosted remote access systems.
Canopy unveils AI bookkeeping module for 2026 launch
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financial systems
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rpa
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ai
Canopy to launch AI-powered bookkeeping module in 2026, unifying ledger visibility, month-end workflows and client collaboration tools.