Pipe stories

Pipe has launched four AI agents to speed up small business funding, automating fraud checks and payments to cut decision times from weeks to minutes.

AMD launches BF16 Stable Diffusion 3.0 Medium AI, enabling high-quality image generation on Ryzen laptops with as little as 24GB RAM.

New Zealand leads Asia-Pacific in energy transition investment, with 77% of firms committing over 10% of capital to renewables, yet faces a skills shortage.

Australian IT and finance sectors see strong pay rises, with salary gaps widening as some industries face growing dissatisfaction and workforce challenges.

Figma will offer data residency in Australia by late 2025 and launch Governance+ security tools to boost compliance for enterprises locally.

Gallagher Security appoints Jake Kearns as National SMB and Perimeter Manager in Australia to lead growth and support for simplified security solutions.

Canada is innovating cloud cooling technologies to significantly reduce water usage, aiming to conserve precious resources amid growing demand.

F5 and MinIO have partnered to enhance secure, high-performance AI data pipelines across edge, cloud and on-premises platforms for diverse industries.

Cloud security faces heightened risks as AI and automation accelerate, demanding faster detection, targeted response, and seamless developer integration, says Sysdig.

Analog Devices and Antmicro launch AutoML for Embedded, an open-source VS Code plugin to simplify AI deployment on resource-limited edge devices.

Ataccama ONE v16.2 uses AI to simplify data lineage, helping businesses understand and trust their data with clear, user-friendly views and secure metadata extraction.

Harness has launched IaCM updates introducing Module Registry and Workspace Templates to enhance efficiency, reusability, and governance in enterprise cloud infrastructure.

Zoho launches Zia LLM and an AI agent marketplace, focusing on robust data privacy and customisable business solutions across global data centres.

Netskope One DSPM is now available via AWS Marketplace’s AI Agents category, enabling streamlined data security deployment for AI and cloud users.

Beaten Zone Venture Capital Fund 1 has gained Early Stage Venture Capital registration, targeting AUD $451m in defence tech investments with tax benefits for partners.

Publicis Sapient has launched its AI-powered Multi-Agentic Platform for Customer Services on AWS Marketplace to boost customer service efficiency and scalability.

CyberArk has launched Secure Cloud Access MCP Server and Agent Guard on AWS Marketplace to enhance AI agent security across multi-cloud environments.

B2B Rocket joins Blackpearl to accelerate AI sales growth, leveraging USD $2.1m ARR and expanding its global footprint in automated outbound sales.

DevOps platforms like Jira and Azure DevOps saw notable surges in outages and security incidents in 2024, causing significant downtime and disruption globally.

AI tools boost software development speed, but security flaws in code pose serious risks to organisations, urging leaders to manage AI use carefully.