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Terra Security gains first AWS nod for AI threat tests

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Terra Security becomes first AWS partner validated for Autonomous Security Validation, as AI-driven continuous threat testing gains pace.
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From side hustles to scalable brands: How marketplaces are paving the way for female entrepreneurs

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Digital marketplaces are empowering UK women to turn side hustles into scalable brands, bypassing traditional funding bottlenecks.
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From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like

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Women in tech win visibility but little venture capital; real progress demands funding that follows performance, not familiar faces.
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Women push for faster gender parity in fintech & tech

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Senior women across fintech, private equity and cyber call for faster gender parity, urging sponsorship, structural change and bold hiring.
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Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?

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Women shape our world, yet lack power over AI systems that govern work, wealth and welfare - where are the true godmothers of AI?.
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Building in public: Why women entrepreneurs need visibility as much as capital

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Women founders are closing the start-up gap, but with VC still lagging, visibility and public storytelling are now vital growth capital.
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How do we patch the leaky bucket of women leaving venture capital?

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One in four women has left venture capital in five years, spurring calls for data-driven fixes to stalled careers and leaky retention.
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Women are 77% of the NHS workforce. So why are they missing from the tech that's supposed to fix it?

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Women power the NHS but are sidelined in healthtech, leaving the tools meant to transform care shaped in rooms they rarely occupy.
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How female-led healthtech can close the gender gap

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Women bear the brunt of chronic illness, but a new wave of female-led health tech aims to tackle root causes and close the gender health gap.
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Why closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship is key to unlocking growth

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With women-led start-ups securing just 2.3% of 2024 VC funds, Cristina Fonseca says closing tech's gender gap is vital for growth.
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Carta buys ListAlpha to launch integrated private CRM

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Carta acquires ListAlpha and launches Carta CRM, unifying front-office relationship tools with back-office fund data for private capital firms.
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UpGuard unveils Risk Automations to speed cyber fixes

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UpGuard debuts Risk Automations to link cyber risk findings with security workflows, promising faster fixes after USD $75 million raise.
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Milestone for women in Canadian VC, but gaps remain

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Half of Canadian VC funds now have a female partner, but weak promotion pathways mean women are still exiting the industry in droves.
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Rooms shape power: How culture signals exclude women in tech

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In tech and marketing, women are excluded not just by bias in code or funding, but by domestic load and male-coded networking rituals.
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AI, women in tech & why progress demands a human lens

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As AI reshapes tech, women still battle entrenched bias; only a deliberately human lens can turn this revolution into real inclusion.
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We are not climbing a ladder, we are building it

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Generative AI is levelling the creative-tech field, giving women a rare chance to shape rules, narratives and power from the ground up.
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Rainforest adds PayPal to unify vertical software checkout

5 days ago
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Rainforest adds PayPal, Venmo and PayPal Pay Later to its unified checkout for vertical software, aiming to shift users from cash and cheques.
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Sentient unveils Arena to stress-test autonomous AI agents

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risk & compliance
Open-source lab Sentient has launched Arena, a vendor-agnostic sandbox to stress-test autonomous AI agents in complex, capital-sensitive tasks.
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Moderne launches Bauhaus for agent-driven dev tools

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digital transformation
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Moderne unveils Bauhaus, a selective programme backing startups building lifecycle infrastructure for an agent-driven dev future.
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Stay22 raises $122m to drive global creator commerce push

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Stay22 lands $122m from Summit Partners to fuel global expansion of its creator commerce tools beyond travel into wider retail.