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NTT DATA named advisory partner for Plug & Play AI hubs

Thu, 12th Jun 2025
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NTT DATA is the exclusive advisory partner for Plug and Play's AI Centres of Excellence across North America, supporting startups and corporates with AI innovation.
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Cloudera unveils data security & AI solutions to enhance innovation

Tue, 17th Sep 2024
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Cloudera has launched new data security and AI solutions at its EVOLVE24 event in Dubai, aiming to enhance privacy for regulated sectors and accelerate AI deployment.
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Intel expands Xeon processor family for professional creators

Thu, 29th Aug 2024
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Intel launches new Xeon W-3500 and W-2500 processors, boasting up to 60 cores and 120 threads, to meet the heavy computing needs of professionals in AI and more.
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Databricks & NVIDIA expand partnership to boost AI workloads

Fri, 14th Jun 2024
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Databricks and NVIDIA expand partnership to integrate CUDA acceleration into Databricks' platform, boosting AI and data capabilities, announced at Data + AI Summit.
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Siemens unveils Catapult AI NN to boost AI accelerator design

Wed, 22nd May 2024
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Siemens unveils Catapult AI NN, a new software to streamline AI accelerator development, allowing for efficient, power-optimised SoC designs.
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AI platform boosts VC funding chances for women of colour founders

Thu, 14th Mar 2024
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R/GA EMEA and Founderland have launched PAM, an AI-powered platform, to help women of colour founders secure venture capital (VC) funding, addressing the stark disparity in the industry.
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Accenture and Workday expand finance transformation partnership

Fri, 8th Sep 2023
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The companies are collaborating to develop a suite of data-led, composable finance solutions that can be configured and reconfigured to help clients.
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Thoughtworks looks to give businesses competitive edge with Generative AI

Thu, 3rd Aug 2023
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Thoughtworks has announced product accelerators aimed to help organisations identify near-term opportunity areas and projects to apply generative AI.
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Pattern's platform identify unauthorised marketplace sellers

Fri, 21st Jul 2023
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The eCommerce acceleration platform helped track down an estimated AU$2.5 million worth of potential unauthorised marketplace sales within or into Australia.
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HLV and RBV launch accelerator to empower next era of Web3

Fri, 19th May 2023
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Horizen Labs Ventures (HLV) and Red Beard Ventures (RBV) have announced the launch of Denarii Labs, a tokenomics accelerator for Web3 projects.
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Boomi expands global partner program with new opportunties

Mon, 5th Sep 2022
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Boomi has announced it has expanded its global partner program to include new opportunities for its approximately 800 partners worldwide.
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AWS launches space and sustainability accelerator programs

Mon, 14th Mar 2022
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Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of two global accelerator programs to help startups address challenges in healthcare, space, and sustainability.
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Genesys recognises leaders in customer experience with latest awards

Wed, 5th Aug 2020
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Genesys has recognized trailblazing businesses in the ANZ region for their exceptional customer experiences. Winners include Homecare Medical and Microsoft.
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COVID-19: the greatest digital accelerator of the decade, Twilio finds

Wed, 22nd Jul 2020
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COVID-19 and related nationwide lockdowns have resulted in businesses accelerating their digital transformation strategy and efforts by at least six years.
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Registration for Sprout Accelerator open; $500,000 up for grabs

Fri, 4th Oct 2019
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Eight New Zealand start-ups will be selected to join the six-month accelerator, which provides business coaching, mentoring, network access and courses.
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Singapore Tourism Board calling Kiwis to join new pilot programme

Thu, 4th Jul 2019
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The Singapore Tourism Board is calling for local and international companies to join the Singapore Tourism Accelerator.
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Venture Up accelerator kicks off this month

Wed, 16th Jan 2019
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New Zealand's aspiring leaders and entrepreneurs are about to put their best feet forward for the launch of the Venture Up 2019 youth accelerator this month.
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ecentre's Sprint Global 2019 accelerator primed for action

Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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Massey University's ecentre is launching Sprint Global 2019, an accelerator programme to help New Zealand startups go global faster.
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MRHQ launches 'NZ-first' tech career accelerator

Mon, 7th Jan 2019
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A new tech career accelerator, Mission Ready HQ, aims to fill the skills shortage in the industry and create opportunities for talented individuals.
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Lightning Lab accelerator delves into tourism

Mon, 17th Dec 2018
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Startup accelerator Lightning Lab is launching a new programme to find innovative solutions to challenges facing the tourism industry.