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Salesforce is acquiring Contentful to give Agentforce a content layer that can assemble experiences on the fly

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Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Contentful, the API-first headless content management platform used by more than 4,800 enterprises to deliver digital experiences across web, mobile, and emerging channels. The deal, announced on Sunday, does not disclose financial terms. Contentful was last valued at more than $3 billion in a 2021 Series F round […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here

Apple destroyed the mid-tier watch market. Now it’s coming for the $200 billion eyewear industry.

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When Apple launched the Apple Watch in 2015, the mid-tier wristwatch market had a handful of dominant companies. Swatch Group sold watches under Tissot, Hamilton, and Longines. Fossil Group sold under Michael Kors, Armani, and Kate Spade. Movado sold under Coach, Hugo Boss, and Tommy Hilfiger. Ten years later, the damage is quantifiable. Swatch’s revenue […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here

Anthropic named eight firms selling its shares illegally. After the backlash, it quietly removed four.

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Anthropic updated its warning about unauthorized secondary market platforms selling its shares, cutting the list from eight firms to four. The revised version names only Open Door Partners, Unicorns Exchange, Pachamama, and Upmarket. Several of the most prominent names in private market trading, including Hiive, were removed. The original notice, published earlier this month, stated […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here

Morgan Stanley doubles its forecast: European banks could shed 20% of jobs on AI

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The May estimate is twice the bank’s January figure, and the workforce cuts are already happening at UBS, ABN Amro and HSBC. Morgan Stanley has doubled its forecast for AI-driven job losses across the European banking sector, estimating that as much as 20% of total banking employment could be eliminated by 2030 as lenders push […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here

Stord raises $250 million to give independent brands the shipping speed they need to compete with Amazon

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Stord, a logistics technology company that helps retailers manage inventory, checkout, and fulfillment, has raised $250 million in a Series F round that values the company at $3 billion. The round was led by Strike Capital with participation from Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton, Baillie Gifford, G Squared, and Bond. The funding doubles Stord’s valuation […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here

PerPlant raises €1M to put AI cameras on tractors, and 200,000 hectares in the bank

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The Copenhagen agtech has already mapped nine times more European farmland than every Danish agricultural drone combined. Two well-known Nordic investors want the United States next. The pitch behind PerPlant is one a farmer can grasp in a sentence: a box on the roof of the tractor, a camera looking at the field, an AI deciding which […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here

This Zurich startup built a four-armed robot for space stations. Each astronaut hour it saves is worth $140,000.

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Orbit Robotics, a Zurich-based startup, has unveiled Helios, a four-armed robot designed to work inside space stations. In microgravity, legs are useless. Helios replaces them with two extra arms that serve as both mobility aids and working hands. The design logic is simple. Two arms anchor the robot to the station interior while the other […] This story continues at The Next Web * This article was originally published here