11/19/2025 18:38
AWS and HUMAIN Expand Partnership with NVIDIA AI Infrastructure and AWS AI Chip Deal to Drive Global AI Innovation

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), and HUMAIN, a Public Investment Fund (PIF) company delivering global full-stack AI solutions, announced today at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum their plans to provide, deploy and manage up to 150,000 AI accelerators in a data center facility known as an “AI Zone” in Riyadh. As part of the expanded partnership, AWS will become HUMAIN’s preferred AI partner globally, and the two companies will collaborate to bring AI co...

09/29/2025 12:55
Gradiant’s ForeverGone Sets New Standard for PFAS Destruction with Breakthrough Cost and Performance

Gradiant, a global leader in advanced water and wastewater solutions, today announced advancements in its ForeverGone PFAS destruction platform, establishing it as one of the most cost-effective and sustainable solutions for eliminating “forever chemicals” in industrial wastewater. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250929038872/en/Gradiant has announced advancements in its ForeverGone PFAS destruction platform and the c...

09/29/2025 05:00
BECO Capital Raises $370 Million to Back Founders from Pre-Seed to IPO in the Gulf

BECO Capital announces the close of $370 million across two new funds, expanding BECO’s ability to back founders from Pre-Seed to IPO, with a continued focus on the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The raise includes $120 million for BECO Fund IV, the firm’s fourth early-stage fund, and a $250 million Growth Fund. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250928385582/en/BECO Capital’s General Partnership team from left to right: Yousef H...

09/29/2025 05:00
Solaris Selects ACI Connetic to Future-Proof Payments Infrastructure

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced that Solaris SE, Europe’s leading embedded finance platform, has selected ACI Connetic to consolidate all SEPA instant payments onto ACI Connetic, ACI’s leading-edge technology, cloud-native payments platform. ACI Connetic is the industry’s only unified solution that seamlessly integrates account-to-account (A2A) payments, card processing, and AI-powered fraud prevention within a single, modular ...

09/29/2025 05:14
Genmab to Acquire Merus, Expanding Late-Stage Pipeline and Accelerating into a Wholly Owned Model

Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) and Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS) announced today that they have entered into a transaction agreement pursuant to which Genmab intends to acquire all the shares of Merus, a clinical-stage biotechnology company with its late-stage breakthrough therapy asset petosemtamab, which is in Phase 3 development, for USD 97.00 per share in an all-cash transaction representing a transaction value of approximately USD 8.0 billion. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the Bo...

09/29/2025 05:00
Virometix Announces Completion of Enrollment in Phase I Trial of V-212 — a Fully Synthetic, Serotype-Independent Vaccine Candidate Against Streptococcus Pneumoniae

Virometix AG, a Swiss clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering fully synthetic vaccines, today announced that it has successfully completed enrollment in the Phase I clinical trial of V-212, a peptide-based, serotype-independent vaccine candidate targeting Streptococcus pneumoniae infections. “Completing enrollment in this Phase I trial marks a significant milestone for V-212,” said Anna Sumeray, CEO of Virometix. “This fully synthetic, serotype-independent vaccine candidate is designe...

AFP Photographers Honoured at the 2024 POY Awards

Several AFP photographers have been honoured at the 82nd edition of the 2024 Pictures of the Year International (POY) awards, the world's oldest photojournalism competition, earning awards and special mentions across various categories.

Several AFP photographers have been honoured at the 82nd edition of the 2024 Pictures of the Year International (POY) awards, the world's oldest photojournalism competition, earning awards and special mentions across various categories.