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Hydrosat, a leading provider of thermal satellite intelligence and AI-powered analytics, and JSC “NC “Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary” (JSC “NC “KGS”), Kazakhstan’s national space company, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the framework for the development of a dedicated thermal infrared (TIR) satellite constellation designed to strengthen national Earth observation capabilities that provide governments with independent access to critical satellite intelligence for Kazakhstan and the broader Central Asian region…

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A visually-impaired woman has said AI-enhanced smart glasses help her stay independent during hot weather while protecting her guide dog. Lorraine, who is medically retired from her job as a teaching assistant, said she relies on a white cane and AI-powered smart glasses as an alternative form of safe mobility when it is too hot to take Gigi out. “If I go into a supermarket, I can video call somebody and they can see what I’m looking at and help me find things on the shelf. “I can call Be My Eyes and that does the same thing.” Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low-vision users with sighted volunteers and AI for real-time visual assistance…

Array Labs has raised $21 million in an oversubscribed strategic investment round, anchored by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, one of Japan’s largest defense and aerospace companies, with continued participation from Catapult Ventures, Kompas VC, and Y Combinator. As part of the financing, Array Labs and Mitsubishi Electric have entered into a partnership to develop and bring to market satellite-based airborne tracking services for mainly defense and security customers in the Asia Pacific Region…

Capacity, the University City-based company that uses artificial intelligence to automate customer interactions, has raised over $54 million in a Series E funding round as it looks to expand its AI-powered customer experience platform and accelerate global growth. The funding round brings Capacity’s total capital raised to more than $159 million, according to a Wednesday announcement from the company. The round was led by entrepreneur and former model Kathy Ireland, who first invested in the company this spring after having used its technology within her business operations for a year…

Capacity, an agentic support automation platform, raised more than $54 million in Series E funding, CEO David Karandish tells Axios Pro exclusively…

Balto, the leading AI platform for contact centers and the company that invented the category of agent assist called real-time guidance in 2017, today officially unveiled RTG3 – the tool is being regarded as the future of agent assist – not for its first of its kind features, but also because it’s an agent assist that consistently delivers measurable ROI. RTG3 delivers what Balto describes as ambient agentic intelligence for the frontline contact center agents – an experience the contact center space has never seen before, and one that is being heralded as the future of agent assist…

Immunophotonics has closed an additional $10 million in Series C financing and promoted Robert H. Arch, Ph.D., from president to president and CEO. Arch, who has been with the company for nearly two years, succeeds Miguel Zubizarreta, interim CEO since 2025, who stays on the board. The company has now raised about $41.5 million. Earlier backing includes a $21.4 million Series B led by ROVAQ Ventures and Zubizoom Investments in 2022, a $1.5 million venture round in February 2023, and money from BioGenerator, Cultivation Capital, iSelect Fund, Johnson & Johnson Innovation and St. Louis Arch Angels. The National Institutes of Health has awarded SBIR grants totaling $2.4 million since 2021…

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Kenneth Eversole holds a bit of a rare perspective when it comes to artificial intelligence. The CEO and co-founder of OpsCompanion, a St. Louis-based AI-focused startup, doesn’t parrot the same unrelenting hype about the technology that leaders of big and small companies alike have been trumpeting in recent years. The company has raised over half a million dollars from notable investors including Cultivation Capital, Missouri Technology Corporation, Move Ventures Capital, and the chief technology officer of Cloudflare…