In an effort to boost Spain’s semiconductor and audiovisual industries, the country is set to launch a new state-owned technology investment company with a capital of €20 billion ($22 billion). Digital Transformation Minister Jose Luis Escriva, announced the creation of the Spanish Society for Technological...
Venture capitalists (VCs) reportedly have $311 billion in unspent cash as tech funding cools. VC groups in the U.S. raised a record $435 billion from their investors between 2020 and 2022 and have deployed just half of that amount, the Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday...
Businesses have long been phasing out manual processes in favor of digital systems that improve efficiency, deepen relationships with suppliers and better serve customers. The trend gained new focus during the pandemic when businesses throughout the United States economy needed to upgrade their payment platforms...
Businesses learned two critical lessons from the pandemic-related supply chain disruptions: First, they need tighter control of key payment processes, particularly procurement, to ride out the next economic disruption, and second, digital technology is necessary to achieve and sustain this control. Businesses across the board...
March 23, 2023
Businesses have long been phasing out manual processes in favor of digital systems that improve efficiency, deepen relationships with suppliers and better serve customers. The trend gained new focus during the pandemic when businesses throughout the United States economy needed to upgrade their payment platforms rapidly. Businesses have been relying predominantly on payment methods like […]
May 13, 2024
Microsoft says it is investing $4.3 billion toward tech projects in France. The spending package will focus on cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, “AI skilling, and French Tech acceleration,” the company announced Monday (May 13), with the goal of training 1 million people and supporting 2,500 AI startups by 2027. The news marks Microsoft’s largest investment in […]
February 26, 2024
In an effort to boost Spain’s semiconductor and audiovisual industries, the country is set to launch a new state-owned technology investment company with a capital of €20 billion ($22 billion)....
January 30, 2024
Venture capitalists (VCs) reportedly have $311 billion in unspent cash as tech funding cools. VC groups in the U.S. raised a record $435 billion from their investors between 2020 and...
April 20, 2018
President Donald Trump’s administration could invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to put forth new restrictions on investments by the Chinese as part of its move to clamp down...
