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Aerobotics is a South African AgriTech company that uses aerial imagery and AI to provide tools for growers. It has generated insights for more than 100 million trees, and its largest markets are Australia, South Africa, and the United States.

AI Rudder uses AI-driven automation and voice communications to help companies plan, execute, and complete repetitive customer-interaction tasks. It has worked with more than 100 companies.

Akua provides an AI-powered, cloud-native payments hub that integrates multiple payment rails. It serves acquirers, banks, PayFacs, platforms, and merchants.

Founded in 2017, French fintech Alma offers merchants installment payment and pay-later solutions.

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Tomáš Čupr’s new startup **Duvo** secures **$32M in Series A funding** (totaling **$48M**) to deploy AI agents that map undocumented workplace processes—termed the ‘human API’—and automate workflows across enterprise systems. The platform, targeting retailers and consumer goods firms, reduces manual process discovery (traditionally handled by consultancies) from months to weeks while cutting labor costs. Duvo claims **$100M+ in client value unlocked**, including a **70-day to 15-day reduction** in supplier-bonus reconciliation for Notino. It also partners with **Deloitte Central Europe** and offers on-premise AI model deployment to address European data privacy concerns. Čupr, a former Rohlik Group founder, envisions self-deployable enterprise AI, eliminating the need for specialized engineering teams.

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Chime sets a $24-to-$26 share price range for its upcoming IPO, targeting a market capitalization of up to $11.2 billion. At the midpoint, the offering is expected to raise $800 million for the company and selling investors; Chime reports revenue of $1.7 billion in 2024 and losses of $25 million, down from $203 million in 2023, while its last known private valuation is $25 billion.

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