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About Karen Joy
Karen Joy Bacudo
Finance Editor
Karen wears two hats at TechDay, balancing her role as an editor while assisting with finance tasks. She bridges writing content and reconciling numbers to support the team, with the same level of accuracy and precision.
Stories by Karen Joy - Page 5
Palo Alto warns on earnings as guidance disappoints
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Palo Alto Networks beat quarterly estimates but flagged weaker next-quarter earnings, unsettling investors despite stronger revenue and contract growth.
eflow launches RegCheck to cut compliance tech costs
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eflow launches RegCheck audit to help mid-market financial firms cut fragmented compliance tech stacks that can add up to 30% to costs.
SatVu raises GBP £30m to build UK thermal sat network
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SatVu secures GBP £30m to expand its UK-built thermal imaging satellites into a multi-satellite constellation for defence and industry.
Firgun backs Quantum Elements in quantum software bet
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Firgun backs Los Angeles quantum start-up Quantum Elements to scale its AI-powered Constellation software platform for circuit design.
Sage adds AI to Intacct for faster, clearer finance work
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Sage has embedded new AI tools in Sage Intacct to speed period-end close, sharpen cash visibility and cut manual finance workloads.
Fleet electrification shifts from compliance to costs
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Fleet electrification is shifting from green compliance to cost-cutting strategy, EO Charging survey finds, despite policy and energy uncertainty.
Emerald, DIC launch USD $62m Physical AI venture push
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Emerald and Japan's DIC are launching a USD $62m Physical AI venture platform targeting sensing, wearables, robotics and automation.
Sabre, PayPal & Mindtrip unveil AI travel assistant
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Sabre, PayPal and Mindtrip are teaming up on an AI travel assistant that lets users discover, book and pay for trips in one chat-based flow.
NVIDIA touts GB300 to slash AI agent inference costs
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NVIDIA claims its GB300 NVL72 platform slashes AI agent and coding assistant inference costs by up to 35x as cloud rollouts accelerate.
Anthropic raises USD $30 billion, hits USD $380b value
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Anthropic raises USD $30bn in new backing, lifting the AI group's valuation to USD $380bn as demand for its Claude models surges.
Active exploitation seen in BeyondTrust access flaw
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Arctic Wolf says attackers are actively exploiting a critical BeyondTrust vulnerability in self-hosted remote access systems.
Canopy unveils AI bookkeeping module for 2026 launch
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Canopy to launch AI-powered bookkeeping module in 2026, unifying ledger visibility, month-end workflows and client collaboration tools.
Ramp unveils AI Accounting Agent to speed month-end close
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data analytics
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Ramp launches an AI Accounting Agent that codes transactions, handles accruals and reconciles ERP data to speed up the month-end close.
GitHub unveils Agentic Workflows for safer AI automation
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GitHub debuts Agentic Workflows, using AI agents with strict guardrails to automate repo chores while keeping maintainers in control.
Quantexa picks London South Bank for new HQ at Delft
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Data and AI firm Quantexa will move its global headquarters to The Delft on London's South Bank when the new development completes in 2027.
Synechron earns EcoVadis silver for sustainability
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Synechron secures EcoVadis silver rating, placing it among the top 15% globally for sustainability across environment, ethics and labour.
eBPF report shows efficiency, security gains at scale
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eBPF report finds major cloud players cutting CPU, traffic costs and boosting security at scale, signalling a shift to kernel-level control.
AI misalignment costs UK firms billions in lost gains
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Misaligned expectations over workplace AI risk costing UK employers up to GBP £60 billion a year in lost productivity and savings.
Legal Brokers launches iDWallet app for UK ID checks
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crypto
Legal Brokers launches iDWallet app in the UK, promising faster biometric ID checks as sectors face tougher anti-money laundering demands.
Manchester firms delay growth plans amid volatility
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Manchester's mid-sized firms are stalling investment and expansion, citing volatile costs, policy shifts and tougher access to finance.