Overview of Israeli startup trends in 2025 done by law firm Meitar and Investment house IBI S-cube point to increasing valuations, increasing rounds and a surge in AI and cyber investments.

AI adoption in Asia-Pacific’s digital payments and e-commerce markets is accelerating—led by China, India, and Southeast Asia—but the pace is uneven. A new ResearchAndMarkets report shows that while AI is driving efficiency and competitiveness, data quality, governance, and infrastructure remain the biggest constraints. As the region evolves, the winners will be those that build AI on structured, well-governed data rather than layering it onto fragmented systems.

AI is reshaping compliance, and ComplyControl is one of the companies leading that shift. In this Q&A, founder Roman Eloshvili explains how his AI-native platform delivers real-time risk intelligence, unifies fragmented data, and was recently recognized as a technology leader in the Generative AI in Risk and Compliance.

Google’s new BigQuery natural language feature for querying is a leap forward. These tools let users explore complex data relationships and now, you can do it using plain English instead of SQL.

Trying to make sense of the dizzying pace of change in artificial intelligence? Mary Meeker’s latest report, Trends — Artificial Intelligence, is a great place to start. At over 300 pages, it’s dense, data-driven, and surprisingly accessible. It gives executives, investors, and even curious technophiles a comprehensive look at what’s happening in AI which if I had to sum the report to a single word it would be "unprecedented".