Monzo is shutting down its US operation, and its European banking licence explains why
In short: Monzo announced on 1 April 2026 that it is closing its US operations, stopping new American sign-ups immediately and shutting existing accounts by June, and cutting approximately 50 roles. [...]
Salesforce gives Slackbot 30 new AI powers, and a strategy that looks a lot like Microsoft’s
In short: Salesforce unveiled more than 30 new AI capabilities for Slackbot on 31 March 2026, the most sweeping overhaul of the platform since its $27.7 billion acquisition in 2021. The update transf [...]
OpenAI calls for robot taxes, a public wealth fund, and a four-day week
Sam Altman’s 13-page policy blueprint, ‘Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age,’ proposes auto-triggering safety nets, containment playbooks for rogue AI, and direct citizen dividends from A [...]
IBM and Arm are partnering to stop mainframes being left out of the AI era
In short: IBM and Arm announced a strategic collaboration on 2 April 2026 to enable Arm-based software to run on IBM Z and LinuxONE mainframes, the platforms that process the bulk of the world’s re [...]
Chinese humanoid robot maker UBTech is offering $18M to hire a chief AI scientist
UBTech’s salary range for Chief Scientist of Embodied Intelligence runs from $2.2M to $18M. The Shenzhen company’s humanoid robot revenue grew twenty-fold last year. Bloomberg calls the offer unus [...]
Argentine wildfire AI startup raises $2.7M after building a detection system that beats NASA’s alerts by 35 minutes
Satellites on Fire, founded in 2020 as a school project by three Argentine teenagers, has closed a seed round led by Dalus Capital. Its software-only platform integrates satellite data from multiple a [...]
Bolt expands its Hopp ride-hailing brand into Canadian corporate travel
A year after its consumer launch in Toronto, Bolt’s North American brand Hopp has introduced a corporate mobility product targeting finance teams frustrated by fragmented expense reporting. It enter [...]
