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InstaLILY AI Raises $60 Million Series B, Overtone Secures $18 Million Seed Funding in Active AI Startup Market
AlleyWatch USA Overview InstaLILY AI, an AI products and infrastructure company deploying autonomous forward-deployed engineers, raised $60 million in Series B funding. Concurrently, Overtone, an AI and voice technology matchmaking compa... -
Whatnot Acquires AI Recommendation Startup Shaped to Enhance Live Shopping Discovery and User Engagement
GeekWire USA Overview Live-shopping platform Whatnot has acquired Shaped, an AI startup specializing in real-time recommendation and search technology. Shaped's founder and CEO will lead a new applied AI research team at Whatnot to enhan... -
Microsoft Agent Framework Officially Released in Go, Establishing .NET as a Production-Ready AI Platform
AI Mindset (Medium) USA Overview The Microsoft Agent Framework reached its 1.0 General Availability release on April 3, 2026, establishing .NET as a full-fledged, production-ready platform for AI agent development, alongside Python. This... -
Microsoft Open-Sources Go SDK for Production-Grade AI Agent Framework, Expanding Enterprise AI Development
TechGig USA Overview Microsoft has released a public preview of its open-source Go language SDK for the AI Agent Framework, enabling the construction of production-grade AI agents and multi-agent workflows. This Go SDK supports key AI se... -
Sumitomo Chemical to Acquire Koei Chemical Company, Limited as Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to Strengthen Business Portfolio
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Japan Overview Sumitomo Chemical announced the execution of a share exchange agreement to make Koei Chemical Company, Limited a wholly-owned subsidiary, a strategic move aimed at strengthening its business portfolio. Th... -
Swiss Startup Depoly Launches Pilot Plant for PET Chemical Depolymerization
Plastics Today Switzerland Overview Swiss startup Depoly has commissioned a pilot plant for the chemical depolymerization of PET plastics, enabling the efficient recovery of high-purity monomers from mixed PET waste. This technology faci... -
COMY Environmental Technology Drives Circular Polymer Production, Transforming Plastic Waste into Virgin-Quality Feedstocks via Depolymerization and Pyrolysis
COMY Environmental Technology Unknown Overview COMY Environmental Technology is spearheading advanced circular polymer production technologies, including depolymerization, pyrolysis, and catalytic cracking, to tackle escalating plastic c... -
Ineos and Recuro Announce Plans for Renewable-Powered Chemical Recycling Facility in Norway, Targeting 33,000 Metric Tons of Plastic Waste Annually
Eco-plastics in Packaging UK Overview Ineos and Norwegian recycler Recuro are partnering to establish "Full Circle," a chemical recycling plant at Ineos' polymer site in Bamble, Norway, designed to process up to 33,000 metric tons of end... -
DePoly Unveils Light-Activated Chemical Depolymerization Plant in Switzerland, Converting PET Waste to Virgin-Quality Monomers in Under 60 Minutes
Plastics Today USA Overview Swiss startup DePoly has launched a showcase plant in Monthey, Switzerland, demonstrating a light-activated chemical depolymerization process that converts post-consumer PET plastic waste into virgin-quality r... -
Switzerland’s Quantonique Partners with Major Manufacturer to Integrate High-Precision Quantum Sensors into Production Lines for Real-Time Defect Detection and Process Optimization
Swiss Startups News Switzerland Overview Swiss quantum sensor startup Quantonique has forged a strategic partnership with a leading manufacturing company. This collaboration will integrate Quantonique's high-precision quantum sensor tech...
