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Women leaders and emerging engineers headlined the 2025 TechWorks Awards in London, as UK deep tech celebrated talent and diversity.

Hyvä has made its Magento front-end solution free and open source, aiming to help smaller retailers worldwide access advanced eCommerce technology.

Paris-based Gradium raises USD $70 million to launch an AI voice platform offering expressive, low-latency, multilingual voice interactions for enterprises and developers.

The UK Autumn Budget boosts FinTech investment but lacks long-term plans for AI, cybersecurity, and manufacturing resilience, say industry leaders.

Firgun Ventures launches with $70m fund to back early-stage quantum tech firms, aiming to scale innovations in computing, sensing and cryptography globally.

London launches the Global Growth Market, a new stock exchange to ease public listing for established growth firms, with trading slated for 2026.

ThoughtSpot has unveiled StartupSpot, a programme offering early-stage firms AI analytics integration for USD $12,999 per year, aiding data-driven product features.

Manchester's fintech sector, now worth over GBP £1 billion annually, hosts FinTech North's conference highlighting innovation, diversity, and growth in the region.

Tech leaders urge UK Government to reform procurement and boost support for early-stage cyber security firms to secure global leadership ambitions.

AWS unveils Kiro AI coding assistant with a new IDE, CLI tools, and features to boost code quality and collaboration for developers and teams.

Europe's Deep Tech startups, rooted in labs, struggle with app-style funding models; new Playbook urges patient capital aligned with scientific milestones.

Equinix plans a USD $22 million data centre in Lagos, its first in West Africa, boosting digital infrastructure to power Nigeria's growing tech economy by 2026.

Over a third of UK tech scale-ups lack women on their boards, with female representation at just 18%, lagging behind larger firms' 41%.

Canva launched its AI-powered Creative Operating System, uniting design, collaboration and marketing tools, while offering its professional Affinity suite free to all users.

Only 32% of UK tech scale-ups have AI experts on their boards, risking growth compared to FTSE 350 firms with higher board-level AI expertise.

Dell launches Pro Max with GB10, a powerful desktop for local AI work supporting models up to 200 billion parameters and 1000 TFLOPS performance.

Stockholm startup Epiminds raises USD $6.6m to launch AI platform with multi-agent system aimed at transforming marketing agency workflows.

Nebius launches global awards with USD $100,000 in AI Cloud credits for startups advancing robotics and physical AI across Asia, Europe and the US.

OVHcloud's new accelerator supports 16 blockchain startups with EUR €50,000 in cloud credits, mentoring and workshops from September to November 2025.

Corintis has raised USD $24 million in Series A funding after a breakthrough in AI chip cooling achieved in partnership with Microsoft to boost data centre efficiency.