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Investors now judge private equity targets by how AI could erode margins, weaken moats or lift pricing, not just technical novelty.
The move comes as the UK-founded commerce group seeks GBP £500 million in growth funding to support acquisitions and overseas expansion.
Employee-owned Livingston James is keeping succession internal as it expands into specialist finance and overseas markets amid firm demand.
The appointment brings continuity as Gresham integrates its recent acquisition and reshapes leadership around financial services data management.
The deal broadens the IT services group's reach into deployment work and field service software, while adding a bigger UK base.
The acquisition gives Arcus immediate access to a supply-constrained London market where demand for secure colocation and low-latency links remains high.
With AI now embedded in most deal processes, 62% of senior M&A executives say human-only decision-making is no longer defensible.
Venture firms could cut screening and diligence time as SVV's open-source system spreads its internal AI workflows across the industry.
The Irish-headquartered group is stepping up dealmaking in healthcare software, with more than 20 products and €100 million earmarked for acquisitions.
The release aims to ease a key hurdle for firms moving AI agents into production by unifying memory, retrieval and access across environments.
The board reshuffle comes as BAI expands beyond broadcast infrastructure into digital services for mining, resources and energy customers.
Finance discipline is under closer scrutiny as the cybersecurity distributor expands internationally and backs partners with more services.
The fresh capital will fund platform upgrades and expansion as large enterprises demand cleaner supplier data for compliance, risk and automation.
Private markets firms could cut paperwork as the Berlin start-up targets manual fund accounting, treasury and transfer agency work.
The move gives fund managers a single route into IQ-EQ's wider services across 25 jurisdictions as it deepens its Asia-Pacific and Middle East reach.
Banks could cut compliance review workloads by 77% as Smarsh rolls out AWS-backed AI tools that regulators can still audit.
The deal deepens efex's east coast footprint and adds more than 7,000 end points as it targets larger mid-market customers.
The tie-up would expand Parvis's regulated private-market platform, but the acquisition still needs regulatory and exchange approval before closing.
The rebrand signals a larger push into Australia's energy transition, with AUD $19 billion manager HMC Capital backing a 6 gigawatt pipeline.
The Melbourne-based provider's top-70 finish signals Australian MSPs can compete on recurring revenue, growth and business health globally.