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Dutch software company Klippa has partnered with Rutter, a provider of Universal API solutions, to streamline and automate accounting workflows for businesses. The partnership allows companies to automate document processing and sync data into various accounting systems, including NetSuite, Quickbooks Online, Xero, Sage Intacct, and more.

Less than half of data and analytics (D&A) leaders (44%) reported that their team is effective in providing value to their organisation, according to a new Gartner survey. Chief data and analytics officers (CDAOs) must focus on presence, persistence and performance to succeed in their role and deliver measurable business results.

End-to-end, no-code multi-cloud management application platform emma, today announces that it has raised $6 million in Seed funding in a round led by RTP Global, with participation from AltaIR Capital and CircleRock Capital.

Neil Shortland, associate professor in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies at UMass Lowell, is leading a group of researchers studying the use of artificial intelligence to help make difficult decisions.

IntelliMan, a new Horizon Europe research project coordinated by the University of Bologna, researches a world in which robots will be guided by artificial intelligence: they will move with us and interact with the environment, learning step by step how to adapt to the different circumstances in which they will operate.

CONVINCE, a European project coordinated by the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology-IIT), has been awarded over €4 million in EU funding under the Horizon Europe Programme. The principal aim of the project is to develop and verify cognitive deliberation capabilities in autonomous robots.  The project will last for three and a half years and involves 10 international partners.

Agility Robotics is has unveiled the next generation of Digit, a human-centric, multi-purpose robot made for logistics work. Digit is designed to go where people go and do useful work safely in spaces designed for people, starting with bulk material handling within warehouses and distribution centers.

In recent years, the working world has undergone significant transformation due to digitalization, skills shortages, and sustainability, presenting companies with an increasing number of challenges. The work attitude of the upcoming generation of employees is also changing and influencing the labor market: young talents have a new understanding of work and associated demands for their workplace. To remain attractive to well-educated applicants in the long term, companies must continuously realign themselves.

Machine customers represent one of the biggest new growth opportunities of the decade, and business leaders must act now to create a path to entry to a business megatrend that will eventually be more significant than the arrival of digital commerce, according to Gartner.

In 2022, the tech industry experienced difficult times due to the collapse of cryptocurrency and 152,000 job losses, with innovation almost coming to a standstill. However, OpenAI released ChatGPT in early December of last year, which seemed like a lifeline for some, but a threat to others.