Global enterprise software company Ramco Systems announced the inauguration of its wholly owned subsidiary in Qatar, to support and transform the region’s business houses and MNCs in the area of ERP, HR, and payroll.
Kubik, an upcycling startup with operations in Kenya and Ethiopia, has closed a US$3.34 million seed funding round, with plans to double down on the production of building materials in Ethiopia before scaling to other countries within Africa. The startup turns hard-to-recycle plastic waste (polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene) into affordable building materials, removing 45,000 kg of plastic waste from landfills every day.
HCLTech, a leading global technology company, and Google Cloud announced the expansion of their strategic partnership to help enterprises leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) and develop joint solutions powered by Google Cloud’s generative AI technologies.
Salesforce is buying Airkit.ai, which builds low-code, AI-powered e-commerce customer service agents. You might have thought Salesforce could already do that, but presumably Airkit does it better. It doesn’t hurt that the company founders sold a previous business to Salesforce, the company was partly funded by Salesforce Ventures, and the product is already listed on AppExchange. Price was not announced.