Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, May 25-29, 2026

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and data centers, coming from Taiwan, the UK and the USA The UK’s tax administration to fight fraud with AI Britain’s tax authority signed a 10-year agreement with London-based AI firm Quantexa to strengthen its efforts to detect […]

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Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, May 18-22, 2026

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and gadgets, coming from Korea, Netherlands and the USA The White House moves to calm fears of tougher AI regulation Senior officials in the White House are seeking to reassure technology companies that the Trump administration is not […]

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Paydaş, a Turkish prop-fintech startup, reached $16 million valuation

Paydaş lets users to participate in rental income and potential value appreciation Turkish prop-fintech startup Paydaş announced reaching USD16 million valuation. The starup raised $1.25 million total cash and in-kind investments so far, as the company seeks to make access to global property income more […]

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Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, 11-15 May, 2026

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from Denmark, EU and Taiwan EU makes AI regulation less rigid European Union (EU) lawmakers reached a deal to ease parts of the bloc’s landmark artificial intelligence (AI) law and delay implementation deadlines after mounting […]

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Turkey’s AI ecosystem gains momentum as global investment hits record levels

Turkey owns 1,200 AI startups about 70% of which were founded after 2020 Turkey’s artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem is expanding rapidly, fueled by a surge in global investment, a growing startup base and an increasingly influential diaspora, according to the Turkish Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem and […]

BBVA, OpenAI strike strategic partnership to reshape banking with AI and its impact on Turkish unit

The deal aims to transform customer experience and operational efficiency across the bank by placing AI BBVA and OpenAI have announced a strategic partnership aimed at transforming customer experience and operational efficiency across the bank by placing artificial intelligence (AI) at the core of its […]

BioScience Managers, Maxis launch health technology-focused fund in Türkiye

The fund marks the first health-focused venture capital fund in Türkiye established by foreign investors International healthcare investment firm BioScience Managers, in partnership with Maxis, a subsidiary of Türkiye İş Bankası, launched the BioScience Managers Venture Capital Fund, marking the first health-focused venture capital fund […]

Paribu acquires CoinMENA, MENA’s largest local crypto exchange, for $240 million 

Paribu, Türkiye’s leading digital asset platform, acquired the largest digital asset platform of MENA. Türkiye’s leading digital asset platform Paribu announced that it acquired CoinMENA, the largest local crypto exchange in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), for USD 240 million. The deal represents Türkiye’s largest fintech transaction to date and the […]

Workup Entrepreneurship Program marks graduation of 13th Cohort

Sixteen startups graduated from the 13th cohort of the Workup Entrepreneurship Program Sixteen startups graduated from the 13th cohort of the Workup Entrepreneurship Program, an initiative supported by Türkiye İş Bankası and running since 2017, the bank announced. More than 75 Workup alumni have raised […]