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Photo: BalticServers.com / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0AI · EuropeCollibra acquires Munich AI governance startup trail ML to automate compliance checksCollibra is buying a three-year-old Munich startup whose agents check AI systems against the EU AI Act, ISO 42001 and NIST rules, and can block an AI agent's action before it breaks policy.
Photo: David Wheatley / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0Mobility & logistics · Europeinit buys 67.74% of Applied Autonomy, the Norwegian software firm behind Stavanger's driverless busThe Karlsruhe transit-software group is paying an undisclosed sum for control of an eight-person startup whose xFlow platform supervises what init calls Europe's only regular-route autonomous bus without a safety driver.
Photo: Wilfredor / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Commerce & marketing · North AmericaTrackStreet buys Portland wholesale ordering platform Candid WholesaleThe brand-protection company, best known for policing unauthorized sellers and pricing, now wants to run the orders that brands take from authorized retailers.
Photo: Oast House Archive / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0AI · North AmericaZeta Global agrees to buy Senso, the Toronto startup behind its AI search visibility productZeta is buying the company whose technology already powered its generative engine optimization offering. Senso started out building retention analytics for credit unions before joining Y Combinator in 2024.