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Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Obviant Raises $7.1M in Funding to Scale its Data Intelligence Platform for Defense Acquisition, Contracting and Budgeting
WASHINGTON, June 24, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Obviant, the data intelligence platform transforming how industry and government leverage U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition, contracting and budgeting data today announced $7.1 million in seed funding. The round was led by Shield Capital with participation from Motivate Venture Capital, A*, New Vista Capital, Aloft Venture Capital, and Underdog Labs. AI Enables Decision Edge for the Defense Market Today, more than ever, with defense budgets at record highs and the defense technology sector rapidly expanding, companies and investors need real-time data on opportunities. In addition, the Department of Defense (DoD) needs real-time data to assess how effectively its budget supports its strategies and priorities. Clarity and timeliness in Pentagon acquisitions have been elusive due to data silos, legacy systems, and fragmented documentation often organized around outdated programs rather than mission need or capability. Obviant's AI-powered platform changes that—bringing real-time transparency and context to the defense procurement ecosystem. By ingesting and unifying data from thousands of sources—such as program documents, defense budget justification books, and Congressional reports—Obviant delivers a comprehensive and coherent picture of acquisition, contracting, and budgeting information across the DoD. Further, this data can be aggregated by missions or programs such as contested logistics or Golden Dome, which highlight opportunities. Obviant combines open-source intelligence (OSINT) and customers' own data with AI-driven context and reasoning to transform defense procurement, giving customers a decisive edge in understanding and pursuing opportunities. This investment in Obviant comes as the defense sector is rapidly expanding to include more companies supplying emerging technologies. Obviant customers already include high-growth defense startups, primes, global investment firms, defense advisory firms, think tanks, and multiple government agencies, all seeking faster and smarter ways to navigate and comprehend the $1 trillion+ U.S. defense market. "We are at a historic inflection point for defense acquisition," said Brendan Karp, Co-founder and CEO of Obviant. "For the best capabilities to get to warfighters more rapidly, leaders across industry and government need real-time, actionable data—not guesswork or hand-built spreadsheets. Obviant's mission is to provide that source of truth and underlying trends, so technology, policy, and investment can finally move at the speed of relevance." Michael Brown, a Partner at Shield Capital and former Director of the DoD's Defense Innovation Unit said, "Success in selling to the DoD has been difficult because there is no real-time 'single source of truth' about spending on defense mission capabilities or new technologies like resilient communications or unmanned systems. Obviant's solution unlocks better understanding of the spending on these capabilities—at any level of granularity or aggregation—to ensure better decisions." Obviant is already empowering defense tech firms to align capabilities with sources of funding, supplying investors with diligence-ready analysis and market sizing, and helping DoD offices visualize portfolios and streamline technology transitions. With this recent funding, Obviant will expand its team, advance the AI capabilities of its platform, and broaden its customer base—transforming how companies, investors, and government leaders make more informed decisions across the defense sector. About Obviant Obviant is a data intelligence platform that combines open-source intelligence (OSINT) on defense acquisition, contracting, and budgeting with customers' own data, serving as the source of truth for decision-makers. By delivering real-time, accurate, and actionable insight across Department of Defense programs, Obviant empowers technology companies, investors, and government leaders to align capabilities with mission needs. View source version on Contacts For more information, contact media@
Tahawul Tech
23-06-2025
- Automotive
- Tahawul Tech
AVEVA recognised at annual Data + AI Summit
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software driving innovation and sustainability, has been named as the 2025 Databricks Manufacturing ISV Partner of the Year. Presented at the annual Data + AI Summit, the award highlights AVEVA's exceptional contributions to innovations in data-powered manufacturing. Over the past year, AVEVA, in strategic partnership with Databricks, the data and AI company, launched a ground-breaking integrative solution through its CONNECT industrial intelligence platform that redefines how industrial and enterprise data can be unified, analysed, and operationalised. This collaboration addresses one of the most pressing challenges in modern industry: turning vast amounts of siloed operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) data into meaningful insights, while ensuring data integrity, minimising the development and maintenance costs, and significantly shortening time-to-value. By using the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform alongside CONNECT, customers can securely unify industrial data with enterprise business systems in an open, governed, and scalable manner via Delta Sharing, Databricks' open source approach that enables customers to share live data across platforms, clouds, and regions. This enables AI, machine learning, and real-time analytics to be applied to data sets that were historically isolated or underutilised. Manufacturers can now leverage Databricks with CONNECT for smarter decision making, predictive maintenance, demand forecasting, sustainability tracking, safety monitoring and boosted operational efficiency. 'At AVEVA, we're proud to have established Databricks and Delta Sharing as key foundation-stones of our strategy for our industrial intelligence platform, CONNECT', said Bry Dillon, SVP of Partners and Commercial Strategy at AVEVA. 'Together, we're enabling our joint customers to access real-time insights, accelerate AI, and deliver tangible outcomes across the industrial landscape. Our partnership with Databricks marks a pivotal moment in the advancement of industrial AI. This collaboration presents a powerful opportunity to accelerate the deployment of AI-driven solutions and drive greater industry wide collaboration — capabilities that are needed for companies across the industrial sector to stay relevant, remain competitive, and build efficient, sustainable businesses of the future'. 'We are thrilled to name AVEVA the 2025 Databricks Manufacturing ISV Partner of the Year', said Shiv Trisal, Global Manufacturing, Transportation & Energy GTM Leader at Databricks. 'As more enterprises leverage data intelligence to solve challenges across the manufacturing and energy industries, AVEVA's partnership with Databricks is essential to helping organisations everywhere harness the full potential of their data'. Image Credit: AVEVA
Forbes
16-06-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Bridging The Intelligence Gap: Why Data Alone Isn't Enough
Lalena Nau, Managing Director at Zeta Global. getty In today's marketing landscape, data is abundant—however, true intelligence is not. Despite years of investments in analytics platforms, dashboards and data storage systems, many organizations continue to encounter the same core challenge: translating vast amounts of customer data into personalized, meaningful experiences that drive growth. Deloitte's Fall 2024 CMO Survey revealed that many companies remain in the emerging stages of digital transformation, with 57% not having fully integrated new technologies into their processes, which leads to challenges around how to both analyze and leverage their customer data. This disconnect—the 'intelligence gap'—is expensive. As customers demand more relevance and immediacy across channels, the discrepancy between data collection and actionable insights has become impossible to ignore. The foundation of the intelligence gap is complexity. Most marketers are inundated with siloed systems, fragmented identity signals and platforms that were not designed to operate in real time. Without an intelligence layer that can unify identity, derive actionable insights and automate execution, marketers are left with static segmentation models, delayed campaign cycles and a limited ability to respond to customer signals as they happen. Customer data platforms (CDPs) have played a meaningful role in helping organizations centralize and structure their data. However, many CDPs are now reaching the limits of what they were originally designed to do. While they can effectively ingest and organize customer data, they often require additional layers of intelligence to unify identity across channels, generate predictive insights and enable real-time activation. Without this added capability, marketers may struggle to move beyond basic segmentation and static dashboards, which can result in static segmentation models, delayed campaign cycles and a mounting disparity between marketing potential and execution. The intelligence gap is more than a technical hurdle—it's a strategic barrier keeping CMOs from realizing AI's full value. Marketing leaders who can transform data into real-time actions will close the gap more quickly. Successfully closing the gap requires changes in mindset, skill set and tools—particularly as AI becomes central to marketing strategy. For example, AI is no longer just about content creation, and it's time for marketing leaders to embrace a broader, more transformative role. With AI, marketers can better understand their customers, deliver personalized content based on predicted behavior and preferences and automate cross-channel optimization to ensure no touchpoint has been missed—empowering next-generation marketing strategies. To begin bridging the intelligence gap, marketing leaders should prioritize a few key strategies: 1. Consolidate data around a single customer view. Centralized data is essential to make the most of AI tools. In a recent survey conducted by my organization, Zeta Global, 35% of nearly 200 chief marketing executives said they needed to improve customer insight and intelligence to drive action. AI technologies are increasingly being used to support this process. Integrate identity as well as behavioral and transactional data to create persistent customer profiles that facilitate personalization across all channels. 2. Implement predictive models. Use AI to anticipate customer needs and behaviors, then execute on those predictions in real time through automated decisioning. Personally, I appreciate when brands do this. For example, a specialty coffee establishment that I like to visit often delivers personalized recommendations based on past visits and purchases. I have tried new menu items that I would not have otherwise considered due to this AI-powered interaction. Every brand can do this, no matter the industry. 3. Move from campaigns to conversations. Transition from mass marketing campaigns to always-on, behavior-derived journeys that respond to an individual's signals and intent. Gone are the days when a brand can send a mass email and hope for a higher-than-normal open rate. Brands must connect to their customers on an individual level and look at each interaction as part of a conversation on a personal level. Leveraging AI to better understand the customer can significantly help each interaction feel personalized. 4. Align performance metrics with business impact. Evolve beyond superficial metrics and instead focus on what truly influences outcomes. A recent McKinsey & Company article, 'Unlocking the Next Frontier of Personalized Marketing,' underscored the necessity of rigorous measurement frameworks to validate the ROI of personalization efforts. By redefining benchmarks to reflect revenue contribution, customer growth and long-term value, marketers can position themselves as critical catalysts of business performance. Traditional performance indicators are no longer sufficient. AI is a driving factor behind all of the above, however, humans still play a critical role. It's the human plus AI that makes it all possible. They must work together to achieve an outcome, with marketers specifically providing input and consistent feedback to improve AI's performance. When marketers successfully bridge the intelligence gap, they activate the full power of personalization. Customers receive more relevant, timely experiences. Marketers gain efficiency and clarity. Businesses experience accelerated growth, stronger loyalty and a measurable return on marketing investment. Forbes Technology Council is an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs and technology executives. Do I qualify?
Zawya
16-06-2025
- Business
- Zawya
AVEVA awarded 2025 databricks manufacturing ISV partner of the year at Data + AI Summit
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software driving innovation and sustainability, is honored to announce it has been named as the 2025 Databricks Manufacturing ISV Partner of the Year. Presented at the annual Data + AI Summit, the award highlights AVEVA's exceptional contributions to innovations in data-powered manufacturing. Over the past year, AVEVA, in strategic partnership with Databricks, the data and AI company, launched a ground-breaking integrative solution through its CONNECT industrial intelligence platform that redefines how industrial and enterprise data can be unified, analyzed, and operationalized. This collaboration addresses one of the most pressing challenges in modern industry: turning vast amounts of siloed operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) data into meaningful insights, while ensuring data integrity, minimizing the development and maintenance costs, and significantly shortening time-to-value. By using the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform alongside CONNECT, customers can securely unify industrial data with enterprise business systems in an open, governed, and scalable manner via Delta Sharing, Databricks' open source approach that enables customers to share live data across platforms, clouds, and regions. This enables AI, machine learning, and real-time analytics to be applied to data sets that were historically isolated or underutilized. Manufacturers can now leverage Databricks with CONNECT for smarter decision making, predictive maintenance, demand forecasting, sustainability tracking, safety monitoring and boosted operational efficiency. 'At AVEVA, we're proud to have established Databricks and Delta Sharing as key foundation-stones of our strategy for our industrial intelligence platform, CONNECT,' said Bry Dillon, SVP of Partners and Commercial Strategy at AVEVA. 'Together, we're enabling our joint customers to access real-time insights, accelerate AI, and deliver tangible outcomes across the industrial landscape. Our partnership with Databricks marks a pivotal moment in the advancement of industrial AI. This collaboration presents a powerful opportunity to accelerate the deployment of AI-driven solutions and drive greater industry wide collaboration — capabilities that are needed for companies across the industrial sector to stay relevant, remain competitive, and build efficient, sustainable businesses of the future. "We are thrilled to name AVEVA the 2025 Databricks Manufacturing ISV Partner of the Year," said Shiv Trisal, Global Manufacturing, Transportation & Energy GTM Leader at Databricks. "As more enterprises leverage data intelligence to solve challenges across the manufacturing and energy industries, AVEVA's partnership with Databricks is essential to helping organizations everywhere harness the full potential of their data." About AVEVA AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software, sparking ingenuity to drive responsible use of the world's resources. The company's secure industrial cloud platform and applications enable businesses to harness the power of their information and improve collaboration with customers, suppliers, and partners. Over 20,000 enterprises in over 100 countries rely on AVEVA to help them deliver life's essentials: safe and reliable energy, food, medicines, infrastructure and more. By connecting people with trusted information and AI-enriched insights, AVEVA enables teams to engineer efficiently and optimise operations, driving growth and sustainability. Named as one of the world's most innovative companies, AVEVA supports customers with open solutions and the expertise of more than 6,000 employees, 5,000 partners and 5,700 certified developers. The company, which has operations around the globe, is headquartered in Cambridge, UK.
Al Bawaba
16-06-2025
- Business
- Al Bawaba
AVEVA Awarded 2025 Databricks Manufacturing ISV Partner of the Year at Data + AI Summit
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software driving innovation and sustainability, is honored to announce it has been named as the 2025 Databricks Manufacturing ISV Partner of the Year. Presented at the annual Data + AI Summit, the award highlights AVEVA's exceptional contributions to innovations in data-powered the past year, AVEVA, in strategic partnership with Databricks, the data and AI company, launched a ground-breaking integrative solution through its CONNECT industrial intelligence platform that redefines how industrial and enterprise data can be unified, analyzed, and collaboration addresses one of the most pressing challenges in modern industry: turning vast amounts of siloed operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) data into meaningful insights, while ensuring data integrity, minimizing the development and maintenance costs, and significantly shortening using the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform alongside CONNECT, customers can securely unify industrial data with enterprise business systems in an open, governed, and scalable manner via Delta Sharing, Databricks' open source approach that enables customers to share live data across platforms, clouds, and regions. This enables AI, machine learning, and real-time analytics to be applied to data sets that were historically isolated or underutilized. Manufacturers can now leverage Databricks with CONNECT for smarter decision making, predictive maintenance, demand forecasting, sustainability tracking, safety monitoring and boosted operational efficiency.'At AVEVA, we're proud to have established Databricks and Delta Sharing as key foundation-stones of our strategy for our industrial intelligence platform, CONNECT,' said Bry Dillon, SVP of Partners and Commercial Strategy at AVEVA. 'Together, we're enabling our joint customers to access real-time insights, accelerate AI, and deliver tangible outcomes across the industrial landscape. Our partnership with Databricks marks a pivotal moment in the advancement of industrial AI. This collaboration presents a powerful opportunity to accelerate the deployment of AI-driven solutions and drive greater industry wide collaboration — capabilities that are needed for companies across the industrial sector to stay relevant, remain competitive, and build efficient, sustainable businesses of the future. "We are thrilled to name AVEVA the 2025 Databricks Manufacturing ISV Partner of the Year," said Shiv Trisal, Global Manufacturing, Transportation & Energy GTM Leader at Databricks. "As more enterprises leverage data intelligence to solve challenges across the manufacturing and energy industries, AVEVA's partnership with Databricks is essential to helping organizations everywhere harness the full potential of their data."
