Accenture, Shopify & McDonald’s make AI acquisitions • Datadog & BioNtech move forward with Nasdaq IPOs • Anduril, LexinFintech & Element AI raise venture funding • US federal govt budgets USD 1bn for AI & GE gets FDA approval for AI device • DXC gets new CEO & Ideanomics gets new CFO & more

Palo Alto, Indegene & Drift make acquisitions • Vir Biotech files for IPO & Clarivate shareholders sell down holdings • Cleo, BigID & Drift raise venture funding • US Dept Energy opens AI office • Faraday & Robocath get new CEOs & more

Cisco makes another summer acquisition•Peloton & Megvii file IPOs•ThoughtSpot & Credit Sesame raise funding•Namaste gets new CEO&more

NextOrbit to kickoff USD 2m seed round next month•PredictiveHR acquires assets•Datadog plans USD 1bn IPO•Pagaya completes USD 115m securitization•Cielo hires CFO&more

Decooda to kick off USD 25m Series B in fall • Globant acquires Belatrix • Apex SPAC IPO to raise USD 275m • TPG funds Lucidworks and Au10tix • WEF sees five hurdles to AI • Israel’s RSIP opens Silicon Valley office and more

Taoglas acquires Firmwave and Siemens unit buys US robotics company for USD 1.1bn, China Liberal Education to raise USD 7m on Nasdaq and Inpixon slashes preferred share sale, Scale AI raises USD 100m and ScaleFactor raises USD 60m, UK to invest in AI healthcare research and US Congress seeks information from AI experts, Merk-backed Serimmune brings in new CEO as founder adopts science role & more

Exact Science acquires Genomic Health, Ford acquires Quantum Signal AI, Glucose Biosensor files IPO, Dynatrace jumps in trading start, RedDoorz raises USD 45m, MindTickle raises USD 40m, Kubient hires CEO, One Network hires COO & more

Gridsum evaluates MBO and Parsons acquires QVR, Dynatrace, RAPT and Inpixon moving forward with share sales, Iflytek raises USD 400m and Behavox raises USD 100m in funding rounds, AI-driven data centers present risks, Alivcor and SoundCommerce hire former Amazon execs, Top AI M&A infographic & more