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British Airways and Apple Redefine Loyalty with Avios Tech Rewards
British Airways’ new partnership with Apple lets passengers spend Avios on Apple products. Christine Bourdon of Designit says it signals a shift—frequent flyer programmes are evolving into lifestyle ecosystems, blending travel, tech, and everyday value.
Revolut Commits £3B to UK with New Global HQ and 1,000 Jobs
Revolut unveils its new London global HQ, pledging £3B investment and 1,000 UK jobs. Part of a £10B global growth plan, the fintech giant targets 100M customers by 2027 and expansion into 30+ new markets by 2030.
Writing the Future: How Storytelling Became Strategy
From NVIDIA’s AI revolution to Adobe’s creative reinvention and Patagonia’s purpose-driven governance, leading companies are proving that storytelling isn’t soft power—it’s strategic infrastructure for shaping markets, inspiring trust, and future-proofing organisations.
Navigating the AI Hype Cycle: Investment, Ecosystems, and the Quest for Utility
The general sentiment of the roundtable was professionally optimistic. The participants believe AI is far more than a passing gimmick like the NFT bubble; it is a foundational technology that is getting smarter and will not go away. The challenge for investors and founders is to move beyond the early-stage hype and focus on usefulness—finding ways to ride the technology to business success.
Prosper AI Raises $5M to Automate Healthcare’s Administrative Burden
Prosper AI secures $5M seed funding to scale its healthcare-specialized voice AI agents, automating patient and payer calls, reducing costs, and improving efficiency for hospitals, billing companies, and health systems.
Born to Disrupt – Darko Atijas on Private Equity, AI and Building Value in the Middle East
In this episode of Born to Disrupt, hosts Simon Hardie and Grant Niven are joined by Darko Atijas, Chief Operating Officer at Tech Universal and a senior figure in the family office and private equity space. With a career spanning two decades across Australia, the UK and now the Middle East, Darko offers a candid and insightful view into the region’s evolving investment landscape, the challenges facing SMEs, and the opportunities emerging from the intersection of technology, AI and finance.