Daily business news: funding, M&A, launches
12 stories: 4 product launches, 2 expansions and 1 research update. Newest first, times in UTC.
Research & Clinical Trials ·
Austral Resources reported 15m at 4.59% copper and 1.16g/t gold from Waterhole, with 25 of 32 holes hitting copper at its Cameron River project in Queensland.
Business ·
Gold Strike Resources shareholders approved all matters at its October 21, 2026 annual meeting, with 100,487,689 shares representing 64.4% of outstanding stock.
Business ·
Senteon won the Best Solution Patch and Configuration Management award in Cyber Defense Magazine's 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator Awards.
Leadership ·
SpinifexIT appointed Nathan Wood regional vice president for APAC, moving him from ANZ sales leadership to lead Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
Partnerships ·
Taimei Technology and GreenLight Clinical expanded their alliance at AusBiotech 2026, scaling AI trial delivery across Asia-Pacific from a 2024 software start.
Product Launches ·
Nuix launched the Nuix Neo AI Agent, an agentic tool that answers plain-language queries, links answers to source documents and records the steps it takes.
Product Launches ·
NAVCore Development listed Data Gatekeeper, a change control and approval system for Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Product Launches ·
Miso Robotics debuted 3D vision for its Flippy fry station robot at LA Tech Week, replacing infrared cameras with color cameras and AI.
Divestitures ·
Morgan Stanley Investment Management completed the sale of Chicago Parking Meters, which runs more than 38,000 metered spaces, to Stonepeak.
Expansion ·
3D Systems opened a Littleton, Colorado Industrial Technology Center, adding about 50,000 square feet and lifting advanced manufacturing capacity to roughly 270,000 square feet.
Product Launches ·
MediCard Philippines launched an upgraded MediGo app and expects single-digit growth in claims cost per member this year.
Expansion ·
Vingroup will invest $500 million in a Philippine EV factory with 200,000-vehicle annual capacity, targeting construction in the first quarter of 2027.