Barcelona & Partners, Barcelona Global's investment attraction agency, shared the powerful tech ecosystem of Barcelona and the business opportunities the city offers to scale ups, corporates, and investors. This happened during the Fast Growth Summit, a high-level event organized by the New York-based venture capital firm called Left Lane Capital. The city of Barcelona has emerged as a prominent innovation hub. The access to skilled talent at scale, and ability to attract it, its thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, the increasing number of global companies, and great quality of life, are just some of the elements that make Barcelona one of the world's best cities to expand a business to. Recommended AI: Consider Your DOOH Buying Methods Wisely: Direct Sales vs. Programmatic Buying "As an investment agency, our aim is to continuously grow the number of multinational companies as well as scaleups looking to invest in our city and transform Barcelona into a global reference. New York is undoubtedly the perfect platform to present why US companies are flocking to Barcelona", stated Montse Puig, CEO of Barcelona & Partners during the event.

Xoxoday announced the availability of Compass in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Xoxoday customers can now take advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management. Xoxoday Compass is an incentive and commission management platform for businesses to drive more revenue and transform commissions, their largest sales expense, into a business growth driver. Xoxoday Compass helps Sales and Revenue Operations teams design, plan, automate, and streamline complex incentive and commission structures. With game-like elements, rewards, communication, and analytics capabilities, sales leaders can effectively engage and motivate their revenue-driving teams.

AutoRevo, a leading automotive industry software provider, announces the launch of its groundbreaking AI Vehicle Description Builder, an innovative solution that addresses the challenges dealerships face in creating engaging, accurate, and consistent vehicle descriptions for their online inventory. With the AI Vehicle Description Builder, AutoRevo is set to revolutionize the way dealerships present their vehicles on digital platforms. The automotive industry has long struggled with the time-consuming and resource-intensive task of generating effective vehicle descriptions. Realizing that many dealerships either lack the resources for crafting detailed descriptions or struggle to maintain consistency, AutoRevo developed a cutting-edge AI tool designed to streamline the process and enhance online vehicle listings. The AI Vehicle Description Builder works in conjunction with inventory companies to produce high-quality, accurate, and engaging descriptions.

WeTrade Group a global diversified "software as a service" ("SaaS") technology service provider committed to providing technical support and digital transformation tools for enterprises across multiple industries, announced that it has entered into those certain securities purchase agreements with certain accredited investors for the sale and issuance of a new series of senior secured convertible notes in the original principal amount of $18,333,333.33 The net proceeds, after original issue discount will total $16.5 million. The transaction has not been closed as of the date hereof. Provided no Event of Default (as defined in the Notes) has occurred, the Notes will accrue interest at an interest rate of 5% per annum, and the Company will be required to pay installment amounts, or at its option redeem such amounts under the Notes each month commencing on the last trading day of the calendar month in which the control account trigger date occurs, and thereafter, the last trading day of each calendar month until the maturity date of eighteen months from issuance, at which time all outstanding amounts remaining, if any, will be due and payable in full. At the Company's option, each redemption payment can be made in cash or stock at a discount to the then-current closing bid price at the time of the redemption.

BetterUp, the human transformation company,announced it has launched BetterUp Sales Performance on Salesforce AppExchange, empowering customers to reach peak performance through dedicated professional sales coaching and measure the impact coaching is having on business outcomes including quota attainment, deal velocity, time to productivity, and more. "BetterUp's Sales Performance is a welcome addition to AppExchange as it powers transformation for customers by unlocking team performance across sales organizations" Integrated directly with Salesforce, BetterUp's Sales Performance is currently available on AppExchange. Additionally, BetterUp and Salesforce customers will soon have access to a dashboard embedded into Salesforce that measures revenue-related metrics driven by coaches and non-coached sales representatives. "Salesforce is one of the first adopters of the Human Transformation Platform and remains committed to the importance of mental fitness, inclusion and connection," said Alexi Robichaux, CEO and co-founder of BetterUp. "With our expanded partnership, sales managers and sellers using Sales Cloud will now have support to strategize on deals, prep for prospect calls, and develop the right mindsets around resilience, focus, and agility. We're thrilled to bring this solution to Salesforce customers to help them achieve and exceed sales performance."

OpenFortune, one of the fastest growing media platforms that delivers creative advertising via fortune cookies at 47,000 restaurants in the U.S., has announced a transformational shift in their content creation strategy by embracing OpenAI's ChatGPT for writing fortune messages. This move will enable OpenFortune to effectively provide an unlimited number of completely new, unique fortunes to millions of consumers dining at restaurants and at home, all while maintaining the integrity of traditional fortune cookies. Throughout the 100 year history of the fortune cookie, only several thousand fortunes have been in circulation. After extensive market research, OpenFortune determined that the AI-driven platform produces never-before-written and more appealing fortunes, at an exponentially faster rate. This ensures that people are less likely to receive the same message as their dining companion and creates a more personalized fortune cookie experience.

Esker, a global cloud platform and a leader in AI-driven process automation solutions for Finance, Procurement and Customer Service functions,announced that Brother International Singapore Pte Ltd, a leading brand for consumer and industrial sewing machines, printing, and computer electronics, is automating the full procure-to-pay (P2P) cycle, including supplier management, contract management, procurement, accounts payable and expense management processes. As an electronics and electrical equipment manufacturer, Brother International Singapore Pte Ltd understood the need for optimised processes and streamlined workflows. Manual handling of various documents resulted in long payment processing times, lack of visibility over spend, and inefficient communications between requestors, finance, and suppliers. To overcome these challenges, Brother International Singapore Pte Ltd turned to Esker's AI-driven solutions, with which manual processes are eliminated, errors reduced, and visibility into spend increased. By achieving greater efficiency for its business processes, the company can focus on its core business functions and customer experience.

Motorola unveiled the new moto g power 5G, a device designed to power the fun. Joining the g family lineup in North America, moto g power 5G puts you in the fast lane with powerful 5G speeds, an incredible display experience and extraordinary battery life, all at a budget-friendly price. The new moto g power 5G features the MediaTek Dimensity 930 octa-core processor, unleashing powerful 5G performance1 and offering frequencies up to 2.2GHz1, so you can experience captivating videography, premium multimedia and reliable gaming without glitches. Get faster downloads in seconds2 and exceptional power efficiency, thanks to advanced 5G that has been integrated into the 6nm chip. Plus, with 4GB/6GB3 of memory, switching back and forth between apps is smooth and seamless.

Vic.ai, a leading provider of AI-powered AP Automation and Intelligence,announced it will offer autonomous invoicing in the Coupa App Marketplace, connecting businesses with certified, pre-built solutions. Coupa Software certified Vic.ai's Autonomous Invoice Processing solution for use within the Coupa Business Spend Management (BSM) Platform its cloud-based platform that empowers companies around the world with the visibility and control they need to make smarter spending decisions. Vic.ai's Coupa-certified invoicing solution replaces legacy OCR template and rules-based invoice processing methods using next-generation AI technology to deliver fully coded invoices to the Coupa BSM Platform. Every invoice is analyzed by Vic.ai's proprietary AI to extract and predict all relevant invoice information, including vendors, dates, amounts, cost accounts, and dimension values – all without the use of templates. Once coded, invoices are sent to Coupa for approval and payments.

NaaS Technology one of the largest and fastest growing electric vehicle charging service providers in China, recently announced the launch of its first self-developed automatic charging robot with features including active vehicle locating, smart charging, and automatic payment settlement to meet the rising demand for mobile charging of electric vehicles ("EV"). With the future popularization of self-driving vehicles, compatible automatic charging robots will become indispensable infrastructure. During an automatic charging session, robots with mechanical arms will automatically dock with the ports of EVs and complete the charging and settlement processes in one go. Empowered by deep learning, 5G, V2X, simultaneous localization and mapping, and other underlying technologies, NaaS' waterproof and shock-proof charging robot brings science fiction to life with one-click ordering, active vehicle locating, precise self-parking, automatic docking, charging and undocking via mechanical arms, and automatic return and recharging functions. It is available in various charging power and battery capacity configurations and can connect with major OEMs seamlessly through an open API, enabling EV owners to enjoy unmanned service anywhere, around the clock, saving much time and effort.