Weekly DaaS Roundup for March 20

DaaS Never Sleeps

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World of DaaS
March 20, 2025

NEWS, READS AND MORE

Traffic to U.S. retail websites from generative AI sources surged by 1,200% from July 2024 to February 2025, highlighting AI's growing role as a shopping assistant and driving higher engagement and product research, especially in sectors like electronics and jewelry.

The U.S. government’s tightening of restrictions on NOAA could create new opportunities for private companies to step in and meet the rising demand for climate and environmental data.

Nomad Data highlights how most data tested by firms never gets purchased - draining resources and stalling innovation - and how the DRM helps organizations cut waste, break silos, and optimize vendor management.

Amid staff reductions driven by federal workforce cuts, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is maintaining mission focus while accelerating AI integration to boost productivity and manage the growing influx of satellite imagery and intelligence data.

World of DaaS Summit

We’re counting down the days to our upcoming Summit on May 8 and couldn’t be more excited! With the event nearly sold out, we’re thrilled by the incredible response from our community. A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this event possible: BCG, SafeGraph, Bobsled, Carbon Arc, Cross Screen Media, Environics Analytics, Warburg Pincus, Alkemi, Epistemix, Flex Capital, IPinfo, Placekey, Semasio, SOAX, and Summit Trail Advisors.

🎧 THE LATEST WOD PODCAST 🎧

Jackie Reses is the co-founder and CEO of Lead Bank, fintech infrastructure bank with over $2.5 billion in assets under management.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Jackie and Auren discuss:

  • Fintech's regulatory reckoning

  • The future of community banking

  • State regulator competition

  • Lessons from Square's payment revolution

  • Leadership insights from Jack Dorsey

M&A AND FUNDING

Google to Acquire Wiz for $32B

Google has agreed to acquire cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion, marking Alphabet's largest-ever acquisition amid antitrust scrutiny.

Brain.space raises $11M in Series A

This round is intended to accelerate the development of its brain data-driven mental modeling platform.

Bilt Rewards Acquires Banyan

Bilt Rewards will integrate item-level purchase data into its platform, aiming to enhance personalized rewards and expand into new merchant categories.

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