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News on companies that sell tools and services for managing software testing and quality engineering.

Gartner: QA should rethink workflows for AI-native engineering era

Manjunath Bhat says demand for QA practices such as fuzz testing and pentesting is surging...

Perforce bets big on synthetic data as AI in financial QA matures

Perforce is putting AI synthetic data at the heart of financial software resilience...

Functionize bets big on AI test automation as banks chase faster delivery

The U.S.-based firm, founded by CEO Tamas Cser, has now raised nearly $60m to date...

NRI moves to integrate Planit in major QE push for financial services

NRI acquired Planit in 2021, but the firm had operated under its own umbrella...

The future of QA: blend human expertise with AI, says Brightgrove

AI is rapidly changing the way software is tested, but will not completely take over...

Opinion: what OpenAI’s buy tells banks about the future of QA

OpenAI’s move to snap up Statsig for $1bn is not merely a Silicon Valley headline...

LISTEN: Sudeepta Guchhait on Nasdaq’s new Mimic AI testing platform

Ahead of the QA Financial & E-Commerce Forum London, we catch up with Sudeepta Guchhait...

BrowserStack doubles down on unified testing strategy with new launches

Accel-backed BrowserStack is rapidly shifting its focus from point solutions to bundled services...

$1.1bn buy of software tester Statsig underscores rising importance of QA

OpenAI’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Statsig sends a clear signal to the financial services industry...

From silos to synergy: why and how QA, AI and security are merging

QE, cybersecurity, and AI are rapidly merging into a new QA frontier, says Gopinath Kathiresan...

How Applitools is reimagining enterprise testing with purpose-built models

The traditional view of QA is giving way to something more strategic, says Kate Cato...

‘AI trap’ looms for banks as software release speed races ahead of quality

Software quality is falling behind as firms race to release, warns Andrew Power...