Daily News – May 20, 2026
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Primer raises $100M to build an AI-native layer for global payments, Viktor closes $75M to bring an AI coworker into Slack and Microsoft Teams, while AVIAN raises $2.6M for always-on AI thermal monitoring in high-risk industrial sites.
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Startups mentioned
Primer
London-based payments infrastructure startup unifying processors, acquirers, fraud tools and transaction data to help enterprise merchants optimise performance, costs and operational control.
Viktor
AI startup built between Warsaw and Munich that brings an operational agent into Slack and Microsoft Teams, connected to thousands of business tools.
AVIAN
Swiss industrial AI startup combining thermal hardware, anomaly detection, smart alarms and operational support to monitor industrial sites where fire and downtime risk is critical.