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A global tech voice. A timely market perspective. Thank you to Daniel Ives for joining Impact CEE at Trigon’s invitation and sharing his view on #AI, #technology and the next decade of growth. Dan’s keynote was a clear reminder that AI is no longer just a technology theme. It is becoming one of the defining forces shaping business strategies, capital markets and the future of global competition. For Trigon, his presence at #impact26 reflected the importance of connecting the Polish market with leading global voices and perspectives. Thank you to Dan, Wedbush and the entire Impact CEE team, especially Krystian Wolak, for an inspiring event.

Wedbush Ventures is proud to back Secludy AI in their $4M seed round. Banks and fintechs are sitting on decades of proprietary data but can't use it to train AI models. Privacy laws, compliance requirements, and cross-border rules keep it locked down. Secludy built the infrastructure layer that changes that. "Ben and Ming have lived this problem from inside PayPal, TikTok, and enterprise AI, and built Secludy around the reality of how privacy review actually works." — Petra Griffith, Managing Partner, Wedbush Ventures. Congratulations to Ben Cerchio, Mingze He,Ph.D. and the entire Secludy AI team!

Excited to share that we're launching Secludy AI with $4M in seed funding. Impression Ventures led the round. LAUNCH and The Syndicate, a venture firm and angel investing group led by Jason Calacanis, also joined, along with Wedbush Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Hustle Fund, Script Capital, Mana Ventures, Chispa VC, and an amazing group of angel investors. This started with a problem we couldn't stop thinking about. AI labs have already exhausted the majority of publicly available data. To improve model performance, AI/ML teams need to tap into their proprietary data to train domain-specific models. But that data is often too sensitive to use directly. Such as transactions, support tickets, and account histories. Legal won't sign off, customer data is restricted, and PII/IP can leak straight through model outputs. The more conversations we had, the more obvious it became. This was the same wall hitting one team after another. So my co-founder Mingze He,Ph.D. and I got to work. Secludy is self-hosted and lets AI/ML teams put their most sensitive data to work without ever exposing it. Keep the performance of your raw data when training models, running vendor evaluations, sharing datasets across teams/borders, testing in lower environments, and monetizing your most valuable data. We're starting with fintech. Banks, life sciences, insurance, and healthcare are next. Thank you to our early design partners, investors, and friends who helped us get here. And a special thank you to Soso Sazesh for your early and steady support. If your AI roadmap has been stuck in legal review for months, my DMs are open. Read more about our news today (link in comments) Christian Lassonde, Maor Amar, Petra Griffith, Jason Calacanis, Charles Hudson, Haley Bryant, Domingo Guerra, AJ S., Soso Sazesh, Amr Al-Shihabi

Impact CEE is just around the corner, and we are looking forward to seeing you in Poznań. At Trigon’s invitation, Daniel Ives, one of Wall Street’s most influential tech voices, will join this year’s event as a keynote speaker. Dan will share his perspective on technology, AI, and the market trends shaping the next decade during his keynote: 🎤 AI as a megatrend: who will win the next decade? 📍 14 May | 13.40–13.50 | Stage 1 Trigon will be represented at Impact'26 by Andrzej Sykulski, Wojciech Patkiewicz, Ryszard Czerwinski, Alicja Kornasiewicz, Krzysztof Kasinski, Marcin Skowroński, and Tomasz Rewera. Join Dan’s keynote and meet our team during the event. See you in Poznań at #impact26.