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IBL News | Nashville, Tennessee 

“In higher education, we face today skepticism and scrutiny, and current developments are testing us,” said Dr. John O’Brien, President and CEO at Educause, during the opening talk of the annual conference, which took place this week in Nashville, Tennessee. “The work we do, together, has never been more important.”

IBL News | New York

N8n, a German startup that helps businesses deploy artificial intelligence agents, has raised $180 million, valuing it at $2.5 billion.

Venture firm Accel led the funding, and Nvidia Corp.’s NVentures participated in the round, n8n said in a statement this month.

The company stated that it will utilize its new funding to hire additional staff and enhance its platform, expanding its collection of integrations with third-party applications.

Founded in 2019, n8n offers an open-source platform for creating automation workflows.

The company generates revenue through several paid versions of its open-source platform, which offer a cloud-based version and additional features.

For non-technical users, n8n provides a visual interface that enables these workflows using drag-and-drop controls.

Coders can write n8n workflows in TypeScript, an enhanced version of JavaScript developed by Microsoft Corp. TypeScript includes syntax modifications that make it easier to avoid certain types of software errors.

The platform supports LangChain, an open-source toolkit, and there are several hundred prepackaged automation workflows.

Cybersecurity teams use the software to automatically enrich breach alerts with threat intelligence from external sources.

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— n8n.io (@n8n_io) October 27, 2025

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— n8n.io (@n8n_io) October 30, 2025

IBL News | New York

OpenAI is laying the groundwork for an initial public offering (IPO) that could value the company at up to $1 trillion when it is listed in 2027, according to Reuters. This IPO could be one of the largest in history.

A successful offering would be a major win for investors such as SoftBank, Thrive Capital, and Abu Dhabi’s MGX. Microsoft, one of the company’s biggest backers, now owns approximately 27% of the company after investing $13 billion.

OpenAI is considering filing with securities regulators as soon as the second half of 2026.

These plans come as a complex restructuring that reduces its dependence on Microsoft has been completed.

An IPO would allow OpenAI to raise capital more efficiently and enable larger acquisitions using public stock.

Moreover, it would help finance CEO Sam Altman’s plans to invest trillions of dollars in AI infrastructure.

With an annualized revenue run rate expected to reach about $20 billion by year-end, losses are also mounting inside the $500 billion company, the people said to Reuters.

OpenAI is still controlled by a nonprofit, now called the OpenAI Foundation, that has a 26% stake in the company.

This Wednesday, Nvidia became the first company to reach a $5 trillion market capitalization, driven by a rally that has solidified its position at the center of the global AI boom.