Recrutopia, a Romanian AI-powered recruitment service, has been launched by Neurony, a Romanian software company, with plans to increase revenues to €6 million this year versus last year's €2.5 million.
Although 86% of organisations plan to increase their artificial intelligence (AI) investments, only 18% can fully leverage this technology, according to an Accenture report.
Romania's labour market is undergoing a structural transformation as the country shifts from consumption-driven growth to a more technology-focused economy, with artificial intelligence and automation reshaping employment patterns.
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of Romanian business leaders anticipate increased threats to their companies in 2026, yet over four in five (85%) remain optimistic about growth prospects for their organisations, according study by Grayling among top executives from IT, finance, energy, retail, health and media sectors.
Arobs Transilvania Software has obtained the ISO/IEC 42001 AI Management System certification, becoming the first company in Romania to complete this certification process.
Romania recorded the lowest rate of generative artificial intelligence (AI) adoption among young people in the European Union in 2025, according to data released by Eurostat.
VC fund GapMinder has led a €1.5 million investment round in Croatian startup InsiderCx, an AI-powered patient feedback platform that helps healthcare providers collect actionable insights and improve patient experience.
Romanian FMCG distributor Aquila has completed a €5 million investment in an AI-based automation solution at its warehouse in Drăgomirești, Ilfov County.
Insurers are experiencing uncertainty from economic pressures, geopolitical volatility and increasing catastrophic events, combined with higher customer expectations, according to the Deloitte 2026 global insurance outlook.
Only three in ten (30%) global CEOs are confident their companies will have higher revenues in the next 12 months, according to the PwC Global CEO Survey 2026, launched at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. This percentage is the lowest in five years.
Global life sciences M&A activity increased by 81% in 2025 to $240 billion, driven by Big Pharma's large-scale deals, despite fewer overall transactions. The surge reflects companies prioritising innovations ready for launch as they face widening growth gaps.
EU enterprises are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence technologies, with 20% of companies with 10 or more employees now using AI to conduct business in 2025, according to Eurostat.
More than half of households globally (57%) are worried about annual broadband price increases and think these increases are unfair and unreasonable (60%), according to the latest EY decoding the digital home study.
Romanian employees are among the least likely to use artificial intelligence at work, with only 44% reporting AI usage in the past year compared to a global average of 57%, according to a PwC survey.
Endava, the technology-driven business transformation group, and Paysafe, a payments platform, announced a multi-year strategic partnership to bring payments and community engagement solutions to market faster.
Wonderful, the enterprise agent platform builder, announced a $100 million Series A funding round on November 11. The round was led by Index Ventures, with participation from Insight Partners and IVP, alongside existing investors Bessemer and Vine Ventures.
Romania is reporting a substantial 20% growth in the digitalisation of its local and national public administration, a figure that is double the European average.
Nearly half of Romanian managers (41%) anticipate an economic downturn in the country in 2026, driven by a challenging economic and political context.
iO Partners has launched iO4Land, a digital solution that transforms how land is sourced, analysed, and validated across CEE.
Romania is set to establish its first national AI infrastructure through a joint project launched by the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics.
The World Bank has significantly downgraded its economic growth projections for Romania this year, lowering expectations to 0.5% from the 1.3% forecast issued at the start of 2026.
Foraj Sonde Videle has announced the acquisition of Raffles Energy, a British holding company that owns two Romanian energy companies active in natural gas and electricity production.
Econergy Renewable Energy has secured approximately €31 million in project financing from Kommunalkredit Austria to develop its 60 MW photovoltaic project in southeastern Romania.
Romanian software company Arobs Transilvania Software has completed the merger by absorption of five subsidiaries - Arobs Development & Engineering, Berg Computers, Nordlogic Software, Infobest Romania, and Centrul de Soft GPS.
The European retail sector faced a cooling period in February 2026, with the latest Eurostat data revealing a divergence between a stabilising Union and a sharply declining Romanian market.