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June 12, 2026 · 7:21 AM CDT / 9:21 PM JST

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Two very different capital stories on the BRIDGE side — ALGO ARTIS’s OPTIUM turning AI and optimization loose on social-infrastructure planning, and Hiway landing a Series A to push AI agents into the unglamorous back office of agency sales. Both rounds point at the same trend: AI is no longer just a chat surface, it’s being wired into operational plumbing. The security feed lands the same morning with two reminders that wiring AI (and crypto, and developer laptops) into that plumbing expands the attack surface — UPSIDER’s final report on its April breach via a compromised developer machine, and an OpenSSL high-severity PKCS#7 use-after-free that was reportedly surfaced with help from Claude.

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• Automating Social Infrastructure Planning with AI: "OPTIUM" Raises ¥1.54 Billion in Series B (BRIDGE)
  ALGO ARTIS, which builds AI-and-optimization platforms for automating social-infrastructure planning, closed a ¥1.538 billion Series B led by Salesforce Ventures with SMBC Trust, UTokyo Edge Capital, DeNA, and K4 Ventures participating. Total equity raised is now ¥2.514 billion.
• Automation of Agency Sales Operations with AI Agent "Hiway" Raises ¥300 Million in Series A (BRIDGE)
  Hiway, whose AI-native CRM automates inquiry handling and quote creation for retailers and agencies, raised roughly ¥300 million in a Series A led by existing investor DNX Ventures, bringing total funding to ¥465 million.
• UPSIDER、開発者端末の侵害による不正アクセス・サービス一時停止　最終報告書を公表 (＠IT Security&Trustフォーラム 最新記事一覧) (In Japanese Language)
  UPSIDER published the final report on the unauthorized access incident and service suspension that began April 1, 2026, based on a forensic investigation by an external specialist firm.
• OpenSSLに高危険度の脆弱性　発見にはClaudeが関与 (＠IT Security&Trustフォーラム 最新記事一覧) (In Japanese Language)
  The OpenSSL Project disclosed a high-severity use-after-free in PKCS#7 signature verification that can cause crashes, memory corruption, or remote code execution on crafted messages; a fixed version has been released and users are urged to update.