Business applications of AI across industries, including corporate implementations, workflow automations, and solutions for operational efficiency.
SWI Stoneweg Icona Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Polarise, a German NVIDIA Cloud Partner, to expand its AI infrastructure capabilities. The deal includes a €1 billion investment to develop GPU- and AI-as-a-Service offerings across Europe.
Carrefour has entered a strategic partnership with Vusion to digitalize all its hypermarkets and supermarkets in France by 2030, deploying AI-powered cameras, smart rails, and electronic shelf labels.
Ambient.ai announced it doubled new annual recurring revenue for fiscal year 2026, driven by enterprise adoption of its agentic physical security platform and new reasoning Vision-Language Model, Ambient Pulsar.
MTN has signed an agreement with SpaceX to become an authorized provider of its satellite connectivity services for government and defense clients, expanding MTN’s secure global communication offerings.
CharterUP has announced a partnership with HOLON to integrate autonomous shuttles into its AI-enabled transportation network, offering organizations a pathway to adopt autonomous transit systems across campuses, airports, and community environments.
Lantern Partners AI has announced a partnership with Estee Manufacturing, marking its entry into the manufacturing sector with its AI-native business resource planning platform, LanternBRP.
HII and Path Robotics have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore integrating Path’s physical AI welding technology into manned and unmanned shipbuilding operations, aiming to increase production efficiency and workforce support.
Mission Cloud has partnered with Vantage to deliver AI-enabled financial operations solutions for AWS customers, providing enhanced cost visibility and optimization tools.
Quantum Secure Encryption Corp. has enhanced its Quantum Preparedness Assessment platform to help enterprises assess post-quantum cryptographic readiness, featuring dashboards, compliance indicators, and structured scoring tools.
A new report from the Linux Foundation and Meta shows that 76% of Indian startups use open source AI, with the country’s AI market projected to grow from $6 billion in 2024 to nearly $32 billion by 2031.
Kyvos Insights has launched an integration with Claude Cowork to enable governed agentic analytics across enterprise big data, ensuring consistent and controlled AI-driven workflows.
PR Newswire and Stacker have expanded their partnership to integrate Feature Story Amplification into PR Newswire’s platform, enabling brands to distribute editorial stories across thousands of publisher outlets.
Cognizant has announced a new phase of its partnership with Google Cloud to help enterprises operationalize agentic AI at scale. The collaboration involves deploying Google Workspace and Gemini Enterprise internally and launching new AI-driven productivity offerings.
Energy Vault and Peak Energy have announced a strategic partnership to co-develop a sodium-ion energy storage platform for AI-first data center operators, including a 1.5 GWh supply agreement for U.S.-manufactured batteries.
Luma AI is establishing a new office in Riyadh and partnering with Publicis Groupe Middle East to advance AI-driven creative production across the MENA region through HUMAIN Create.
Canadian AI startup Cohere reported $240 million in annual recurring revenue for 2025, exceeding its $200 million target and signaling momentum ahead of a potential IPO.
OPAQUE has secured $24 million in Series B funding led by Walden Catalyst, with participation from Intel Capital, Race Capital, Storm Ventures, Thomvest, and the Advanced Technology Research Council. The funding values the company at about $300 million and will accelerate development of its Confidential AI platform for enterprises handling sensitive data.
Feedzai has partnered with Neterium to integrate real-time transaction screening into its financial crime prevention platform, combining AI-driven fraud detection with cloud-native compliance screening.
Iambic Therapeutics has entered a multi-year collaboration with Takeda to use its AI-driven platform for small molecule drug design in oncology and gastrointestinal research, with potential payments exceeding $1.7 billion.
Robo.ai and DaBoss.AI have established a joint venture in the UAE to create a distributed embodied intelligence data acquisition and annotation center, addressing challenges in data scale, cost, and compliance for large AI models.
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