Xpander Raises $7.5 Million and Introduces Omni AI Agent
Xpander raised $7.5 million in seed funding led by Pico Venture Partners and introduced Omni, an enterprise AI agent that scored 90.9% on the GAIA benchmark.
August 17, 2026
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Business applications of AI across industries, including corporate implementations, workflow automations, and solutions for operational efficiency.
Synchrony Adds OpenAI Models and ChatGPT Offers Plugin
Synchrony has announced an enterprise collaboration with OpenAI to add financing, rewards, and loyalty offers to AI shopping and checkout experiences. The company also launched a ChatGPT plugin for consumers to browse offers from participating Synchrony partners.
August 17, 2026
ScitiX Introduces Enterprise AI Inference Platform
ScitiX introduced a production inference platform for enterprises running multiple AI models, with routing, fallback, observability, and private deployment options.
August 17, 2026
HSBC Asset Management Takes Stake in Model ML
HSBC Asset Management has taken an equity stake in London based Model ML, an AI company that builds workflow tools for financial services firms. The investment size was not disclosed.
August 16, 2026
BrainChip and Orama.AOI Partner on AI Visual Inspection for Factories
BrainChip and Orama.AOI are combining Akida with optimized machine vision models for factory defect detection, with stated power use of 4 to 6 watts and lower system costs.
August 15, 2026
EMERGING and Promethean Launch $300 Million AI Fund for Hospitality
EMERGING and Promethean have launched The Experience Fund, a $300 million fund backing AI, automation, and data infrastructure for hospitality and experiential entertainment.
August 15, 2026
Shaires Holdings Plans AI Portfolio and $100 Million Raise
Shaires Holdings has announced binding agreements for exposure to private technology and AI companies including Anthropic, Stripe, ByteDance, Moonshot AI, Figure AI, SandboxAQ, and Colossal Biosciences.
August 15, 2026
CodeMettle Receives Army Contract for Terminus Tactical Network Software
CodeMettle received an IDIQ contract to provide Terminus software licenses and support services for the U.S. Army Tactical Network Operations solution.
August 15, 2026
Anthropic Investors Expect $2 Trillion Valuation in October IPO
Anthropic investors expect the company to seek a valuation above $2 trillion in its planned October IPO, based on rapid revenue growth and annualized run rate projections.
August 14, 2026
OpenAI Annualized Revenue Tops $40 Billion
OpenAI is on track to exceed $40 billion in annualized revenue, roughly twice its run rate at the end of 2025. Growth has come from coding tools, subscriptions, advertising, and demand for AI agents.
August 14, 2026
XTransfer Says It Serves Over 1 Million Clients and Expands TradePilot AI Tools
XTransfer says it has served over 1 million enterprise clients and expanded AI tools in TradePilot, its system for risk review in B2B trade payments.
August 14, 2026
IncQuery Adds AI Scope Checking Tool for Surveys
IncQuery has launched an AI assisted tool that checks surveys against research objectives before fielding. The tool flags potential gaps, reviews question fit, and explains its recommendations.
August 14, 2026
IBM and OpenAI Partner on Enterprise AI Deployment
IBM and OpenAI have announced a partnership to add OpenAI models and tools to IBM Consulting services for enterprise AI projects.
August 13, 2026
zeb Named OpenAI Select Partner
zeb has been named an OpenAI Select Partner in the OpenAI Partner Network. The company said it will work with OpenAI to help enterprises build, deploy, and scale AI systems.
August 13, 2026
Alcor Launches CMDB Catalyst for ServiceNow CMDB Operations
Alcor has launched CMDB Catalyst, an AI powered product built on the ServiceNow Platform to monitor, automate, and optimize Configuration Management Database operations.
August 13, 2026
Lam Research Plans $3 Billion Lab Network Expansion
Lam Research plans to invest more than $3 billion over five years to expand its global R&D lab network and increase experiment capacity by more than 50%.
August 13, 2026
Oracle and AWS Expand Oracle AI Database Service to 22 Regions
Oracle and AWS expanded their collaboration around Oracle AI Database@AWS, which is now available in 22 AWS Regions. Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure is now generally available on the service.
August 13, 2026
IMPLAN Launches AI Tools for Economic Impact Modeling
IMPLAN has launched IMPLAN Intelligence, a suite of AI tools that lets subscribers run economic impact models through Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI tools.
August 13, 2026
nCino Adds Dun & Bradstreet Data to Client Lifecycle Management
nCino and Dun & Bradstreet are integrating the D&B Commercial Graph into nCino Client Lifecycle Management to support onboarding, KYC, KYB, and client monitoring for financial institutions.
August 13, 2026
Context Labs Acquires Kinertic and Signs Trafigura AI Platform Deal
Context Labs has announced a set of transactions with Trafigura that includes the acquisition of Agora Europe and Kinertic, a Trafigura equity stake, and a multiyear platform license agreement.
August 13, 2026
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