Business applications of AI across industries, including corporate implementations, workflow automations, and solutions for operational efficiency.
Burke, Inc. and BrandRank.AI have announced a strategic partnership to help brands understand and manage how they appear in AI-generated search results, combining consumer insight with AI analytics.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is raising its first external funding round, with government-backed investors valuing the company at up to $50 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Persistent Systems has earned the Databricks Brickbuilder Specialization for Healthcare and Life Sciences, validating its ability to deliver governed data and AI solutions on the Databricks Data Intelligence platform for regulated environments.
Hut 8 has signed a 15-year lease valued at $9.8 billion for its Beacon Point data center campus in Texas. The facility, designed to support large-scale AI operations, could reach a value of $25.1 billion if renewal options are exercised, according to Bloomberg.
Cognizant has launched Secure AI Services, a unified offering designed to help enterprises secure and govern AI and agentic systems across their operations. The service introduces a secure development lifecycle, a consolidated cybersecurity control plane, and continuous trust assurance through its Cognizant Trust platform.
Spirit AI and Bosch China have formed a strategic alliance to industrialize a 'Universal Brain' for robots, combining Spirit AI's embodied AI models with Bosch's industrial ecosystem.
IntelePeer has named Alleen Delpierre as Vice President of Strategic Alliances to strengthen healthcare AI partnerships and expand its partner ecosystem.
Eficode has appointed Staffan Strand as its new CEO, effective May 19, to accelerate the company's AI transformation in software development. Strand joins from Nexer Group, where he served as President and Chairman.
Verda and Compal Electronics have formed a strategic partnership in which Compal will supply GPU server systems to accelerate Verda's AI cloud infrastructure across Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Lunar Outpost has closed an oversubscribed $30 million Series B round led by Industrious Ventures, with participation from Type One Ventures, Eniac Ventures, and others. The funding will accelerate production and deployment of the company's rover systems for NASA Artemis and U.S. national security programs.
ChiroTouch has received the Practice Management Innovation Award in the 10th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards for its unified chiropractic EHR and management platform, featuring its AI agent Rheo.
West Monroe received the Gold Stevie Award for AI-Driven Culture of Innovation and introduced its internal AI Store, consolidating employee-built AI solutions for easier access across the firm.
Snap has ended its $400 million partnership with Perplexity, which was intended to bring an AI search engine into Snapchat, according to its latest earnings report. The companies mutually agreed to terminate the deal in the first quarter of 2026.
TrustArc's 2026 Global Privacy Benchmarks Report shows that organizational privacy capabilities are falling behind the pace of AI adoption, with the Global Privacy Index dropping to 53% from 61% in 2025.
Wall Street Prep has named Bogdan Tudose as Head of AI and Data Science, a new role focused on integrating AI into financial training and workflows across investment banking, private equity, and asset management.
A new global study by Keeper Security reveals that 89% of IT leaders struggle to manage growing identity footprints as AI adoption expands, with 96% citing disconnected tools that create security gaps.
InPlay Inc. has expanded its partnership with Hubble Network to develop IN120-based smart labels and wireless sensors with global connectivity across terrestrial and satellite networks.
EPAM Systems has announced a multi-year partnership with Anthropic to help enterprises implement safe and scalable AI solutions using Anthropic’s Claude models and EPAM’s engineering capabilities.
Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a contract by Blue Raven to produce 120 SharpSight radars, marking the largest single order to date for the system. The agreement expands the global availability of the radar, which supports missions such as border protection, search and rescue, and long-range surveillance.
Fermi Inc. has appointed Larry Kellerman as an independent director on its Board. Kellerman brings over four decades of leadership in the electric power and utility sectors, having advised Fermi on power generation strategy since its inception.
Weekly report on AI business applications, enterprise software releases, automation tools, and industry implementations.
