Business applications of AI across industries, including corporate implementations, workflow automations, and solutions for operational efficiency.
KPMG has formed a global alliance with Anthropic to embed the Claude AI model into its Digital Gateway platform, giving all 276,000 employees access and expanding AI use in tax, legal, and private equity services.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said the company will allocate $300 million in 2026 to purchase Anthropic tokens, primarily for coding applications, as part of its ongoing shift toward AI-assisted software development.
NanoCo, creator of the open source AI agent NanoClaw, has raised $12 million in seed funding led by Valley Capital Partners after turning down a $20 million acquisition offer.
Mistral AI plans to increase its Singapore headcount from 40 to 100 by the end of 2026, strengthening its position as a regional hub for Southeast Asia, according to The Business Times.
Persistent Systems and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad have launched the AI Value Compass, a framework to help enterprises prioritize, govern, and measure AI investments for scalable business outcomes.
A joint study by GEP and the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business finds that only 5% of supply chain AI initiatives reach enterprise scale, with top performers achieving triple-digit productivity gains through governance and operational redesign.
DRUID AI has published its 2026 AI Adoption Benchmark Report, analyzing 15 months of anonymized production telemetry from healthcare, higher education, financial services, and HR and IT sectors to assess how enterprise AI agents perform in real environments.
Hyro has partnered with Five9 to integrate healthcare-specific AI agents into the Five9 Intelligent Cloud Contact Center, reducing integration time for health systems to as little as one hour.
Bristol Myers Squibb has entered a strategic agreement with Anthropic to deploy Claude Enterprise across its global operations, integrating AI agents into research, development, manufacturing, and commercial workflows for over 30,000 employees.
Novity has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chiyoda Corporation to combine its TruPrognostics AI platform with Chiyoda’s plantOS operations and maintenance system. The partnership will focus on deployment across Japan, the Middle East, and North America, targeting improved maintenance efficiency and reliability for industrial facilities.
Novity has received a strategic investment from Acario Innovation, the venture capital arm of Tokyo Gas, to expand its TruPrognostics AI platform for predictive maintenance across process industries.
Exiger has been selected to support Vodafone and Telenor Procurement Company with AI powered supplier risk intelligence, marking the first joint agreement between the companies. The partnership will enhance supplier screening, risk monitoring, and intelligence across procurement operations.
PhoenixAI has launched as the Agentic AI Database, designed to give AI agents sub-second access to live enterprise data, and named Rick Underwood as President to lead its next phase of growth.
HCLTech's 2026 Enterprise AI Market Report reveals that 43% of enterprise AI initiatives are expected to fail as organizations face tighter deadlines for measurable results and struggle with scaling challenges and change management gaps.
Nominal has introduced Agentic Performance Management, a new software category for autonomous finance operations, as part of a major rebrand one year after emerging from stealth.
RapDev has introduced Agentic Platform Operator, a managed AI platform that automates ServiceNow operations while maintaining governance and engineer oversight.
Veltris has launched VeltrisOne, a platform designed to orchestrate AI solutions for specific micro industries in healthcare, industrials, and technology. The platform enables tailored AI deployments and workflow automation for enterprise clients.
Procurement Sciences, developer of Awarded AI, has acquired HigherGov to combine AI workflow automation with extensive government contracting data. The unified system will serve over 3,000 contractors and integrate HigherGov intelligence into Awarded AI workflows.
WisdomAI has introduced Analytics Agents, allowing enterprise data teams to design and deploy AI agents that autonomously act across data systems using enterprise context. The platform connects with over 200 data integrations and supports organizations such as Trumid and PropertyFinder.
Virtualitics and OpenAI have signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate OpenAI's models into Virtualitics Iris, enhancing AI agents for mission readiness across government and critical infrastructure sectors.
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