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Canary Technologies has launched the Agentic Sales Coordinator, an AI solution that automates hotel group and event sales workflows from initial inquiry to confirmed booking. The tool aims to help hotels manage leads more efficiently and close deals faster.
NewCore has launched from stealth with a security-first identity platform designed for both human and AI agent workforces, raising $66 million from Cyberstarts, Index Ventures, and Evolution Equity Partners.
A new survey by Netrio finds that 82% of mid-market enterprises in the United States are already using AI in production, but only 26% have scaled and governed AI across the organization, highlighting gaps in readiness and governance.
Midea has launched its Agentic Factory Overseas Expansion Solution, a modular system designed to replicate intelligent manufacturing capabilities worldwide. The solution integrates AI agents, multilingual training, and supply chain monitoring to enhance production efficiency and quality control.
Brooklyn-based Podium Automation has raised $18 million in Series A funding led by Construct Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Transition Ventures, Sunflower Capital, and Banter Capital. The company plans to expand its manufacturing capacity and enhance its software platform for industrial control panel design and fabrication.
DataBank has completed two financing transactions totaling $1.45 billion, including an $800 million revolving credit facility and a $650 million expansion of financing for its Red Oak, Texas campus.
First State Financial Management, the wealth management arm of First State Community Bank, has implemented Mili across its advisor network to streamline client meetings, automate documentation, and integrate with its CRM systems.
Quest Global has introduced Neprion, a framework-led product realization and validation service designed to accelerate the launch readiness of AI-enabled smart wearables, including AR and XR devices.
Affle has reached an agreement with Digital Turbine to acquire key AdColony technology assets, including the SDK and brand rights, to expand its global consumer platform and deepen publisher integrations.
Burke, Inc. has released research on the reliability of synthetic data for business decision-making and introduced its FAR Framework for assessing data quality and decision reliability.
Chainguard has introduced Athena, a coalition of more than two dozen organizations including BNY, Cisco, Cloudflare, Docker, and JPMorgan Chase, focused on identifying and fixing open source vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. The initiative has already processed over 20,000 findings and issued more than 2,000 patches across 500 projects.
LatentView Analytics has introduced BrickShift, a new accelerator that automates enterprise migration from legacy business intelligence systems to Databricks AI/BI, launched at the Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026 in San Francisco.
Computomic has received a strategic growth investment from Washington Harbour Partners to expand its Databricks practice and scale its enterprise data modernization services.
Immuta has expanded its partnership with Databricks, introducing new tools for agentic data access and compliance within the Databricks platform. The update includes Agentic Data Access, Intent Driven Access Control, the Comply App, and scalable group-based permission assignment.
PrismHR has launched Prism Intelligence (Pi) and Prisma, an AI foundation and embedded assistant designed to enhance automation, insights, and decision support across the employee lifecycle.
Sopra Steria has expanded its collaboration with Red Hat to industrialize sovereign embedded AI systems that operate across hybrid cloud and constrained field environments, focusing on defense, public services, and critical infrastructure.
The Responsible AI Institute has introduced TrustX for Finance, an assurance initiative that helps financial institutions classify, control, and verify autonomous AI systems before deployment.
Inseye Technologies has introduced Inseye Tiny, a low-power eye-motion sensor designed for intelligent eyewear. The device, presented at AWE USA 2026, enables camera-free gaze tracking and behavioral signal processing to improve user interaction in AI glasses.
Dialogica has launched Dia, a voice-first legal AI platform designed to automate non-billable tasks for lawyers while keeping firm data local and secure.
Amazon announced plans to invest $10 billion in a new data center campus in Missouri, creating more than 400 permanent jobs and thousands of construction roles while contributing millions to local community projects.
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