ChatGPT for finance, Radical Ventures' $1 billion fund, Crusoe and Perplexity, and more

FirstLight provides hyperscaler with Albany to Boston fiber route

FirstLight will provide a major hyperscaler with high capacity, diverse fiber connectivity between Albany, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts. The 240 route mile connection will use Albany as a regeneration and colocation point. Read more

Decision Logic opens restaurant data access for AI tools

Decision Logic opens read only access to restaurant operating data, exports and business definitions through its Open Semantic Access capability. Restaurant operators can use the data with AI tools including ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini to analyze sales, labor, inventory and food costs. Read more

OpenAI introduces ChatGPT for financial services

OpenAI introduces ChatGPT for Financial Services, a workplace AI platform for investment banking and equity research. It combines GPT-6 Astra with data from Daloopa, PitchBook and LSEG News, and is available to eligible financial institutions. Read more

Cloudera partners with Mistral AI on sovereign enterprise AI

Cloudera and Mistral AI will integrate Mistral AI models into Cloudera's hybrid data platform. The partnership supports model inference and customized training across private cloud, public cloud, on premises and air gapped environments. Read more

Storiad and Bitta AI partner on interactive book marketing

Storiad and Bitta AI partner to turn books into AI powered interactive marketing and sales assets called Living Books. The initial focus is nonfiction titles that teach skills, with fiction applications planned later. Read more

Evergreen Digital Media partners with Adwave on WaveRunner

Evergreen Digital Media will fund Adwave's WaveRunner AI advertising platform and receive preferred licensing rights. The platform manages campaigns across streaming TV, Google, Meta, Reddit and the web through a single daily budget. Read more

GSMA warns AI demand could raise smartphone costs

GSMA reports that rising demand for AI infrastructure is increasing memory and chip costs, which could make entry level smartphones less affordable. Its 2026 report says high device prices and limited digital skills remain major barriers for more than 3.4 billion people who do not use mobile internet. Read more

Allstacks adds Claude and Cursor integrations to Product Studio

Allstacks expands Product Studio with integrations for Anthropic Claude and Cursor, allowing teams to send code grounded requirements and specifications directly to AI coding tools. The update also adds real time collaboration, improved context handling, delivery intelligence, and synchronization with Jira and Azure DevOps. Read more

Deloitte survey finds 55% lack technology support for AI cost transformation

Deloitte's 2026 Enterprise Cost Transformation Survey finds that 55% of surveyed organizations pursuing AI enabled cost transformation lack technology environments that fully support the work. Among 500 senior leaders, 14% said they fully achieved the intended value of their top cost initiative in the previous year. Read more

Novo Nordisk partners with Anthropic on medicine development

Novo Nordisk will test Anthropic's Claude models and Claude Science in research and development workflows for medicine discovery and development. The drugmaker will also use the models for software development, with data governance and human oversight. Read more

Anthropic to Open Singapore Office and Hire Locally

Anthropic will open an office in Singapore's Raffles Place in October 2026, its fifth location in the Asia Pacific region. The company plans local hiring across applied AI, finance, marketing and sales, with Dale Finlay appointed general manager for ASEAN. Read more

Rebellions and ai& Deploy AI Inference Infrastructure in Japan

Rebellions and ai& will deploy RebelRack systems at a Tokyo data center to provide locally hosted AI inference services. The partners target deployments of 100 or more units for Japanese businesses, government institutions and developers. Read more

Siemens and Salesforce expand AI partnership for industrial sales and service

Siemens and Salesforce will connect Siemens Teamcenter with Salesforce Agentforce, bringing engineering data into sales, service and customer workflows. Siemens also uses Agentforce to qualify more than 2,500 leads each month for 18,000 sellers in 132 countries. Read more

StratusLIVE introduces Ignite AI platform for nonprofits

StratusLIVE introduces Ignite, an AI platform that combines nonprofit CRM, fundraising, finance, marketing and support data in a single constituent record. The platform includes tools for prospect research, major gifts, retention and support, with human review and audit controls. Read more

TotalEnergies and Mistral invest €100 million in reservoir AI

TotalEnergies and Mistral launch a three year program worth more than €100 million to develop AI models for oil and gas reservoir exploration, characterization and engineering. A joint laboratory will combine TotalEnergies' subsurface data and geoscience expertise with Mistral's AI technology. Read more

Raspberry AI launches agentic fashion development platform

Raspberry AI launches a platform connecting fashion research, design, technical development, merchandising, marketing and ecommerce workflows. Pantone will use the platform for materials and moodboards during New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2027. Read more

Research Solutions launches Article Galaxy plugin for ChatGPT

Research Solutions launches an Article Galaxy plugin in the ChatGPT directory, allowing researchers to check reuse rights, order scientific articles and track downloads. The tool also supports Claude and other assistants compatible with the Model Context Protocol. Read more

CAEVES Technology appoints Kirk Ryan director of AI innovation

CAEVES Technology appoints Kirk Ryan to its advisory board and names him director of AI innovation. He will lead its AI practice and expand its AI data platform beyond Microsoft Copilot, with work spanning data governance, security and assistant compatibility. Read more

Twelvio partners with WIDER on AI gaming creative

Twelvio partners with WIDER to help gaming brands produce localized video, static, gameplay and playable advertising using campaign data and competitor intelligence. The companies will demonstrate WIDER and Twelvio's Retarget.gg platform at SBC Summit 2026 in Lisbon, from September 29 to October 1. Read more

Standigm and Protai launch AI program for molecular glue degraders

Standigm and Protai begin a two year research program to discover selective molecular glue degraders. The partnership combines Protai's proteomics and protein complex AI models with Standigm's STELLA-MGD platform for small molecule design. Read more

RLH Equity Partners invests in Climb

RLH Equity Partners invests in Climb, a Databricks consultancy that helps enterprises build, migrate and scale data and AI solutions. Climb serves customers in healthcare, life sciences, banking and insurance. Read more

United Nations and Google launch AI ready data platform

The United Nations launches the UN System Data Commons with Google, replacing UNData with a natural language interface for statistics from nearly 20 UN entities. The platform tracks source data and supports the Model Context Protocol, with plans to include 80% of UN statistical datasets by 2027. Read more

Lovable partners with Salesforce for data driven apps

Lovable partners with Salesforce to let users build applications and agents using Salesforce data. The integration supports read only apps within Salesforce and workflows through Slack, while retaining existing identity, permissions and compliance controls. Read more

Adaptive raises $30 million in Series B funding

Adaptive raises $30 million in a Series B round led by Tidemark, bringing its total funding to $57 million. The company plans to expand its Project Accounting Agents for construction accounting and grow its Boston and New York teams. Read more

Workday Named a Leader in Gartner's 2026 Workforce Management Magic Quadrant

Gartner named Workday a Leader in its inaugural 2026 Magic Quadrant for Workforce Management Technology, according to Workday. The recognition covers tools for scheduling, time tracking, absence management, labor planning and AI powered automation, including the Workforce Management Agent powered by Sana. Read more

Softcat agrees to buy General Datatech for $1.05 billion

Softcat agrees to acquire Dallas based General Datatech from H.I.G. Capital in a deal valued at $1.05 billion. General Datatech provides AI ready IT infrastructure and services, and the transaction is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2027. Read more

DCM Services Partners With AKUVO on Estate Recovery

DCM Services and AKUVO partner to add estate recovery capabilities to collections workflows for banks, credit unions and fintechs. The integration combines AKUVO's AI assisted decision support and automation with DCM Services' probate account recovery and compliance services. Read more

Ultima Genomics and NVIDIA Collaborate on Pangenome Analysis

Ultima Genomics and NVIDIA are developing GPU based workflows for pangenome aware whole genome sequencing analysis at population scale. The work combines Ultima Genomics sequencing, NVIDIA computing and Google's open source DeepVariant, with benchmarks using diverse human genomes and Human Pangenome Reference Consortium resources. Read more

Lectra launches Apogy for fashion product development

Lectra launches Apogy, a cloud based SaaS platform that uses agentic AI and product data to support fashion product development. The platform covers concept creation, digital prototypes, approvals and information sharing with suppliers and partners. Read more

Crusoe and Perplexity partner on AI training and inference

Crusoe and Perplexity form a multiyear partnership covering AI model training and production inference. Crusoe will also provide Perplexity Enterprise Pro and Perplexity Max to its 1,800 employees. Read more

Plaud opens Singapore APAC headquarters with US$15.7M investment

Plaud, a Chinese-founded AI recorder company, opens its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore and commits at least SGD20 million, about US$15.7 million, to the country. Its Singapore workforce grew from 10 to about 100 employees over nine months. Read more

Findity launches AI platform for business expenses

Findity introduces Findity AI, a platform that captures receipts, matches them to card transactions, checks company expense policies and sends approved claims to accounting systems. The platform will roll out through Findity's partner network in autumn 2026. Read more

Nextworld named Accelerator in Nucleus Research's 2026 LCAP Matrix

Nucleus Research names Nextworld an Accelerator in its 2026 LCAP Technology Value Matrix. The recognition cites its no code development, workflow automation, integrations and governed AI capabilities for enterprise systems. Read more

Qount launches MCP connector for accounting data in AI tools

Qount launches an MCP Connector that lets accounting firms connect practice management data with AI assistants including ChatGPT and Claude. The tool is available through Qount's Intelligence tier and supports analysis of client, workflow, billing and staff data. Read more

Tulip launches AI assisted Integration Builder for retailers

Tulip launches an AI assisted Integration Builder that connects retail data from APIs, flat files and cloud platforms, including Snowflake, Databricks and BigQuery. The company also expands its Shopify Connector for multi region stores and Shopify Markets. Read more

Mapbox launches location infrastructure for AI applications

Mapbox introduces services designed to give AI applications and agents access to current physical world location data. The releases include a Places API, traffic forecasting updates, natural language search, map styling tools and spatial workflow integrations. Read more

Zettabyte and Raku Advanced Tech partner on green AI data centers

Zettabyte and Raku Advanced Tech sign an agreement to develop renewable energy powered AI data centers in Taiwan and Thailand. Zettabyte will operate AI infrastructure through zSUITE, while Raku Advanced Tech will supply facilities, solar power, energy storage and energy management systems. Read more

Relativity renames RelativityOne as Relativity aiR

Relativity renames its RelativityOne legal data platform to Relativity aiR, consolidating its AI capabilities under one brand. The company says the platform is expanding into investigations, data breach response and regulatory work, while Relativity claiR remains in Advanced Access. Read more

OpenText and Cohere partner on agentic AI for regulated industries

OpenText and Cohere partner to combine enterprise data technologies with Cohere North and its AI models for governments and regulated industries. The companies plan to support on premises, private, public, and sovereign cloud deployments, with client availability expected in early 2027. Read more

Huawei unveils upgraded Stellar AI Network in Shanghai

Huawei introduced its upgraded Stellar AI Network Solution at HUAWEI CONNECT 2026 in Shanghai. The release includes Stellar AI Fabric 2.0, Stellar AI WAN and Stellar AI Campus Network, covering AI computing, data and model delivery, and network operations. Read more

XKL launches optical systems for distributed AI workloads

XKL launches MediaLight Xponder and Muxponder systems for distributed AI and high performance computing. The 1RU systems provide sub 5 microsecond Layer 1 DWDM connectivity with 100G and 400G transport over dark fiber or open line systems. Read more

Magentic raises $18M Series A for supply chain AI agents

Magentic raises $18 million in a Series A led by Felicis, with participation from Sequoia Capital and The Westly Group. The company develops AI agents for procurement and supply chain work, and plans to expand its product and research efforts. Read more

Healthcare Triangle joins Kanzun ARCB Growth Fund for Malaysia US AI corridor

Healthcare Triangle will act as the US technology and capital markets partner for the Kanzun ARCB Growth Fund. The proposed partnership would connect Malaysian healthcare and AI companies with Middle Eastern and potential US investment, subject to approvals and final agreements. Read more

Rime becomes Dialpad's voice provider for agentic AI

Rime will provide text to speech technology for Dialpad's agentic voice AI products globally. The companies will share production feedback to refine Rime's voice models. Read more

Eight Group expands IFS AI platform for UK growth

Eight Group is expanding its use of IFS Cloud, IFS Loops Digital Workers, and Planning & Scheduling Optimization after deploying Nexus Black Resolve to 65 engineers. The systems will support operations including field service, scheduling, asset management, fault diagnosis, finance, and business integration. Read more

ALKU launches AI solutions division led by Chris Ferrara

ALKU launches ALKU Intelligence, a division offering AI, data engineering and advanced analytics services. Chris Ferrara, who joined through ALKU's acquisition of rockITdata, leads the unit as chief AI officer. Read more

CCI Insurance renames CompCorrect as RiskCorrect

CCI Insurance, a Higginbotham partner in Florida, renames its AI powered workers' compensation platform CompCorrect as RiskCorrect. The company will offer it as a standalone risk management tool that analyzes claims and incident data and produces underwriting reports. Read more

EAIGLE and Loblaw expand AI gate automation partnership

EAIGLE and Loblaw Companies Limited will deploy EAIGLE's Vision AI at more Canadian yards and distribution centres. The AVAC platform automates gate processes, validates vehicles and records freight data in real time. Read more

HCLTech Launches Pulse AI Unit for Mid Sized Enterprises

HCLTech launches HCLTech Pulse, a unit for enterprises with annual revenue from $500 million to $5 billion. The service combines AI strategy, data, cloud, cybersecurity, engineering and managed services to support AI adoption and technology modernization. Read more

Cyble and UAE Cybersecurity Council sign AI threat intelligence MoU

Cyble and the UAE Cybersecurity Council signed an agreement to strengthen threat intelligence sharing and protect the UAE's digital infrastructure. Cyble Vision will support the detection and analysis of ransomware, phishing, fraud, vulnerabilities and other emerging cyber threats. Read more

Avid and Google Cloud expand browser based Media Composer partnership

Avid and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership to bring browser based Media Composer, AI assisted editing and semantic media search to production teams. The workflows use Gemini Enterprise, BigQuery and Avid Content Core, and will be demonstrated at IBC2026. Read more

Radical Ventures raises US$1 billion for AI scaleup fund

Radical Ventures has secured more than US$1 billion at the first close of its Radical Breakouts Fund. The fund will invest late stage capital in Canadian AI scaleups and AI companies worldwide. Read more

HSA Group launches AI Lab across 70 businesses

HSA Group launches an enterprise wide AI Lab to identify and scale responsible AI uses across more than 70 businesses. The initiative has selected 38 priority opportunities from 229 identified use cases, covering workforce skills, automation and AI enabled operations. Read more

Crunchtime launches connected restaurant operations suite

Crunchtime launches a restaurant operations suite that connects kitchen, task execution and inventory tools through a kitchen display system. The platform combines orders with AI based preparation recommendations and food waste logging, while Crunchtime Insights links operational data across service, reservations, labor and point of sale systems. Read more

ACR launches qBotica AI automation across four companies

ACR launches the qBotica AI powered automation system across four companies. The platform has processed nearly 5,000 transactions with a success rate above 99 percent, using automated controls and an AI assisted Healing Agent to handle exceptions. Read more

Entrinsik launches governed AI apps for enterprise workflows

Entrinsik launches Informer Apps and Informer GO, combining business data, AI and operational workflows in a governed enterprise platform. Early use cases include reporting, education, human resources, finance and deal management, with Rowan-Cabarrus Community College deploying the tools across five campuses. Read more

Granicus expands Government Experience Cloud with AI analytics

Granicus introduces Government Experience Insights Professional, an AI analytics tool for public sector organizations. It uses anonymized data from 30 billion annual government interactions to identify service friction and measure digital improvements. Read more

Tile.ai launches Enterprise AI Data Substrate

TileDB rebrands as Tile.ai and introduces its Enterprise AI Data Substrate in private preview, initially working with partners in regulated industries. Former Merck and Alexion Pharmaceuticals CIO George Llado becomes CEO, alongside a funding round led by Two Bear Capital with participation from Amgen Ventures. Read more

T. Rowe Price study finds DC advisors adopting AI

T. Rowe Price finds that defined contribution advisory firms are moving from evaluating AI to using it for operational tasks, client preparation and outreach. Its survey of 36 firms also points to growing interest in private assets, personalized advice and retirement income tools. Read more

Circana adds AI powered Analysis Builder to Unify+

Circana adds Analysis Builder to Unify+, enabling users to create, customize and share market analyses with AI generated summaries and visualizations. The tool is expected to become available globally in early Q4 2026. Read more

Reducto Opens New York City Office

Reducto opens a New York City office to support enterprise customers, hiring and growth on the US East Coast. The company says it has processed billions of pages and recently released its r-1 unified parsing models. Read more

HL Klemove and Lenovo partner on vehicle AI computing

HL Klemove and Lenovo partner to develop high performance AI computing systems for vehicles. HL Klemove will lead automaker sales and manufacturing, while Lenovo provides autonomous driving controller design expertise. Read more

RWS launches Tridion platform for governed AI agents

RWS launches a public preview of its Tridion agentic platform, including Tridion Agent and Tridion Connect. The tools support AI agents in governed content workflows for regulated industries, with general availability planned for 2027. Read more

Salesforce adopts Legora for global legal operations

Salesforce will deploy Legora across its Legal and Corporate Affairs teams in North America, EMEA, and APAC. The platform will support legal research, drafting, regulatory work and negotiations alongside Agentforce and Slack. Read more

Verapath and GenTrust launch VIRA AI wealth platform

Verapath and GenTrust launch VIRA, an AI based wealth management platform for registered investment advisers and wealth management firms. It combines CRM, planning, portfolio management, tax, reporting and data warehouse functions in one system. Read more

SK hynix launches venture arm for AI infrastructure

SK hynix launches SK hynix Ventures in Silicon Valley to invest in AI computing, data centers, system software and optical interconnects. The venture arm will also pursue partnerships with startups and other companies. Read more

SDMC showcases AI Home architecture at IBC 2026

SDMC presented an AI Home architecture at IBC 2026, combining cloud, edge and physical AI technologies for connected home devices. The demonstrations included Cedar, AI displays, streaming hardware, an NVIDIA Jetson T5000 powered AI Station and an AI Fiber Gateway. Read more

ControlUp introduces Pulse AI Insights for IT issue prioritization

ControlUp introduces Pulse AI Insights, an AI powered feature that analyzes digital workplace telemetry to identify and rank operational issues. It provides severity assessments, environmental correlations and recommended actions for incidents such as application crashes, blue screens and resource consumption. Read more

Hang Ten Systems adds $53 million to seed round

Hang Ten Systems, an AI startup founded by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, raises an additional $53 million in seed funding led by Xora. The funding brings its total seed round to $85 million and will support hiring as it helps enterprises build and modernize software with AI. Read more

Willog launches AI supply chain platform Willog Vision

Willog launches Willog Vision, a unified data platform for logistics, warehouses, vehicle transport and the bio sector. It combines shipment monitoring, anomaly alerts, AI risk analysis, compliance reporting and insurance claims support. Read more

Gather introduces AI customer simulations based on interviews

Gather introduces company specific customer simulations built from AI moderated interviews, research and customer data. The tool provides marketing teams with insights through its Emma AI teammate in Slack, with planned uses across product, sales and customer success. Read more

SIMSY deploys Atombeam Neurpac for LiDAR compression

SIMSY will offer Atombeam Neurpac software to customers transmitting data from autonomous devices and tracking systems. Tests found the machine learning software reduced streamed LiDAR data by 75% over cellular networks. Read more

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