Business applications of AI across industries, including corporate implementations, workflow automations, and solutions for operational efficiency.
Scout AI has raised $100 million in a Series A round to accelerate development of Fury, its AI foundation model for unmanned warfare. The funding is the largest defense technology Series A in U.S. history and was co-led by Align Ventures and Draper Associates.
Black Kite has partnered with Sayari to combine cyber risk intelligence with global corporate transparency data, offering organizations a unified view of third-party and supply chain risks.
Cognizant has signed an agreement to acquire Astreya, a global AI-focused IT managed services provider based in San Jose, to strengthen its AI infrastructure and enterprise delivery capabilities.
Appier has introduced new research on AI self-awareness to improve trust and reliability in enterprise environments. The work enables AI systems to assess risk, recognize knowledge limits, and retain prior learning across its Ad Cloud, Personalization Cloud, and Data Cloud platforms.
Parallel Web Systems has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital, valuing the company at $2 billion. The funds will be used to expand its web infrastructure for AI agents and strengthen its index and enterprise offerings.
GitLab has expanded its integration with Anthropic's Claude models, including the new Claude Opus 4.7, to enhance AI governance and flexibility for enterprise software development. The integration allows access through Google Cloud and AWS Bedrock within GitLab Duo Agent Platform, maintaining existing compliance and audit controls.
Windmill has raised $12 million in seed funding led by Inspired Capital to grow its AI platform that helps companies understand and support their employees through a continuously updated context graph.
Anthropic has joined the Blender Development Fund as a Corporate Patron, providing support for Blender's core software development, including the Python API used by developers and artists to create custom workflows.
Bitwise has launched a new set of AI capabilities and repositioned itself as an AI-first engineering company, focusing on embedding AI into enterprise data systems and workflows.
Jack Henry's 2026 Strategy Benchmark survey finds that 88% of banks and credit unions plan to increase technology spending, with artificial intelligence emerging as the top investment area for the first time.
Capacity has acquired DevRefactory, a customer experience software platform specializing in omnichannel journey orchestration and managed services. The acquisition aims to enhance Capacity's unified support automation platform across voice, chat, web, and social channels.
3CLogic has introduced new outbound Voice AI agents, multimodal AI features, and automated agent evaluations to enhance proactive engagement and performance transparency for enterprises using CRM and service management platforms.
SAS has added new AI assistants and agentic AI tools to its Viya platform, including the SAS Viya Copilot, Model Context Protocol Server, and Agentic AI Accelerator. The updates aim to help organizations move from experimental AI to governed, production-scale intelligence.
DXC Technology has introduced DXC OASIS, an intelligent orchestration platform that connects and manages enterprise IT environments using agentic AI and human expertise to deliver predictive and real-time operations.
OpenAI and Amazon Web Services have expanded their partnership to bring OpenAI models, Codex, and Managed Agents to Amazon Bedrock in limited preview, giving enterprises access to advanced AI within their existing AWS environments.
Google DeepMind has announced a partnership with South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT to advance national AI research, establish an AI Campus in Seoul, and collaborate with leading universities on projects in life sciences, energy, and climate.
Teknor Apex Company has joined OSS Ventures as a founding partner in a €75 million fund to scale industrial software across North America and Europe, marking OSS Ventures' expansion into the United States.
Trifecta Technologies has launched new Snowflake service offerings to help organizations unify data, improve analytics, and support AI initiatives. The expansion integrates Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud with Salesforce Data Cloud for scalable, governed data management.
CTIA has named Kurt Schaubach as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Schaubach will lead the association’s technology strategy across wireless innovation, spectrum policy, and AI integration in future network development.
The Institute for Supply Management has named ORO Labs a winner in the Procurement Solution Provider Impact category at the 2026 Supply Chain Trailblazer Awards, recognizing its AI-driven procurement orchestration platform.
Weekly report on AI business applications, enterprise software releases, automation tools, and industry implementations.
