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IBM has introduced the Granite 4.1 collection, its largest release of AI models to date, covering language, vision, speech, embedding, and guardian models designed for enterprise use. The models deliver improved performance in instruction following, transcription accuracy, and harm detection, and are available under the Apache 2.0 license.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that AWS has reached a $15 billion AI revenue run rate, driven by new AI products including OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 on Bedrock and the preview of Bedrock Managed Agents. AWS also saw significant growth across its AI and chip businesses in the first quarter of 2026.
Illuminant Surgical has raised $8.4 million in seed funding led by Wing 2 Wing Ventures to accelerate the launch of its Skylight platform, a projection-based system that displays internal anatomy directly on the patient's body without the need for headsets or monitors.
A new report from iCIMS and Aptitude Research shows that while most job candidates now use AI tools during their job search, many organizations are still struggling to scale AI effectively across their hiring processes.
BackBox has received the 2026 Enterprise AI Product of the Year award from TMCnet for its Network Cyber Resilience Platform, recognized for advancing AI automation in enterprise network management.
Hensel Phelps has partnered with Syntax to implement SAP Cloud ERP Private, using the Syntax AI CodeGenie Suite to automate parts of the system migration and development process.
Verana Health has introduced the world's largest curated real world dataset for prostate cancer, compiled from over 430,000 patients and drawn from the American Urological Association Quality Registry.
Arcjet has launched Guards, a capability that embeds security enforcement directly into AI agent workflows, queues, and long-running application code, extending its runtime protection model beyond traditional HTTP boundaries.
Gen Digital has launched VPN for Agents and expanded Norton AI Agent Protection within Norton 360 to secure autonomous AI operations and communications.
Code for America has published its second annual Government AI Landscape Assessment, mapping how U.S. states are adopting and implementing artificial intelligence in public services. The report highlights progress in areas like leadership, infrastructure, and practical AI applications across multiple states.
The Open Compute Project Foundation has announced new projects, technical contributions, and alliances to advance its Open Data Center Ecosystem for AI, focusing on open standards for power distribution, networking, and infrastructure design.
ShengShu Technology has announced Motubrain, a unified world action model designed to serve as a single AI brain for diverse robotic systems, achieving top scores on major embodied AI benchmarks.
IBM and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have launched the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab to advance research in artificial intelligence, algorithms, and quantum computing, expanding their collaboration that began with the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab in 2017.
Mistral AI has introduced Mistral Medium 3.5, a 128B parameter model now powering its Vibe and Le Chat platforms. The release also brings new cloud-based coding agents and a Work mode for complex, multi-step tasks.
Legal AI company Legora has expanded its Series D round by $50 million, adding Atlassian and NVentures as new investors and reaching a $5.6 billion valuation. The company reports over $100 million in annual recurring revenue and serves more than 1,000 organizations worldwide.
MarketFully has named Mathieu Champigny as its new Chief Executive Officer. Champigny brings over 25 years of experience in marketing technology, content production, and AI platforms, following his previous role as Group CEO at CoCreativ.
eclicktech presented its agentic AI marketing solutions and KreadoAI platform integrated with Google Gemini at Google Cloud Next 2026 in Las Vegas.
JuliaHub has raised $65 million in a Series B round led by Dorilton Capital and launched Dyad 3.0, its AI platform for industrial digital twins.
Nura Studios, founded by veterans from Apple, Unity, and Roblox, has unveiled Showcraft, an AI supported animation platform entering Early Access on May 19. The platform helps studios turn existing assets into animated episodic content.
QKS Group has named Bottomline the Most Valuable Pioneer in its 2026 AI Maturity Matrix for Commercial Payment Fraud, recognizing the company's integration of AI into payment workflows for adaptive fraud prevention.
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