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ServiceNow’s new AI Experience puts agentic automation at the fingertips of every office worker
ServiceNow Inc. has been at the forefront of the artificial intelligence push over the last couple of years, infusing AI models into almost every aspect of its software, which helps businesses to automate their workflows. Now, having built a solid AI foundation, it’s aiming to simplify the way employees interact with the technology with a ...
AI communications compliance startup Umony lands $15M in early funding
Communications compliance startup Umony Ltd. said today it has raised $15 million in an early-stage round of funding as it seeks to become the industry standard for financial institutions and telecommunications operators. The Series A round was led by Notion Capital and saw participation from existing investors SeedCamp and Crane Venture Partners, plus new angel ...
Modal Labs raises $80M to simplify cloud AI infrastructure with programmable building blocks
Cloud computing startup Modal Labs Inc. has raised $80 million in Series B funding and achieved “unicorn” status as it strives to become the infrastructure platform of choice for every stage of artificial intelligence development. Today’s round was led by Lux Capital and saw the participation of several existing investors, bringing Modal’s total amount raised ...
Microsoft wants everyone to start ‘vibe working’ with AI agents in Excel and Word
Microsoft Corp. envisions a future where everyone starts “vibe working” with the launch of its new Agent Mode in Office Apps and Agent Mode in Copilot Chat offering new ways to automate business and personal work. The company said the new against will “do work on your behalf” by automatically spinning up “high-quality Office documents, ...
Alvys gets $40M in funding to reinvent transportation management with AI automation
Startup Alvys Inc., which has built an artificial intelligence-based transportation management system for orchestrating freight operations, has boosted its war chest with a $40 million Series B round of funding. Today’s round was led by RTP Global and saw participation from Alpha Square Group, as well as existing backers like Titanium Ventures, Picus Capital and ...
Report: Fivetran in talks with dbt Labs over multibillion-dollar big-data merger
Big data integration company Fivetran Inc. is reportedly holding advanced talks with dbt Labs Inc. over a multibillion-dollar acquisition. A report by The Information on Saturday said the talks underscore Fivetran’s ongoing strategic effort to revamp its offerings and establish itself as a more important player at a time when data is becoming increasingly vital ...
Google’s newest AI models make robots more intelligent and capable
Google LLC’s DeepMind research unit today announced a major update to a couple of its artificial intelligence models, which are designed to make robots more intelligent. With the update, intelligent robots can now perform more complex, multistep tasks and even search the web for information to aid in their endeavors. The newly released models include ...
Microsoft blocks Israeli military’s access to some cloud services to prevent mass surveillance
Microsoft Corp. said today it has stopped a unit in Israel’s Defense Ministry from accessing some of its cloud services following an investigation into claims that it was using the company’s Azure cloud platform to enable the mass surveillance of Palestinians. Microsoft President Brad Smith revealed the decision in a blog post, where he stated ...
Salesforce’s newest AI agents seek to transform customer engagement in life sciences
Salesforce Inc. has been at the forefront of the race to adopt agentic artificial intelligence over the past six months or so, with its Agentforce platform spearheading a push to accelerate automation across dozens of industries. Now, the company is turning its attention to the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors with its new Life Sciences Cloud ...
Ardent AI beats the odds to launch world’s ‘first agentic engineer’ for data pipeline maintenance
A startup called Ardent AI Labs Inc. says data engineering is the next major discipline in line for “agentic” automation after getting $2.15 million in a pre-seed funding round. The money comes from Crane Venture Partners, Active Capital and angel investors that include Zach Wilson. Although the amount of capital raised is quite tiny compared ...