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AMD has agreed to buy Fei-Fei Li's spatial-intelligence lab World Labs for $8.2 billion in stock, adding model research expertise to

The San Francisco startup's platform governs and continuously improves AI agents across enterprise software development lifecycles.

Microchip Technology's new energy-aware digital power monitors target 48V architectures in AI data centres, automotive and industrial applications.

Island's enterprise browser and agentic control plane has more than doubled its valuation since 2024, led by Evolution Equity Partners.

Metrc has extended its seed-to-sale tracking partnership with Colorado's Marijuana Enforcement Division, adding analytics and consumer-facing QR code tools.

NYSE-listed Mistras Group has deployed Sidetrade's autonomous AI cash-collection agent, Aimie, marking one of the first US enterprise adoptions of agentic finance

Submersion AI's specialist cybersecurity model scored 80.8% on CyberGym, placing 8th globally and outscoring larger models from xAI and Anthropic.

Tackett, previously Head of Worldwide Sales, takes the CRO role on 1 October, succeeding Mike Rich who steps down for personal reasons.

Perforce says its new Delphix Synthetic Data tool generates referentially intact test data on demand, addressing gaps flagged in a 2026 enterprise survey.

GoodData.AI has released AI Observability, giving enterprise teams interaction-level tracing, cost tracking and pattern analysis across their AI deployments.

Avalara's new AI agent hub promises to reduce days of manual compliance work to minutes, with an audit-defensible record for every action taken.

Cambridge-based Ekai has closed a $1.7m pre-seed round led by Misneach to build a human-verified semantic layer for enterprise AI deployments.

The NASDAQ-listed robotics and AI services firm grew revenue to $18.3m but saw its net loss widen to $3.1m as SG&A

Polaris I/O has named Carahsoft as its master government aggregator, opening federal contract vehicles to its AI-driven decision intelligence platform.

Qodo's 2026 survey of 800 US engineers finds review and validation of AI-generated code is the top barrier to faster software delivery.

Rocket Software has expanded EVA with agentic AI and a new security layer, PlanGuard, targeting the mainframe skills gap affecting 81% of financial services IT

TestMu AI's new Comparison view lets teams overlay up to five mobile test runs to pinpoint performance regressions by device, OS or build.

The US critical-materials firm will acquire a 4.99% equity stake in Vietnam's Masan High-Tech Materials, locking in long-term tungsten supply

The colocation provider and Network-as-a-Service platform have added nine US points-of-presence, bringing their combined footprint to 15 facilities.

Locus Technologies has launched multimodal AI image interpretation for its refrigerant management software, reducing manual data entry for field technicians.