Today's AI Pulse
Salesforce to acquire AI‑agent platform Fin for $3.6B
Salesforce announced a $3.6 billion purchase of Fin, the AI‑agent platform formerly known as Intercom, to strengthen its Agentforce suite. The deal comes as Salesforce reported strong Q1 results and a $50 billion buyback program. Fin’s technology enables automated customer support across chat, email, WhatsApp, phone and Slack.
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By the numbers: Waymo acquires Apple’s Arizona Proving Ground for $220M
Skema.ai Closes Strategic Funding Round Backed by AEC Industry Leaders, Venture Investors, and Family Offices
Skema.ai announced the close of a strategic seed round led by board member Robin Bienfait, drawing capital from AEC firms, venture angels, and the Threadneedle family office. The funding will expand the company’s interoperable design platform, deepen integrations with tools like Revit and Grasshopper, and accelerate its roadmap toward a unified data‑intelligence layer. Skema’s recent acquisition of Kreo’s AI technology strengthens its generative design and model‑federation capabilities. Executives say the round validates Skema’s mission to reduce data loss across the construction lifecycle.
Boost AI Brand Visibility in 2026: Proven Strategies
Besides the main conference, I'm delighted to be also speaking at The Sip & Search Fringe Event @brightonseo along with @LaffertyN and @THCapper about Top Strategies for AI Brand Visibility in 2026! Here’s what we’ll cover: * How do LLMs...
Fading Into the Background: From Risk Awareness to Technological Intuition
The Joint Special Operations University report warns that sensor‑rich battlefields are turning every movement into a data point, exposing Special Operations Forces to automated inference, overhead drones, subsurface vibration detectors, and ambient device networks. Gielas argues that merely knowing these...
AI Inference Becomes a Tradable Commodity with GridAI
2024: "Which model is the smartest?" 2026: "What is the spot price for this task?" The diff between the top 10 AI models is now just 5.4%. Quality has now converged. Inference is a commodity like electricity, but we lack a real market to...
Optimizing MCP for Production: 10 Proven Performance Techniques
CData has published a guide outlining ten proven techniques to optimize the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for production AI workloads. The recommendations focus on reducing latency, increasing throughput, and improving scalability through strategies such as global caching, batching, parallel tool...
Wix Launches Website Creation App in ChatGPT Through OpenAI Collaboration to Simplify Design
Wix announced a partnership with OpenAI to embed its website‑building application inside ChatGPT. The new app lets users generate production‑ready sites using plain‑language text or voice commands, leveraging Wix’s proprietary protocols. The feature is being rolled out globally, aiming to...
No Lidar, No HD Maps, Six Cameras, One Chip, Autobrains
Autobrains announced a strategic partnership with VinFast to develop an affordable autonomous robo‑car using a vision‑only system. The platform relies on six cameras, a single edge‑compute chip, and an agentic AI architecture that scales via modular skills. It replaces traditional...
AI-Enabled Virtual HF Care May Help Boost GDMT, Stabilize Weight
A non‑randomized study of the ISHI Health AI‑enabled virtual heart‑failure platform showed significant gains in guideline‑directed medical therapy (GDMT) and improved weight stability among 747 patients across six community cardiology practices. The system collected remote biometric data, generated risk‑graded alerts,...
Billable Hours Are Dead, AI Killed Them, Here's How To Survive
A new VoxComm report shows agency profit margins have collapsed from a historic 30% to roughly 10% as AI accelerates production and erodes the value of billable‑hour models. The authors argue that agencies must abandon effort‑based pricing and adopt solution‑based...
MedDream to Present AWS-Powered Imaging Viewer at HIMSS
MedDream will demonstrate its cloud‑native, AI‑ready universal DICOM viewer, built on AWS HealthImaging, at HIMSS 2026 in Las Vegas. The solution leverages AWS’s HTJ2K transfer syntax to stream large imaging datasets quickly and securely. It supports radiology, cardiology, ophthalmology, dental...
Builderius WordPress Page Builder Integrates Claude AI via @Sejournal, @Martinibuster
Builderius launched an experimental integration that connects Anthropic’s Claude AI to live WordPress projects via the Model Context Protocol. The AI can read the full JSON‑based template, CSS, GraphQL schema and element tree, then apply structural edits, style changes, and...
☕🤖Tutorial: Create a Pricing Strategy in 45 Minutes (With AI)
The post introduces a five‑prompt "Pricing Strategist" that uses AI to benchmark competitors, gauge willingness‑to‑pay, design tiered plans, craft messaging, and create a test plan—all in about 45 minutes. It contrasts this rapid approach with traditional pricing consultants who charge...
Pivot Point Consulting Partners With Microsoft Rural Health Resiliency Program for Dragon Copilot Deployment
Pivot Point Consulting has teamed with Microsoft’s Rural Health Resiliency Program to roll out the Dragon Copilot AI assistant to financially strained rural hospitals. Microsoft is providing a 60% discount off the standard price, while Pivot Point offers free readiness...
Quinn Emanuel's Lead Innovation Counsel: Different Generations Need Different AI Trainings
Quinn Emanuel’s lead innovation counsel, Jennifer Reeves, highlighted that AI training must be tailored to the distinct learning styles of different lawyer generations. She emphasized prioritizing user psychology over mere feature sets to drive adoption. Reeves, a Monica Bay Women...
Canadian Bar Association and AI-Powered Legal Tech Company Spellbook Form Partnership
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has entered a partnership with Spellbook, a Toronto‑based AI‑driven contract‑drafting platform. This marks Spellbook's first collaboration with a national bar association, giving it a formal endorsement within Canada’s legal community. The agreement will provide CBA...
DeepIP Closes on $25M Series B Funding Round
DeepIP announced the close of a $25 million Series B financing round. The capital will accelerate development of its generative AI assistant designed for patent work. Existing investors participated alongside new venture partners. The funding underscores growing investor confidence in...
EuroShop 2026: How AI Is Taking the “Smartification” Of Stores to the Next Level
At EuroShop 2026, AI dominated the showcase, with vendors presenting solutions ranging from fraud‑detecting self‑scan systems to smart shopping carts and connected shelf labels. Vusion secured a European contract to turn Carrefour stores into data hubs and micro‑fulfilment centers, while...
My $30k/Month AI Business Powered by This Stack
A complete stack for my 30k/mo AI buisness - Perplexity - Claude $200 - 1000% worth it - Gamma - Calendly - Grain AI - n8n for workflows - Agno for agents - Postgres - Notion And brain🧠
Why Your Employees Feel Gen AI Fears — and How to Win Them Over
Organizations rolling out generative AI often encounter employee anxiety when communication is lacking. Case studies from manufacturing, retail, and healthcare show that silence breeds rumors about job loss and workflow disruption. Leaders who adopt transparent practices—regular town halls, newsletters, and...
Brownsville’s Edge AI Experiment Reimagines the Economics of the Connected City
Brownsville, Texas has launched an in‑city edge AI platform that runs on private 5G and fiber, turning low‑cost IoT sensor data into real‑time public‑safety insights. NTT Data’s Shahid Ahmed highlighted that traditional GPU‑heavy AI would break IoT economics, prompting a...
From Prompt to Pill: Researchers Propose AI-Driven Path To ‘Pharmaceutical Superintelligence’
A team of researchers proposes "pharmaceutical superintelligence," an AI‑driven pipeline that can turn a plain‑language request into a preclinical drug candidate and even outline clinical trial plans. The framework stitches together generative chemistry models, multi‑agent reasoning, and robotic labs into...
TapClicks Expands Unified Marketing Intelligence with AudioGO and Instacart Instant-On Connectors
TapClicks announced two new Instant‑On connectors—AudioGO for streaming audio and Instacart Ads for retail media—expanding its AI‑powered Smart Marketing Cloud. The additions let agencies and brands pull audio and grocery‑shopping campaign data into a single platform for unified reporting and...
Bayesian Learning Uncovers Schistosomiasis Multimorbidity Risks
Researchers applied Bayesian machine‑learning to uncover risk factors for hepatosplenic multimorbidity in schistosomiasis. By fusing clinical records, environmental exposure data, and host genetic markers, the model pinpointed predictors such as specific immune‑gene variants and poor sanitation. Its capacity to continuously...
DarcyIQ Integrates with Epic and Athenahealth to Slash Admin Time
DarcyIQ, an AI‑powered revenue acceleration platform from Innovative Solutions, has launched native, HIPAA‑aligned integrations with Epic and athenahealth’s athenaOne using Model Context Protocol. The conversational layer lets clinicians and revenue teams interact with EHR data via natural language, eliminating platform...
Launch HN: Cekura (YC F24) – Testing and Monitoring for Voice and Chat AI Agents
Cekura, a YC F24 startup, launches a simulation platform that lets developers test voice and chat AI agents at scale. The service creates synthetic user conversations, imports real production dialogs, and uses a mock‑tool environment to evaluate agent behavior without hitting...
MWC 2026: Tech Mahindra and NVIDIA Launch AI-Powered Telco Network Operations Reasoning Agent to Accelerate L4+ Autonomous Networks
Tech Mahindra and NVIDIA unveiled an AI‑powered Telco Network Operations Reasoning Agent at MWC 2026, aimed at accelerating the shift to Level 4+ autonomous networks. The solution runs on Tech Mahindra’s Orion platform and leverages NVIDIA AI Enterprise, NeMo, and NIM...
Smart LLM Telemetry Saves Costs, Avoids Over‑logging
LLM logging gets expensive fast. Prompt/response storage. Token metadata. Latency traces. Third-party observability bills. Most teams over-log… then panic at the invoice. If you’re building with LLMs in production, you need telemetry without exploding cloud costs. Here’s how to log smarter ⤵️🩷
LLM Medical Research Overwhelmingly Lacks Real Clinical Data
A new systematic review of LLMs in medicine @NatureMedicine @ekoermann https://t.co/npvDeqUvel “Despite thousands [4,609] of publications since late 2022, only a small fraction use real clinical data and just 19 randomized trials exist.”
The Integration of AI in Modern Forex Automation
Artificial intelligence is reshaping foreign‑exchange trading, with the global AI market projected to reach $2.48 trillion by 2034 and AI‑driven forex platforms expected to grow to $631.9 million by 2035. Modern AI forex automation software can ingest massive data streams and execute...
AI Runs Locally on iPhone 17, No Subscription Required
This is insane. Adrien's running the new Qwen 3.5 locally on an iPhone 17 in airplane mode 🤯 Nothing leaves his phone. There’s ZERO subscription attached. AI subs are now optional. https://t.co/moeq49i6aX https://t.co/u98zDLxQ9G
Communication, Listening, Results Beat AI Buzzwords
AI skills have turned into such a buzzword that its actually a misnomer; what will keep you from being easily replaceable by AI is communication, listening, and a real results orientation. #Hiring #AI https://t.co/5Ohw7w5l2f
Anterior Integrates Clinical AI Into HealthEdge GuidingCare for Utilization Management
Anterior has embedded its clinician‑led AI reasoning engine into HealthEdge’s GuidingCare platform, which serves more than 70 health plans and 30 million members. The integration places AI directly inside utilization management workflows, eliminating the need for separate tools. Early production data...
Top 10 Machine Learning Trends Shaping 2025
How could you use no-code AI to boost your projects? Top 10 Machine Learning Trends to Watch in 2025 https://t.co/e65AsSHtq4 #AI #MachineLearning #IoT #WMC26 #5G
Nano Banana Instantly Translates Screenshots Into Argentine Spanish
Not gonna lie, using Nano Banana to say "take this screenshot and switch it to Argentine Spanish" is a pretty amazing feature. https://t.co/E7hxNdfMIK
Dstillery, Keynes, and The Trade Desk Partner to Advance Agentic Advertising
Dstillery unveiled its DS-1 agentic advertising platform, partnering with CTV technology firm Keynes and major DSP The Trade Desk. The platform connects directly to Keynes’ Slack workspace via the Model Context Protocol, compressing audience discovery and custom modeling from days...
AI Is Reshaping, Not yet Transforming, CIO Strategies
RT Ive been telling CIOs that a lot of what AI is doing in their organization is reshaping its business. Its not really transforming yet. #AI #CIO #DigitalTransformation #CXOTalk @Star_CIO https://t.co/xTvbca0YxB
AI Doom Loop Triggers 4,000 Layoffs, 24% Stock Plunge
New piece from me The AI Doom Loop has started Block fired 4,000 people. Stock ripped 24%, Was AI the Excuse or Reason or Both? https://t.co/cgZ6m2HSv7
Sign Customiser Tops $75M as Sign Shops Ditch Spreadsheet Quotes for Online Ordering with AI Quote Automation
Sign Customiser, an Adelaide‑based quoting platform, has processed more than $75 million in merchant sales across 100 countries over the past four years. The solution replaces spreadsheet‑based pricing with an embeddable AI‑driven customiser widget that lets customers design, price, and pay...
Structured AI Conversations Mirror Whiteboarding, Align Designs Early
NEW POST @techygarg uses a structured conversation with an AI agent that mirrors whiteboarding with a human: progressive levels of design alignment, reducing cognitive load, and catching misunderstandings at the cheapest possible moment. https://t.co/axw3dnhjhI
AI Scaling Hits Strategic Compute Capacity Bottleneck
Compute capacity is becoming a strategic constraint as AI workloads scale faster than infrastructure planning cycles. Limited GPU supply and rising energy costs translate into longer provisioning times and tighter access. Microblog @antgrasso https://t.co/GEerDAqd3N
DeepKeep Launches AI Agent Attack Surface Scanner to Map Enterprise Risk
DeepKeep Ltd. unveiled its AI Agent Scanner, a tool that maps the attack surface of generative AI agents within enterprise workflows. The solution provides instant visibility into agents' tool and data access, visual risk maps, and identifies potential vulnerabilities. It...
Alkira Launches Partner Program to Boost Services Revenue and AI Infrastructure Wins
Alkira announced its Connect Partner Program, a partner‑first platform designed to help global systems integrators, managed service providers, cloud service providers and AI‑focused firms deliver complex networking and AI infrastructure solutions faster and more profitably. The program introduces Connect Services...
Krisp Launches Listener-Side, Real-Time Accent Conversion
Krisp Technologies introduced a listener‑side, real‑time accent conversion feature that adapts incoming speech for individual listeners without changing the speaker’s voice. The system runs locally on the user’s device, delivering sub‑200 ms latency and preserving privacy by storing no raw audio....
Harvey Does 2nd Acquihire, This Time With Lume
Harvey announced its second acquihire, bringing Lume co‑founders Robert Ross and Nebyou Zewde into its product and engineering teams. Lume, a Y Combinator‑backed AI integration startup founded in 2023, will cease operations as only the two founders transition to Harvey. The...
Medical Ethics and AI: Why Losing Oversight Endangers Patients
The American Medical Association’s Journal of Ethics published its final issue in December 2025, ending a 26‑year legacy of scholarly oversight. Simultaneously, the AMA launched a Center for Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence, signaling a strategic pivot toward technology. The...
'The Attack Requires No Exploit, No User Clicks, and No Explicit Request Forsensitive Actions': Experts Say Perplexity's AI Comet Browser...
Security researchers at Zenity have disclosed a zero‑click prompt‑injection vulnerability, dubbed “PleaseFix,” in Perplexity AI’s Comet browser. The flaw lets attackers embed malicious prompts in seemingly benign calendar invites, causing the AI to read local files and exfiltrate passwords without...
RecordPoint Expands AI Governance Capabilities with New MCP Server Integration
RecordPoint has launched its Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, a standardized gateway that lets any AI agent securely access governed enterprise data. The server provides permissioned, auditable access to sources such as SharePoint, Google Drive, and file shares without custom...
Coforge Advances Data Cosmos, a Next-Gen AI-Enabled, Cloud-Native Data and Analytics Platform Designed to Accelerate Enterprise Transformation
Coforge has launched Data Cosmos, an AI‑enabled, cloud‑native data engineering and analytics platform designed to unify fragmented enterprise data. The solution is organized into five portfolios—Supernova, Nebula, Hypernova, Pulsar, and Quasar—that address modernization, governance, DataOps, and GenAI adoption across the...
Teramind Launches the First AI Governance Platform for the Agentic Enterprise
Teramind unveiled AI Governance, the first platform that extends enterprise‑grade oversight to every AI tool and autonomous agent used by employees, from ChatGPT to shadow AI. Internal research shows over 80% of workers use unsanctioned AI, with 49% hiding this...
Cendyn Unveils New Meta Hotel Ads to Drive Bookings Across Digital Platforms, Impacting Hotels in North America and Europe
Cendyn has added Meta Hotel Ads to its Digital Marketing Platform, enabling hotels to run AI‑driven, real‑time ads on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Audience Network. The ads display live pricing and availability, targeting high‑intent travelers based on behavior. Integrated with...