Medtronic Advances Its Innovation Strategy with Intent to Acquire CathWorks
Medtronic announced it will exercise its option to acquire privately held CathWorks for up to $585 million, with additional earn‑out provisions. CathWorks’ FFRangio system leverages AI and computational analytics to provide non‑invasive fractional flow reserve assessments directly from routine coronary angiograms, challenging traditional wire‑based methods. The deal expands Medtronic’s interventional cardiology portfolio and builds on a 2022 co‑promotion partnership, aiming to broaden global market reach. Pending FTC clearance, the transaction is expected to be earnings‑neutral in fiscal 2027 and accretive thereafter.
Why Operational Threat Intelligence Needs AI Agents Now, Not Later
Operational threat intelligence is being overwhelmed by noise and slow manual processes, prompting a shift toward AI agents. Gartner highlights that most organizations lack end‑to‑end AI integration across the intelligence lifecycle, with only 43% reporting tangible benefits. AI agents can...
Snyk Unveils the AI Security Fabric
Snyk introduced the AI Security Fabric, a continuous‑defense layer that spans the entire software development lifecycle. The Fabric unifies visibility, prevention, and governance across three vectors: AI‑accelerated DevSecOps, AI‑driven development, and AI‑native software. New data shows that each deployed AI...
Lumai Appoints René Bonvanie as Chair of Its Board of Directors
Lumai, an optical AI acceleration startup, announced René Bonvanie as Chair of its Board of Directors. Bonvanie, the founding CMO of Palo Alto Networks, brings over four decades of experience scaling technology firms and extensive board service. The appointment coincides...
Darwinium Tackles the Agentic AI Fraud Era With Strategic GTM Acceleration
Darwinium announced an accelerated go‑to‑market push in North America, appointing Michael Rodriguez as Global Head of GTM and adding senior hires Donnie Gates and Melissa Griffin. The new team will help fintechs, banks and eCommerce merchants combat “agentic AI” fraud...
OutSystems Achieves FedRAMP Authorization
OutSystems announced it has earned Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization, allowing its low‑code development platform to be used by U.S. federal agencies. The certification, achieved in partnership with cloud provider Knox, confirms that the platform meets stringent...
Horizon3.ai Strengthens Global Partner Team for Faster Growth
Horizon3.ai announced a major expansion of its global partner leadership, appointing Tim Mackie as Global Vice President of Worldwide Channels and highlighting Marc Inderhees on CRN’s 2026 Channel Chiefs list. The moves are designed to accelerate MSP‑ and partner‑led growth...
Infinitus Launches Agentic AI Suite for Health Plan Member Services
Infinitus Systems unveiled its Agentic AI Member Services Suite, an end‑to‑end voice and text platform that automates inbound and outbound health‑plan calls. The solution delivers over 90% positive caller ratings and outperforms human benchmarks by more than 18 percent, while...
CYGNVS Launches AI Model for Cyber Readiness and Response
CYGNVS unveiled a purpose-built AI model for cyber readiness and incident response, trained on more than 20,000 real-world cyber incidents and outages. The model leverages proprietary data from Marsh, the leading cyber insurance broker, without exposing any client‑specific information. By...
Jennifer Duman of Skyhawk Security Named a 2026 CRN® Channel Chief
Skyhawk Security announced that Channel Director Jennifer Duman has been named a 2026 CRN® Channel Chief. Duman, who joined Skyhawk in 2025, has transformed the company’s channel‑first go‑to‑market model by automating onboarding and opportunity management. Under her guidance, Skyhawk’s partner...
EPAM Recognized as Leading Application Services IT Vendor for Third Year
EPAM Systems was named a Top IT Vendor in Europe for the third consecutive year, earning Exceptional Performer status and the #1 ranking in both Application Services and General Satisfaction in Whitelane Research’s 2025/2026 study. The survey covered over 2,500...
Zendesk Appoints Craig Flower as Chief Operating Officer
Zendesk announced Craig Flower as its new chief operating officer, tasking him with accelerating the company’s AI‑first transformation and tightening operational performance. Flower, who previously served as Zendesk’s chief information officer, will lead AI tool adoption, create a center of...
Marvell Completes Acquisition of Celestial AI
Marvell Technology announced the completion of its acquisition of Celestial AI, bringing the startup’s Photonic Fabric optical interconnect technology into its data‑center portfolio. The deal expands Marvell’s capabilities in high‑bandwidth, low‑latency connectivity for large‑scale AI deployments and opens a new,...
Penguin Solutions Announces CEO Transition
Penguin Solutions announced that President and CEO Mark Adams will retire after a five‑year tenure, remaining as an advisor for nine months. The board appointed technology veteran Kash Shaikh as the new President and CEO, effective February 2, 2026. Shaikh...
Kong Introduces MCP Registry in Kong Konnect
Kong Inc. announced the Kong MCP Registry, an enterprise directory within the Kong Konnect Catalog that registers, discovers, and governs Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and AI‑native tools. The registry extends Kong’s API Catalog, linking MCP servers to underlying APIs...
Waud Capital Partners Appoints Prithvi Raj as Chief AI and Data Officer
Waud Capital Partners announced the creation of a Chief AI and Data Officer position, appointing Prithvi Raj to lead artificial‑intelligence and data initiatives across the firm and its portfolio. Raj arrives from Newmark, where he oversaw enterprise‑wide AI strategy, and...
Avaap Named Snowflake Premier Partner
Avaap announced its elevation to Snowflake Premier Partner, underscoring its deep expertise in cloud data platforms and AI‑ready analytics. The designation grants early access to Snowflake’s roadmap, advanced training, and joint go‑to‑market initiatives. Avaap leverages this status alongside its Workday...
PhaseV Launches AI-Powered Enrollment Lab
PhaseV introduced its AI‑powered Enrollment Lab at the 17th SCOPE Summit, adding a new layer to the ClinOps platform. The solution leverages real‑world electronic health record data to quantify patient‑level competition and eligibility before protocol lock. By modeling enrollment dynamics...
Breg and PatientIQ Announce Marketplace Partnership
Breg and PatientIQ have partnered to embed Breg’s cold‑therapy devices into PatientIQ’s EHR‑integrated digital care pathways, allowing orthopedic providers to prescribe the therapy at optimal moments before and after surgery. The collaboration automates patient outreach, tracks engagement, and alerts staff...
MPATH® Health Earns DiMe Seal for Quality and Trust in Digital Health
mPATH® Health announced that its cancer‑screening platform has earned the Digital Medicine Society’s DiMe Seal, a mark of quality and trust for digital health software. The seal evaluates products on evidence, usability, privacy, security and equity, confirming that mPATH meets...
ProofPilot CEO Chris Venezia Joins RealTime eClinical Solutions BOD
ProofPilot CEO Chris Venezia has been appointed to the Board of Directors of RealTime eClinical Solutions. The appointment aligns with RealTime’s strategy to tighten site‑sponsor connections and speed trial execution under new CEO Jeff Kozloff. Venezia brings more than two...
SimSpace Unveils Major Upgrades to Its AI-Empowered Cyber Range Platform
SimSpace launched an Early Access Program for its upgraded AI‑empowered cyber range platform, aiming to close the training‑testing gap for cybersecurity teams. The new platform combines AI‑assisted self‑service range design, a visual workbench, comprehensive security benchmarking, and API‑first integration capabilities....
ZEDEDA Doubles Customer Acquisition Amid Fortune 500 Momentum
ZEDEDA announced it doubled its new customer acquisition year‑over‑year, with nearly half of those wins coming from Fortune or Global 500 firms. The company secured marquee contracts across automotive, telecommunications, energy and manufacturing, while expanding its global footprint with a...
Tricentis Expands Leadership to Scale AI-Powered Software Quality
Tricentis announced two senior executive appointments: Jason Bliss as EVP and President of Business Operations and Todd Horst as Chief Growth Officer. Bliss will oversee post‑sales functions, including customer growth, professional services, support, international operations and M&A, while Horst will...
LogicGate Celebrates Landmark Year with Industry Recognition and Growth
LogicGate announced a landmark 2025, posting roughly 50% year‑over‑year ARR growth from large enterprises and earning a Leader position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for GRC tools. The company also collected multiple awards, including Best Risk Management Platform at the...
Lyric Health Appoints Bill Schmitt as Chief Growth Officer
Lyric Health announced the hiring of Bill Schmitt as its inaugural Chief Growth Officer, a newly created role designed to steer strategic growth across the company’s AI‑driven virtual‑care platform. Schmitt will direct demand generation, partnership development, and customer success while...
Coder Launches AI Maturity Self-Assessment
Coder, a self‑hosted AI development platform, introduced a free AI Maturity Self‑Assessment and accompanying AI Maturity Curve. The tools let engineering teams benchmark AI adoption across development practices, operational controls, and governance readiness. By mapping questionnaire responses to the maturity...
ACTFORE Secures Patent for Template Identification and Matching Technology
ACTFORE announced the USPTO has granted its second patent for a Template Identification and Matching technology that fingerprints documents at the pixel level. The solution converts each page into image‑based signatures, enabling detection of structural similarities across massive, unstructured breach...
Decube Raises USD 3 Million to Build Context Layer Powering Enterprise AI
Decube announced a $3 million funding round led by Taiwania Hive Ventures, with participation from Iterative and 500 Global. The capital will fuel global expansion, especially across APAC, and accelerate product development for its data‑context platform that sits between raw data stores...
IManage Delivers Trusted AI Search with Ask iManage
iManage has upgraded its Ask iManage AI assistant to answer natural‑language questions across the entire iManage Work platform, delivering structured, cited responses without pre‑selecting documents. The feature, now generally available at no extra charge, adds instant summaries, side‑by‑side comparisons and...
Opentrons Global Robotics Chief, James Atwood, Named Chief Executive Officer
Opentrons Labworks has promoted James Atwood, who has led its Robotics Business Unit since April 2023, to chief executive officer. Under his guidance the company expanded its installed base to more than 10,000 robotic systems deployed worldwide across academia, biotech...
Wallarm Expands Platform, Company and Leadership to Secure APIs and AI
Wallarm announced a multi‑pronged growth push, adding a new chief operating officer and field CISO while expanding its employee base by 41% in 2025. The company unveiled API Session Blocking and Schema‑Based Testing to tighten real‑time API defenses and shift...
Thoropass Launches Smart Sort AI
Thoropass introduced Smart Sort AI, an AI‑driven feature inside its Audit Lifecycle Platform that automatically organizes exported data from any GRC system into audit‑ready evidence. The tool requires no integration, analyzing files, mapping them to the correct controls, and inserting...
IDDI Unveils New Brand, Marks 35 Years of Clinical Data Science Excellence
IDDI, a global clinical data science partner, launched a refreshed brand to mark its 35‑year anniversary, debuting publicly at the SCOPE Summit on February 2, 2026. The new identity underscores a patient‑centric approach, biostatistical rigor, and regulatory insight while highlighting...
Andesite Achieves Cloud Security Alliance AI-STAR Level 2 Certification
Andesite announced it has earned Cloud Security Alliance AI-STAR Level 2 certification, becoming only the third organization globally to achieve the credential. The AI-STAR assessment validates Andesite’s AI security, risk management and governance practices across its Human‑AI SOC platform. The...
Ainekko, Veevx Combine to Advance Embedded AI and Memory Tech
Ainekko, an open, software-defined AI infrastructure startup, announced its merger with fabless semiconductor firm Veevx. The combined entity, retaining the Ainekko name, will integrate Veevx’s MRAM‑based iRAM memory and low‑power AI accelerator with Ainekko’s open‑source silicon platform and recent Esperanto...
Zapier: 71% of Enterprise Leaders Say AI Will Reshape Teams
Zapier’s 2026 report shows AI moving from experimental projects to a core, "must‑maintain" infrastructure for enterprises. A quarter of leaders expect full‑scale AI orchestration this year, while 43% anticipate autonomous, agentic AI across functions. The study finds 71% of executives...
Intruder Grows Enterprise Customers by 81% as Part of Record 2025 Momentum
Intruder announced record 2025 growth, with enterprise annual recurring revenue climbing 81% year‑over‑year. The surge was fueled by a 51% rise in new business and a 2.5‑fold jump in expansion revenue, alongside the rollout of Cloud Security Posture Management and...
MESCIUS USA, Inc. Introduces DsPdfAI for Document Solutions Product Line
MESCIUS USA, Inc. launched DsPdfAI, an AI assistant for its Document Solutions for PDF suite, bundled in version 9. The tool lets .NET developers automatically summarize PDFs, extract tables, and generate outline trees via simple API methods. Customizable request strings and...
Iterate.ai Brings Agentic AI Workflows to Hospital Finances with New Solution
Iterate.ai, together with TD SYNNEX and HPE, launched Generate for Healthcare, an AI‑driven platform that helps hospitals identify and recover unpaid or underpaid insurance claims. The solution runs on HPE Private Cloud AI or HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen12 servers equipped with NVIDIA...
Black Duck Expands Federal Cloud Offerings with FedRAMP Push
Black Duck announced it has begun the FedRAMP Moderate authorization process for its Polaris Platform, aiming to secure a federal‑grade cloud offering. The company partnered with stackArmor, a FedRAMP engineering specialist, to fast‑track the Authorization to Operate (ATO). Black Duck...
M3ter Announces “M3sh Workflows”
m3ter unveiled m3sh Workflows, a low‑code automation layer that links core CRM and ERP systems—such as Salesforce and NetSuite—to its usage‑based pricing platform. The solution lets software firms process usage data, apply complex rating, and synchronize quote‑to‑cash flows without replacing...
Atos Named Best-in-Class for IT/OT Cybersecurity by PAC France
Atos has been named Best‑in‑Class for IT/OT Cybersecurity Services in France for 2025 by PAC Innovation Radar. The award highlights Atos’ extensive portfolio, including auditing, consulting, field operations, and managed services, backed by dedicated OT Security Operations Centers and a...
Legion Intelligence Introduces Centurion
Legion Intelligence unveiled Centurion, a field‑deployable edge AI platform that combines hardware, software, and sustainment into a single system. Designed for Denied, Degraded, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) environments, Centurion can operate offline, form a mesh of nodes, and synchronize with...
HealthEdge, Suki Introduce Ambient Clinical Intelligence for Care Management
HealthEdge and Suki announced a partnership that embeds Suki’s ambient clinical intelligence into the GuidingCare care‑management platform. The AI‑driven listening tool automatically captures and summarizes care manager conversations, allowing documentation to be saved directly in GuidingCare. The integration reaches more...
Jotform Brings AI-Powered Chatbots to Canva Designs
Jotform has launched Jotform AI Chatbot for Canva, the first native AI chatbot integration within Canva’s design platform. The tool lets viewers interact with designs to ask questions, book appointments, track orders, or submit inquiries without leaving the editor. Users...
Digi International Announced the Acquisition of Particle
Digi International announced a $50 million cash acquisition of Particle, a subscription‑based edge‑to‑cloud platform that currently generates about $20 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). The deal lifts Digi’s IoT Products and Services segment ARR by roughly 60%, expanding it from $32 million...
Alpha Omega Launches Continuum Automation Framework
Alpha Omega announced the Continuum Automation Framework, a unified ecosystem of AI‑driven accelerators designed to help federal agencies modernize, migrate, and secure mission‑critical systems. The platform comprises four modular components—Design, Code, Connect, and Secure—that replace manual processes with an end‑to‑end...
Laserfiche Expands AI Data Capture with Auto-Classification
Laserfiche announced a major upgrade to its AI‑driven Smart Fields engine, adding automatic document classification and intelligent auto‑tagging. The new features let users describe desired data with natural‑language prompts, enabling the system to identify invoice, transcript, or contract types and...
20i Launches the Web Industry’s First Unlimited Managed Hosting Assistant
20i has introduced Twentie, the web industry’s first unlimited managed hosting assistant, embedded directly into its platform. The AI‑driven tool accesses live account data to generate custom PDF and CSV reports, analyze performance metrics, and help with tasks like marketing...