
AI startup Skygen.AI announced the closing of a $7 million seed round as it emerges from stealth. Founded by 19‑year‑old Mike Shperling, the company aims to deliver autonomous execution layers that automate software tasks across CRM, ERP and banking systems. The funding will accelerate product development and market rollout.

EVA Live, a provider of proprietary AI ad‑server technology, began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker GOAI, marking its public debut. The listing follows nearly a decade of growth and positions the company to tap the $500 billion digital advertising...
zSpace, a provider of AR/VR solutions for education, announced a $3 million strategic investment from Planet One Education, closed on Jan 27, 2026 via convertible preferred stock and warrants. The funding will strengthen its balance sheet, support working capital, and...

Minitab, a global leader in data management and analytics, announced it has acquired Scytec, a manufacturing technology firm specializing in real-time machine data collection and OEE software. The acquisition expands Minitab’s ability to gather shop‑floor data from CNC machines, PLCs,...

Pegasystems Inc. announced it has acquired assets from Sweden-based Adopteq, including InvestigatorPlus and MigratorPlus, to launch its new AI-powered Notes to Blueprint solution for modernizing legacy Lotus Notes applications. The acquisition enables enterprises to transform and retire outdated Lotus Notes...

Swiss deep‑tech firm LatticeFlow AI announced the acquisition of Dublin‑based AI Sonar Ltd, a CloudSphere subsidiary, to integrate its AI discovery platform into LatticeFlow’s evidence‑based AI governance suite. The deal gives LatticeFlow full ownership of AI Sonar’s IP and engineering...

Digital Realty announced it will acquire CSF Advisers, the owner of the TelcoHub 1 data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, along with adjacent land for future expansion. The acquisition, expected to close in the first half of 2026, expands Digital Realty’s...
AZIO AI, a newly formed AI infrastructure company, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the AI division of Azio Corp. The transaction will transfer AI-focused operations, customer relationships, and related commercial activity to AZIO...

Nukkleus Inc., a strategic acquirer in aerospace and defense, announced the acquisition of 100% of Israeli UAV and counter‑UAS firm Nimbus Drones Technologies. The deal was paid with 1.85 million Nukkleus shares and a $3.25 million convertible note, expanding Nukkleus’ portfolio into...

FiberMall has begun mass production and volume shipments of 400 Gbps and 800 Gbps optical transceivers, targeting AI and cloud data centers worldwide. The product line includes 800 G QSFP‑DD, OSFP and 400 G QSFP112 modules that are compatible with NVIDIA InfiniBand and Ethernet...

Zealand Pharma announced a strategic agreement with AI‑infrastructure specialist DCAI to tap Denmark’s Gefion supercomputer for drug discovery. The partnership grants the biotech firm access to more than 1,500 NVIDIA GPUs powered by renewable energy, enabling massive peptide‑protein simulations. Gefion’s...

Informatica was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data & Analytics Governance Platforms, reflecting strong scores in both Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. The company’s Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) leverages AI, including the...

On-chain AI agents are proliferating across crypto markets, promising continuous, data‑driven trading without human oversight. In practice, many of these bots react reflexively to each other, causing liquidity to appear and vanish within seconds and spawning volatility spirals. The article...

The Home Depot and Google Cloud have deepened their partnership, embedding Google Gemini and Gemini Enterprise AI models across Home Depot’s digital and physical channels. The integration powers an AI‑first experience that moves from product recommendation to task execution, delivering...
Pudu Robotics unveiled the PUDU T150, a 150 kg‑payload industrial delivery robot aimed at light‑load, high‑frequency logistics in factories and warehouses. The robot emphasizes rapid, plug‑and‑play deployment, requiring no site modifications and completing mapping in under ten minutes. Equipped with VSLAM...
MaestroX announced the expansion of its human‑guided AI platform, designed to modernize the entire title workflow while retaining expert judgment. The solution blends advanced AI with decades of search‑professional experience, covering document intake, data extraction, cover searches, vendor coordination, and...
St John Ambulance has teamed with data‑transformation specialist Simpson Associates to deploy a Microsoft Fabric‑based data lake. The initiative tackles legacy system fragmentation by consolidating data silos and delivering a single version of the truth across the charity. Early work...
Eleveight AI has installed NVIDIA’s new B300 Blackwell GPUs at its AI‑focused data center in Gagarin, Armenia, becoming one of the first sites worldwide to run the latest accelerator. The deployment supports AI training, inference, generative models and enterprise workloads,...

Snowflake announced a definitive agreement to acquire Observe, a leader in AI‑powered observability. The deal will embed Observe’s platform directly into Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud, allowing enterprises to ingest, store and analyze 100% of telemetry data at lower cost. Combined...

Google Cloud has entered a strategic partnership with ivault, the blockchain‑based marketplace that turns everyday items into tokenized, income‑generating assets. The collaboration grants ivault access to Google’s robust cloud infrastructure, Vertex AI, and a sizable package of cloud and advertising...

Lambda, the Superintelligence Cloud provider, announced Leonard Speiser as its new chief operating officer. Speiser, a former co‑founder and CEO of Clover, helped build a point‑of‑sale platform that now processes over $300 billion in annual transactions. He also brings experience from...

Addtronics announced internal promotions, elevating Angie Keener to President of Bow Robotics and David Hopkins to President of Addtronics Custom Automation (ACA). Both leaders bring nearly a decade and two decades of domain expertise, respectively, to steer growth, operations, and...

RAVATAR, the full‑body AI avatar platform from Cyber Leo Limited, has entered Google Cloud Partner Advantage as a Build‑level partner. The partnership gives Google Cloud customers access to RAVATAR’s no‑code Genesis AI Avatar Studio, which integrates Gemini models and Text‑to‑Speech...

AI is reshaping sales and marketing across sectors, with pharmaceutical firms now confronting the technology’s impact on traditionally face‑to‑face sales models. While early AI investments in pharma focused on drug discovery, companies are expanding to marketing and sales processes to...

PathAI has partnered with University Hospital Zurich (USZ) to integrate its CE‑IVD digital pathology platform AISight Dx and the AIM‑TumorCellularity (AIM‑TC) algorithm into routine molecular pathology workflows. The AI tool provides quantitative tumor cell content (TCC) estimates that guide next‑generation...

Quorum introduced Quincy, an AI‑driven assistant designed for public affairs teams to search and analyze internal notes, meeting transcripts, and advocacy history alongside live legislative data. The tool answers plain‑language queries by linking a decade of Quorum’s policy intelligence with...
ExecLayer has launched a governed execution layer for its Generative Operations platform, inserting a policy‑enforced boundary between AI‑driven decisions and enterprise systems. The layer validates authority, policy conditions, and human approvals before any state change in environments such as ERP,...

Robots & Pencils has opened a dedicated AI Studio in Bellevue to accelerate generative and agentic AI projects for enterprise clients. The studio, led by Jeff Kirk, operates as an AWS Pattern Partner, giving teams direct access to Amazon Bedrock,...

AI adoption in operations‑heavy sectors such as construction often stalls when success is measured by isolated accuracy metrics rather than workflow impact. The article argues that enterprises should judge AI by time saved, predictability of failures, rapid error correction, risk...

Mobvoi announced the TicNote ecosystem at CES 2026, launching TicNote, TicNote Pods, and TicNote Watch alongside the AI‑native TicNote Cloud platform powered by Shadow Agent 2.0. The cloud service transforms spoken conversations into structured project files and living assets that...

Gigabyte announced a shift toward human‑centered, on‑device AI that will define its product line through 2026. The company highlighted GiMATE, an AI assistant embedded in gaming laptops, and new hardware‑software features such as X3D Turbo Mode 2.0 and the GPU...

Vannadium introduced Leap, a platform that delivers real‑time, on‑chain data storage and streaming with blockchain‑grade integrity. The solution moves beyond hash references, allowing video, documents, and logs to be stored directly on the ledger with full provenance and permission controls....

AI startup reprai Inc., which offers AI-powered solutions for pharmaceutical sales and marketing, has closed a $1M funding round. The round was announced as the company was named among the 100 Startups to Watch in 2026. The funding will support...

Cloudfy has unveiled Enterprise v5, a next‑generation B2B eCommerce platform built on a modular, API‑first architecture. The solution offers pre‑built functional modules and a headless API layer for rapid integration with ERP, CMS and custom front‑ends. It introduces an open...

Liferay announced that its AI Management System (AIMS) has earned ISO/IEC 42001 certification, positioning the firm among the first global companies to meet the emerging standard for responsible AI. The certification confirms that AIMS satisfies rigorous criteria for risk management,...
CryptoMondays is joining the Sundance Film Festival for its final year in Park City, creating a forum where founders, filmmakers, investors, and technologists discuss the intersection of film, AI, and on‑chain systems. Hosted by Alizah Whitney Johnson, the event emphasizes...

Corniche Capital is accelerating its power‑ready industrial real‑estate development to meet the surge in AI‑driven, high‑energy demand. President David Ebrahimzadeh emphasizes integrating power capacity and grid flexibility early in design, targeting tenants in logistics, advanced manufacturing, and automation. The firm...
At CES 2026 VicOne and DeCloak unveiled joint research showing that AI‑powered security patrol robots face a trust crisis when operating unsupervised at night. The white paper reveals that privacy breaches, cybersecurity gaps, and unpredictable AI behavior converge, causing operators...

Spacebank Inc. will debut RoboViewX, a next‑generation robotics control platform, at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. The solution provides unified multi‑robot management, real‑time monitoring, and AI‑driven automation through a software‑defined robot architecture with low‑code and LLM capabilities. By showcasing live...

Synergy Technical announced it has earned the Microsoft Copilot Advanced Specialization, confirming its proven ability to guide enterprises through secure, scalable adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot and related AI solutions. The designation validates expertise across Copilot Chat, Copilot Studio, and...

Grupo Mexico Transportes (GMXT), Mexico’s largest rail operator, has teamed with CloudMoyo to deploy an AI‑driven crew management suite across its 10,000 km network and U.S. operations in Texas and Florida. The CloudMoyo platform, built on Microsoft Azure, combines Crew Management,...

Atua AI, a decentralized AI automation platform, has upgraded its AI‑driven task coordination framework for smart contract environments. The new system adds adaptive execution logic, intelligent task sequencing, and real‑time monitoring to synchronize automated workflows across multichain networks such as...

Eficode announced a unified, functional global operating model effective Jan. 1 2026, positioning the firm to capture growth in AI‑driven software development. The transformation centers on two customer journeys—AI in Software Development and Effective SDLC Tooling—and deepens ties with key partners such...

Visteon unveiled an AI‑ADAS Compute Module powered by NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin, offering a plug‑and‑play platform that can be configured for either intelligent cockpit experiences or advanced driver‑assistance systems. The solution leverages NVIDIA DriveOS, AI Enterprise software, and a hybrid...
Enterprises are turning to generative AI to automate RFP responses, replacing manual spreadsheet drudgery with a centralized knowledge engine. By ingesting past proposals, security whitepapers, and sales transcripts, the system drafts answers that mirror a senior engineer’s tone and accuracy....

SurePath AI has been chosen for the 2026 Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator, a joint initiative by CrowdStrike, Amazon Web Services and NVIDIA. The eight‑week program runs from January 5 to March 3, offering mentorship, technical enablement, funding and go‑to‑market support. Participants will receive...

Linkhome Holdings Inc. unveiled its first home‑focused humanoid and quadruped robot product lines, marking a shift from purely digital AI services to physical smart‑living devices. The robots are engineered for companionship, basic household chores, environmental inspection, and safety monitoring within...

LiveRamp announced that its Data Marketplace now includes not only curated, permissioned data but also third‑party AI models and forthcoming AI‑powered applications and agents. The expansion lets marketers and data scientists license data to train and fine‑tune models, license partner...

Telit Cinterion will unveil a suite of next‑generation IoT modules, AI‑powered edge platforms, and 5G connectivity at CES 2026. The showcase includes the Nokia Cognitive Digital Mining demo, which pairs Telit’s advanced modules with an NVIDIA GPU‑enabled Black Box for...

Colle AI, the multichain NFT creation platform, announced a major upgrade to its AI‑driven design automation framework. The enhancement streamlines visual assembly, stylistic coherence, metadata preparation, and chain‑specific formatting for Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin, BNB Chain, and the XRP Ledger. By...

SurePath AI, an AI control plane startup, announced it has raised over $5 million in seed funding to accelerate enterprise GenAI adoption. The capital will support its participation in the 2026 Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator with CrowdStrike, AWS and NVIDIA.

Ellucian announced the completion of its acquisition of Anthology’s Student Information Systems (SIS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) business, expanding its higher‑education technology portfolio. The deal adds over 260 Anthology customers to Ellucian’s ecosystem and aims to deliver AI‑powered solutions...
Astrikos AI announced a strategic investment from Gorilla Technology Group Inc., aimed at supporting its global expansion and development of its Smart Interop Analytical Platform. The funding will help Astrikos scale its AI-driven solutions for smart cities, data centers, and...

VisionWave Holdings Inc. completed the acquisition of Solar Drone Ltd., an autonomous robotics firm and BladeRanger subsidiary. The deal was executed via a share purchase agreement for 1.8 million VisionWave common shares, marking VisionWave's first acquisition since its July 2025 IPO. The...