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The AI Boom Is Turning Flash Storage Into a Critical Infrastructure Battleground

The surge in generative AI models has created a flash storage shortage that even the largest cloud providers cannot easily resolve. Industry leaders like Vast Data and Solidigm warn the constraint will persist through mid‑2026, forcing enterprises to rethink capacity...

Salesforce Launches Telco-Specific AI Agents to Improve Sales and Customer Retention

Salesforce unveiled Agentforce for Communications, a suite of telco‑specific AI agents designed to automate routine tasks and boost customer engagement. The solution targets a telecom sector facing slowing revenue growth—forecast at 2.9% by 2029—and high churn rates up to 40%....

Confluent Intelligence Adds Streaming Agents Into the Mix to Enable Agent-to-Agent Collaboration

Confluent Intelligence has introduced Streaming Agents, built on Google’s Agent2Agent protocol, to enable AI agents to share real‑time context and collaborate across platforms. The preview feature connects data sources such as BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake and LangChain to third‑party systems like...

Deloitte Launches Toolkit to Help Organizations Move From AI Experimentation to Long-Term Value

Deloitte has introduced Enterprise AI Navigator, an advisory and engineering software suite aimed at moving enterprises from fragmented AI pilots to measurable, organization‑wide value. The platform combines Deloitte’s Ascend project‑management tools with proprietary data to identify suitable processes, model workflow...

5 Ways Google Cloud Partners Are Driving the Next Phase of Enterprise AI

Google Cloud’s partner ecosystem is moving enterprise AI from isolated pilots to production‑grade, agent‑driven solutions. Partners such as CDW, Perficient, KPMG, Tredence and Datatonic are embedding generative AI and modular platforms into core business processes while maintaining governance. The shift...

Hitting Stride with AppOS, AI and Low-Code Automation at ZohoDay 2026

Zoho celebrated its 30th anniversary at ZohoDay 2026 by unveiling AppOS, a new reliability layer that unifies its low‑code tools, AI agents and over 50 business applications. The platform aims to curb fragmentation caused by generative AI and coding agents...

Why Real-Time Voice AI Is Harder than It Sounds

Real-time voice AI remains a tough engineering problem despite advances in deep learning. Companies like Deepgram highlight that latency must stay under 500 ms and speech variability—from accents to background noise—keeps error rates high. End‑to‑end models have lifted accuracy, yet enterprise...

DHS Awards Palantir up to $1B to Deploy AI and Data Analytics Platforms

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has signed a five‑year blanket purchase agreement with Palantir Technologies worth up to $1 billion. The deal lets agencies such as Customs and Border Protection, ICE, FEMA and CISA tap Palantir’s Gotham and Foundry platforms...

Adronite Raises $5M Series A Led by Gatemore Capital Management

Adronite Inc., an AI‑powered software intelligence platform, announced a $5 million Series A round led by Gatemore Capital Management to scale its codebase intelligence product. The funding will support further development and enterprise deployments, emphasizing security‑first, on‑premises options.

Freeform Future Corp Raises $67M for 3D Metal Printing System

Freeform Future Corp., a startup that builds custom 3D metal printers, announced a $67 million funding round. Investors include Nvidia’s NVentures, Boeing’s AE Ventures, Founders Fund, Apandion, Linse Capital, Threshold Ventures and Two Sigma Ventures. The capital will fund upgrades to...

Kana Intelligence Raises $15M in Seed Funding

Flexible agentic marketing startup Kana Intelligence announced a $15 million seed round to accelerate its AI-driven marketing platform. The funding will support product development, talent acquisition, and go‑to‑market expansion.

Stacks Raises $23M Series A to Automate Enterprise Finance

London-based Stacks Technologies B.V. announced a $23 million Series A round led by Lightspeed, with participation from General Catalyst, EQT Ventures and S16VC. The funding will accelerate the startup’s AI‑driven finance automation platform that helps enterprises streamline accounting, month‑close and reconciliation processes....

Cogent Security Raises $42M to Scale AI Agents for Enterprise Vulnerability Remediation

Cogent Security Secures $42M Funding to Expand AI-Powered Vulnerability Remediation

Cogent Security announced a $42 million fundraising round to scale its AI agents for enterprise vulnerability remediation. The capital will be used to enhance its AI-driven security platform and accelerate market adoption.

Efficient Computer Secures $60M Funding to Extend AI Device Battery Life

Efficient Computer announced a $60 million fundraising round to support its technology that enables AI devices to operate for months without recharging. The capital will be used to scale production and further develop its low-power AI hardware solutions.

Solid Data Raises $20M to Boost AI Agent Reliability

Solid Data announced a $20 million funding round to enhance the reliability of AI agents. The new capital will be used to develop tools and infrastructure aimed at improving AI system robustness. The round underscores growing investor interest in AI...

Braintrust Lands $80M Funding Round to Become the Observability Layer for AI

Braintrust Data Inc. announced an $80 million Series B round that lifted its valuation to $800 million. The funding, led by Iconiq and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock and others, will accelerate the startup’s push to become the de‑facto observability layer for AI...

AI Field Operations Startup FYLD Raises $41M to Build Large-Scale Infrastructure

AI field operations startup FYLD announced a $41 million fundraising round to support the development of large-scale infrastructure for AI applications. The round, reported on Feb 17, 2026, will help FYLD expand its product offerings and scale its operations.

Mistral AI Acquires AI Infrastructure Startup Koyeb

Mistral AI announced the acquisition of AI infrastructure startup Koyeb, bolstering its AI compute and service capabilities. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Braintrust Raises $80M Series B to Become AI Observability Layer

AI-native observability startup Braintrust Data Inc. announced a $80 million Series B round led by Iconiq, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, Basecase Capital and angel investor Elad Gil. The funding values the company at $800 million and will be used to expand...

Seismic to Acquire Highspot in Merger

Seismic Software Inc. and Highspot Inc. have signed a merger agreement, with the combined company to operate under the Seismic brand and be led by Seismic CEO Rob Tarkoff. The deal, announced on Thursday, gives private‑equity firm Permira a controlling...

Didero Secures $30M Early-Stage Funding to Boost Agentic AI for Enterprise Procurement

Didero, a startup building agentic AI solutions for enterprise procurement, announced a $30 million early‑stage financing round. The new capital will be used to expand its AI platform, accelerate product development and scale go‑to‑market efforts.

Meridian Raises $17M in Funding

Meridian, an agentic financial modeling startup, announced a $17 million funding round to support its growth and product development.

Manufact Raises $6.3M to Help Developers Connect AI Agents with Model Context Protocol

Manufact announced a $6.3 million funding round to develop its Model Context Protocol, a tool that enables developers to connect AI agents more efficiently. The capital will be used to accelerate product development and expand its go‑to‑market efforts.

Check Point Acquires Three Startups to Bolster Cybersecurity Portfolio

Check Point announced the acquisition of three cybersecurity startups, expanding its product suite and addressing market challenges after a mixed quarter. The deal terms were not disclosed.