ECI Releases AI Readiness Report on SMB Adoption Gap
SMB leaders show strong interest in AI, but gaps in skills and data are slowing impact ECI Software Solutions, a leader in AI-powered, cloud-based business management software and services, today released its AI Readiness Report: Data, Trends, and Real-World Challenges. The new research shows SMB leaders are bullish on AI, but...
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Standard Kernel Raises $20M Seed to Let AI Rewrite the Software That Runs AI
The startup uses AI to generate highly optimized GPU kernels, improving AI workload performance without changing models or hardware. Standard Kernel, a startup building AI systems that automatically generate ultra-optimized GPU software, today announced a $20 million seed round led by Jump Capital, with participation from General Catalyst, Felicis, Cowboy Ventures,...
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Green Security Appoints David Newton to Lead AI Orchestration
Green Security has appointed David Newton as Vice President of AI Orchestration to lead the company’s applied AI strategy and accelerate automation and intelligence across its healthcare vendor credentialing platform. A veteran healthcare product and AI leader, Newton will oversee research, data science, and machine learning initiatives aimed at turning...
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FIFA is rebuilding world football operations on AI. The World Cup is just the first test
When Romy Gai, FIFA’s chief business officer, described the operational challenge of running a 48-team World Cup across Canada, Mexico and the United States, he was not talking about technology. He was talking about complexity. Previous World Cups relied on local organising committees to absorb much of the logistical load. For 2026, FIFA is running operations directly. […]
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Zendesk Expands AI Agents with Proposed Forethought Acquisition
Proposed acquisition positions Zendesk to lead the agentic service era, projecting 2026 as the year AI agents will surpass human service Zendesk expects autonomous AI to handle more service interactions than humans this year, marking a structural shift in customer service. To lead this transition, the company today announced it...
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Ai2: Building physical AI with virtual simulation data
Virtual simulation data is driving the development of physical AI across corporate environments, led by initiatives like Ai2’s MolmoBot. Instructing hardware to interact with the real world has historically relied on highly expensive and manually-collected demonstrations. Technology providers building generalist manipulation agents typically frame extensive real-world training as the basis for these systems. For some […]
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