8×8 has expanded its Platform for CX with updates designed to give human agents and AI systems a shared view of customer interactions across voice, messaging and digital channels. The releases include a unified customer history in Agent Workspace, cross-channel deployment for AI Studio agents, voice journey tracking through JourneyIQ and a Salesforce Chrome Extension…
IREN Limited has closed a $363 million equipment financing transaction with Wingspire Equipment Finance, refinancing revenue-generating AI compute infrastructure and freeing up capital for further expansion. The facility covers GPU-based servers and networking systems deployed in high-density data centers. Backed principally by the financed equipment and supported by multi-year customer contracts, the transaction was completed…
Tremont AI has announced a research collaboration with AstraZeneca to develop and evaluate artificial intelligence solutions for preclinical toxicologic pathology, a critical stage in assessing the safety of experimental drugs. The work will explore how specialized AI foundation models can help pathologists screen tissue images more efficiently and consistently, particularly when identifying rare treatment-related changes…
L&T Technology Services (LTTS) has signed a five-year agreement with Nokia to support engineering and research and development (R&D) programmes in India, covering product engineering, software development, system integration and product support. Under the contract, LTTS will establish a dedicated Offshore Development Center (ODC) and engineering team to work with Nokia’s global R&D organization on…
Maven is expanding beyond legal meeting transcription and summaries to develop an AI-powered matter intelligence platform that connects case documents, meeting records and legal research in a single workspace. Planned for client access in early 2027, the platform will let attorneys query authorized matter information, inspect supporting passages and document versions, and save cited analysis…
Seagate Technology has reached an interoperability milestone for its high-capacity Mozaic storage platform, with its heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) drives configured with shingled magnetic recording (SMR) added to Broadcom’s approved vendor list for host bus adapters (HBAs). Microsoft Azure Storage has also completed qualification of the Broadcom HBA with Seagate’s HAMR and SMR technology. The…
Honeywell Technologies has launched Forge Plant Cognition, an industrial AI platform developed with NVIDIA AI technologies and Dell Technologies infrastructure, with Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lekki, Nigeria, selected as its first deployment site. The platform is designed to help refining, petrochemical and liquefied natural gas operators identify production bottlenecks, anticipate operational problems and optimize existing…
PixVerse and OpenAI are launching Prompt to Production, an educational initiative designed to show creators how to combine AI models, agentic capabilities and multimodal video generation in a connected production workflow. The program will begin with two regional webinars on October 28 and 29, 2026, demonstrating how ChatGPT can help develop creative briefs and shot…
Zoom has introduced a Unified Context Layer and a series of AI-powered products at Zoomtopia 2026, aiming to connect conversations, business data and workflow execution across its collaboration and customer experience platforms. The new layer is designed to give employees and AI agents access to relevant meeting history, documents and activity from connected applications, helping…
