A four-member team from Chandigarh University has secured second place in the national CyberShield Hackathon for developing an agentic AI platform that automates parts of Android malware analysis, reverse engineering and risk scoring. The students won ₹3 lakh after competing against more than 3,000 registered teams in a competition organized by Bank of India with…
Vizrt has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI-Driven Business Cycle in the Media Industry, 2026 Vendor Assessment, as broadcasters and media companies shift from isolated AI features toward agentic systems that can coordinate production, distribution and business workflows. The recognition highlights Vizrt’s strategy around AI orchestration, composable production infrastructure and human-supervised…
Inspiren has raised $70 million in Series C funding to expand its physical AI platform for senior living communities, betting that ambient sensing and AI can help care teams identify falls, emergencies and behavioral changes before they become larger problems. Led by NewView Capital, the financing values Inspiren at more than $500 million and brings…
Centric Software is previewing Centric AI, a new platform designed to bring generative and agentic AI into retail product lifecycle decisions, at NRF 2026: Retail’s Big Show Europe in Paris. The platform connects product data, workflows and AI agents across planning, design, sourcing, pricing and commercialization as retailers move AI from experimentation toward operational use….
Positron AI has raised $875 million in a Series C financing at a $5 billion post-money valuation, giving the AI inference chipmaker capital to develop its next-generation Asimov processor, ramp its Titan systems and expand production. The funding arrives as AI infrastructure shifts toward the increasingly expensive task of running models at scale. The economics…
Exiger has unveiled an AI-native version of its 1Exiger platform, adding an agentic AI execution layer for supply chain, procurement, trade compliance and risk management. The company says its new AI product development lifecycle is allowing it to redesign software faster while combining proprietary supply chain data with autonomous AI workflows. Exiger is betting that…
Agilisium has received Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Global Technology Innovation Leadership Recognition for agentic AI in life sciences, highlighting a growing push to move generative AI beyond pilots and into regulated pharmaceutical and biotechnology workflows. The company’s approach combines domain-specific AI agents, enterprise data, workflow orchestration and governance across the life sciences value chain. The…
UK-based askelie has signed an exclusive U.S. strategic partnership with Pine Services Group to bring AI-powered financial and compliance automation to Pine’s 18 operating companies. The deal expands askelie’s footprint across ERP workflows including accounts payable, purchasing, contract management, spend analysis and document processing, as enterprises increasingly look beyond AI copilots toward governed automation. The…
UpDoc has been selected as a lead performer in ARPA-H’s ADVOCATE program, receiving an award of up to $9.2 million to develop agentic AI for cardiovascular care. The company will work with Microsoft, OpenAI and NVIDIA on a system intended to manage aspects of heart-failure care under clinical safeguards and pursue a pathway toward FDA…
