AI in Business
Crisp Raises $26M Series B1 to Expand Vertical AI for Retail and CPG
Crisp, a leading AI platform for retail data, has closed a $26 million Series B1 round led by Paine Schwartz Partners, with participation from Blue Cloud Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Cox, DNX, Prologis, and Wellington Management. The investment reflects growing recognition of the value of verticalized AI—AI tailored for industry-specific challenges—over more general-purpose solutions.
DXC Technology Launches AdvisoryX to Help Enterprises Bridge the AI Execution Gap
DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) is stepping up its AI advisory game with the launch of AdvisoryX, a global consulting group aimed at helping enterprises tackle their most complex strategic, operational, and technology challenges. The launch is accompanied by a new global study revealing that while AI is a board-level priority for many organizations, the execution gap remains substantial.
Amplitude + OpenAI: Get New Insights in ChatGPT via MCP
Will your next great product decision start with a simple prompt? Try our new MCP connector and find out. Dashboards have their place, but they aren’t really where teams start anymore. Instead, most people are getting fast, simple answers to their data questions using AI assistants and LLMs. That’s why today, we’re excited to announce…
Shopify Winter ‘26 Edition: Giving Australian retailers AI superpowers
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 11th December 2025 – Shopify (NYSE: SHOP), a leading commerce technology company, has unveiled its Winter ‘26 Edition, RenAIssance, the eighth showcase of its latest products and innovations that redefine how merchants build commerce operations and how shoppers discover products. Shopify’s Winter ’26 Edition introduces a new wave of practical, business-ready AI innovations that supercharge human creativity…
Wherobots introduces RasterFlow, a major step forward in Earth Intelligence that makes complex earth observation data simple and AI-ready
December 10, 2025 – San Francisco, CA – Wherobots, the Spatial Intelligence Cloud built by the creators of Apache Sedona, today announced RasterFlow, a new offering that makes productionizing AI models for working with satellite and overhead imagery far easier and more affordable than current solutions on the market. Initial interest indicates RasterFlow will enable innovative…
UKG Unveils 2026 Workplace Megatrends: AI, Agility, and Employee Enablement
UKG, a leading global AI platform for HR, payroll, and workforce management, has released its 2026 workplace Megatrends, highlighting three major shifts that will shape work, leadership, and employee experience in the year ahead. These predictions provide a roadmap for organizations navigating rapid technological, demographic, and cultural change.
MindHYVE.ai Partners with IUCEA to Advance AI Literacy Across East Africa
MindHYVE.ai, Inc., a US-based AI education startup, has joined forces with the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) in a groundbreaking partnership aimed at making East Africa a global leader in AI literacy, ethical AI adoption, and workforce transformation. IUCEA represents over 170 universities across the East African Community, giving the collaboration significant regional reach.
Tiiny AI Unveils Pocket-Sized Supercomputer Running 120B LLMs Offline
Tiiny AI Inc., a US deep-tech startup, has officially unveiled the Tiiny AI Pocket Lab, now verified by Guinness World Records as the “World’s Smallest MiniPC (100B LLM Locally).” The device, roughly the size of a small paperback, packs enough firepower to run a 120-billion-parameter large language model entirely on-device, no cloud, servers, or high-end GPUs required.
Coupa Report Reveals Why Enterprise AI Struggles to Deliver ROI
Despite soaring AI adoption, many enterprise initiatives fail to deliver meaningful ROI, according to Coupa’s new Clarity AI Impact Report, conducted with Incisiv Research and surveying over 600 business leaders. The report identifies a skills gap at the executive level and fragmented AI deployment as the main culprits behind stalled projects.