H2Ok Innovations, the Boston-based startup turning AI and inline sensor tech into a manufacturing game-changer, just announced a $12.42 million Series A round led by Greycroft, with participation from 2048 Ventures and Construct Capital.
In an AI-hungry enterprise world where performance and power bills climb in tandem, Liqid is pushing back with smarter, more efficient infrastructure. The composable infrastructure leader just rolled out its most ambitious hardware-software portfolio update yet—designed to give IT teams both the agility and muscle to handle modern AI workloads at scale, all while cutting down on wasted watts and dollars.
Confluent, Inc., the data streaming pioneer, today announced the availability of Confluent Cloud in the new AI Agents and Tools category of AWS Marketplace. This enables AWS customers to easily discover, buy, and deploy AI agent solutions, including Confluent’s fully managed data streaming platform Confluent Cloud, using their AWS accounts, for accelerating AI agent and agentic workflow development.
Overall Growth Fueled by Increased Tariff-Driven Inventory in the U.S. and Windows 11 Desktop Upgrades; Laptop Shipments Boosted by AI-Ready Refreshes and Education Demand
Worldwide PC shipments totaled more than 63 million units in the second quarter of 2025, a 4.4% increase from the second quarter of 2024, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc.
CADY, the industry’s first AI-powered copilot for electrical schematic design, today announced a strategic partnership with SiliconExpert, a global leader in electronic component intelligence. The collaboration integrates SiliconExpert’s rich database of component data into CADY’s design environment, empowering engineers with unprecedented insight and automation throughout the schematic development lifecycle.
The AI Agent Software Market, valued at USD 554 million in 2024, is projected to soar to USD 15.12 billion by 2031, growing at a staggering CAGR of 60.3%, according to a recent report by Valuates Reports.
This dramatic growth reflects the accelerating adoption of intelligent agents across industries, fueled by the rise of L4 and L5 AI autonomy, the democratization of AI tools for individuals, and the enterprise push toward hyper-automation.
Stockholm, Sweden – Sinch AB (XSTO: SINCH), a global leader in customer engagement through its Customer Communications Cloud, has announced the successful implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—a major leap in enabling AI agents to autonomously execute communications across global channels.
In a significant move to accelerate the adoption of real-world AI, Milesight today officially launched CamThink, a new brand dedicated to delivering edge AI hardware and vision intelligence for smart industry applications. Backed by Milesight’s robust global infrastructure and R&D strength, CamThink offers a comprehensive product suite designed to bring mainstream and production-ready AI models directly to real-world environments—no cloud dependency required.
In a strategic move aimed at mainstreaming AI in heavily regulated industries, Pipefy has inked a high-impact partnership with Oracle, joining the tech giant’s Independent Software Vendor (ISV) program to deliver generative AI at scale.
