Clinical trial technology provider Suvoda has made its Sofia AI assistant available for all new clinical trials using its randomization and trial supply management (RTSM/IRT) or electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) solutions. Built into the Suvoda Platform, Sofia helps sponsors, contract research organizations (CROs), and clinical research sites retrieve trial information, summarize documentation, and perform…
Automation Anywhere has agreed to acquire Boost.ai from private equity firm Nordic Capital in a deal expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, pending regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. Announced on October 7, the proposed acquisition would combine Boost.ai’s enterprise conversational and voice AI technology with Automation Anywhere’s agentic automation platform, aiming…
Gnani AI is expanding its Ascent partner program into the Middle East, bringing its Conversation AI and customer-experience automation technology to enterprises across the GCC. The expansion combines Arabic language fine-tuning, resident deployment on customer infrastructure and enterprise-system integration, targeting regulated organizations that need conversational AI without giving up control over sensitive data. Gnani AI…
BeatViz has launched AI Director, a conversational AI system designed to turn finished songs into structured music video productions. Instead of generating isolated clips from individual prompts, the platform lets musicians develop a visual concept, plan scenes and shots, generate footage and revise the production through an ongoing conversation. AI video generation is moving beyond…
Apex Intelligence has raised nearly US$50 million across angel and angel-plus funding rounds as it develops foundation models designed to improve themselves through recursive self-improvement (RSI). Founded in June 2026, the company is targeting scientific research rather than conventional AI assistance, with a system intended to generate hypotheses, conduct experiments, validate results and iteratively improve…
Smart lighting has traditionally been about remote controls, schedules and preset scenes. Govee is pushing the category toward something more autonomous. At IFA 2026, the company is showcasing AI-powered lighting that can interpret text, voice and image inputs, respond to user context and coordinate increasingly complex lighting environments, including a new AI-powered ceiling light, COB…
Sales training has long had a practice problem: learning a technique in a course is very different from successfully using it with a real customer. Richardson Sales Performance is addressing that gap by adding AI Roleplay, powered by Hyperbound, to its Accelerate Prism platform, giving sellers a way to rehearse high-stakes conversations, receive immediate feedback…
As the artificial intelligence industry races to build increasingly capable AI agents, most systems remain fundamentally transactional—completing a task before effectively resetting. PawLogic is taking a different approach. The company has officially launched iLands, a platform that allows autonomous AI agents to maintain persistent identities, memories, resources, and social relationships over time, creating what it…
Atlas Launches Agentic Research Platform to Accelerate Enterprise R&D – In a move that could reshape how corporations conduct technology scouting and competitive intelligence, Atlas by NotedSource Platform Inc. unveiled a public‑facing, AI-driven research platform on July 13, 2026. The service promises to turn a research brief into a decision‑ready report within hours, cutting the weeks‑long manual…
