Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) are joining forces with the launch of the Accenture Palantir Business Group, a dedicated collaboration aimed at helping enterprises accelerate AI and data-driven transformation. As part of the partnership, Accenture has been named a Palantir preferred global partner for enterprise transformation.
Adaptive Security, the startup focused on defending organizations against AI-powered cyber threats, has raised an $81 million Series B, led by Bain Capital Ventures with participation from NVentures (NVIDIA), OpenAI Startup Fund, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and other strategic investors. The funding brings Adaptive’s total capital raised in 2025 to $146.5 million, underscoring investor confidence in the company’s approach to next-generation cybersecurity.
Convr AI®, a leading AI provider for commercial P&C insurance, is redefining underwriting with agentic AI workflows built directly into its AI-powered underwriting workbench. The company has introduced pre-built referral, financial analyst, and underwriting authority agents, enabling more autonomous decision-making for underwriting teams.
The rapid enterprise adoption of AI is creating a perfect storm for cloud security. Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), a global cybersecurity leader, released its “State of Cloud Security Report 2025”, revealing how AI workloads and generative coding practices are exponentially expanding the cloud attack surface.
Industrial IoT has spent the last decade promising fewer breakdowns and smarter maintenance. Treon now wants to make that promise easier to buy, deploy, and scale. The Finland-based industrial IoT company has announced that Treon Flow for Material Handling, its cloud-native, AI-first predictive maintenance solution, is officially available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace.
The Bay Area Robotics Association (BARA) has officially launched as a member-driven platform designed to connect corporates, roboticists, investors, and startups across Silicon Valley and the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Unveiled at the Humanoids Summit Silicon Valley, BARA aims to accelerate commercialization of robotics and embodied AI technologies.
Podium, the AI-powered communications and conversion platform for local businesses, has launched Jerry 2.0, an upgraded AI agent designed to handle inquiries, schedule appointments, and close sales across industries such as automotive, home services, and aesthetics. The release coincides with a new OpenAI case study showing that Podium’s GPT-5.1–driven agents lift revenue by 30% and increase conversion rates by 45%.
Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) has published its sixth annual Year in Review, offering one of the most detailed snapshots of Internet trends, traffic patterns, and security developments in 2025. The report highlights dramatic growth, AI activity surges, and major cybersecurity milestones, providing a window into how the global Internet evolved over the past year.
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has appointed Theodore “Ted” Tanner Jr. as its new chief technology officer, effective January 5, 2026. Tanner, formerly chief technology and strategy officer at BigBear.ai, will succeed Jim Carlini, who served as Leidos CTO since 2019 and will continue as a senior advisor on national security matters.
