AidenAI, a provider of AI-driven digital acceleration solutions, has been recognized as an HFS Hot Tech Vendor 2025 by global analyst firm HFS Research. The accolade positions the company among a select group of emerging technology leaders driving the next generation of services-as-software, AI-led modernization, and intelligent digital execution.
Globant (NYSE: GLOB) has unveiled version 2.3 of Globant Enterprise AI (GEAI), its proprietary AI platform, now equipped with Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) to enable AI agents with transactional capabilities—hours after OpenAI announced the same protocol. This release follows earlier integrations of Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication, reinforcing GEAI’s interoperability and scalability in enterprise environments.
Biz2X, the global SaaS digital-lending platform and Biz2Credit subsidiary, has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to introduce an industry-first Agentic AI digital lending solution designed for banks, NBFCs, and fintech lenders. Built on Amazon Bedrock, the platform brings conversational AI, multilingual support, and workflow automation to SME lending, potentially enabling over INR 8,500 crore in loans over the next two years.
At bbcon 2025, Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) announced a sweeping expansion of AI capabilities across its product portfolio, along with the launch of a sector-wide AI coalition aimed at helping nonprofits and mission-driven organizations harness AI responsibly.
Global management consultancy Argon & Co is predicting that traditional software-as-a-service (SaaS) models may be obsolete by 2028, according to its new white paper, IRIS. Enlightened AI with real ROI. The report explores how AI agility, customisation, and economic pressures are forcing enterprises to rethink legacy software and embrace a new era of Industry 5.0.
Experience management (XM) leader Qualtrics has announced a $6.75 billion agreement to acquire Press Ganey Forsta, a provider of experience measurement and analytics. The deal aims to create a unified AI-powered platform for customer, employee, patient, and market research experiences, combining Qualtrics’ technology with Press Ganey Forsta’s deep industry data and expertise.
Datamonk, an agentic AI-powered platform for automating medical imaging data migrations, has raised $1.9 million in pre-seed funding to tackle one of healthcare IT’s most persistent challenges: moving and cleaning decades of imaging data. The round was led by Healthy.Capital and Nina Capital, with notable angel investors including Jeroen Tas, former Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Philips, and Harm-Jan Wessels, serial healthcare entrepreneur. Early support also came from Antler and Rabobank.
Yotta Data Services, a provider of AI and cloud infrastructure solutions, has introduced Shakti Studio, an enterprise-grade AI cloud platform designed to eliminate infrastructure complexity and accelerate AI adoption. Built in partnership with NVIDIA, the platform offers serverless GPUs, fine-tuning, and production-ready AI endpoints for LLMs, vision, and speech models.
IBM kicked off TechXchange 2025, its annual developer and technologist event, with a suite of AI, hybrid cloud, and infrastructure tools aimed at moving enterprises from experimentation to production-ready AI. Drawing thousands of attendees, the Orlando-based conference showcased IBM’s vision for agentic AI, intelligent infrastructure, and developer productivity at scale.
