$2.59 Trillion in AI Spending Dominated by Vendors and Hyperscalers, with Enterprises Yet to Flex Spending Potential. STAMFORD, Conn., May 19, 2026 — Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2.59 trillion in 2026, a 47% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner, Inc. a business and technology insights company. “Through the next several years, the need for…
By Ronn Torossian The communications industry spent two decades getting good at search. We learned how Google ranked pages, how it weighed links, how it read a site. We built entire practices around it. That skill set is now depreciating in real time, and most agencies have not noticed where the new fight is. It…
A year ago, Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch told his teams to plan as if search traffic is zero. This week he repeated it on a national broadcast, and told the Financial Times that Google search is “no longer a meaningful driver” of traffic to his properties. Lynch is a visionary — and not because…
Elaine Chan, Director and APAC Head of AI Sales & GTM at NetApp The difference comes down to data readiness. AI success will not be determined by who has the biggest model or compute, but by who has the most unified, governed, and accessible data. Leading organisations invest early in unifying fragmented environments and establishing…
MEXC Unveils AI Strategy, a Free Autonomous Trading Agent for Crypto Markets — the Seychelles‑based exchange announced today that it has upgraded its AI suite with a fully open‑source, zero‑fee trading agent capable of interpreting natural‑language instructions and executing cryptocurrency trades without human intervention. What the AI Strategy Does MEXC’s new AI Strategy transforms the…
Enterprises Identify Data as the Primary AI Blocker, Driving a Surge in Unstructured Data Investment – Nasuni’s latest research reveals that while 97 % of large firms have already deployed or are piloting AI agents, more than half of those projects fall short of their goals, largely because of unmanaged unstructured data. Nasuni, the Boston‑based unstructured…
ID Plans has rolled out AI Predictive Prospecting, an artificial‑intelligence‑powered platform that promises to overhaul how commercial real‑estate (CRE) firms locate, evaluate, and secure tenants. Announced at ICSC Las Vegas, the new service layers machine‑learning insights onto ID Plans’ existing suite, aiming to turn a traditionally intuition‑driven process into a data‑rich, repeatable workflow. What ID Plans Unveiled The…
Runloop Powers AI Agents, Raising the Bar for Enterprise AI Infrastructure—a partnership that signals a shift in how accounting firms and other regulated enterprises will run long‑lived AI workflows. The San Francisco‑based AI infrastructure specialist announced that Accrual, an augmented accounting intelligence platform used by firms such as Armanino, Creative Planning and H&R Block, will migrate its…
The latest Mews Hotelier Survey shows that 98 % of hotels have deployed AI tools across operations, yet 59 % still keep the front‑desk welcome human‑led—a nuanced picture of enterprise AI adoption in the hospitality sector. Mews’ AI Survey Reveals Deepening Integration and Emerging Governance Gaps Mews, the cloud‑based property management platform, released data from a survey…
