Enterprise software procurement was designed around relatively predictable units: users, licenses and subscriptions. Agentic AI is disrupting that assumption. A single employee prompt can trigger tool calls, model switches, retries, background APIs and multi-agent tasks—turning an apparently simple interaction into a chain of potentially billable events. The rise of agentic AI is creating a new…
Enterprise AI is entering a less glamorous but increasingly important phase: making sense of the documents, files and fragmented data that sit underneath everyday business processes. Singapore-based fileAI is targeting that layer with fresh backing from SMBC Asia Rising Fund and Singtel Innov8, alongside the launch of its fileScout unstructured-data mapping technology. The investment announced…
Developing more efficient green hydrogen systems can require engineers to run thousands of computationally expensive simulations before finding a useful operating point. Researchers in South Korea have demonstrated a different approach: an AI-guided optimization framework for solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) that achieved its reported optimization results using just 17 high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics simulations….
Viva Biotech is increasing its investment in AI-driven drug discovery as pharmaceutical research moves toward workflows that combine computational design with laboratory validation. The Hong Kong-listed biotech services group reported RMB1.01 billion in first-half 2026 revenue, up 21% year over year, while expanding its AI-enabled discovery platform and advancing commercial CDMO projects. Viva Biotech Pushes…
The next frontier of industrial AI is moving beyond systems that analyze data toward machines that can understand physical environments, reason through changing conditions and take action. Avathon is positioning India at the center of that transition with a new AI Center of Excellence (CoE) in Bangalore, bringing together researchers, engineers and technical leaders to…
AI is moving deeper into biological research, with protein-design models increasingly being used to create molecules that can perform specific functions rather than simply analyze existing biological data. Monod Bio and SignalChem Biotech, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sino Biological, are taking that trend into commercial life-science services through a new non-exclusive licensing agreement covering…
Artificial intelligence is spreading through enterprise environments faster than many IT departments can govern it. Employees are already turning to ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and other generative AI tools, sometimes without centralized approval or clear rules for handling company data. ECW Network & IT Solutions is targeting that gap with a new AI Control Framework (AICF)…
AI-powered search is changing a basic assumption of website accessibility: that the homepage is the primary digital front door. New research from AudioEye suggests UK businesses may have a bigger problem. Across more than 14,400 pages spanning seven industries, 89% had at least 10 accessibility issues, while interior pages such as booking, product and service…
Construction contracts are becoming another frontline for enterprise AI as architecture, engineering and construction firms look for ways to reduce negotiation friction and manage project risk. AIA Contract Documents (ACD) has launched an in-app AI Assistant alongside a redesigned contract-editing experience, while appointing technology executive Arijit “AJ” Saha as chief technology officer. The move puts…
