U.S. convenience stores, grocery stores and bottle shops are entering 2026 with a surprisingly durable outlook—but increasingly see technology and artificial intelligence as tools for controlling costs rather than chasing transformation. A new Toast survey of 340 retail operators found that 90% are experimenting with AI, while 75% plan to increase technology spending over the…
“CreateFuture is an AI-native, digital consultancy. Effectively, we help organisations make smarter decisions and move faster through technology and product. It’s about bringing together strategy, design and engineering to solve complex business challenges. “I lead CreateFuture’s iGaming division, which has grown out of six/seven years of working with leading operators in the sector. My role…
NEW YORK — September 09, 2026 — Banks are accelerating investment in AI-driven surveillance, but many are struggling to turn that ambition into operational reality, according to new research from 1LoD, commissioned by Shield, a global communications risk management company purpose-built for financial institutions. Despite increased investment and accelerating AI adoption, the industry’s biggest surveillance challenges have moved surprisingly little…
STAMFORD, Conn., September 9, 2026 – As AI continues to accelerate the pace and scope of work, CIOs must prepare for four shifts that will influence the future of work, said Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. “When business and IT executives look back on the early AI-era, they will realize their greatest mistake was…
Positron AI has raised $875 million in a Series C financing at a $5 billion post-money valuation, giving the AI inference chipmaker capital to develop its next-generation Asimov processor, ramp its Titan systems and expand production. The funding arrives as AI infrastructure shifts toward the increasingly expensive task of running models at scale. The economics…
Exiger has unveiled an AI-native version of its 1Exiger platform, adding an agentic AI execution layer for supply chain, procurement, trade compliance and risk management. The company says its new AI product development lifecycle is allowing it to redesign software faster while combining proprietary supply chain data with autonomous AI workflows. Exiger is betting that…
Coursera is previewing an AI-native enterprise learning platform designed to shift corporate training from course completion toward measurable workforce skills. Code-named Project Helix, the platform combines adaptive learning, skills intelligence, AI guidance and capability verification, as Coursera and Udemy build a unified product strategy following their May 2026 combination. Corporate learning platforms have traditionally measured…
The conversation around agentic marketing has, until recently, focused almost entirely on capability: How quickly can AI agents activate audiences? How precisely can they optimize in real time? How much human intervention can they replace? These are valid questions. But as agentic AI moves from pilot to infrastructure (and as recent acquisitions in the data…
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