• November 8, 2026
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Serval Raises $150 Million to Expand Enterprise AI Automation Platform

Serval Raises $150 Million to Expand Enterprise AI Automation Platform

Enterprise service management and automation company Serval has raised $150 million in Series C funding, valuing the San Francisco-based company at $3 billion. The round, led by Sequoia Capital, brings Serval’s …

Casap Nabs $56 Million to Expand Agentic AI in Financial Services

Casap Nabs $56 Million to Expand Agentic AI in Financial Services

Casap, a New York-based provider of AI agents for financial institutions, has raised $56 million in Series B funding to expand its automation platform beyond transaction disputes and fraud investigations. The …

Mastercard, OpenAI Expand Partnership Around Agentic Commerce

Mastercard, OpenAI Expand Partnership Around Agentic Commerce

During Mastercard’s recent third quarter earnings call, CEO Michael Miebach said the company has entered into a broad strategic partnership with OpenAI covering agentic commerce, payment technology and AI adoption. The …

Extracting More Value from Documents: A Conversation with ABBYY’s Bruce Orcutt

Extracting More Value from Documents: A Conversation with ABBYY’s Bruce Orcutt

Despite decades of working toward digitization, organizations still spend significant resources collecting, processing and storing documents that could better serve as the foundation for many of their business workflows. Bruce Orcutt, …

Healthcare Automation Startup Nets $3.4 Million Pre-Seed Round

Healthcare Automation Startup Nets $3.4 Million Pre-Seed Round

Healthcare automation startup TechNovaTime said it has raised $3.4 million in pre-seed funding to expand its AI-powered platform for identifying and automating administrative workflows in hospitals and health systems. The round …

UK Regulator Seeks Input on Agentic AI Risks

UK Regulator Seeks Input on Agentic AI Risks

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a “call for evidence” examining how existing data protection laws should apply to agentic AI systems. As the British government agency responsible for …

Cognizant, Google Cloud Expand Agentic AI Partnership

Cognizant, Google Cloud Expand Agentic AI Partnership

IT services provider Cognizant and Google Cloud have expanded an existing partnership that helps businesses take agentic AI pilots into production. The scope of the project has grown to include a …

American Express Introduces Framework to Verify Customer Intent in Agentic Commerce

American Express Introduces Framework to Verify Customer Intent in Agentic Commerce

American Express has introduced a framework it says addresses security and authorization challenges associated with AI agents making purchases on behalf of consumers. The company’s Intent Intelligence framework establishes a process …

Minicor Raises $3.8 Million to Automate Legacy Desktop Applications

Minicor Raises $3.8 Million to Automate Legacy Desktop Applications

Minicor, a Bay Area startup that builds AI agents to automate legacy desktop application workflows, has raised $3.8 million in seed funding.  The company said the funding round, led by IA …

Datamatics Names Gharpure COO

Datamatics Names Gharpure COO

India-based automation and digital technology provider Datamatics has appointed Rajesh Gharpure president and chief operating officer as the company seeks to expand its AI-related services and capabilities. He is a tech …