• September 15, 2026
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SoundHound AcquiresLivePerson

SoundHound Acquires LivePerson

SoundHound AI said it has completed its acquisition of LivePerson, combining SoundHound’s voice and agentic AI technology with LivePerson’s enterprise digital messaging capabilities. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company plans to integrate …

Agents Require Reimagined Governance Model, Says Report

Agents Require Reimagined Governance Model, Says Report

Enterprises increasingly are turning to agentic AI to drive process automation, but recent reports of AI agents circumventing their programming and breaking out of secure environments demonstrate the inadequacy of traditional …

Report: AI Could Replace Manual Hospital Inventory Counting

Report: AI Could Replace Manual Hospital Inventory Counting

Use cases for AI-driven automation are mounting, with health care continuing to provide fertile ground. One opportunity for healthcare organizations to replace manual processes is in the inventory area, where AI, …

Workday Launches AI Research Team to Address Enterprise AI Challenges

Workday Launches AI Research Team to Address Enterprise AI Challenges

Workday, an enterprise HR, finance and IT platform, has launched a dedicated AI research team focused on technical challenges associated with deploying artificial intelligence in enterprise environments. The Pleasanton, Calif.-based company …

T-Pro Acquires BigHand Healthcare to Expand Clinical Documentation Automation

T-Pro Acquires BigHand Healthcare to Expand Clinical Documentation Automation

Technology providers in the healthcare space continue to make moves enabling AI-driven automation. Most recently, Dublin, Ireland-based T-Pro said it has acquired BigHand Healthcare to bolster its clinical documentation business. The …

Krify launches AI-powered business process automation services

Krify launches AI-powered business process automation services

Krify, an app development company based in Wyoming, has added AI-powered business process automation services to its technology lineup. The offering combines artificial intelligence with workflow automation to support functions including …

June AI Emerges from Stealth to Automate Enterprise Software Implementation

June AI Emerges from Stealth to Automate Enterprise Software Implementation

June AI has emerged from stealth and announced a $20 million pre-seed funding round it will use to develop its platform that automates one of the more labor-intensive aspects of enterprise …

Arrakis Raises $30 Million Series A to Expand Industrial AI Deployments

Arrakis Raises $30 Million Series A to Expand Industrial AI Deployments

Arrakis, a company that deploys AI agents for industrial operations, has raised a $30 million Series A funding round led by Blossom Capital, with participation from existing investor Accel. The round …

OpenAI Launches Presence for Deploying AI Agents in Enterprise Workflows

OpenAI Launches Presence for Deploying AI Agents in Enterprise Workflows

Even as businesses wrestle with the rising cost of AI implementations, OpenAI has introduced an enterprise product it says will help organizations deploy AI agents safely in customer-facing and internal workflows. …

Gartner: Finance AI Investments Skew Toward Productivity Over Decision-Making

Gartner: Finance AI Investments Skew Toward Productivity Over Decision-Making

Finance organizations are directing more artificial intelligence investment toward productivity improvements than decision-making capabilities, potentially creating a gap between AI adoption and the business outcomes corporate boards expect, according to Gartner. …