• July 16, 2026
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PointClickCare Expands AI Workflow Suite with Billing Advisor

PointClickCare Expands AI Workflow Suite with Billing Advisor

PointClickCare has expanded its Advisor portfolio of AI-enabled workflow automation tools aimed at the healthcare space with the release of Billing Advisor, a product intended to help skilled nursing providers identify …

Report: Agentic Automation Could Put $234 Billion in SaaS Spending at Risk

Report: Agentic Automation Could Put $234 Billion in SaaS Spending at Risk

Traditional seat-based business models in the enterprise software industry are under attack by AI agents that are automating increasingly complex work on behalf of users, according to new research from Gartner. …

Genesys Acquires Pinkfish to Bolster Enterprise AI Orchestration

Genesys Acquires Pinkfish to Bolster Enterprise AI Orchestration

Customer experience (CX) and call center technology provider Genesys said it has agreed to acquire Pinkfish, a San Francisco-based company focused on workflow orchestration and enterprise connectivity for AI agents. The …

OpenAI Paper Sees Growing Role for Agents in Enterprises

OpenAI Paper Sees Growing Role for Agents in Enterprises

A new research paper from OpenAI suggests AI agents are moving beyond coding in large enterprises, taking more complex workplace tasks in business functions including legal, finance and recruiting. According to …

Coupa Acquires Tonkean to Expand Agentic Workflow Capabilities

Coupa Acquires Tonkean to Expand Agentic Workflow Capabilities

Coupa, a cloud-based spend management platform, recently announced a deal to acquire San Francisco-based automation and orchestration technology provider Tonkean. Founded specifically to enable “human-in-the-loop” process automation, Tonkean develops no-code tools …

Databricks Bolsters Security Capability with Acquisition

Databricks Bolsters Security Capability with Acquisition

Databricks has announced plans to acquire Panther, another San Francisco-based company, to expand the security it is able to deliver with its lakehouse offering. Panther provides AI-based technology for security operations …

Proof Launches Protocol to Verify Identities Behind AI Agents

Proof Launches Protocol to Verify Identities Behind AI Agents

As AI agents become the main engine behind automation and act on behalf of unidentified humans, Boston-based Proof has launched an open protocol intended to help websites and APIs verify the …

The Future of AI Automation Depends on Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Business Users

The Future of AI Automation Depends on Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Business Users

“Agentic AI has infiltrated conversations at every level of every organization. Businesses that don’t consider the educational and operational hurdles they will face in any implementation before imagining the capabilities of …

Automation Anywhere’s Kuruganti Says Agentic AI Needs More Than Just Agents

Automation Anywhere’s Kuruganti Says Agentic AI Needs More Than Just Agents

Automation’s latest arms race may be focused on agents, but Adi Kuruganti thinks the real battle is happening on less glamorous ground: orchestration, governance and process reliability. As chief AI and …

Agentic AI Traffic to Financial Services Sites More Than Doubled in May, Report Says

Agentic AI Traffic to Financial Services Sites More Than Doubled in May, Report Says

While process automation technology providers identified financial services as a ripe target in the early days of RPA, most systems using AI agents have not focused on the space so far. …