• March 18, 2026

NEWS FOR THE AI-POWERED INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION ECOSYSTEM

Snowflake, OpenAI Strike $200 Million Deal to Embed Enterprise AI Models in Data Platform

Snowflake, OpenAI Strike $200 Million Deal to Embed Enterprise AI Models in Data Platform

Snowflake has entered into a multi-year partnership with OpenAI aimed at making advanced AI models more accessible to enterprise customers of the data storage and management platform. Under the $200 million …

Forrester: AI-Based Automation to Drive Limited Job Losses, More Role Augmentation Through 2030

Forrester: AI-Based Automation to Drive Limited Job Losses, More Role Augmentation Through 2030

For workers worried about AI replacing them in their jobs, a new report could be construed as good news and bad news. Cambridge, Mass.-based research and consulting firm Forrester predicts AI …

The Downside of Automation: Businesses Prep for More AI-Driven Cyberattacks, Report Says

The Downside of Automation: Businesses Prep for More AI-Driven Cyberattacks, Report Says

A new report warns businesses that AI agents could be the source of more cyber breaches in 2026 than human error. According to information broker and credit bureau Experian, bad actors …

Automation Anywhere, OpenAI Partner on Agentic Automation for Enterprise Workflows

Automation Anywhere, OpenAI Partner on Agentic Automation for Enterprise Workflows

Automation Anywhere said it is working with OpenAI on a new set of AI-native agentic solutions aimed at pushing enterprises beyond task-based automation toward more autonomous, governed operations. The company said …

Report Predicts Shift from AI Pilots to Agent-Driven Marketing During 2026

Report Predicts Shift from AI Pilots to Agent-Driven Marketing During 2026

Netcore, a Mumbai-based provider of an AI-powered engagement platform, has released a report examining how autonomous AI agents could reshape marketing and commerce operations over the next two years. According to …

Reimagining a Century-Old Company for the AI Era

Reimagining a Century-Old Company for the AI Era

In 1915, Deluxe Corporation was one of the most innovative companies in the nascent payments space when it invented the pocket checkbook and a proprietary process for printing checks. One hundred …

A Novel Approach to Agentic Automation

“Start With the Hard Problems”: A Novel Approach to Agentic Automation

When donating the blood that gets separated into plasma used for life-saving therapies, donors probably aren’t thinking that such an intensely physical procedure is the start of a highly regulated series …

Meta Acquires Manus to Bolster Access to General-Purpose AI Agents

Meta Acquires Manus to Bolster Access to General-Purpose AI Agents

Just before the new year, Meta announced it had acquired Manus, a Singapore-based company building general-purpose AI agents aimed at both consumer and business use cases. According to the Wall Street …

OCR to RPA to Agentic AI: Persson Traces ABBYY’s Journey in Automation

OCR to RPA to Agentic AI: Persson Traces ABBYY’s Journey in Automation

As a society makes advances, there is usually a recognizable kernel of the past that remains and even forms the basis of ongoing progress. According to Ulf Persson, CEO of ABBYY, …

Gallup: More Employees Using AI to Automate Work, but Adoption Remains Uneven Across Roles and Industries

Gallup: More Employees Using AI to Automate Work, but Adoption Remains Uneven Across Roles and Industries

The share of U.S. employees using artificial intelligence at work continues to increase, though adoption remains uneven across industries, roles and organizations, according to a recent Gallup Workforce study. Gallup found …