Automation stories - Page 16

Emerald and Japan's DIC are launching a USD $62m Physical AI venture platform targeting sensing, wearables, robotics and automation.

Sabre, PayPal and Mindtrip are teaming up on an AI travel assistant that lets users discover, book and pay for trips in one chat-based flow.

Chainguard launches a Fulfilment Dashboard and expands its vetted Helm charts, aiming to streamline and secure Kubernetes deployments.

Anthropic raises USD $30bn in new backing, lifting the AI group's valuation to USD $380bn as demand for its Claude models surges.

Global tech firms say Singapore's Budget 2026 marks a shift from pilot projects to large-scale AI rollout and workforce-wide skills upgrades.

Leadership and communication top 2026 workplace learning as employees prioritise human and business skills alongside rising AI adoption.

ExLabs taps SpacePilot autonomy for its Apophis asteroid mission, underscoring AI-led control as commercial deep-space work intensifies.

UK CIOs embed AI agents in critical workflows but lack real-time oversight as board pressure mounts for provable returns and tighter audits.

Gartner warns a misconfigured AI in cyber-physical systems could knock out critical infrastructure and power in a G20 nation by 2028.

Newo raises USD $25m to grow AI voice agents that answer calls for small businesses, after revenue doubled late 2025 amid rising demand.

Ericsson launches modular 5G in-vehicle router with Wi-Fi 7, edge AI and centimetre-level tracking for fleets, transit and emergency services.

Pure Global launches flat-fee device approval model from $2,000 a year, bundling AI-assisted registration and post-market support.

A new foundation has launched to study how AI is transforming real-world accounting and finance work, from tax and audit to advisory.

Keeper rolls out SuperShell, a full-screen terminal interface in Keeper Commander for keyboard-first, zero-trust vault and PAM workflows.

BlueCat launches Horizon SaaS to unify DNS, DHCP, IPAM, security and observability, promising AI-assisted, self-healing intelligent networks.

Dell adds Nutanix AHV to its Private Cloud, offering multi-hypervisor choice and disaggregated compute-storage options on PowerEdge.

Financial firms reap strong AIOps returns but poor data quality and fragmented tools are stalling the leap from pilots to scaled AI.

Indosat unveils 27 AI-driven tools to digitise Indonesia's supply chains, targeting fleet tracking, cold chain control and smart facilities.

Enterprises rush to adopt agentic AI via external platforms, but few have standardised, organisation-wide deployments in place yet.

Oracle has embedded free prebuilt AI agents across its Fusion apps to automate CRM and supply chain tasks from campaign design to logistics.