Thursday, 20 August 2026
bitdrift, the mobile observability platform spun out of Lyft and installed over a billion times across hundreds of millions of devices around the globe, announced bitdrift AI: a real-time, full-fidelity observability system that lets AI agents query mobile user behavior and act on it autonomously. Purpose-built for mobile, bitdrift AI delivers unsampled data on the edge that enables agents to
Azilen Technologies is expanding its Industrial AI and IoT Engineering offering by bringing together sensorization, Industrial IoT, edge computing, and AI engineering to turn factory-floor signals into real-time operational intelligence. At IMTS 2026, the company will demonstrate how machine data can move from real-time visibility to predictive insights and smart
Statecraft, a government-AI company founded by veterans of federal contracting and applied AI, launched Workforce, an agentic workforce platform designed to run the administrative machinery of the federal government. Workforce is designed for the back-office work that keeps agencies running, including acquisition support, finance, grants, case management, and reporting. Statecraft estimates that
Muse Platforms announced the launch of the new AskHercules.app, an AI visibility platform designed to help B2B small and midsize businesses, founders, thought leaders and content creators understand how artificial intelligence platforms perceive and recommend them. Customers increasingly ask AI assistants direct questions about which businesses, experts and solutions they should trust.
BlueFaucet Inc. announced the launch of BlueFaucet, an autonomous AI Agent CRM built for solopreneurs and micro-businesses with fewer than five employees across local services, home services, personal care, and food and beverage. The United States has roughly 29.8 million nonemployer firms — more than 82% of all small businesses. These businesses depend on repeat customers, yet limited
ODNA® Talent announced the public launch of its role-specific talent intelligence and assessment platform. The platform connects job requirements, advanced AI support, more than 200 validated scales, candidate identity and assessment integrity tools, and practical reporting in one system. "Most assessments start in the wrong place. They start with the test. We start with the job," said John P
As healthcare becomes increasingly digital, patients are taking a more active role in managing their health while health systems look for ways to make access to care more connected and responsive. AI is emerging as an important part of that shift, particularly when it is integrated directly into existing patient and clinical workflows rather than operating as a standalone tool. In an exclusive con
Enlil, Inc., the AI-powered development traceability platform built for medical device and life sciences organizations, introduced the four-layer governed AI architecture at the core of its platform, built to help medical device companies produce evidence that holds up when AI is applied on both sides of a submission. The FDA launched Elsa, a generative AI tool supporting agency staff across
Aprio, the 20th largest business advisory and accounting firm in the U.S., announced the launch of Aprio Ventures, a strategic investment program created to identify and accelerate technologies to strengthen Aprio's services and enhance the client experience. Through Aprio Ventures, Aprio will invest in emerging technology companies, work alongside founders, and evaluate innovative solut
ForceEquals, the operational layer that puts business teams in control of AI agent portfolios, announced general availability of ForceEquals Agent Momentum, comprised of Agent Control and Agent Operations. ForceEquals doesn't just give companies visibility or governance over agents. It controls the moment human judgment is required, gets the decision to the right person, makes
EventsAir, a global leader in event management technology, announced that Planner Assistant, part of its Air Intelligence suite, is now live and available to all event planners on the platform. Planner Assistant transforms how planners deliver events, combining native, in-product intelligence with a deep contextual foundation built on more than 35 years of event industry expertise.
Rhapsody, a global leader in infrastructure for agent-ready interoperability, announced the availability of its Rhapsody Payer Interoperability Suite in the Connection Hub on Epic Showroom. Purpose-built for organizations using Tapestry UM/CM, Claims, and the Epic Payer Platform, the Suite combines pre-configured payer interoperability workflows with Rhapsody Axon, the company's AI-
Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator, and intelligent power management company Eaton (NYSE:ETN) announced a strategic collaboration integrating advanced thermal management and electrical system architectures to help accelerate AI-factory deployment, enhance efficiency and lower costs. Trane Technologies and Eaton are introducing a first-of-its kind reference design that replac
ATLANT 3D announced the launch of NANOFABRICATOR® PRO, the world's first and only physical platform for AI-driven materials discovery. The platform connects AI-driven materials discovery with programmable atomic-scale fabrication, experimental validation, and device prototyping, accelerating the transition from design to manufacturable materials and devices. As AI transforms materials discove
Palona AI introduced its multimodal AI operating layer for physical businesses, proven first in restaurants. Palona works with operators including Din Tai Fung, Mountain Mike's Pizza, Giordano's, Rooted Hospitality and Cali BBQ to connect customer demand, live operations and intelligent action. Palona closed its Series A financing, bringing total funding to $20 million, including conver
Cerbo, a leading electronic health record (EHR) platform for independent practices, announced the launch of AI Scribe, a clinical documentation tool built directly into the Cerbo EHR. Cerbo AI Scribe listens to the patient encounter, interprets the clinical conversation, and generates a structured note inside the chart, ready for the practitioner to review, edit, and sign. AI Scribe gives time ba
As government acquisition grows increasingly complex while experienced contracting and proposal talent remains constrained, organizations are turning to AI to accelerate the processes that connect demand with delivery. Rohirrim is addressing this challenge with GrowthEngine, an agentic AI platform designed to automate opportunity discovery, qualification, proposal development, and compliance acros
Regal, the enterprise voice AI agent platform for CX, announced an integration with Five9, the intelligent CX platform provider, making Regal's autonomous AI voice agents available to Five9 customers through the Five9 AI Agent Connect program. The integration allows enterprises to seamlessly connect Five9 and Regal, enabling automated call follow-ups, personalized outreach based on
Artificial intelligence has fundamentally changed software development. GitKraken's 2026 State of AI in Engineering report, based on a survey of 554 developers and engineering leaders, found that 96.4% of engineering organizations now use AI coding tools. Coding agents are becoming teammates. Developers can now generate more code in a day than they once wrote in a week. Coding agents are becoming
Matimo Platform, an AI agent execution and governance system developed by ROAIQ TECHNOLOGIES, is now generally available worldwide at matimo.ai. The launch moves Matimo out of an early-access period that ran with a limited cohort of enterprise teams and opens self-serve signup globally, with no waitlist required.Matimo brings together three components under one system: Matimo Workbench,
A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN) announced the general availability of the A10 AI Gateway, a centralized, intelligent control plane that gives organizations unified routing, cost management, and governance across every AI agent, application and large language model (LLM) they use. The company introduced the A10 AI Gateway last week at Black Hat USA 2026 in Las Vegas, where it was showcased alo
ChurnZero, the AI platform and partner for customer growth, announced Retrospective, a new AI agent that automatically analyzes accounts when they are marked as churned. Retrospective reads the account's full history to draft a churn analysis for the customer success manager (CSM) to review. The agent classifies churn cause using the company's existing churn-reason set and assigns a confidenc
