AI Spotlight

Goldman Sachs partnered with Anthropic, Google, Meta and OpenAI to launch the Goldman Sachs Small Business AI Institute, to provide entrepreneurs across America with the training and tools they need to integrate AI into their operations and grow and scale their businesses

Google launched Agent Compute Engine, a purpose-built compute service that already powers Gemini as an agent for work tasks, while extending Gemini for business’ agent governance capabilities to support agents wherever they operate

Boeing announced Dataliner, an AI-powered data intelligence platform designed to help airlines unlock greater value from their aviation data by transforming fragmented data into connected, fleet-wide intelligence that supports smarter maintenance and operational decisions

NVIDIA and Siemens Healthineers partnered to explore AI-enabled technologies that could enhance the patient experience, support personalized treatment, streamline radiotherapy workflows, and expand access to care

TD Bank U.S. unveiled TD Credit Assist, an AI capability that reduces the time required to prepare a first-draft commercial credit analysis by bringing together information from complex documents to create a structured, cited draft of six key credit memo sections for review and underwriting

Quantinuum, an IT firm that accelerates quantum computing and the development of applications across chemistry, cybersecurity, and finance, partnered with Oracle to launch the OCI Quantum AI Compute Beta Program, opening early cloud-based access for select enterprise and academic organizations to evaluate hybrid quantum-AI workflows on Quantinuum’s commercial trapped-ion QCCD processor, Helios

NVIDIA launched NVIDIA Minerva, an AIOps platform built to help teams find problems earlier and keep AI factories productive. It brings together telemetry from infrastructure and AI workloads, then applies purpose-built AI models to turn that data into timely, actionable insight

Honeywell Technologies launched Forge Plant Cognition, an industrial AI platform built with NVIDIA AI and accelerated computing capabilities, and Dell Technologies’ AI infrastructure, designed to help refining, petrochemical and Liquefied Natural Gas operators generate greater value from their existing assets and transform plant operations

Goodwin Procter, a provider of corporate law and litigation services, launched Goodwin AI Governance, a multi-pronged program that supports organizations working to govern AI use across the business, adopt it faster, and stay current as technology and regulation rapidly change

Anthropic unveiled Claude Duet, a standalone AI agent ​app designed to act as a proactive assistant ‌for professionals and small-business owners to develop AI agents that can ​complete work autonomously on users’ behalf

WebMD Ignite, a growth partner for healthcare organizations, launched WebMD Ignite Ruby, an agentic AI growth ecosystem engineered specifically for acute health systems, academic medical centers, and healthcare provider organizations

Polar Data Centers, a developer and operator of AI-ready data center infrastructure, expanded its partnership with Crusoe, a developer of artificial intelligence infrastructure, building on the deployment and operation of Crusoe’s AI infrastructure at Polar’s DRA01 facility in Tørdal, Norway

Opella, the consumer healthcare business segment of Sanofi, partnered with Microsoft to develop Lumen, an AI-powered platform that helps experts verify health content at scale

Panama launched its National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, a 10-year road map designed to strengthen the country’s position in AI and advance its broader digital transformation, developed through a partnership between Panama’s National Secretariat of Science, Technology, and Innovation and Tech AI, Georgia Tech’s AI solutions developer

The Public Library Association partnered with Microsoft on Building AI Skills and Agency Through Libraries, an initiative to expand resources and no-cost AI skills training for public library workers and their patrons

Stagwell, a global challenger network transforming marketing through AI, and Palantir expanded their partnership to accelerate the development of AI-powered marketing solutions for enterprise clients

The World Health Organization Country Office in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute partnered to harness AI and emerging technologies to transform health systems, improve health outcomes, strengthen emergency preparedness, and advance health security in Ethiopia and across Africa

Walmart introduced Agent Profiles, the Walmart Agent Gateway and terms for AI agents, tools that make it possible for agents to shop on behalf of customers, while keeping customers in control

University of Texas Athletics and the Business of Sports Institute in the McCombs School of Business, in cooperation with Longhorn Sports Properties, launched Bevo Lab, which will serve as higher education’s premier sports intelligence platform and living laboratory, bringing together sports, technology, data analytics, and AI to elevate human performance while expanding hands-on learning opportunities for students

ServiceNow expanded its partnership with NVIDIA to announce the general availability of Arc, the personal long-running AI agent built for the enterprise, governed and secured by the ServiceNow Super Intelligence Control Tower and enforced with NVIDIA OpenShell

1Password, which operates as a password manager for documents, credit card information, and addresses, announced 1Password for Agents, a new platform that helps personal AI agents safely use the passwords, secrets, and credentials they need to complete approved tasks without seeing or storing them

The United Nations launched a new initiative on the military uses of AI, establishing the first international forum for key players to try to tackle the issue

Pony AI partnered with NVIDIA and inDrive, a platform dedicated to mobility and urban services, to explore the future of autonomous ride-hailing, with Kazakhstan serving as the first test market

KPMG and Microsoft announced a new phase of their collaboration with the opening of the KPMG and Microsoft Frontier Innovation Hub, a co-innovation environment designed to help organizations accelerate the adoption of trusted agentic AI

Hunt Scanlon Media, a provider of staffing intelligence data, and Simsola AI, an AI-powered training platform, partnered to launch a new survey focused on candidate evaluation, shortlist development, AI use, and the evidence behind search recommendations

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority partnered with Hayden AI, an automated traffic enforcement platform, to launch its automated bus lane and bus stop enforcement program

IronSight AI, a provider of AI-powered asset intelligence technology for the heavy equipment industry, and Fast Iron, an AI-driven inventory management and e-commerce platform, partnered to simplify how equipment dealers identify, manage and sell parts, attachments and other inventory

Springer Nature, a publishing firm that focuses on global research, educational, and knowledgeable content, partnered with Google DeepMind to co-design an AI peer review assistant to explore how technology can help create a more rewarding reviewer experience

The Jacksonville Icemen and Jacksonville Waves professional men’s hockey and women’s basketball team partnered with Xenco Medical, a company working at the intersection of surgical technology, artificial intelligence, and digital health, to better enable athletes to receive the care they need and compete at the highest level

American Hospital Dubai, a premier private healthcare provider and a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, and HEI Global Health, a healthcare technology and consulting company, partnered to jointly build and implement RevOptix, HEI’s AI-powered Revenue Cycle and Patient Accounting Intelligence Platform, while establishing American Hospital Dubai as the inaugural Alpha Partner for the solution

Moises, an audio-tech company that leverages machine learning and data science in relation to music and audio processing, partnered with SoundCloud to introduce a new generation of creative tools and distribution to artists worldwide, designed to make it easier for artists to create, collaborate, and share their music

Legora, an agentic operating system for legal professionals, partnered with Blue J, a gen AI platform that delivers verifiable tax research and automated drafting to help tax professionals, bringing Blue J’s AI-powered tax research into Legora

Positron AI, an AI infrastructure company that designs and supplies purpose-built hardware and software systems for transformer-based models, partnered with General Compute, an ASIC-based cloud inference platform, to expand access to memory-first AI iInference infrastructure

DraftWise, an AI-powered contract and negotiation platform that assists law firms in procuring quality contracts, partnered with international law firm Jones Day, which will under which will deploy Ontonomi, Draftwise’s legal ontology offering, across multiple practice areas

VisionCoreAI, an AI company developing advanced video intelligence solutions, partnered with Capital Q Ventures, an alternative investment manager, to support the company’s next stage of commercialization, product development and national expansion

Newforma, a project and information management company for architecture, engineering, construction and owner firms, acquired Lumi AI, a Toronto company whose analytics engine turns plain-language questions into accurate, explainable answers

EC-Council, creator of the Certified Ethical Hacker credential, acquired Cyber Insurance Academy, the credentialing body for the cyber and AI insurance industries

Stord, a physical intelligence layer for independent commerce, acquired AMS Fulfillment, a third-party logistics provider

Destinus, an aerospace and defense technology company, acquires Perciv AI, a developer of AI-based radar perception software

Salesforce acquired Braze, a customer engagement platform that allows marketers to combine and activate AI agents, models, and features

Rivian Automotive acquired Third Dimension AI, a developer of AI-powered 3D spatial generation

Azra AI, an enterprise platform that identifies patients who need care in real time and manages their journey from early suspicion through survivorship, acquired Blackford Analysis, a developer of enterprise AI orchestration for medical imaging

Zafin, an AI platform company for regulated institutions, acquired Naehas, a provider of offer management, disclosure automation and marketing compliance technology

Meta acquired Sundial, an AI-powered data analytics platform

Cognizant acquired DyFlex Solutions, an AI-led SAP transformation firm

FormativGroup, a business management consultant, acquired Saige Consulting, an AI and technology consulting firm that connects business strategy with emerging technology

Sunlight AI, a patient-to-payment operating layer for independent physicians, acquired Bradford Medical Associates, a provider of medical billing services

As more customers are giving their personal AI agents access to their financial accounts, banks including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, JPMorgan, and Wells Fargo, are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions. As a result, several banks are now restricting third-party AI agent access and allowing read-only access, so agents can see customer financial information without taking action