• August 18, 2026
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Alipay Unveils Agentic Commerce Platform for AI-Powered Merchant Services

Alipay Unveils Agentic Commerce Platform for AI-Powered Merchant Services

At a recent event, Chinese online payments giant Alipay launched what it describes as China’s first full-stack agentic commerce platform with the goal of making agentic AI the primary interface between …

Graas Raises $17 million, Acquires Trustana to Bolster Platform for AI Agents

Graas Raises $17 million, Acquires Trustana to Bolster Platform for AI Agents

AI-driven enterprise technology provider Graas has raised $17 million in Series B funding and acquired product data platform Trustana. The Singapore-based company said the funding and acquisition will enable it to …

Lydonia Launches Enabuild AI Division, Acquires International Cognitive Initiative

Lydonia Launches Enabuild AI Division, Acquires International Cognitive Initiative

Lydonia, a Westwood, Mass.-based AI advisory firm, has launched a new business unit and acquired the operating assets of International Cognitive Initiative as the company expands its capability to deliver enterprise …

T-Pro Acquires BigHand Healthcare to Expand Clinical Documentation Automation

T-Pro Acquires BigHand Healthcare to Expand Clinical Documentation Automation

Technology providers in the healthcare space continue to make moves enabling AI-driven automation. Most recently, Dublin, Ireland-based T-Pro said it has acquired BigHand Healthcare to bolster its clinical documentation business. The …

Krify launches AI-powered business process automation services

Krify launches AI-powered business process automation services

Krify, an app development company based in Wyoming, has added AI-powered business process automation services to its technology lineup. The offering combines artificial intelligence with workflow automation to support functions including …

June AI Emerges from Stealth to Automate Enterprise Software Implementation

June AI Emerges from Stealth to Automate Enterprise Software Implementation

June AI has emerged from stealth and announced a $20 million pre-seed funding round it will use to develop its platform that automates one of the more labor-intensive aspects of enterprise …

Arrakis Raises $30 Million Series A to Expand Industrial AI Deployments

Arrakis Raises $30 Million Series A to Expand Industrial AI Deployments

Arrakis, a company that deploys AI agents for industrial operations, has raised a $30 million Series A funding round led by Blossom Capital, with participation from existing investor Accel. The round …

OpenAI Launches Presence for Deploying AI Agents in Enterprise Workflows

OpenAI Launches Presence for Deploying AI Agents in Enterprise Workflows

Even as businesses wrestle with the rising cost of AI implementations, OpenAI has introduced an enterprise product it says will help organizations deploy AI agents safely in customer-facing and internal workflows. …

Gartner: Finance AI Investments Skew Toward Productivity Over Decision-Making

Gartner: Finance AI Investments Skew Toward Productivity Over Decision-Making

Finance organizations are directing more artificial intelligence investment toward productivity improvements than decision-making capabilities, potentially creating a gap between AI adoption and the business outcomes corporate boards expect, according to Gartner. …

Ant International Raises $1.2 Billion to Expand Payments and Agentic Commerce

Ant International Raises $1.2 Billion to Expand Payments and Agentic Commerce

Ant International said it has raised approximately $1.2 billion in Series A financing to support its ambition of leading global development of payment, financial services and agentic commerce technology. The Singapore-based …