Wednesday, 09 September 2026
Vertice, the AI procurement platform built for the modern enterprise, announced the launch of Ana, its AI negotiation agent for software purchases. Ana gives procurement teams the capacity required to run considered, data-backed negotiations across their entire tech stack, with reporting, predictive outcomes, auditability and reasoning. Vertice data shows that 1 in 7 software contracts
Utopai Studios announced a new AI-assisted animation production collaboration in Japan with the Entertainment Development Business Unit of DeNA Co., Ltd. (“DeNA”), a major Japanese technology company with businesses spanning mobile games, live-streaming communities, sports and other digital services. Founded in Tokyo in 1999, DeNA has more than two decades of experience developing, ope
Alchemer announced Alchemer Iris, its AI-native customer feedback and intelligence platform built to turn feedback into action across surveys, reviews, reputation management and other customer listening channels. Grounded in two decades of CX and market research expertise and millions of customer responses, Iris uses purpose-built AI to ask the next question, bring the answers into focus
Zeroth launched Bridge, the world’s first AI-native embodied robot, alongside OpenBridge, a fully open-source ecosystem for embodied intelligence. The first batch of the Bridge Geek Edition is now available for purchase, while Zeroth has also launched the Bridge Builder Program to invite developers worldwide to participate in the OpenBridge ecosystem. Built for real-world deploym
EpiVax, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of AI-enabled enhancements to ISPRI™, its proprietary in silico platform for assessing the immunogenicity risk of biotherapeutics. The release introduces an updated JanusMatrix™ model, a refined tolerance-adjusted immunogenicity score, and an enhanced anti-drug antibody (ADA) prediction model designed to provide deeper insight i
HUMAIN ONE and Microsoft 365 Copilot to be offered together as part of unique "AI productivity bundle" for enterprise customers, with initial target of one million enterprise users across the Middle East and Africa HUMAIN AI PC to launch with Microsoft Windows, with enterprise availability beginning September 20, 2026 Microsoft and HUMAIN, a PIF company delivering full-stack artificial intel
RADIN Health announced that Northern Oklahoma Radiology Physicians (NORP) has adopted RADIN PACS + Dictation AI to support and expand remote radiology services for hospitals, health systems, and imaging centers throughout Oklahoma. As imaging volumes continue to grow and healthcare organizations face increasing challenges with radiologist staffing and coverage, NORP is leveraging RADIN's cloud-ba
Ship.com announced two artificial intelligence tools designed to streamline shipping processes for sellers and AI builders: SHIP AI™, a proactive AI shipping manager for online sellers, and SHIP MCP™, a Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration that brings Ship.com shipping capabilities directly into Claude Desktop CLI as an MCP connector while enabling builders to incorporate
Eight months ago at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, amid a show floor packed with futuristic gadgets, one of the more unexpected demonstrations was taking place at a kitchen counter. A piece of salmon went into a black countertop appliance and came out perfectly seared to medium-rare. No temperature was set. No cooking mode was selected. No timer was started. Just a camera looking in, and dinner comin
UltraViolet Cyber (UltraViolet), the only security operations partner that unifies red, blue and purple team capabilities into one integrated offering, released findings from its AISec Study, an inaugural, interview-based benchmark of how organizations are actually securing and governing enterprise AI. Each engagement delivers a private report, benchmarking the organization against indus
LibAI Lab announced the launch of NewFace.AI, an AI image and video creation platform built for e-commerce sellers, agencies and UGC creators. LibAI Lab's AI image editing and video generation platform has appeared in every edition of Andreessen Horowitz's Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps ranking, from September 2023 through March 2026. NewFace.AI marks its expansion into e-commerce and UGC.
AESC Learning & Development, the professional development arm of the Association of Executive Search & Leadership Consultants, has launched a new program for executive search firms that audits existing integrations and optimizes use cases for efficiencies. Many AI-focused programs are generalized for a broad audience, lacking the specificity required for executive search as an indus
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
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-
Stratus, the digital fabrication platform trusted by contractors across piping & plumbing, sheet metal, and electrical trades, announced Stratus Labs, its new AI and innovation arm, alongside the release of its first set of experiments to customers: agentic spooling capabilities and an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server connection. The announcement was made at Innovate 2026, an annual MEP eve
Zenoti, the leading AI-powered platform for beauty and wellness businesses, announced Predictive Intelligence, a suite of AI age*nts that move software beyond reporting what happened toward forecasting what's coming – and helping operators act before it costs the business. The shift reflects a broader trend about where the industry is heading: as data becomes connected and decision-ready, th
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
Alcor, a leading digital transformation company and global provider of AI, ServiceNow, Cloud, Data Engineering, Security Solutions and implementation services, announced the launch of CMDB Catalyst. Built natively on the ServiceNow Platform, the product transforms the way organizations manage and optimize their Configuration Management Database (CMDB) with AI and intelligent automation. As enterp
CallRail, the AI-powered lead engagement platform, announced a major expansion of Voice Assist, its AI voice and text assistant, adding real-time lead qualification and intelligent call transfer. Voice Assist now qualifies callers, identifies intent, and routes each call to the optimal destination — briefing the team before handoff for a seamless customer experience. Spam and other distracti
Zeydoo has launched a new MCP connector that allows publishers to connect their accounts to an AI assistant and access statistics, offers, payout rates, and balance information through natural-language queries. Instead of opening the dashboard, exporting CSV files, and manually comparing performance data, publishers can now ask questions such as, "How much did I make last week, and what
Atlantic Health, a fully integrated health system setting standards for quality care in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New York metropolitan area, and K Health, a leader in AI-enabled care delivery, announced the launch of two transformative innovations: Atlantic Health PatientGPT, a first-of-its-kind clinical AI tool that helps patients understand their health, find the right level of care, and
As insurance professionals face growing administrative demands, AI is emerging as a practical way to reduce repetitive work while improving the speed and quality of benefits management. Vertafore is applying this approach to one of the most time-consuming stages of the benefits workflow: creating and maintaining benefit plans. In an exclusive conversation with AI Reporter America, August Butterbro
