Hospitality software startup Mews secures $300 million Series D funding at a $2.5 billion valuation to enhance AI capabilities and expand its cloud-native platform serving over 15,000 properties globally.
Listen Labs secures $69 million Series B funding at $500 million valuation after explosive 15x revenue growth in nine months, as its AI-powered platform revolutionizes market research by conducting video interviews with 30 million participants and delivering insights to Microsoft, Sweetgreen, and other major clients in hours instead of weeks.
Walmart partners with Google's Gemini AI to enable direct product discovery and purchasing through chatbot queries, as incoming CEO John Furner declares a complete AI transformation that rewrites retail operations while Google launches new commerce tools showing massive adoption growth.
Global insurance giant Allianz partners with AI company Anthropic to deploy advanced AI agents that will automate claims processing, ensure regulatory compliance, and empower workforce operations across the insurer's worldwide business operations.
Slack launches a completely rebuilt AI-powered Slackbot that reads users' work conversations and files to provide instant catch-ups, personalized drafts, and complex document analysis, rolling out to premium customers today with enterprise-grade security protections.
Deepgram secures $130M Series C funding at $1.3B valuation while acquiring restaurant AI voice platform OfOne, as the startup races to pass the Audio Turing Test within a year amid intensifying competition in voice AI technology that promises more natural human-computer interactions across industries.
Salesforce launches an upgraded AI-powered Slackbot today that schedules meetings and answers workflow questions using conversation context and company data, available exclusively for Business+ and Enterprise+ customers with enterprise-grade security features.
Google launches Universal Commerce Protocol with major retailers like Shopify, Target, and Walmart, debuts AI shopping agents that let customers chat directly with brands like Lowe's and Reebok, and tests exclusive discount offers in AI-powered search results.
Anthropic blocks xAI from accessing Claude through third-party apps and closes loopholes that allowed users to bypass expensive API pricing, forcing high-volume customers into official commercial channels.
Google launches Universal Commerce Protocol with major retailers including Shopify, Target, and Walmart, enabling AI agents to handle complete shopping experiences from product discovery to checkout using Google Pay and integrated customer service support.