OpenAI reaches 1 million business customers as ChatGPT Enterprise usage explodes 900% year-over-year, with companies like Cisco and Carlyle reporting 50% faster development times and 88% positive ROI in tech sectors.
Google Cloud unveils enhanced Vertex AI Agent Builder with configurable context layers, Go language support, and self-healing plugins as major companies like PayPal, Color Health, and Geotab deploy production AI agents for payment processing, healthcare screening, and enterprise automation.
Google unveils a new File Search Tool in its Gemini API that automatically processes documents into AI-ready knowledge bases, handling everything from storage to embeddings while charging just $0.15 per million tokens for indexing with free storage and query-time processing.
SoftBank and OpenAI launch joint venture 'SB OAI Japan' to deploy exclusive AI solution 'Crystal Intelligence' across Japanese enterprises in 2026, with SoftBank already creating 2.5 million custom GPTs internally as the first validation user.
IBM cuts nearly 3,000 jobs in fourth quarter as tech giant accelerates shift toward AI automation, following previous replacement of 200 HR positions with artificial intelligence agents while maintaining overall U.S. employment levels.
ClickUp unveils version 4.0 featuring AI assistants that proactively answer questions and automate tasks like scheduling, while crossing $300M in revenue and preparing for IPO within two years as it challenges Slack and Notion with its unified workspace platform.
Hippocratic AI secures $126 million Series C funding at $3.5 billion valuation after successfully processing 115 million patient interactions across 50+ health systems including Cleveland Clinic, deploying AI agents for patient intake and care management with zero safety incidents reported.
Microsoft Copilot launches GPT-5 integration with Smart Mode, introducing visual collaboration, voice conversations, and daily news features that earn high user ratings despite ongoing issues with memory retention and image generation capabilities.
Tiger Data open-sources Eon, a Slack-native AI assistant that achieves 50% company adoption in just six weeks by solving key production challenges through conversational memory, focused context delivery, and reliable event processing.
Corporate travel company Navan crashes 20% in its Nasdaq debut despite raising $6.2 billion in its IPO, even as the firm boasts $613 million in revenue and major clients like Zoom and OpenAI.