Klarna's reliance on AI has driven significant efficiency, with revenue per employee soaring to nearly $1 million, up from $575,000 a year prior, thanks to cost reductions like replacing 700 customer service contractors with AI chatbots, though human agents will still be available.
Alation, an enterprise data intelligence platform valued at $1.7 billion, has acquired Numbers Station, a startup building AI agents for structured data, to bolster its AI offerings and enable large language models to operate on enterprise databases more effectively.
Sandy Alexander, a leading communications provider, embraced Salesforce Starter to streamline sales, organize client data, and gain visibility into deal progression, proving that even established companies can benefit from a simple, affordable CRM solution.
GitHub repository that indexes your Gmail account into a local SQLite database, allowing you to analyze and archive your email data with robust features like incremental syncing, parallel processing, and comprehensive error handling, all with a user-friendly command-line interface.
Major Chinese tech giants like Alibaba, Tencent, and JD.com reported strong earnings driven by improving consumer spending and the growing impact of AI-powered advertising, despite recent U.S.-China trade tensions and economic headwinds.
Salesforce signs agreement to acquire Convergence.ai, an AI company specializing in adaptive agents that can navigate complex digital workflows, bolstering Salesforce's Agentforce platform and AI capabilities for automating sophisticated tasks.
AI's ability to rapidly analyze massive datasets is revolutionizing drug discovery, cutting research timelines from around 6 years to as little as 2-4 years, leading to significant cost savings and faster delivery of life-saving treatments, as evidenced by the accelerated development of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
Databricks, a leader in data and AI, has acquired Neon, a serverless Postgres company, to provide developers and AI agents with a powerful, elastic, and open database foundation that combines speed, scalability, and branching capabilities for seamless data management.
AI's untapped potential in accelerating species discovery, ecosystem tracking, and addressing biodiversity knowledge gaps offers a transformative opportunity to meet global conservation targets, but requires expanding data-sharing, refining algorithms, and ensuring ethical practices.
AI powerhouse Harvey raises $100M at a $1.5B valuation, backed by Google Ventures, OpenAI, and top VCs, to supercharge its AI-powered technology for professional services across business functions globally.