September 5, 2025
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August 25, 2025
Grammarly’s Billion Dollar Bet: Is a New Interface Enough?
Grammarly's Billion Dollar Bet: Is a New Interface Enough to Stay Relevant? By Jim Lundy The world of writing assistants is heating up, and one of the original players is making a bold move to k
August 20, 2025
Databricks’ $100B Valuation: Will It Delay or Accelerate IPO?
Databricks' $100B Valuation: Will It Delay or Accelerate a Public Offering? Databricks has confirmed it has signed a term sheet for a Series K funding round. While the specific amount of new capital to be rais
An Unacceptable Risk: Meta’s AI Guidelines Reveal the Urgent Need for Regulation
By Jim Lundy An Unacceptable Risk: Meta’s AI Guidelines Reveal the Urgent Need for Regulation By Jim Lundy The rapid advancement of generative AI brings with it immense potential, but also profound ris
August 19, 2025
Adobe’s New AI-Powered Acrobat Studio Will Challenge Microsoft Copilot
By Jim Lundy Adobe's New AI-Powered Acrobat Studio Will Challenge Microsoft Copilot The humble PDF has been the cornerstone of digital documents for decades, a reliable but largely static container for in
August 16, 2025
NVIDIA’s new World Models: The Arms Race for Robotics AI Heats Up
By Jim Lundy NVIDIA's new World Models: The Arms Race for Robotics AI Heats Up The science fiction vision of robots that can perceive, reason, and act in the physical world is rapidly beco
August 14, 2025
GPT-5 Lands With a Pragmatic Pitch: Efficiency First
By Adam Pease GPT-5 Lands With a Pragmatic Pitch: Efficiency First OpenAI’s GPT 5 lands with a practical pitch: cheaper to run, better at code, and designed for scaled enterprise use, without pretending to re
Smart Communications Bets on AI Orchestration with Pendula Acquisition
By Jim Lundy Smart Communications Bets on AI Orchestration with Pendula Acquisition The landscape of customer engagement is littered with fragmented interactions and incomplete journeys, much to the frustra
Clari and Salesloft Merge: A Strategic Move in the Age of AI Agents
By Jim Lundy Clari and Salesloft Merge: A Strategic Move in the Age of AI Agents The technology market’s consolidation continues to produce new powerhouses, and the sales technology sector just witnessed a la
August 13, 2025
Are You Ready for a Cognitive AI Agent Workforce?
By Betsy Burton Are You Ready for a Cognitive AI Agent Workforce? I have been noticing a lot of focused technology providers are starting to support specialized types of "AI agents.” In fact, HMX Corporat
Multi-Agent AI Swarms are Here!
By Betsy Burton Multi-Agent AI Swarms Are Here! Manus, an AI startup now headquartered in Singapore, has launched its new "Wide Research" feature. This multi-agent system deploys over 100 general-purpose AI age
August 7, 2025
Microsoft Fires the Starting Gun: GPT-5 Arrives in Copilot on Day One
By Jim Lundy Microsoft Fires the Starting Gun: GPT-5 Arrives in Copilot on Day One The pace of innovation in artificial intelligence is relentless, but the speed at which that innovation reaches the enterpr
The Race to AGI: Why OpenAI’s GPT-5 Portfolio is its Boldest Move Yet
By Jim Lundy The Race to AGI: Why OpenAI's GPT-5 Portfolio is its Boldest Move Yet The world of AI never stands still, but some moments create larger waves than others. We are in the middle of one of those
August 6, 2025
“No One is Around”: The Three Words That Kill Your Customer’s Engagement
By Betsy Burton "No One is Around": The Three Words That Kill Customer Engagement We've all been there. You have a question, a potential partnership idea, or a problem that needs solving. You go to a compan
The $1.5B Play: Why Salesforce and ServiceNow Need Genesys’ Contact Center Empire
By Jim Lundy The $1.5B Play: Why Salesforce and ServiceNow Need Genesys' Contact Center Empire In a blockbuster move, Salesforce and ServiceNow have poured a combined $1.5 billion into Genesys, the AI-powered
Google Introduces New Suite of AI Agents for Data Professionals
By Betsy Burton Google Introduces New Suite of AI Agents for Data Professionals August 5, 2025, Google announced it is expanding its suite of AI tools with the introduction of the Gemini Data Agents APIs and a
August 5, 2025
OpenAI’s Open Source Gambit: A Return to its Roots?
By Adam Pease OpenAI's Open Source Gambit: A Return to its Roots? OpenAI, a company that has faced criticism for shifting from its non-profit, open-source origins to a more closed, commercial model, has jus
Google’s Genie 3: A Training Ground for AGI
By Jim Lundy Google's Genie 3: A Training Ground for AGI Genie 3, Google DeepMind's latest foundation world model, is being hailed as a critical step toward artificial general intelligence (AGI). It goes beyond
July 31, 2025
Microsoft Hits $4 Trillion as AI-Fueled Cloud Growth Takes Share
By Jim Lundy Microsoft Hits $4 Trillion as AI-Fueled Cloud Growth Takes Share Microsoft has officially joined the ultra-exclusive $4 trillion market capitalization club, a milestone powered by a blockbuster