Top AI news of the week #36: Advsr AI Spotlight

Advsr AI Spotlight

Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works.

Strategic Deployments of AI 

• Salesforce was awarded a 10-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the U.S. Army which will be executed through Computable Insights, a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to Salesforce’s national security operations
• Fusemachines, a provider of enterprise artificial intelligence technologies, partnered with ModulAIre, an IBM Platinum Partner recognized for its expertise in AI-driven enterprise transformation and IBM technologies
• Radiology Partners, a technology-enabled radiology practice and provider of clinical AI deployment through its Mosaic Clinical Technologies division, partnered with Stanford Radiology’s AI Development and Evaluation Lab
• Richtech Robotics, a provider of AI-driven robots operating in commercial and industrial environments, partnered with Microsoft through the Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Labs to jointly develop and deploy agentic artificial intelligence capabilities in real-world robotic systems
• Dabeeo, an AI-based data intelligence firm, partnered with Triputra Agro Persada, a rubber plantation, oil palm plantation, and palm oil processing company, to deploy its AI-powered plantation monitoring system
• SoftBank and Ericsson deployed an AI-powered, externally controlled coverage optimization system for Massive MIMO at multiple large-scale event venues in Japan, including major arenas and dome-type facilities in the Tokyo metropolitan area
• ADP, a provider of HR and payroll solutions, introduced new ADP Assist agents to help organizations manage people, streamline processes and make informed decisions that support people at work
• Yahoo debuted Yahoo Scout, a new, proprietary AI-powered answer engine that synthesizes information from the open web, Yahoo data and Yahoo content to guide people with clear, concise responses
• Carnegie Mellon University announced Learnvia, a new nonprofit learning collaborative developed in collaboration with the Gates Foundation, which combines AI-enabled courseware, support for evidence-based instruction, and the power of learning research to strengthen student success and course outcomes at colleges and universities nationwide
• Lantronix, a provider of compute and connectivity IoT solutions powering Edge AI applications, partnered with Safe Pro Group, a developer of AI-enabled defense and security solutions
• Anthropic was selected by the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to help build and pilot a dedicated AI-powered assistant for GOV.UK which will help people navigate government services and give tailored advice
• ServiceNow, which helps large companies manage and automate everything from IT support to HR to customer service on a single platform, partnered with Anthropic, choosing Claude as its default model for its ServiceNow Build Agent, and as a preferred model across the ServiceNow AI Platform
• Pony AI, a developer of autonomous driving technology, partnered with Beijing ATBB Travel & Express Service, a mobility services provider specializing in premium business travel and airport transfer services, to deploy fully driverless Robotaxi fleets
• Anthropic and Atlassian Williams F1 Team partnered to make Claude the team’s Official Thinking Partner, integrating Claude across the entire Williams organisation—working alongside engineers and team strategists to support how the team thinks, plans, and performs across race strategy, car development, and operations
• UAlbany, SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Cobleskill, and Hudson Valley Community College partnered with Empire AI, a New York state initiative to advance AI research
• Cognizant expanded its partnership with Adobe to help enterprises transform how they create, govern and scale content and customer experiences using generative AI
• HCLTech, a global IT company offering digital, engineering, and cloud solutions, partnered with The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, with Guardian leveraging HCLTech’s GenAI service transformation platform, AI Force
• SoundHound AI, a voice and conversational AI company, expanded its partnership with burger chain Five Guys, which allows Five Guys to answer 100% of incoming orders even during peak hours

Strategic and AI Startup Collaborations

• Robo.ai, a technology company dedicated to the AI machine economy, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, partnered with Tachyon9, a data center infrastructure provider, to invest in, develop, and operate high-performance AI data centers and next-generation digital infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates and key global markets
• Datalec Precision Installations, a provider of global data centre solutions, and PODTECH, a company delivering bespoke solutions to enterprise, hyperscalers, and public sector clients, partnered to deliver pre-staged, deployment-ready AI infrastructure solutions across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East
• AtlantiCare, an integrated healthcare delivery network, partnered with Opmed.ai, a platform that uses AI to optimize surgical schedules, deploying directly on top of AtlantiCare’s Oracle Cerner EHR, functioning as an Oracle Validated Integration
• Ubitus K.K, a provider of cloud streaming and AI solutions, partnered with Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture to construct an AI Data Center, marking the company’s transition into the physical construction phase of its initiative to build a top-tier AI GPU center in Japan
• Iterate.ai, an enterprise AI platform, and TD SYNNEX, a distributor and solutions aggregator for the IT ecosystem, partnered with HPE to launch and availability of Generate for Healthcare, an AI-powered solution empowering hospital systems to identify and recover millions of dollars in unpaid and underpaid insurance claims
• Applied Computing, which builds foundational AI for energy operators, and KBR, a company delivering science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world, partnered to launch INSITE 3.0, an AI-based platform designed to achieve low-emission, energy-efficient and reliable ammonia production
• Story Protocol, creator of web3 technology that aims to change the way narrative universes are formed, and OpenLedger, an AI-native blockchain, partnered to launch a joint standard that allows AI systems to train on licensed intellectual property while cryptographically proving how that IP is used, enforcing licensing terms at runtime, and automatically distributing royalties to rights holders when their work contributes to AI behavior or outputs
• Researchers at City University of Hong Kong developed a data-driven machine learning model for financial asset pricing that is designed to be clearer and more efficient than traditional methods, with the “P-Trees” that model helps investors make better-informed decisions by simplifying complex market data
• Fidelis New Energy, an energy transition company that specializes in the development and investment of renewable fuels, and 8090 Industries, which invests in early stage founders focused on industrial technology, partnered to launch American Intelligence & Power Corporation, a platform to develop, own, and operate large-scale, fully integrated AI infrastructure and power microgrids
• The Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs & Leaders and Workforce Wellness, a software firm that offers comprehensive options for people management, including wellness and safety, partnered to launch The AI Shift: Creating Readiness for AI Healthcare Delivery, an executive-level forum designed to equip healthcare leaders with the knowledge, tools, and strategic frameworks needed to adopt and scale artificial intelligence across health systems responsibly
• Oath Surgical, a provider of surgeon-led, AI-powered, and value-based surgical care,  partnered with NVIDIA to support the OathOS platform, a multimodal, ambient clinical intelligence system
• UVeye, a provider of AI-powered retail vehicle inspection, and Cox Automotive’s vAuto, a provider of dealer inventory management software, partnered to launch an AI-powered retail service lane vehicle inspection and condition intelligence for mutual dealers

AI Startup Acquisitions

• Ekimetrics, a global consulting firm providing industrialized corporate data science solutions, acquired Actable, a specialist in AI-powered customer analytics
• Marvell Technology, a provider of data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, acquired Celestial AI, a provider of optical interconnect technology for scale-up connectivity
• Apple acquired Q.ai, a startup working on artificial intelligence technology for audio
• Delaware BeLux, an IT consulting and services firm, acquired ML2Grow, an AI and machine learning company
• IonQ, a quantum platform company, acquired Seed Innovations, an AI-software and technology R&D firm
• Palo Alto Networks acquired Chronosphere, an observability platform for microservices and containers
• Handshake AI, an AI talent marketplace and human data business, acquired Cleanlab, a provider of data-centric AI research and technology
• Tarabut, a regulated open banking platform, acquired Servable.dev, a full-stack AI engineering company purpose-built for regulated industries
• ControlUp, a provider of Digital Employee Experience management, acquired Unipath, an AI-powered security automation and SOAR platform
• Multiverse, an AI upskilling platform, acquired StackFuel, a provider of data and AI training
• Launchpoint, a company that helps brands work with college athletes and college creators at scale, acquired Kashie.AI, an AI-driven music platform

AI Outtakes

• Tasmania Tours, an Australian tour company, had to apologize and delete a blog post that ranked the best natural hot sprints found throughout Australia, after an AI-generated post sent customers to a hot spring in Tasmania that doesn’t exist

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