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
- Telehouse Canada, a global data center service provider under KDDI Group, and Vertical Data, a provider of enterprise AI infrastructure solutions, partnered to deliver AI infrastructure to power Canada’s next generation of digital innovation
- BUZZ High Performance Computing, a wholly owned subsidiary of HIVE Digital Technologies, a Canadian AI cloud provider and NVIDIA Cloud Partner, partnered with Bell Canada, the country’s largest telecommunications provider, to deliver one of Canada’s largest sovereign AI ecosystems through Bell AI Fabric
- Entelligence, an enterprise IT services delivery platform, unveiled Alex, an AI-powered platform that accelerates the deployment, adoption, and optimization of enterprise software
- Z.ai, a developer of advanced cognitive models and AI agent technology, partnered with Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing unit to push a new general-purpose AI agent for smartphones, tablets and desktop computers that handles everyday tasks such as ordering food and making reservations online
- OpenText, a provider of information management, expanded its partnership with HPE and joined the HPE Unleash AI partner program to accelerate enterprise AI adoption through HPE Private Cloud AI
- DXC Technology, a Fortune 500 global technology services provider, and Boomi, a provider of AI-driven automation, partnered to help customers unify AI agents to prepare for agentic AI at scale
- The National Football League and Microsoft extended their partnership to power game day and workday experiences for the league and its teams
- Red Canary, a Zscaler company, expanded its partnership with CrowdStrike to deliver enhanced protection across endpoints, users, and workloads by integrating the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform, the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon platform, and Red Canary’s agentic-AI driven security operations platform
- MANTECH, a provider of AI and mission-critical technology solutions, partnered with Oracle to provide government clients with additional data and AI solutions
- C3 AI, an enterprise AI application software company, and Eletrobras, Latin America’s largest power and utility provider, partnered to scale C3 AI Grid Intelligence for real-time fault monitoring and resolution across all of Eletrobras’ operations centers
- Fujitsu partnered with Palantir Technologies Japan for the Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform (Palantir AIP), a software that supports the integration of generative AI into business operations, allowing Fujitsu to provide Palantir AIP to its customers in Japan
- Oklahoma State University joined Google AI for Education Accelerator to empower Oklahomans with AI and job-ready skills. In addition, OSU Polytech, through the Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, will directly support Google’s workforce needs for skilled electrical labor in Oklahoma
Strategic and AI Startup Collaborations
- Tift Regional Medical Center partnered with RapidAI, which empowers clinicians to make accurate diagnostic and treatment decisions for stroke and aneurysm patients, to bring faster insights and improved coordination to stroke response teams
- Deepgram, a voice AI platform for enterprise use cases, partnered with Amazon Web Services to expand Deepgram’s co-selling and go-to-market efforts and integrate more deeply with AWS services
- Terakraft, an AI data center operator, and Neurophos, an AI chip company revolutionizing speed and efficiency, partnered to provide sustainable, high performance, and energy efficient AI infrastructure
- PathAI, a provider of artificial intelligence and digital pathology solutions, and Moffitt Cancer Center, a cancer hospital, partnered to deploy PathAI’s digital pathology platform, AISight Dx, across Moffitt’s pathology programs
- boost.ai, a provider of conversational artificial intelligence, partnered with The AA, a provider of breakdown and insurance services, using AI agents built on boost.ai’s hybrid AI platform
- Meta partnered with AI image generation company Midjourney to license its image and video generation technology
- Domino Data Lab, an enterprise AI platform, and UBS announced an expansion of their partnership to support UBS’s leadership in enterprise AI and its model development
- Frenos, a provider of AI native operational technology security posture management, partnered with N2K Networks, a news to knowledge network serving public and private sector cybersecurity organizations
- Clockwork.ai, an AI-native financial planning and analysis platform, partnered with Thomson Reuters, a global content and technology company, positioning Clockwork as an FP&A solution within Thomson Reuters ecosystem
- Seekr, a commercial generative AI company, partnered with ORI, a U.S. government technology partner and reseller, to help national defense and intelligence agencies modernize warfighting
- Gather AI, an AI-powered intralogistics company, partnered with Burwell Material Handling, which will distribute both Gather AI’s drone-based and Material Handling Equipment Vision camera solutions
- The Operational Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center, which facilitates sharing of tactical and strategic security details, partnered with Protos Labs, a provider of Agentic AI for cyber threat management
- AdCellerant, a provider of digital marketing technology and solutions, and Vendasta, an AI software company for customer acquisition and engagement, partnered to equip more than 250,000 small and medium-sized businesses with integrated, AI-powered marketing and business solutions
AI Startup Acquisitions
- Workday, an AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, acquired Paradox, a candidate experience agent that uses conversational AI to simplify every step of the job application journey
- Tempus AI, a company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence in healthcare, acquired Paige, an AI company specializing in digital pathology
- Databricks acquired Tecton, a provider of software that helps companies analyze and deploy data at scale with low latency
- Strangeworks, a provider of quantum and high-performance computing software, acquired Quantagonia, a company specializing in advanced optimization and AI-powered decision-making solutions
- Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange, acquired the assets and technology of Capitalise.ai, a provider of no-code, natural-language trading automation
- StackGen, a provider of autonomous infrastructure technology, acquired OpsVerse, a provider of Agentic AI-powered DevOps automation solutions
- Crusoe, a vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider, acquired Atero, a company specializing in GPU management and memory optimization for AI workloads
- Vertiv Holdings, a provider of critical digital infrastructure, acquired the Great Lakes Data Racks & Cabinets family of companies, a manufacturer of data rack enclosures and integrated infrastructure solutions
- Nuvia, an AI-powered commercial intelligence platform, acquired AI sales agents startup DataSaga.ai
- Incode, an AI-powered identity verification and biometric authentication platform, acquired AI identity verification platform AuthenticID
- Cyclomedia, a provider of geospatial data technology, acquired Detekt, an AI business specialising in road surface analytics
- Salesforce acquired Regrello, an AI-native solution that automates complex business processes
- Serve Robotics, an autonomous sidewalk delivery company, acquired Vayu Robotics, a provider of urban robot navigation using large-scale AI models
- Aikido Security, a developer-first software security platform, acquired Trag, an AI-native code quality platform provider
- Pasteur Labs, a developer of Simulation Intelligence technologies and applications that natively integrate AI/ML and physics simulation, acquired FOSAI, a specialized provider of space systems and autonomy solutions for the aerospace and defense sectors
- Wipro Limited, an AI-powered technology services and consulting company, acquired the Digital Transformation Solutions business unit of HARMAN, to enhance its AI-powered digital engineering and device engineering
- R Systems International Limited, a provider of digital product engineering, acquired Novigo Solutions, a specialist in low-code/no-code development and intelligent-automation services
- Arcade, a sales gamification platform for the frontline workforce, acquired Upduo, a provider of AI-powered coaching for retail sales environments
- HGM Limited, a company focused on building AI-driven healthcare services, acquired Aidéo Technologies, a provider of AI-powered autonomous coding solutions
AI Outtakes
- A senior lawyer in Australia apologized to a judge for filing submissions in a murder case that included fake quotes and non-existent case judgments generated by artificial intelligence. The lawyer for the defense took “full responsibility” for filing incorrect information in submissions in the case of a teenager charged with murder. The fake submissions included fabricated quotes from a speech to the state legislature and non-existent case citations purportedly from the Supreme Court.
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