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
- Avaya, a provider of enterprise software solutions, adopted Gemini Enterprise as its core advanced agentic platform, and Google Workspace as its primary collaboration and productivity suite
- Qualcomm Technologies and Google expanded their partnership in the automotive industry, establishing automotive technology solutions that integrate Qualcomm Technologies’ leading Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions with Google’s automotive software
Strategic and AI Startup Collaborations
- Velasea, an OEM system builder and provider of compute platforms, and SORBA.ai, a no-code industrial AI software company, partnered to so Velasea’s hardware platforms will be certified and optimized to run the SORBA.ai platform
- Datavault AI, a provider of AI-driven data valuation, monetization, credentialing, and digital engagement technologies, partnered with Available Infrastructure, a provider of AI-powered, quantum-ready edge computing for cyber security, to enable secure communications, encrypted storage, and high-performance data processing across 100 cities throughout the United States
- Healthee, an AI-powered health benefits platform, partnered with The Health Benefit Alliance, a provider of customized health benefit solutions, to transform how employees understand and use their health plans
- Kodiak AI, a provider of AI-powered autonomous driving technology, partnered with Bosch, a global supplier of technology and services, to collaborate on and scale the manufacturing of a production-grade, redundant autonomous platform
- Dot Ai, an IoT and AI-based SaaS company, partnered with Wiliot, a provider of Ambient IoT technology, to support Dot Ai as it focuses on developing and deploying industrial and manufacturing applications
- JIADE, a provider of education support services for adult education institutions through its subsidiaries in the Peoples Republic of China, partnered with Chinalink Education Group, an education brand specializing in AI-empowered educational and cultural exchange programs
- The FUTR Corporation, a provider of high-fidelity AI and next-generation payment infrastructure, partnered with Realbotix, a developer of AI-powered humanoid robots, to bring FUTR’s AI agents into physical, interactive form
- Nota AI, a company specializing in AI model compression and optimization, partnered with Samsung Electronics to supply its proprietary AI model optimization platform for Samsung’s mobile Application Processor, the Exynos 2600
- AEON, a payment and settlement layer built for the new AI economy, partnered with United Stables ($U), a stablecoin designed to enable seamless value flow across payments, trading, and autonomous systems
- Spocto X, an AI-powered collections platform, partnered with non-banking financial company Finagle Financial Services to create a unified digital collections ecosystem designed to enhance Finagle’s operational efficiency through intelligent, data-driven workflows
- Dechat, an open, secure Web3 communications protocol that powers decentralized user interactions, partnered with LexAI Network, a Web3-native AI infrastructure protocol
- Zchwantech, an IT company that offers mobile and web app development, cloud management, big data analytics, QA, and testing solutions, partnered with the Government of Timor-Leste to co-develop a sovereign AI-powered digital nation
- DeepNodeAI, a technology service provider focusing on decentralized AI infrastructure, partnered with OpenLedger, which powers DataNets that make data contributions traceable, attributable, and verifiable onchain
AI Startup Acquisitions
- Meta acquired Manus, developer of a general-purpose AI agent designed to help users tackle research, automation, and complex tasks
- Microsoft acquired Osmos, an agentic AI data engineering platform designed to help simplify complex and time-consuming data workflows
- BigBear.ai acquired Ask Sage, a generative artificial intelligence platform designed for government and regulated industries
- Destinus Group BV, a defense industrial company developing and manufacturing a new generation of AI-enabled autonomous systems, acquired Daedalean AG, a developer of advanced AI systems for aviation
- Qvantel, a provider of digital BSS and monetization and telecom solutions, acquired Optiva, a provider of cloud-native and agentic AI-powered revenue management solutions for telecom operators
- Okovate Sustainable Energy, a developer of energy solutions for the agricultural sector, acquired assets from Fundusol, a company working to reduce the burdens facing American farmers through a data-driven approach to Agrivoltaics, to build out its predictive AI tools
AI Outtakes
- An artificial intelligence that writes police reports claimed a Heber City officer had shape-shifted into a frog after the body cam software and AI report writing software picked up on the movie The Princess and the Frog, which was playing in the background. Earlier this month, the department began testing two pieces of AI software, Code Four and Draft One, the latter of which was the software used to create the Disney-inspired police report
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