Top AI news of the week #7: 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 

• Aidoc announced the release of BRIDGE, a new open-source framework developed to help healthcare organizations deploy AI safely, effectively and at scale. Developed by Aidoc in collaboration with NVIDIA, the BRIDGE framework reflects the combined insights of health systems, clinicians and technology leaders working at the front lines of AI adoption
• Ericsson and Supermicro partnered to accelerate Edge AI deployment and to explore the combination of Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions’ 5G connectivity with Supermicro’s Edge AI platforms into commercial bundles
• IBM announced software to bring AI security and AI governance teams together and provide a unified view of enterprises’ risk posture. The new capabilities enhance and integrate watsonx.governance and Guardium AI Security to help clients keep their AI systems, including agents, secured and responsible at scale. Watsonx.governance is IBM’s end-to-end AI governance tool and Guardium AI Security is IBM’s tool for securing AI models, data, and usage
• M1 Limited, a Singaporean telecommunications platform, and Ericsson partnered to enhance M1’s 5G network with advanced automation and analytics. M1 will integrate Ericsson Transport Automation Controller into its microwave transport network in the initial phase, with plans to extend the transport controller capabilities to its IP transport network over time
• Powerfleet, an AI-powered data intelligence company, partnered with EverDriven Technologies, a provider of alternative student transportation across the United States, to expand deployment of its advanced AI video safety solution
• Abridge, a generative AI platform for clinical conversations, expanded its capabilities to support inpatient care settings and queue up outpatient orders, extending the value of clinical conversations through additional integrated workflows as part of Workshop, a program through which Epic and Abridge have worked together to develop new healthcare technologies that are piloted and refined before wider release
• LexisNexis Legal & Professional and Harvey, a provider of AI-driven tools to assist legal professionals with research, document review, and contract analysis, partnered to integrate LexisNexis generative AI technology, primary law content, and Shepard’s Citations within the Harvey platform and jointly develop advanced legal workflows
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory partnered with Amazon Web Services to develop an AI-driven troubleshooting and reliability system. The team recently completed the first phase of integrating generative AI capabilities into operations

Strategic and AI Startup Collaborations

• Cybersecurity startups Quad9 and BforeAI expanded their strategic partnership to accelerate protection against cyber attacks before they occur. BforeAI will continue to integrate its PreCrime Intelligence feeds into the Quad9 threat blocking platform
• Intermountain Health partnered with Layer Health, a company that utilizes AI and large language models to streamline medical chart reviews, deploying its AI for clinical data abstraction to improve its quality reporting and clinical registry submissions in stroke, surgery and cardiovascular disease
• Rackspace a hybrid cloud and AI solutions provider, partnered with enterprise AI agent innovator Sema4.ai to integrate the Foundry for AI by Rackspace services and Rackspace’s application management expertise with Sema4.ai’s ‘SAFE’ AI Agent Platform
• Astera Labs, a provider of purpose-built connectivity solutions for AI and cloud infrastructure, and Alchip Technologies, a provider of silicon design and production services, partnered to advance the silicon ecosystem for next generation AI infrastructure. The collaboration combines Alchip’s custom ASIC development capabilities with Astera Labs’ comprehensive connectivity portfolio 
• Ochsner Health, a nonprofit healthcare provider in the Gulf South, and Latent, a company scaling medication access with clinical AI, expanded their partnership, formalizing their relationship to scale Latent’s platform enterprise-wide and fuel future innovation together
• Agora (NASDAQ: API), a global leader in real-time engagement and conversational AI technology, today announced its partnership with WIZ.AI to bring enterprise-grade AI agent solutions to the market.
• WIZ.AI, a provider of AI agents, partnered with Agora to power enterprise-grade AI agents that offer local language support and contextual understanding to offer human-like service at scale. The collaboration blends WIZ.AI’s expertise in enterprise agent with Agora’s real-time infrastructure and multimodal conversational AI capabilities.
• SiriusXM Media partnered with Narrativ, which automatically generates audio versions of news articles and monetizes via audio ads, to launch an ad initiative which will allow brands to leverage AI-generated voice replicas and use them to make audio advertising creative at scale, while empowering the humans behind the voices to maintain control of their likeness
• The Health AI Assurance Laboratory at UMass Chan Medical School partnered with Red Cell Partners, an incubator and investment firm, to test and certify artificial intelligence products aimed at enhancing health care innovation and regulatory compliance. The agreement makes UMass Chan an established member of Red Cell’s Partners Advancing Critical Technologies program and allows UMass Chan to evaluate select AI health care products from Red Cell’s portfolio
• Sollum Technologies, a developer of LED lighting solutions for greenhouses and controlled environments, partnered with Optimal, an AI greenhouse control company, to integrate Sollum’s 100% dynamic LED lighting with Optimal’s AI climate and irrigation control platform
• ProRata.ai, creator of the AI-powered Gist Answers platform, partnered with ADWEEK to integrate Gist Answers across ADWEEK’s digital properties, including ADWEEK.com and the Cannes Lions Digital Companion. Through this partnership, ADWEEK will offer readers AI-powered search, article summaries, and context-aware answers
• WitnessAI, creator of an enablement platform for safe AI use, and TENEX.AI, an AI-native cybersecurity company transforming enterprise security, partnered to provide managed security and compliance services for enterprises using AI for employee productivity, customer effectiveness, and operational security
• Hyperscience, a provider of enterprise AI infrastructure software, and Carahsoft Technology, a government IT solutions provider, partnered to transform back office operations for federal and state and local government agencies
• AVer Information Europe B.V., a provider of advanced video conferencing, education and ProAV solutions, partnered with DeepNeuronic, an AI tech startup dedicated to developing innovative solutions that harness the power of AI and human learning, focusing on detection of dangerous activities
• Anytime AI, a provider of AI-driven legal solutions, partnered with Duffy & Duffy, a medical malpractice and personal injury law firm, to implement Anytime AI’s 5th Generation Legal AI Platform to accelerate litigation workflows and boost productivity in complex medical record cases
• VoicePlug, a provider of Voice AI solutions for restaurants, was selected as the official AI partner by restaurant group Back of the House, bringing VoicePlug’s conversational AI solutions to flagship brands including Super Duper Burgers, with plans to extend across the entire Back of the House portfolio
• Bright Pattern, a provider of AI-powered omnichannel contact center software, partnered with Voxtron Middle East LLC, a provider of communication solutions in the region. Through this partnership, Voxtron will leverage Bright Pattern’s AI-driven omnichannel platform to enhance its flagship cloud contact center offering, Voxvantage

AI Startup Acquisitions

• Wix.com, a SaaS website builder platform, acquired Base44, an AI-powered platform that enables anyone to create fully-functional, custom software solutions and applications using natural language, without the need for traditional coding
• Consilio, a provider of legal technology solutions and enterprise legal services, acquired TrueLaw, a legal AI research lab
• Global digital services company TP acquired AI-enabled crowdsourcing gig work platform Agents Only, to expand its TP.ai Data Services with on-demand access to certified and highly skilled professionals at scale
• Canva, provider of a graphic design platform, acquired MagicBrief, a creative workflow tool used by marketing teams
• CUBE, a provider of Automated Regulatory Intelligence and Regulatory Change Management, acquired Acin, an AI operational risk provider
• Nordic Semiconductor, a provider of ultra-low-power wireless connectivity solutions, acquired the intellectual property and core technology assets of Neuton.AI, a fully automated TinyML solution for edge devices
• TDK acquired SoftEye, a systems solution company developing custom chips, cameras, software and algorithms for use in smart glasses, to enable artificial intelligence within smart glasses and grow its AI ecosystem business
• Tipalti, an AI-powered platform for finance automation, acquired Statement, an AI-native treasury automation solution
• Ascendion, a provider of AI-powered software engineering, acquired Moodys, a product strategy and transformation firm
• gen.video, a provider of video-powered commerce and influencer marketing, acquired Lionize, the AI-driven influencer recruitment platform known for automating creator discovery and contracting across TikTok and Instagram
• Raft, a defense technology company, acquired N3bula Systems, the company behind a defense infrastructure that connects sensors, shooters, and weapons systems across services and domains, to create a unified AI and data backbone that transforms fragmented military systems
• Udemy, an AI-powered skills development platform, acquired Lummi, a creative technology group known for AI-driven design tools that simplify and accelerate the creative process
• Straive, a provider of data, analytics, and AI operationalization, acquired SG Analytics, a provider of AI-powered Insights and contextual analytics services

AI Outtakes

• Make sure you don’t hit the share button! Users are inadvertently sharing their discreet questions with the world!  A review of Meta AI’s discover feed reveals a mountain of exchanges that people are almost certainly not intending to share publicly. “How do i [sic] improve my bowel movements,” one user asked, for instance. If you logged into Meta AI with an existing Facebook or Instagram account, whatever name you have visible on there is visible under your public queries. The user struggling with bowel movements, for example, has a profile containing other private questions, like “whats the easiest way to get rid of crabs?” followed up with “is their a reason i keep getten [sic] em?” Be careful out there!

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