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JAAQ raises GBP £13 million to expand mental health platform
Enterprise Resource Planning

JAAQ raises GBP £13 million to expand mental health platform

London mental health AI platform JAAQ raises GBP £13 million Series A to embed clinically governed support into employers' and insurers' apps.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
NeuReality names Shalini Agarwal to boost NR-NEXUS platform
Hybrid Cloud

NeuReality names Shalini Agarwal to boost NR-NEXUS platform

NeuReality taps ex-Google AI Product Leader Shalini Agarwal as Senior Adviser to steer strategy and scale its NR-NEXUS inference platform.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Constructor debuts AI agent for eCommerce merchandising
DevOps

Constructor debuts AI agent for eCommerce merchandising

Constructor unveils Merchant Intelligence Agent, an AI copilot to explain, optimise and automate eCommerce search and merchandising decisions.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Infobip report marks shift to omnichannel AI messaging
Unified Communications

Infobip report marks shift to omnichannel AI messaging

Infobip data shows single-channel alerts collapsing as brands pivot to omnichannel, AI-led conversations across SMS, RCS, WhatsApp and voice.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Mar 2026
Vivi Money launches AI financial platform with Visa
Disaster Recovery

Vivi Money launches AI financial platform with Visa

Australian fintech Vivi unveils AI-native money platform on Pismo with Visa debit card, FX features and high-interest savings tools.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Mar 2026
Graylog unveils explainable AI tools for lean SecOps
Firewalls

Graylog unveils explainable AI tools for lean SecOps

Graylog launches explainable AI and agentic workflows to help lean SecOps teams automate threat triage, investigations and response.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Snowflake unveils Project SnowWork for agentic AI work
Data Analytics

Snowflake unveils Project SnowWork for agentic AI work

Snowflake debuts Project SnowWork, an “agentic” AI platform that turns conversational prompts into governed, end-to-end business execution.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Kore.ai unveils platform to tackle enterprise AI sprawl
Data Protection

Kore.ai unveils platform to tackle enterprise AI sprawl

Kore.ai has launched an Agent Management Platform to give enterprises a unified control layer over fast-growing, fragmented AI agent estates.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Accenture, Databricks launch group to scale AI agents
Digital Transformation

Accenture, Databricks launch group to scale AI agents

Accenture and Databricks launch a joint group to help enterprises move AI agents from pilots to large-scale, production deployments.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026
Workday unveils Sana, an AI hub for HR, finance & apps
Digital Transformation

Workday unveils Sana, an AI hub for HR, finance & apps

Workday launches Sana, a conversational AI hub to search, act and automate workflows across its HR, finance tools and third-party apps.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026
Governments to deploy AI agents, tighten oversight by 2029
Digital Transformation

Governments to deploy AI agents, tighten oversight by 2029

Most governments will lean on AI agents for routine decisions by 2028, with stricter explainability and human oversight baked in by 2029.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026

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Conversational AI stories

First Connect launches AI appetite finder for agents
Digital Transformation

First Connect launches AI appetite finder for agents

First Connect rolls out AI Appetite Finder to help independent agents match complex commercial risks to receptive carriers in real time.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Starling launches UK-first AI assistant for banking
Data Protection

Starling launches UK-first AI assistant for banking

Starling launches an in-app agentic AI assistant for personal accounts, claiming a UK first in conversational money management tools.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Simpler Today AI secures INR ₹20 lakh for legal AI
Software-as-a-Service

Simpler Today AI secures INR ₹20 lakh for legal AI

Simpler Today AI secures INR ₹20 lakh to expand its legal AI platform, aiming to ease India's justice backlog and widen access to legal help.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
VerbaFlo raises $7m to scale AI real estate platform
Customer Experience

VerbaFlo raises $7m to scale AI real estate platform

VerbaFlo secures $7m seed funding led by Pi Labs to scale its multilingual AI platform for rental housing operators worldwide.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Why AI agentic commerce will rewrite retail loyalty
Digital Transformation

Why AI agentic commerce will rewrite retail loyalty

AI agents are quietly reshaping retail, and sluggish loyalty platforms risk losing transactions long before shoppers know they've gone.

By Aaron Crowe • 6 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Carsales launches ChatGPT app to power AI car searches
Digital Transformation

Carsales launches ChatGPT app to power AI car searches

Carsales launches a ChatGPT app to let Australians find car listings through conversational AI searches, boosting visibility for sellers.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Pattern launches tools to boost brands' AI visibility
Marketing Technologies

Pattern launches tools to boost brands' AI visibility

Pattern debuts LLM Access Audit and GEO Scorecard in Australia to help brands track and optimise visibility across generative AI tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026