Meta Launches Business Agent to Automate Customer Service Across WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram
Meta has launched its Business Agent at the Conversations 2026 conference in London, introducing an AI system that handles customer ...
Meta has launched its Business Agent at the Conversations 2026 conference in London, introducing an AI system that handles customer ...
The venture, called The Deployment Company, brings together 19 investors.
Private equity backers are said to be investing for five years, with OpenAI guaranteeing them an annual return of 17.5%
This makes Deepgram IBM’s first voice partner, providing real-time transcription and voice features for enterprise clients.
Lockdown Mode is optional and built for a small group of users who face higher security risks
Anthropic said its annualised revenue has reached $14 billion. Its coding-focused product, Claude Code, accounts for more than $2.5 billion ...
The deal, announced Thursday, aims to sharpen how Andela identifies and deploys engineers who can deliver on AI projects at ...
The talks are described as “very fluid,” and no final decision has been made.
OpenAI hits back at Google. GPT-5.2 is here; faster, sharper and aimed squarely at Gemini 3.
The platform secures AI models, workloads, and agentic applications without impacting performance, offering full protection from data poisoning, model exfiltration, ...
The company’s growth is being driven by surging enterprise adoption and a portfolio of cost-efficient AI models.
The company aims to boost enterprise AI with smarter, more adaptable agents.
The AWS Competency Programme is designed to help organisations identify partners with proven expertise in using AWS tools and infrastructure ...
The change is aimed at simplifying subscriptions and enhancing adoption among enterprises.
The company has built this model as a tool for both conversation and solving real enterprise problems in sectors like ...

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