enterprise automation – Tech | Business | Economy https://techeconomy.ng Tech | Business | Economy Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:59:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://techeconomy.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cropped-256Px-32x32.png enterprise automation – Tech | Business | Economy https://techeconomy.ng 32 32 Google Launches Gemini Enterprise to Enhance Workplace Productivity https://techeconomy.ng/google-gemini-enterprise-ai-launch/ https://techeconomy.ng/google-gemini-enterprise-ai-launch/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:59:49 +0000 https://techeconomy.ng/?p=169046 Google has launched Gemini Enterprise, a comprehensive artificial intelligence platform for businesses, built to integrate seamlessly into daily workflows and enhance how organisations operate. 

The platform, built on Google’s Gemini models, aims to strengthen the tech giant’s competitive edge in enterprise AI, as Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic, among others, are not holding back.

Gemini Enterprise functions as a conversational system that enables employees to interact directly with company data, documents, and applications. The goal, Google says, is to make AI a core part of every workflow, not just an add-on. “We’re introducing Gemini Enterprise, designed to bring the full power of Google’s AI to every employee, for every workflow,” the company said during the launch.

The announcement comes as Google Cloud continues to expand, having surpassed a $50 billion annual revenue run rate in the second quarter of 2025. According to the company, about 65% of its cloud customers already use Google’s AI products, including nine of the world’s top ten AI labs.

Gemini Enterprise builds upon Google’s full-stack AI strategy, combining the strength of its infrastructure, foundational models, and research divisions such as Google DeepMind. The platform is powered by a multi-layer system, from the company’s purpose-built Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and Nvidia GPUs, to its world-leading Gemini models, which have consistently topped global performance benchmarks.

Google describes Gemini Enterprise as “the new front door for AI in the workplace.” It features pre-built AI agents capable of conducting deep research, generating data insights, and automating complex workflows. Through a no-code interface, companies can also create and deploy their own agents, tailored to their specific operations.

Early adopters of the platform include Gap, Klarna, and Figma. Klarna, for instance, is using Gemini’s generative tools to produce personalised lookbooks that have boosted customer orders by 50%. 

In the healthcare sector, HCA Healthcare has deployed a “Gemini-powered Nurse Handoff solution” that simplifies patient information transfers between shifts, a move expected to save millions of hours annually.

Google is also using its own technology internally. Nearly half of all new code at the company is now generated by AI and reviewed by engineers, significantly accelerating development cycles.

The launch further reveals Google’s vision for a connected AI ecosystem. Gemini Enterprise securely links with data across multiple platforms, including Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and SAP, ensuring enterprise-wide access without compromising governance or security.

To encourage adoption, Google is rolling out Google Skills, a free training platform that will teach users how to build and deploy agents within Gemini Enterprise. The company also introduced Delta, a team of expert AI engineers who will work directly with clients to deploy advanced solutions.

With Gemini Enterprise, Google is embedding AI at the very foundation of how organisations work. “AI is presenting a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform how you work, how you run your business, and what you build for your customers,” the company stated.

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HappyRobot Lands $44M to Expand AI Workforce for Global Enterprises https://techeconomy.ng/happyrobot-lands-44m-to-expand-ai-workforce-for-global-enterprises/ https://techeconomy.ng/happyrobot-lands-44m-to-expand-ai-workforce-for-global-enterprises/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:15:48 +0000 https://techeconomy.ng/?p=166525 HappyRobot has secured $44 million in new funding to expand its innovative platform that builds and deploys AI workers for global enterprises, bringing the next generation of automation to the backbone of global trade. 

The Series B round was led by Base10 Partners, with participation from a16z, Array Ventures, YC, Samsara Ventures, Tokio Marine, WaVe-X, World Innovation Lab (WiL) and other logistics-focused funds.

This latest raise comes less than a year after the San Francisco startup closed a $15.6 million Series A round backed by a16z, YC, and Baobab Ventures. The fresh capital will be used to hire more engineers, strengthen its product, and roll out to more businesses.

HappyRobot says its digital workers can take on full operational tasks that usually slow down companies. They can handle calls, emails, chats, documents, and even negotiations, with the aim of removing the manual back-and-forth that usually eats up staff time.

Most people don’t realise how much time and money is burned just coordinating operations and sharing information,” said Pablo Palafox, co-founder and CEO of HappyRobot. “Our goal is for an AI workforce to handle all that manual coordination and execution so people can focus on the strategic work, relationships and exceptions that really drive value.”

So far, more than 70 enterprises, including DHL, Ryder, and Werner, are using the platform. Reported results show that appointment scheduling times have been cut from a week to half an hour, collections bringing in over 100 times returns, and sales teams recording several times more output.

HappyRobot is also building new tools to keep its system in check. The AI Auditor monitors digital workers for compliance, while the AI Builder lets teams set up new workers with simple prompts. A central operating system ties it all together, giving companies one place to manage their automation.

Base10’s Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Adeyemi Ajao, commended the team, saying: “This is one of the hardest-working and technically brilliant teams I have seen in 20 years in tech. Their vision to deploy their AI workforce to manage operational tasks across the supply chain & beyond is the future for the logistics industry and workforce.”

The company was founded in 2023 by Pablo Palafox, Luis Paarup, and Javier Palafox. It started out experimenting with voice AI that could hold a natural conversation, eventually applying it to freight operations before scaling into wider enterprise use.

With new funding secured, HappyRobot plans to expand its workforce and strengthen its technology as it pushes toward its long-term goal of building a digital workforce for the real economy.

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