Levi’s Turns Its Entire Operation Into an AI System
The company’s partnership with Microsoft is the latest step in a broad shift to agentic tools across its retail network
Retail
How retailers and consumer brands run AI in production.
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Opinion
AI Isn’t the Moat. The Ecosystem Is, according to Whippy’s David Daneshgar
Whippy’s CEO explains why AI agents alone won’t be enough to survive the next wave of automation
While OpenAI Tests Group Chats in Asia, Poe Launches Globally With 200+ AI Models
"Poe isn't just aggregating existing AI models. It's enabling anyone to create custom bots and share them for group use"
Opinion
What If SEO No Longer Mattered But Only What LLMs Cite
AirOps frames its mission in direct terms: to help teams become “first to know and first to grow.”
Cisco Acquires EzDubs to Bring Real-Time Translation to Webex
EzDubs’ real-time translation technology, which preserves the speaker’s voice and tone, will be integrated into Cisco’s Webex platform as the startup winds down its consumer apps.
AI Systems and the Future of Customer Interaction
Hyper-personalization, when poorly executed, creates a "creep factor" where customers feel surveilled rather than served.
Levi’s Turns Its Entire Operation Into an AI System
The company’s partnership with Microsoft is the latest step in a broad shift to agentic tools across its retail network
Leadership move
HSF Kramer Names Ilona Logvinova as Global Chief AI Officer
Ilona Logvinova’s appointment gives HSF Kramer defined leadership for its AI work and the structure guiding its technology programs.
Yann LeCun Isn’t Buying Anthropic’s Cyberattack Story
He challenges Anthropic’s geopolitical claim and warns the result could be new limits on open-source AI
"Meetings Are Data to Harness," Says Fathom CEO Richard White
Fathom is building an enterprise intelligence platform that transforms every conversation into actionable insights, automated workflows, and strategic intelligence.
List
This Week’s AI Startups Attract Major Funding
From workflow automation to developer tools and multimodal assistants, these AI startups secured major backing as demand for practical, enterprise-ready systems grows.
LinkedIn's AI People Search Changes How 900 Million Professionals Connect
"This is sort of an area where I think it is going to be hard to find a substitute for the real thing because this is the worst the search has ever been"
Salesforce Wants to Bulldoze Through the Data Fog with Doti
The Doti acquisition shows how far the company still has to go to make Agentforce work in real enterprise environments
WisdomAI Secures $50 Million Funding to Expand AI Data Analytics Platform
With $50M Series A funding, WisdomAI is transforming how enterprises analyze structured and unstructured data with AI.
Tired of Writing AI Prompts? Hero’s New SDK Does It Automatically
With AI autocomplete, we pull forward all the inputs needed to complete an action, finishing it 10 times faster as there are fewer back and forths involved.
Tavus Raises $40 Million to Develop Emotion-Driven Digital Humans
With PALs, we’re finally teaching machines to think like humans—to see, hear, respond, and look like we do.
Figma Starts With Pixels. Magic Patterns Starts With Code
With a $6m Series A, Magic Patterns joins a wave of startups reimagining what comes after Figma.
Your Next Customer-Service Rep Might Sound Famous
ElevenLabs’ push into enterprise voice agents puts it head-to-head with OpenAI, as brands rush to own how they sound
CAMB.AI and Broadcom Bring Multilingual Voice Technology to Home Entertainment Devices
The collaboration introduces edge AI voice technology that supports real-time multilingual content and enhances user experiences across global media platforms.
Eternos Rebrands as Uare.ai, Raising $10.3M to Build a Personal AI Platform
"Most people weren't preparing for death, they wanted a personal AI to scale their professional expertise"