1mind Raises $30 Million Series A to Scale AI Sales Agent Mindy
1mind’s AI agent Mindy transforms inbound sales by replicating human interactions, supporting onboarding, and engaging enterprise clients.
Retail
How retailers and consumer brands run AI in production.
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Kaltura Acquires eSelf.ai for $27 M to Bring Conversational Avatars into Enterprise Video
Kaltura integrates eSelf.ai’s human-like avatars to bring real-time conversational AI to enterprise video, supporting over 30 languages.
Opinion
Use AI or Get Fired, A New Crisis in Corporate Leadership?
Accenture and IgniteTech pushes workers to master AI, firing those who can't keep up.
Gamma Raises $68 Million From Andreessen Horowitz at a $2.1 Billion Valuation
Capital should strengthen flexibility, not dependency.
Ropes & Gray's TrAIlblazers Program Challenges the Billable Hour Model With AI Training
"We want to enable early-career lawyers to see the importance of this transformative technology, and also to empower them to have the time to spend to learn the tools"
Inception Raises $50 Million to Build Diffusion Models for Code and Text
Backed by $50 million in fresh funding, Inception is using diffusion models to accelerate text, code, and voice generation for enterprise applications.
Metropolis Raises $1.6B For The AI Recognition Era Across Physical Commerce
Metropolis is scaling AI recognition beyond parking lots into retail, hospitality, and restaurants.
Turns Out, the First Use Case for AI is Also the Worst
Customer service was supposed to prove AI’s value. Instead, for companies like FedEx, it’s exposing its limits
Replika Founder Raises $20M to Democratize App Creation With Wabi
"This was made to help people who have nothing to do with coding or the tech world to very quickly create apps from their daily lives"
Microsoft's Fake Marketplace Exposes How AI Agents Aren't Ready For The Real World
"The agentic future may be further away than most are willing to admit"
ClickUp’s AI Bet to Replace the Work Stack
ClickUp 4.0 introduces AI assistants and Qatalog integration to unify work tools into one platform, testing if centralization can rival Slack and Notion’s modular approach.
Shopify AI Traffic Surges After Massive Shift Toward Agentic Commerce
"We're not just growing, we're delivering consistent growth and profitability, quarter after quarter"
What Kroger Is Doing With AI Amid CEO Changes and Layoffs
We will continue to aggressively look for ways to reduce costs throughout the company.
Perplexity Partners With Getty Images to Accelerate AI Search
Perplexity’s new deal with Getty Images brings licensed, high-quality visuals to AI search, ensuring clearer discovery and respect for creators.
At Albertsons, the Chatbot Helps You Shop and the AI Keeps It Fresh
A year after walking away from Kroger, the retailer has turned its independence into a test case for what AI can do in grocery
Inside Steve Madden’s AI-Driven Makeover
“With AI, we act on insights faster, anticipate market shifts, and respond to trends in real-time.”
This Week’s AI-Driven Corporate Layoffs Explained
It’s not because of AI that people are losing jobs.
You Too, Youtube??
I have never been more excited about the future of YouTube.
Harvey Specter Inspired AI Startup Raises $150 Million
Harvey helps law firms get more done with no hassle by automating routine legal tasks.
Leadership move
Etsy Names Kruti Patel Goyal as New CEO
Kruti Patel Goyal will become Etsy’s CEO on January 1, 2026, as Josh Silverman steps down to take on the Executive Chair role.