Adobe Predicts 520% Boom in AI-Driven Online Shopping
AI-powered shopping will see a 520% increase this holiday season, driving $253.4 billion in U.S. online sales.
Retail
How retailers and consumer brands run AI in production.
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Netflix Is Paying Up to $840,000 for AI Roles And Every Job Is Remote
This is real people doing real work with better tools.
Why Glean Thinks Google Never Solved the Real Search Problem
History shows that most innovation happens at startups.
Anthropic’s Claude Will Power Deloitte’s AI Rollout Across 470,000 Employees
This landmark deployment marks Anthropic’s largest enterprise rollout.
Leadership move
Senthil (Sen) Ramani Steps into New Role as Chief Offerings and Products Officer at Accenture
Senthil (Sen) Ramani takes on the role of Chief Offerings and Products Officer at Accenture, advancing the firm’s mission to embed Data & AI into every client engagement.
Lowe’s Becomes the First Home Improvement Retail Partner to Work with Perplexity
Lowe’s becomes the first home improvement retailer to partner with Perplexity, bringing AI-powered shopping through the Comet browser to simplify projects and reward loyal customers.
Halloween Arrived Early For SaaS As OpenAI Crashes The Party
OpenAI just dropped a bomb on SaaS, forcing giants like Salesforce, HubSpot, and DocuSign to face a future where AI rewrites the rules of enterprise software.
Harvard Campus Sees First Humanoid Robot Take On CMO Role
Most CMOs cost $100k – $300k a year. Ours is a fraction of that, and it gains more attention than most celebrities do in any given room. That’s marketing.
Perplexity Acquires Visual Electric Team to Enhance Design Capabilities
Perplexity brings in the team behind Visual Electric, merging AI tools with spatial design workflows to reshape how designers create and prototype across images and video.
OpenAI Achieves $500 Billion Valuation to Overtake SpaceX
OpenAI reaches $500 billion valuation after a $6.6 billion employee share sale, surpassing Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Hype Behind Amazon Alexa+ Just a Front?
Amazon's Alexa+ reveals smarter AI and new Echo devices, but still faces challenges with speed and accuracy.
PostHog Enters New Growth Phase with $75 Million Series E at $1.4 Billion Valuation
Founders James Hawkins and Tim Glaser described this as the start of what they call Act 2 for the company.
AI Startup Alex Raises $17M Series A to Automate Job Screening
Helping companies hire thousands through smart automation.
OpenAI Challenges Amazon and Google with ‘Instant Checkout’ in ChatGPT
ChatGPT will now allow users to complete purchases without leaving the conversation.
Opera Launches Neon, An AI-Centric Web Browser
Neon will automate your web tasks and organise your workflow seamlessly.
Apple Wants to Get It Right This Time
Apple’s new chatbot is paving the way for a smarter Siri, yet repeated delays and lawsuits are casting doubt on its AI strategy
Anything Raises $11 Million to Democratize No-Code AI App Development
Helping people build, launch, and scale AI apps without any coding.
Opinion
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image: A Kept Promise or Another Letdown?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image sets a new standard, but can Google deliver this time?
Skip the Scroll, Get Straight to the Point with ChatGPT Pulse
Pulse is ChatGPT’s new proactive assistant, delivering personalized daily updates based on your chats, feedback, and calendar.
Juicebox Raises $30 Million from Sequoia Capital to Scale PeopleGPT
Scaling fast, signing 2,500+ customers, and hitting $10M ARR without a sales team.