Corporate expense management platform Ramp launched an AI model routing service called Router on Wednesday, August 20, 2026, allowing users and companies to access and switch between multiple large…
Slack Code launched Aug 20, 2026, letting teams tag AI agents like Claude or Devin to spawn project code channels for diff review, live HTML previews, and approval. Channels auto-archive when done and generate an audit log, with support for marketplace agents on any Slack plan.
Enterprise data and AI company Alation confirmed on Thursday, August 21, 2026, that it was the target of a cyberattack, days after reporting a service disruption that affected some of its…
AI accounting startup Rillet announced a $100 million Series C round on August 19, 2026, valuing the company at $1 billion. The round was led by Iconiq, with returning investors Andreessen Horowitz…
Health data company CareCloud has confirmed that hackers stole the personal information and medical records of more than 3.75 million people in a breach first disclosed in March 2026, making it the…
Amazon is purchasing rare books, cutting off their spines, and scanning them to use as training data for its artificial intelligence models, according to a report by 404 Media published in August…
Writer launched a new flagship AI model and upgraded agentic harness on Thursday, August 13, 2026, with the goal of reducing deployment costs for its enterprise customers by as much as 50% on basic…
Microsoft is pulling Mico—the yellow blob introduced in Copilot’s voice mode in Oct 2025—from the chatbot “in waves.” As of Aug 2026, it will be moved to the Learn Live platform, where the avatar will have “more to react to.”
IBM announced a partnership with OpenAI in August 2026 to bring OpenAI’s AI models and tools to enterprise customers through IBM’s global consulting business, as competition for corporate AI spending…
OpenAI’s Aug 2026 update adds Ultrafast for GPT-5.6 Sol, boosting throughput up to 14× and up to 750 output tokens/sec. It’s in preview for a limited group, uses OpenAI’s Cerebras partnership, and targets enterprise incident response, customer support, finance analysis, and e-commerce.
OpenAI has replaced its chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, after nine months in the role, naming Dali Rajic — formerly president and chief operating officer at Wiz — as the company’s new top…
Thrive Holdings announced in August 2026 that it has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation. Investors in the round include SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Altimeter…
