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Forward Networks debuts Forward AI, a digital twin-powered agentic assistant promising safer, verifiable automation for network operations.

Mphasis wins AWS AI Competency, bolstering its generative AI credentials and signalling readiness to scale enterprise deployments on AWS.

VEON will use MindBridge AI to scrutinise all financial transactions in real time, replacing traditional sample-based internal audits.

By 2026, business travel programmes will be smarter, data‑driven and AI‑powered, making trips smoother for both travellers and employers.

20i unveils Twentie, an AI assistant embedded in its hosting platform, offering account-aware support, reports and analytics with unlimited use.

Infovista launches VistAI, an intent-driven agentic AI framework to automate cross-domain telecom operations and cut network complexity.

Nexer taps Microsoft veteran Matt Birtwistle to spearhead its UK manufacturing strategy as demand for digital transformation intensifies.

Exclaimer launches Brand Kits to centralise multi-brand control across email signatures and video meetings, aiming to cut inconsistency at scale.

WealthAi secures $1m pre-seed to scale its modular AI wealth platform for UK advisers, targeting system sprawl and manual workflows.

RobCo secures USD $100m in Series C funding to scale its Physical AI industrial robots across the US and Europe and deepen factory autonomy.

Enterprises ringfence AI spend as core infrastructure, racing from pilots to orchestrated, governed systems despite economic headwinds.

Adeptia launches Automate for Retirement Benefits Enrolment to automate fragmented data intake and speed record-keeping enrolment flows.

KnowBe4 marks a decade of its AIDA security AI, now running seven agents for 70,000 clients, and appoints Harlan Parrott VP of AI Innovation.

IHG adds Oracle OPERA Cloud to its approved hotel systems list, giving franchisees a new global option for core property operations.

ThetaRay launches Ray AI suite to automate AML investigations, promising audit-ready case files and up to 70% less manual work.

ServiceNow makes Anthropic's Claude its default AI for app building and wins a major Panasonic Avionics deal spanning 300+ airlines.

Regulatory uncertainty stalls most payroll projects, yet leaders eye AI tools to cut compliance strain and sharpen workforce planning.

SMEs prioritise AI and face-to-face meetings, but US firms outpace UK peers on dedicated staff and appetite for external AI advice.

Consumer goods groups race to modernise fragmented data systems as they lay foundations for scaling AI and agentic tools across factories.

UK finance jobs jumped 13% in 2025 as tech and fintech hiring surged, with London tightening its grip and banking still leading the field.