Insights News
November 14, 2026

Estée Lauder: A look at its AI and data transformation plan

Data to Decisions
Estée Lauder is best known for its Tom Ford fragrances, skin care and hair care products and makeup brands such as MAC, but behind the scenes, the company is betting on a streamlin...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 12, 2026

Cisco delivers strong Q1, raises outlook for fiscal 2027

Tech Optimization
Cisco's first quarter earnings results handily topped expectations and the company raised its fiscal 2027 outlook on strong demand for networking and AI infrastructure. ...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 12, 2026

Nebius ups capex for 2027 as revenue slips in Q4

Tech Optimization
Neocloud Nebius said it will spend $40 billion to $45 billion on capital expenditures in 2027, but argued that much of that funding will be prepayments. The company also said reven...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 12, 2026

United restricts third-party AI agents: Will others follow?

Matrix Commerce
Enterprises are preparing for AI agents to become a sales channel, but may also choose to shut them down. United said it will restrict access for personal AI agents such as Muse an...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 10, 2026

Anthropic's IPO on deck: You can't say you weren't warned

Data to Decisions
When a company spends more than 90 pages on risk factors, maybe you should listen. Welcome to Anthropic's IPO filing. The company will trade under the ticker quot;ANTquot; and pric...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 10, 2026

Monday.com: 'There's confusion buying AI, implementing AI'

Future of Work
Monday.com is seeing solid growth for its collaborative work platform, has plans to move upmarket and is transitioning to more of a consumption model. But the biggest issue is that...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 9, 2026

Anthropic releases Mythos 5.2, Fable 5.2

Data to Decisions
Anthropic released Claude Mythos 5.2 and Fable 5.2 models and touted their abilities in coding and cybersecurity. Anthropic said 90% of its code is now created by Claude models....
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 9, 2026

Google launches TPU 8tx, TPU 8i Max

Tech Optimization
Google said TPU 8i Max is designed for massive context windows and high compute density per rack workloads. TPU 8tx is designed for secure and confidential inference. ...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 8, 2026

Enterprises prep for influx of personal AI agents

Matrix Commerce
Personal AI agents like Meta's Muse and Instinct are appearing on earnings conference calls as an opportunity to be tapped. Enterprises are saying that traffic from personal AI age...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 6, 2026

Does Airbnb have the blueprint for the AI enterprise rewrite?

Next-Generation Customer Experience
With Airbnb's third quarter earnings, CEO Brian Chesky made the case that the company is back into growth mode. The company put up revenue growth of 19% in the third quarter and th...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 5, 2026

Atlassian delivers strong Q1, ups outlook

Future of Work
Atlassian reported strong first quarter results, delivered revenue growth of 24% and said, quot;enterprise AI has hit an inflection point.quot;...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 5, 2026

HubSpot Q4 outlook reflects bumpy transition to outcome-based AI

Next-Generation Customer Experience
HubSpot’s road to outcome-based pricing for AI agents remains bumpy. Large customers want proof AI agents can deliver outcomes as buying cycles elongate and smaller enterprises are...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 4, 2026

Qualcomm's diversification push comes into view for Q4

Tech Optimization
Qualcomm's fourth quarter results highlighted diversification into data center, internet of things and automotive even as its smartphone revenue sinks. ...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 3, 2026

CrowdStrike buys Fiddler AI, Dreadnode; launches AI Kill Switch

Digital Safety, Privacy & Cybersecurity
CrowdStrike said it has acquired Fiddler AI, an agent observability platform, and Dreadnode, an automated testing company, and launched a new AI Kill Switch in Falcon Guardian. ...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 3, 2026

Snowflake ups AI agent context, governance game

Data to Decisions
Snowflake launched a series of tools and features designed to make it easier for enterprises to deploy AI agents with governance and context. ...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 2, 2026

Salesforce acquires Cresta in third deal in two weeks

Next-Generation Customer Experience
Aside from Cresta, Salesforce has been shopping of late. Last week, Salesforce said it would acquire Rune Technologies to bolster its Salesforce Missionforce efforts for the US gov...
Larry Dignan