AI agents
Startups
Vertical AI Agents Take Off: Q2 2026 Funding Wave Reshapes Enterprise Workflows
From Avoca's $125M to NeoCognition's $40M seed, vertical AI agent startups are pulling record checks as enterprise demand surges in 2026.
Startups
Exa’s $250M Series C: Building the Search Engine AI Agents Actually Need
⚡ Key Takeaways Exa raised $250 million in a Series C led by a16z in May 2026, tripling its valuation...
Cybersecurity & Risk
AI Agent Identity Crisis: Why Enterprise IAM Is Failing Agentic Deployments in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways A Strata Identity / Cloud Security Alliance survey of 285 security professionals found only 18% are highly...
AI & Automation
AI Procurement Agents: SAP Deploys 200+ Joule Agents to Automate Supply Chains
⚡ Key Takeaways SAP Sapphire 2026 marked a shift from AI procurement concept papers to deployed products: SAP launched 50+...
Skills & Careers
Agentic AI Skills Gap: Only 13% of Enterprise Workers Are Ready — Career Path Guide for 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Workera’s May 2026 benchmark of 88,753 assessments finds only 13% of enterprise employees are proficient in agentic...
Cybersecurity & Risk
Agentic AI Attack Surface: Memory Poisoning, Privilege Escalation, and Enterprise Guardrails
⚡ Key Takeaways Autonomous AI agents — systems that take actions across APIs, file systems, and connected tools without per-action...
AI & Automation
Multi-Agent AI in Production: Enterprise Patterns, Trust Gaps, and Deployment Realities
⚡ Key Takeaways Enterprise AI agent adoption in 2026 reveals a stark production gap: 80% of organisations show measurable value...
AI & Automation
AI Agent Economics: Why Token Prices Fall But Enterprise Costs Explode
⚡ Key Takeaways Token prices fell nearly 80% year-over-year in early 2026, yet enterprise AI bills are rising sharply as...
AI & Automation
Agentic AI Governance Crisis: 72% of Firms in Production but 60% Have No Oversight Framework
⚡ Key Takeaways 72% of enterprises now run agentic AI in production but 60% lack formal governance frameworks, according to...
Skills & Careers
Google and Kaggle’s Free AI Agents Course: June 2026 Intensive Skills Guide
⚡ Key Takeaways The Google and Kaggle 5-Day AI Agents Intensive returns June 15-19, 2026 — free, cohort-based, and now...
AI & Automation
Apple’s AI Agent App Store: How the New Framework Reshapes the Siri Ecosystem
⚡ Key Takeaways Apple is designing a new App Store framework for AI agent apps and transforming Siri into a...
