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The initiative aims to give supply chain teams practical guidance on agentic AI, as large firms seek to link planning, sourcing and inventory decisions.
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Anthropic adds 11 partners to Claude for financial advisers
Advisers should spend less time toggling between systems as the expanded service links portfolio, planning and custodial data in one interface.
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Akeneo named Gartner leader in product data management
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Oracle adds AI data platform tools for enterprise governance
The new tools could help businesses control AI agents more tightly as Oracle targets lower token use, stronger governance and easier scaling.
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