AI Assistant stories

AI fintech Cleo stages UK comeback with a waitlisted app, betting its chatty budgeting assistant can ease mounting money anxiety.

SkillsVR launches EVA, an AI assistant unifying VR, mobile and web training with real-time learner guidance and automatic record tracking.

Genspark rolls out its AI call agent to over 40 countries using Twilio voice tech, handling bookings, support and multilingual calls at scale.

London-based Intruder posts 81% surge in enterprise ARR as AI, cloud security and consolidation drive midmarket and enterprise demand.

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

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

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

Agnes AI tops 5m users in six months and open-sources an 8B-parameter SEA-focused language model aimed at cross-cultural productivity use.

Mitsubishi Electric completes USD $1bn purchase of OT and IoT security specialist Nozomi Networks, which will continue to run independently.

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

Luminance launches AI platform to capture contract memory and combat ‘enterprise amnesia’, promising 90% faster negotiations.

Shadow AI tool Clawdbot quietly spreads across workplaces, alarming security teams as staff grant it broad access on unmanaged devices.

Anthropic will build a Claude-powered AI assistant for GOV.UK, piloting personalised support for job seekers and people returning to work.

TELUS and RingCentral will infuse Business Connect with AI assistants, receptionists and insights tools, rolling out to users in early 2026.

Gusto launches a ChatGPT app letting small firms query payroll data, with limited users also able to run pay directly from the chat.

SER rebrands as Doxis, sharpening its focus on “document intelligence” and naming a Chief AI Officer in a wider leadership shake-up.

Attest launches Compass, an AI co-pilot to help insight teams design surveys faster, surface key findings and craft stakeholder-ready stories.

PayFit extends its contextual HR AI copilot to 220,000 staff, promising personalised, confidential answers on pay, leave and contracts.

Pinewood.AI launches Pi autonomous agent and Seez’s Miles assistant at NADA as it stakes its claim in the US and Canadian dealer market.

GoComet unveils agentic AI tools in Manila to help Philippine logistics teams predict disruption, cut freight costs and boost productivity.