AI Adoption stories
The funding will help the Italian software group buy US businesses and deepen its reach among small firms already using multiple tools.
The deal broadens automation across procurement and finance as Coupa folds Rossum's invoice-reading AI into its source-to-pay platform.
Governance and safety costs are now overtaking development as many firms struggle to keep live customer-facing AI agents reliable and compliant.
Many global brands are failing to match CX spending with the systems needed for AI-led customer journeys, according to new research.
Most UK technology chiefs lack confidence that AI tools are properly overseen, raising fresh risks over leaks, compliance failures and trust.
Trust is emerging as the main hurdle as enterprises weigh AI systems that can safely act on live incidents, not just flag them.
Enterprises struggling to scale AI pilots may get a simpler route to production, with tighter data access, memory and governance controls.
But data quality and integration are slowing deployment, as most brands in Australia and New Zealand remain unable to scale agentic AI.
The hire signals a sharper regional push as Cornerstone seeks to win more HR software business across Asia Pacific and Japan amid fierce competition.
Businesses using multiple AI systems will get tighter controls as Boomi adds policy enforcement, monitoring and workflow orchestration tools.
Legal teams could gain faster drafting with verified citations as Thomson Reuters ties Anthropic's Claude into CoCounsel Legal.
The deal adds more than 600 customers and 170 employees, as the software group broadens its push into analytics and AI tools.
Errors in hourly workers' pay could be flagged sooner, as the new system analyses runs against five years of history before payday.
Governments are weighing agentic AI to ease staffing pressure, but most leaders want stronger security and sovereignty safeguards before scaling up.
New reporting and data rules under the Pension Schemes Act are expected to force providers to adopt more AI and unified systems.
Only 16% of UK firms have fully deployed AI-powered digital workers, as cost, integration and compliance concerns slow wider rollout.
Businesses face tighter reporting and new rules as ministers move to overhaul cyber security, AI oversight and digital identity regulation.
Most Australian organisations are using or planning AI agents for security tasks before formal controls are in place, Semperis found.
AI skills are pushing up salaries across Australian workplaces, with employers struggling to price talent amid fierce competition.
Invoice processing at the electrical distributor was almost fully automated within 48 hours, cutting manual checks and speeding supplier payments.
