Artificial Intelligence

Instinct Science Acquires ScribbleVet To Build An Intelligence-Native Veterinary Practice Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Instinct Science, an animal health technology company best known for its Instinct EMR veterinary practice management system and clinical tools including Standards of Care, Plumb’s and Clinician’s Brief, has acquired ScribbleVet, an AI scribing platform for veterinarians. The companies say the combination is intended to create what Instinct describes as the industry’s first “clinical intelligence platform,” integrating AI documentation, workflow automation and point-of-care clinical decision support into a single system for veterinary teams.

IBM Launches Sovereign Core Software To Help Organizations Run AI Workloads Under Local Control And Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

IBM has introduced IBM Sovereign Core, a new software offering designed to help enterprises, governments, and service providers build and operate “AI-ready” sovereign environments where customers retain direct operational control, keep identity and encryption controls within jurisdictional boundaries, and generate auditable evidence for ongoing compliance.

Cloudflare Acquires Human Native To Strengthens Content Offering To AI Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Cloudflare announced it has acquired Human Native, an AI data marketplace designed to connect content creators and publishers with AI developers seeking high-quality material for training and inference, as the company pushes deeper into tools that help monetize web content in the AI era.

OTTO SPORT AI: $16.5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build AI-Powered Operating System For Youth Sports

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

OTTO SPORT AI has raised $16.5 million in seed funding to accelerate development of its youth sports technology platform and expand its AI “Athlete Intelligence” Lab, as the company targets a market where organizers and families still contend with legacy software and manual workflows despite booming participation and spending.

Coxwave: $5 Million Pre-Series A Closed To Expand AI Reliability And Governance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Coxwave, the company behind Coxwave Align, announced it has closed $5 million in Pre-Series A funding to accelerate development of reliability and governance capabilities for AI systems as enterprises push more agentic tools into high-stakes workflows.

CloudSEK Lands Strategic Investment From Connecticut Innovations in $10 Million Series B2 And Plans U.S. Hub

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

CloudSEK, an AI-driven predictive cyber threat intelligence company, said it has secured a strategic investment from Connecticut Innovations (CI) as part of its $10 million Series B2 financing, marking what the company described as the first time a U.S. state-backed venture fund has invested in an Indian-origin cybersecurity firm.

Pinch AI: $5 Million Seed Round Raised To Help Retailers Combat Return Fraud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Pinch, an AI-based post-purchase intelligence platform focused on returns, refunds, and customer trust, has raised a $5 million total seed round co-led by Dynamo Ventures and Infinity Ventures, with participation from Defined Capital and PayPal Ventures.

WitnessAI: $58 Million Closed To Expand AI Agent Security And Governance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

WitnessAI announced it has raised $58 million in strategic funding to accelerate global go-to-market efforts, expand its product portfolio, and deepen security and governance controls for enterprises building and deploying AI agents.

Google Gemini Integrates Personal Intelligence To Connect Google Apps For More Personalized Help

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Google is rolling out a new Gemini feature called Personal Intelligence that lets users personalize the assistant by connecting select Google apps with a single tap, according to an announcement from Josh Woodward, VP at Google Labs, Gemini & AI Studio. Launching as a beta in the U.S., the feature is designed to make Gemini more proactive and tailored by securely drawing on a user’s own information across connected services.

Parloa: $350 Million Series D Raised At $3 Billion Valuation To Expand Agentic AI For Customer Experience

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Parloa, a provider of AI agents for enterprise customer experience, said it has raised $350 million in a Series D round that values the company at $3 billion, as it accelerates its push to become a category leader in “agentic AI” for customer relationships.

GovDash: $30 Million Series B Raised To Help Companies Win And Manage Government Contracts With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

GovDash, an AI-powered platform built to help companies win, manage, and deliver government contracts, has raised $30 million in an oversubscribed Series B financing as contractors face mounting pressure to do more with fewer resources. The round was led by Mucker Capital and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), with participation from existing investors Northzone and Y Combinator.

Indiana’s National Drone Test Site Spotlights Arrive AI’s Push To Scale Autonomous Delivery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Arrive AI is positioning itself as a key infrastructure player in autonomous delivery after Indiana was selected as a newly designated federal Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) testing site, a move the company says is the first expansion of its kind in more than a decade.

Slack Unveils Rebuilt Slackbot As Context-Aware AI Agent For Work

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Slack announced it has rebuilt Slackbot from the ground up, repositioning the familiar in-app helper as a “personal, context-aware AI agent” designed to reduce the time employees spend searching for decisions, summarizing conversations, and tracking down files across channels and tools.

OptConnect Buys DPL Wireless To Add AI-Based Device Intelligence To Global Managed IoT Connectivity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

OptConnect, a provider of managed wireless connectivity solutions, has acquired Canada-based DPL Wireless to expand its engineering capabilities and bring more device-level intelligence to IoT deployments, particularly in ATM connectivity and adjacent use cases.

Phenom Acquires Included AI, Bringing Agentic People Analytics To HR And Business Leaders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Phenom, an applied AI company focused on helping organizations hire, develop, and retain talent, said it has acquired Included, an AI-native agentic people analytics platform designed to turn fragmented workforce data into actionable insights for faster decision-making.

Prometheus Acquires Webalo To Build Closed-Loop Digital Execution Platform Linking Frontline Work To Systems Of Record

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Prometheus Group, an enterprise asset management (EAM) software provider, has acquired Webalo, an AI-enabled connected worker platform, in a deal aimed at closing the gap between frontline activity and enterprise execution.

Amplitude Acquires InfiniGrow To Bring Revenue Analytics To Marketers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Amplitude has acquired InfiniGrow, an AI marketing analytics company, as the Nasdaq-listed analytics platform seeks to expand its AI-driven capabilities beyond product analytics into marketing and revenue use cases. Financial terms were not disclosed.

depthfirst Raises $40 Million Series A To Bring AI Agents to Software Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

depthfirst, an applied AI lab focused on software security, has raised a $40 million Series A funding round as it positions its “General Security Intelligence” platform as a response to a fast-changing threat landscape shaped by AI-generated code and increasingly automated attacks. The round was led by Accel and included participation from Alt Capital, BoxGroup, Liquid 2 Ventures, Mantis VC and SV Angel, alongside angel investors Jeff Dean, Kirsten Green, Colin Evans, Logan Kilpatrick and Julian Schrittwieser, the company said.

Novee Emerges From Stealth With $51.5 Million To Counter AI Cyberattacks With A Proprietary AI Hacker

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Novee, an AI offensive security startup based in Tel Aviv, Israel, has launched out of stealth with $51.5 million in total funding as it targets the rise of AI-enabled cyberattacks with continuous, AI-driven penetration testing.

OpenAI Partners With Cerebras To Add 750MW Of Ultra Low-Latency AI Compute

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

OpenAI has partnered with Cerebras to add 750 megawatts of ultra low-latency AI compute to OpenAI’s platform, expanding the company’s inference capacity with systems designed to deliver faster, more responsive model outputs.

Vista AI: $29.5 Million Series B Raised To Expand Automated MRI Scanning Across Health Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Vista AI, a provider of automated MRI scanning software for hospitals and imaging centers, has closed a $29.5 million Series B financing round backed by a mix of health systems and venture investors as it looks to scale its FDA-cleared cardiac MRI platform and broaden into additional anatomies.

Listen Labs: $69 Million Series B Closed To Bring Customer Voices Into Every Decision

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Listen Labs, an AI-first customer research platform, said it has raised $69 million in a Series B round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from Evantic and existing investors Sequoia Capital, Conviction, and Pear VC.

Skild AI Raises $1.4 Billion At $14 Billion Valuation For AI Robotics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Skild AI, a Pittsburgh-based AI robotics company developing a foundation model designed to serve as a general-purpose “brain” for multiple types of robots, announced it has raised close to $1.4 billion in new funding at a valuation above $14 billion.

PolyAI Names Ryan Longfield President Of Go-to-Market As Enterprises Move Agentic AI Into Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

PolyAI, an enterprise agentic AI company focused on customer experience, has appointed Ryan Longfield as President of Go-to-Market, a newly created role that expands the company’s senior leadership as it scales commercial operations amid rising enterprise demand for production-grade AI agents.

WRITER Names Mina Alaghband As First Chief Customer Officer To Scale Enterprise Agentic AI Adoption

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

WRITER has appointed Mina Alaghband as its first Chief Customer Officer, bringing on a veteran of large-scale digital and AI transformation programs to lead global customer operations as enterprise demand grows for agentic platforms that can deliver measurable ROI at scale.

Duck Creek Technologies Names Jose Lazares Chief Product Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Duck Creek Technologies has appointed enterprise software and AI product executive Jose Lazares as chief product officer, tasking him with leading the company’s global product organization and advancing its AI-driven product strategy across Duck Creek’s cloud platform.

TJC Deepens Investment In GrowthLoop To Back Agentic AI Marketing Platform Built On The Data Cloud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

TJC announced it has made a follow-on investment in GrowthLoop, extending a financial partnership that began with TJC’s initial investment in 2022 as enterprises look to modernize marketing with agentic AI and composable customer data infrastructure.

WithCoverage: $42 Million Series B Closed To Build AI-Powered Risk Management Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

WithCoverage, an insurtech startup positioning itself as an alternative to traditional insurance brokers, said it has raised a $42 million Series B round led by Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures as it looks to scale an “AI-enabled Risk Management Team” for fast-growing businesses.

AstraZeneca Acquires Modella AI To Scale Multimodal AI And Agents Across Oncology R&D

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Modella AI announced it has been acquired by AstraZeneca, deepening an existing partnership aimed at applying multi-modal AI foundation models and AI agents across AstraZeneca’s global oncology research and development efforts.

Docusign Unveils AI eSignature Tools That Summarize Contracts and Automate Agreement Setup

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Docusign announced it is rolling out new AI-powered eSignature capabilities designed to help people understand what they are signing and to reduce the manual work businesses do to prepare agreements, as the company pushes further into its Intelligent Agreement Management (IAM) platform.