Artificial Intelligence

Jump And Focus Financial Partners Team Up On AI Workflows To Boost Advisor Productivity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Jump, an AI software provider for financial advisors, has struck a strategic partnership with Focus Financial Partners to help Focus-affiliated advisory and business management firms streamline meeting-related work and turn client conversations into structured, actionable data.

Fisent Technologies Posts 206% Revenue Growth in 2025 As BizAI Adoption Accelerates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Fisent Technologies said it delivered triple-digit growth in 2025 as enterprises expanded deployments of its BizAI platform to automate unstructured content processing across regulated and complex workflows.

Qure.ai Wins Gates Foundation Grant To Develop AI Point-Of-Care Ultrasound For TB And Pneumonia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Qure.ai has received a multimillion-dollar grant from the Gates Foundation to expand its global health work, including the development of AI-enabled point-of-care ultrasound algorithms to enable earlier detection of tuberculosis (TB) and pneumonia in under-resourced settings.

Neurophos: $110 Million Series A Raised To Bring Exaflop-Scale Photonic AI Chips To Data Centers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Neurophos has raised $110 million in an oversubscribed Series A round to accelerate the commercialization of its photonic AI chip technology, positioning the Austin-based company to push beyond the power and scalability limits facing today’s AI infrastructure. The financing brings Neurophos’ total funding to $118 million and was led by Gates Frontier, with participation from M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund), Carbon Direct Capital, Aramco Ventures, Bosch Ventures, Tectonic Ventures, Space Capital, and additional investors.

OpenAI And Gates Foundation Launch Horizon 1000 To Advance AI For Primary Healthcare Across 1,000 African Clinics By 2028

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

OpenAI and the Gates Foundation have launched Horizon 1000, a pilot initiative designed to accelerate the real-world deployment of AI tools in primary healthcare systems across Africa, starting in Rwanda. The partners said they are committing a combined $50 million in funding, technology, and technical support, with the goal of reaching 1,000 primary healthcare clinics and surrounding communities by 2028.

Aptean Acquires OpsVeda To Add Agentic Execution To Logility Supply Chain Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Aptean announced it has acquired OpsVeda, an AI-powered operations command center, as it pushes to build what it describes as an autonomous, end-to-end supply chain planning and execution platform anchored by Logility. The transaction continues Aptean’s post-Logility integration strategy, following its acquisition of Logility in April 2025 for $14.30 per share in cash.

University Of Baltimore Launches AI-Enabled Business Accelerator For Baltimore Founders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

The University of Baltimore has launched an AI-Enabled Business Accelerator, a nine-week program designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs build scalable ventures that use artificial intelligence in practical, market-ready ways.

BigBear.ai Acquires CargoSeer Technology To Expand AI Tools For Customs Cargo Inspection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

BigBear.ai announced it has acquired certain technologies from CargoSeer Ltd., an AI software company focused on cargo-scanning enhancement and trade risk management for customs enforcement missions worldwide, in a deal with undisclosed financial terms.

AiStrike: $7 Million Seed Funding Raised To Scale AI-Native And Preemptive Cyber Defense Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

AiStrike has raised $7 million in seed funding to expand an AI-native platform designed to help security teams move from reactive alert handling to what the company calls “preemptive” cyber defense. The round was led by Blumberg Capital, with participation from Runtime Ventures, Oregon Venture Fund, and strategic angel investors.

Copeland Bolsters AI-Driven HVAC And Cold Chain Offerings With Bueno Analytics Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Copeland announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Bueno Analytics, an Australia-based software company that uses embedded AI and machine learning to deliver building analytics, energy management, and operational efficiency tools for commercial buildings and cold chain environments.

LatticeFlow AI Acquires AI Sonar To Add On-Prem Discovery To Evidence-Based AI Governance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

LatticeFlow AI announced it has acquired Dublin-based AI Sonar Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of CloudSphere Ltd., in a deal the company unveiled during the World Economic Forum in Davos. The acquisition adds AI Sonar’s “AI discovery” capabilities—aimed at detecting “shadow AI” across enterprise environments—to LatticeFlow AI’s governance platform, which focuses on technical evaluations and evidence generation.

Appian Adds ScienceLogic CEO David Link To Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Appian, a provider of AI-powered process automation software, has appointed David Link to its board of directors, effective January 25, 2026, adding an enterprise software executive with deep experience in IT operations, automation, and platform scaling.