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Foyer unveils Thine, an ambient AI for in-person chat
Data Protection

Foyer unveils Thine, an ambient AI for in-person chat

Foyer has launched Thine, an iOS “ambient AI” that quietly learns from in-person chats to nudge users on decisions and priorities.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Jan 2026
Salesforce launches AI Slackbot as workplace agent
Software-as-a-Service

Salesforce launches AI Slackbot as workplace agent

Salesforce rolls out upgraded Slackbot, turning the chat app into an AI-powered workplace agent for Business+ and Enterprise+ users.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Thu, 15th Jan 2026
Aveva adds AI assistants to boost Unified Engineering
Manufacturing

Aveva adds AI assistants to boost Unified Engineering

Aveva adds four AI assistants to Unified Engineering, promising faster generative and predictive design and smoother point cloud workflows.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Thu, 15th Jan 2026
xAI raises USD $20 billion to expand Grok AI platform
Digital Transformation

xAI raises USD $20 billion to expand Grok AI platform

Elon Musk's xAI raises USD $20 billion, turbocharging Grok model training and GPU build-out as rivalry in frontier AI heats up.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Sat, 10th Jan 2026
Samsung unveils AI-led premium TV roadmap to 2026
Digital Transformation

Samsung unveils AI-led premium TV roadmap to 2026

Samsung has mapped a TV roadmap to 2026, banking on AI, ultra-large premium screens and Micro RGB to deepen its connected home lead.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 8th Jan 2026
VOSS adds AI, security & DEM to workplace platform
Virtualisation

VOSS adds AI, security & DEM to workplace platform

VOSS launches v25.3 of its workplace platform, boosting AI assistant Wingman, Microsoft 365 security, Teams insights and DEM capabilities.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 8th Jan 2026
Snowflake and Anthropic sign USD $200m AI agents deal
Data Analytics

Snowflake and Anthropic sign USD $200m AI agents deal

Snowflake and Anthropic deepen their Claude tie-up with a USD $200m deal to power regulated, enterprise-ready AI agents worldwide.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Mon, 5th Jan 2026
LG unveils CLOiD home robot for 'Zero Labour' living
Robotics

LG unveils CLOiD home robot for 'Zero Labour' living

LG has unveiled CLOiD, a humanoid home robot at CES 2026, to orchestrate “Zero Labour” living by managing chores across smart appliances.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Mon, 5th Jan 2026
Meta buys Manus to boost general-purpose AI agents
Data Analytics

Meta buys Manus to boost general-purpose AI agents

Meta has bought Singapore AI start-up Manus, aiming to embed its autonomous general-purpose agent across consumer and business products.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 30th Dec 2025
Integral Ad Science unveils IAS Agent AI assistant
Marketing Technologies

Integral Ad Science unveils IAS Agent AI assistant

Integral Ad Science will roll out IAS Agent, an explainable AI assistant for ad measurement, to all platform users for free early next year.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 19th Dec 2025
Amperity unveils AI tools to personalise airline, hotel stays
Airlines

Amperity unveils AI tools to personalise airline, hotel stays

Amperity debuts AI-powered tools for airlines and hotels, promising real-time personalised offers by unifying fragmented traveller data.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Thu, 18th Dec 2025
From AI pilots to productions: Why 2026 will be the year APAC organisations go all-in on real-time
Gaming

From AI pilots to productions: Why 2026 will be the year APAC organisations go all-in on real-time

APAC firms are shifting from AI pilots to real-time, scaled deployments in 2026 as data, ROI demands and regulation rapidly converge.

By Nick Dearden • 5 min read • Wed, 17th Dec 2025
ServiceNow buys Moveworks to build AI 'front door'
Digital Transformation

ServiceNow buys Moveworks to build AI 'front door'

ServiceNow buys AI assistant specialist Moveworks to create a single conversational 'front door' into automated workflows across the enterprise.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Dec 2025
Zoom launches AI Companion 3.0 with agentic workflows
Unified Communications

Zoom launches AI Companion 3.0 with agentic workflows

Zoom unveils AI Companion 3.0, adding agentic workflows, a browser hub for work orchestration and standalone access from USD $10 a month.

By Sean Mitchell • 6 min read • Tue, 16th Dec 2025

Stories from Other Regions

AI Assistant stories

Agnes AI tops 5m users, launches open-source SEA LLM
Open source

Agnes AI tops 5m users, launches open-source SEA LLM

Singapore's Agnes AI hits 5m users in six months and open-sources its SEA-focused 8B-language model to cut reliance on foreign tech stacks.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 15th Jan 2026
Hexnode XDR launch unites endpoint security & UEM
Endpoint Protection

Hexnode XDR launch unites endpoint security & UEM

Hexnode unveils Hexnode XDR, unifying endpoint security and UEM in a single console as Indian firms face surging cyber threats.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Nottingham Malaysia launches AI agent for student recruitment
EduTech

Nottingham Malaysia launches AI agent for student recruitment

University of Nottingham Malaysia debuts NOVA AI assistant to give round-the-clock course and admissions guidance to global applicants.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
SquadStack.ai unveils in-app voice AI to cut drop-offs
Customer Experience

SquadStack.ai unveils in-app voice AI to cut drop-offs

SquadStack.ai launches in-app voice AI assistant to guide users in real time, aiming to curb high-intent drop-offs across key digital journeys.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Sat, 27th Dec 2025