Microsoft has for the first time reported Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption stats, boasting this week of 15 million paid seats (individual user licenses). There are “multiples more enterprise chat users” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said during the company’s earnings call Wednesday — a reference to Copilot Chat, a simplified version of the AI assistant available

Brotli is one of the most widely used but least-known compression formats ever devised, long incorporated into all major browsers and web content delivery networks (CDNs). Despite that, it isn’t yet used in the creation and display of PDF documents, which since version 1.2 in 1996 have relied on the FlateDecode filter also used to

Findings from a new study by Epoch AI, a non-profit research institute, appear to poke major holes in the notion that AI firms, and specifically OpenAI, will eventually become profitable. The research paper  written by Jaime Sevilla, Hannah Petrovic and Anson Ho, suggests that while running an AI model may generate enough revenue to cover

For decades, we’ve all been paying attention to the attention economy.  That economic concept and business model sees online content as an unlimited resource. Its consumption is limited only by people’s mental capacity, implying a global contest for the finite and valuable resource of human attention.  The attention economy idea explains why companies like Meta

New research from Accenture has discovered insurance executives are planning on increased investment into AI during 2026 despite a widening skills gap in insurance organisations. Surveying 3,650 C-suite leaders over 20 industries and 20 countries, the Pulse of Change poll revealed 90% of the 218 senior insurance executives intend to spend more on AI over

Gyde, an AI-native brokerage platform, announced its official launch alongside $60 million in financing. The round was led by Lightspeed, with participation from Optum Ventures, Crystal Venture Partners, Virtue, MVP Ventures, and several endowment funds. The company aims to transform how brokers handle insurance, health, and wealth decisions by combining artificial intelligence with experienced operational

Decagon, a conversational AI platform focused on customer service, announced it has raised $250 million in Series D funding. The round was led by new investors Coatue Management and Index Ventures, with participation from ChemistryVC, Definition Capital, and Starwood Capital. Existing backers including a16z, A*, Accel, Avra, Bain Capital Ventures, Elad Gil, T.Capital, Forerunner, and

Fulcrum has raised $25 million in combined Seed and Series A funding to transform how insurance brokerages handle their back-office operations. The round was led by CRV, with backing from South Park Commons, Foundation Capital, and several angel investors from the insurance and technology sectors. The company’s AI platform is already being used by many

FLORA has closed a $42 million Series A funding round to build what it calls the creative environment for a generative era. The round brings the Brooklyn-based company’s total funding to $52 million since its launch in February 2025. Redpoint Ventures led the investment through managing directors Alex Bard and Jordan Segall. The round also

PaleBlueDot AI, a Silicon Valley-based AI compute platform founded in 2024, has closed a $150 million Series B funding round, pushing its valuation past the $1 billion mark. B Capital, a San Francisco and Singapore-based investment firm managing over $9 billion in assets, led the round. The financing caps off a year of rapid growth