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Ken Yeung
Okta Moves to Rein In Shadow AI Agents Inside the Enterprise
Okta is moving to provide enterprise IT teams with clearer visibility into the AI agents operating within their organizations—especially those not officially approved. With its new Agent Discovery capability inside its Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) offering, the company aims to shed light on so-called shadow AI, flagging emerging risks before they escalate, and help […]
One in Two Venture Capital Dollars Went to AI in 2025, Largely Concentrated in San Francisco
Investors aren’t showing restraint when it comes to AI. According to new data from Crunchbase and HumanX, AI companies pulled in $211 billion in venture capital last year—an 85 percent jump from 2024. Put differently: One out of every two VC dollars went into AI. The money isn’t evenly spread. Unsurprisingly, it’s heavily concentrated in […]
Salesforce Tracks OpenClaw, Seeing Lessons for AI Agents
Salesforce is paying close attention to the development of OpenClaw, betting that technology enabling AI agents to operate computers autonomously could fundamentally change how enterprise software is used, automated, and scaled. The company believes these sophisticated bots can add significant value, but warns that it’s critical to harness this power correctly and ensure the right […]
UserTesting Uses AI to Turn Figma Prototypes Into Live User Tests
Designers now have a new way to build user experience testing directly into their Figma workflows. UserTesting, a customer experience research platform, has released an AI-powered plugin for the popular design app that turns Figma prototypes into live user tests in minutes. Designers simply describe their prototype and the task they want users to complete, […]
Claude Code Becomes the Engine Behind ServiceNow’s Vibe Coding Agent
ServiceNow is upgrading its Build Agent, shifting the coding assistant to run by default on Anthropic’s Claude Code instead of the general-purpose Claude model. This change gives users access to a language model purpose-built for software development, better suited to handling coding tasks and application logic when building production-grade apps and agents. This move is […]
Ai2 Challenges the Status Quo in Coding Agents with SERA, an Open-Source Model Built for Specialization and Scale
Coding agents are everywhere. What was once a handful of experimental tools has become a crowded field spanning GitHub (Copilot), OpenAI (Codex), Google (Jules), Anthropic (Claude Code), AWS (Kiro), Vercel (v0), Salesforce (Agentforce Vibes), and a growing roster of startups, each promising to change how software gets written. Now, nonprofit AI lab Ai2 is entering […]
Salesforce Brings Slack and Agentforce Into Claude to Let AI Work Where Users Already Are
Salesforce and Anthropic are back with new integrations that make it easier for enterprise workers to use their preferred AI tools on the job. Today’s announcements build on a longstanding partnership between the two tech firms, dating back to 2024. Teams can now use Slack’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) App directly in Claude, transforming the […]
With Prompted Playlist, Spotify Wants AI to Understand the Moment, Not Just the Genre
Sitting down to write this article, I found myself thinking about the music that would put me in the right frame of mind to tell this story. My usual go-to playlist often does the job, but sometimes the moment calls for something more tailored. I know the feeling I’m chasing—but pinning it down by artist, […]
Adobe Acrobat Now Turns PDFs into Presentations, Podcasts
Adobe is doubling down on artificial intelligence in Acrobat, aiming to expand what’s possible with PDFs. Using natural language prompts, users can now turn these digital documents into entirely new formats, from presentations to podcasts. This update builds on Adobe’s broader push to modernize PDFs for the AI era. Last summer, the company introduced Acrobat […]
JWX Acquires AI Video Startup Aug X Labs, Folding Augie Studio Into Its Enterprise Media Stack
Aug X Labs, the creator of AI-powered video app Augie Studio, has been acquired by video technology firm JWX. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal includes the full retention of Aug X Labs’ team, with co-founders Jeremy Toeman and JT White moving into executive roles once the deal closes. In addition, because JWX […]