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Salesforce Snaps Up Moonhub Team as AI Hiring Arms Race Escalates
Barely a week has passed since its last acquisition, and Salesforce is already adding another startup to its roster. This time, the enterprise tech firm is picking up the team behind Moonhub, an AI-powered recruiting platform. But the deal appears modest as only some of the startup’s employees are reportedly joining Salesforce, and Moonhub itself […]
How to Use AI for Marketing, the Non-Obvious Way
IN THIS ISSUE: A review of the book, “The Non-Obvious Guide to Using AI for Marketing” by David Berkowitz, a clear, practical resource for marketers trying to make sense of AI without getting lost in jargon or hype. Plus, why did Salesforce pay $8 billion for Informatica? Short answer: It’s the data. The Prompt Over a […]
Inside ServiceNow University’s Big Idea: Reskilling Through Play, Not Pressure
ServiceNow has evolved into a mission-critical platform that’s now deeply integrated into the daily operations of most enterprises. In 2023, the company claimed that 85 percent of Fortune 500 companies were customers. Now, as adoption accelerates, there’s a growing need for skilled experts who can design, implement, and maintain ServiceNow environments. It’s essentially why the […]
Microsoft’s Project Amelie Is an Experiment in ‘AI Developing AI’
Microsoft Build featured a flurry of product announcements. But beyond the official launches, the company also offered a glimpse into its frontier projects—experimental inventions that may never be released to the public but serve to showcase the ideas Microsoft is exploring. One such effort is codenamed Project Amelie, an AI agent capable of building machine […]
Microsoft Pushes AI to the Edge
IN THIS ISSUE: Microsoft pushes AI innovation to the edge. Will OpenAI crack the AI hardware market, a space where many have stumbled, after acquiring Sir Jony Ive’s AI startup for nearly $6.5 billion? Plus, catch up on this week’s key headlines you might have missed, including what was announced at Google I/O and the […]
This AI-Powered App Turns Family Memories Into Personal Podcasts
What if AI could help you preserve your grandfather’s stories, or even create a podcast out of them? That’s the promise of Linda AI, a new startup turning memories into shareable audio shows with a conversational AI as your guide. Users can use the platform to have a professional interviewer-like bot probe a subject with […]
Microsoft Introduces Entra Agent ID to Bring Zero Trust to AI Agents
Microsoft says we’re entering an era where humans work alongside AI agents. It’s the rise of what it calls Frontier Firms—businesses that summon bots on demand to support knowledge workers in what Microsoft’s Chief Marketing Officer for AI at Work, Jared Spataro, describes as the “elastic workforce.” However, keeping track of the agents may prove […]
Microsoft Edge Lets Developers Add AI to Web Apps Without the Cloud
Microsoft is upgrading its Edge browser with new AI capabilities. At this year’s Build conference, the company unveiled a set of AI APIs allowing developers to seamlessly integrate AI features into their web apps, powered by models built directly into the browser. This experimental API set includes methods for prompting and generating content. These are […]
AI Agents Are Coming to Windows—Here’s How Microsoft Is Making It Happen
Human-agent collaboration is moving beyond the cloud. It’s coming to the edge. At its 2025 Build conference, Microsoft unveiled the Windows AI Foundry, a development platform that will bring model building, fine-tuning, and local deployment capabilities to Windows 11. The company also announced native support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a framework that allows […]
Microsoft Unveils a No-Code Digital Twin Tool in Fabric
Microsoft wants to make building digital twins as easy as dragging and dropping, and it has a new tool to do it. At its 2025 Build conference, the company previewed its digital twin builder that will be available in Fabric, its data and analytics platform. A digital twin is perhaps a virtual replica of a […]