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HubSpot Embraces Multi-AI CRM Strategy with Claude Integration

HubSpot is expanding its list of AI models connected to its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform. Customers can now connect their databases to Anthropic’s Claude, allowing them to query data using natural language, generate visualizations, and take action—all within HubSpot. This is the second such connector the company has introduced, following the introduction of ChatGPT […]

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Linux Foundation Takes Charge of AGNTCY to Build the Open Internet of AI Agents

Two of the most influential interoperability standards for AI agents are now under the stewardship of the Linux Foundation, marking a major step towards an open, interconnected agent ecosystem. The nonprofit organization announced on Tuesday that it is now custodian of the AGNTCY project, an initiative backed by Cisco, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Gaileo, and Glean. This […]

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Slack’s New AI Search Targets a Familiar Pain Point: Too Many Apps, Not Enough Answers

Slack is turning more to artificial intelligence to streamline the daily grind at work. The Salesforce-owned company announced a range of new AI-powered features on Thursday to help teams “move faster, stay aligned, and focus on what matters.” One of the most significant improvements is the addition of enterprise-grade search that looks for information across […]

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What Salesforce Discovered by Letting AI Run Its Help Portal

Salesforce isn’t shy about how it’s using its products, especially its agent development platform. When it comes to embracing AI agents, the enterprise tech firm has openly touted that it’s “drinking its own champagne.” Since Agentforce’s launch, CEO Marc Benioff has used every opportunity to showcase how the service is helping bolster his company’s help […]

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Zendesk Acquires HyperArc to Build AI-Powered Customer Intelligence

Zendesk announced on Monday that it has acquired HyperArc, a startup building an AI-first business intelligence platform capable of learning from teams. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Zendesk says it plans to bolster its analytics capabilities with HyperArc’s HyperGraph engine and real-time generative AI-powered insights. “GenAI is transforming analytics, making it […]

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Ai2’s FlexOlmo Lets You Co-Develop AI Language Models Without Sharing Data

Ai2 has unveiled FlexOlmo, a new framework that lets multiple organizations jointly develop language models without requiring centralized data pooling. Ideal for those in regulated industries, it provides developers with granular control over how and when their data influences the model, addressing long-standing concerns regarding privacy, IP protection, and data sovereignty in collaborative AI projects. […]

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Ai2 Brings OLMo, Molmo, and Tülu AI Models to Enterprise Teams with Cirrascale Deal

Non-profit AI lab Ai2 is partnering with infrastructure platform provider Cirrascale in a move to commercialize its open-source models. OLMo 2, Molmo, and Tülu 3 can now be run via API on Cirrascale’s Inference Platform, enabling companies to avoid the need to deploy the models themselves and the associated costs of in-house systems or expertise. […]

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Daily AI Users at Work Report Higher Productivity and Job Satisfaction, Says Slack

Marc Benioff’s vision of a digital labor force is no longer hypothetical—it’s starting to take shape. Days after his company, Salesforce, launched its fourth-generation agentic development platform capable of scaling AI agents across business use cases, its subsidiary Slack released its latest Workforce Index report, which shows AI gaining acceptance among workers. According to the […]

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Salesforce Wants to Scale Digital Labor. Agentforce 3 Is the Plan.

Salesforce is scaling up its agentic development platform, adding features to help organizations embrace the hybrid workforce paradigm. Agentforce 3 is the latest in a series of rapid-fire innovations from the enterprise tech giant. This release introduces a new Command Center for overseeing AI agents, adds support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) across Agentforce […]

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Okta’s New Protocol Tackles the Security Blind Spot of AI Agents in the Enterprise

Identity and security platform Okta is introducing a new protocol designed to protect organizations as they transition to an agentic future. Cross App Access is created to minimize security risks as teams leverage these autonomous bots for work. The company claims it’ll remove the need for repetitive authorization consent screens and make agents more secure […]