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Lattice Acquires Pando in Its Latest AI-Native Bet
Lattice announced this week that it has acquired the career development startup and one-time rival Pando, making its second acquisition this year as the HR software industry consolidates talent tools around AI. Pando founder and chief executive Barbra Gago is joining Lattice as chief marketing and strategy officer. However, financial terms were not disclosed, nor […]
Washington’s Tech Ecosystem Still Traces Back to Microsoft and UW: WTIA
In 2015, the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) published a sprawling infographic that traced more than 600 homegrown companies back to the people who started them. The “Seattle Tech Universe” was cartography with a thesis: the region builds more than Amazon, Microsoft, Expedia, and Boeing. Eleven years later, the WTIA is redrawing it. At this […]
Introducing OnCue: A Live Newsroom for Your Own Site
One piece of entrepreneurial advice I picked up in Silicon Valley has stuck with me: Build something that solves a problem you have. It’s an idea that became my guiding principle as I set out on what I’ve been calling my “summer of building”—a run of months spent turning app concepts into working tools. It’s […]
Glean Reaches $300 Million ARR, Citing Surging Enterprise Demand
Glean has reached $300 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), the company said Thursday, an amount that tripled in just 15 months. It attributes the growth to stronger enterprise data context, broader departmental deployment, and higher-than-average user engagement. This milestone signals that Glean is holding its ground, even as enterprise software vendors like Slack, Dropbox, […]
Asana Buys StackAI to Close the Gap Between Work Management and Enterprise Execution
As Asana positions itself as the “operating system for human-agent teams,” it has faced a real vulnerability: its agents couldn’t execute work end-to-end across the enterprise systems where business actually runs. That changes today with the company announcing the acquisition of StackAI, a no-code platform that lets enterprises build and deploy AI agents across critical […]
Anthropic’s Demand Problem Is a Good Problem—Until It Isn’t
Has Anthropic’s “Fail Whale” moment arrived? The company announced this week on social media that, due to growing demand for Claude, users will run through their five-hour session limits much faster during peak hours. Notably, it comes days after Anthropic touted a “limited-time promotion” that doubled the usage limit for those who used Claude outside […]
Jentic Is Betting That AI’s Biggest Problem Is Your APIs
The agents are ready. The pipes aren’t. That’s the uncomfortable reality sitting underneath the AI agent boom. Enterprises are racing to deploy AI agents that can book flights, resolve customer complaints, reroute shipments, and connect systems that may have never spoken with each other before. The capability does exist. But the moment an agent takes […]
Zendesk Acquires Agentic Startup Forethought to Push Customer Service Towards Autonomous Agents
As Zendesk seeks to reshape the customer service landscape, it is betting that artificial intelligence will soon handle the majority of service interactions. To accelerate that shift, the company announced plans to acquire the AI startup Forethought. Specific terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a Zendesk spokesperson revealed it is an all-cash acquisition […]
How GrubIQ Gives Franchise Owners a Smarter Edge in Restaurant Operations
Picture a first-time franchise owner eager to open a restaurant despite having little to no operational experience. While the franchiser may help them secure a location and finalize the paperwork, once the doors open, any meaningful guidance can be hard to find. The fact is that many owners enter the business without a clear understanding […]
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 […]