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Microsoft commits $2.5 billion and 6,000 engineers to enterprise AI’s deployment problem
Microsoft is putting $2.5 billion and a 6,000-engineer unit behind on-site enterprise AI implementation, an acknowledgement of the industry's uncomfortable statistic: the vast majority of enterprise AI pilots never produce measurable profit impact.
Twelve Labs raises $100 million as enterprises finally index their video
Video understanding startup Twelve Labs has raised $100 million to expand its models that make video archives searchable and analyzable, one of several signs that enterprise AI budgets are moving beyond text.
Together AI raises $800 million at an $8.3 billion valuation as open-source infrastructure heats up
Together AI, the San Francisco platform for running open-source AI models, has raised $800 million in a round led by Aramco Ventures, valuing the company at $8.3 billion. It is one of the largest infrastructure rounds of the year.
How to calculate MRR (and the mistakes that quietly skew it)
Monthly recurring revenue is the heartbeat metric of every SaaS company, and one of the most commonly miscalculated. Here is the clean definition, the edge cases, and the variants investors actually ask for.
LeapXpert raises $180 million: regulated industries are buying AI guardrails, not just AI
LeapXpert, the New York platform that makes business communication over consumer messaging apps compliant and auditable, has raised $180 million. The round says as much about AI adoption as it does about messaging.
EU gives final green light: high-risk AI Act obligations delayed by sixteen months
The Council of the EU has given its final approval to the Digital Omnibus on AI, postponing the AI Act's high-risk obligations by sixteen months. The August 2, 2026 deadline that thousands of companies were racing toward has moved to late 2027.
Google throttles Meta’s Gemini access: compute, not intelligence, is the bottleneck now
Google has restricted Meta's access to its Gemini models because demand exceeded available compute capacity, according to press reports. When one tech giant rations another, the scarcity is structural.
AI agents startup 8090 Solutions raises $135 million to replace enterprise software seats
8090 Solutions, the AI agents platform co-founded by investor Chamath Palihapitiya, has raised $135 million on the thesis that agents will replace seats, not just assist them. The wager divides the software industry.
Churn: how to measure it honestly and reduce it systematically
Churn compounds against you the way growth compounds for you. This playbook covers the difference between logo and revenue churn, benchmarks that matter, and the retention levers with proven effect.
The AI glossary for business owners: 20 terms explained without hype
AI conversations are full of jargon that vendors rarely explain. Here are the twenty terms that actually come up in business decisions, in plain language you can use in your next meeting.