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Latin American Manufacturers Gain a New AI Implementation Market
Epicor has made its Prism portfolio of vertical AI agents generally available across Latin America, embedding more than 18 agents directly into manufacturing and distribution ERP workflows. For smaller regional software firms and ERP consultancies, the opening is practical: customers now have AI inside their core operating system but still need industry-specific implementation, workflow design and measurable productivity projects around it.
Japanese AI Startups Gain a New Route to First US Enterprise Customers
A new accelerator launched by KDDI on August 20 is targeting one of the hardest problems for smaller Japanese technology companies: landing their first US enterprise customer. Five AI startups will spend a month in San Francisco using KDDI’s corporate network and US venture partners, creating a useful model for founders whose main market-entry constraint is distribution rather than product.