AI Adoption stories

monday.com now lets AI agents sign up and work as full platform users, with direct workspace access, shared governance and unified pricing.

AI tools leave office workers no faster overall, as time spent double-checking documents cancels out most of the promised productivity gains.

Socotra unveils embedded AI assistant for underwriters, promising rapid setup, governance controls and live risk insights across products.

Databricks launches Genie Code autonomous data agent and snaps up Quotient AI to boost real-world evaluation of AI agents in production.

Europeans are embracing AI for daily tasks and shopping, even as frustration mounts over a surge in low‑quality AI‑generated content.

TD SYNNEX and SAS launch a European SAS Viya demo environment to speed AI prototypes, cut setup costs and shorten partner sales cycles.

Many 'AI-ready' finance teams lack basic rules and trusted data, leaving advanced tools underused in core processes, research finds.

Zendesk to buy AI agent platform Forethought in its biggest deal in nearly 20 years, betting on self-improving automation in customer service.

Cyber fears and skills gaps leave UK SMEs torn between bold 2026 digital ambitions and hesitation over AI adoption and data security.

AI 'leaders' in finance rush to pilots but lack rules, data and governance to scale tools into core, high‑accountability workflows.

Datarails launches FinanceOS, a unified data layer and MCP link to AI tools, promising governed, real-time finance workflows at scale.

SMBs are bullish on AI but a new ECI report finds poor data, scarce skills and unclear use cases are stalling real-world results.

Socotra launches embedded AI assistant in its Operations Workbench, promising faster, auditable underwriting across products and regions.

AI is speeding up shorter workdays but piling on more tasks, with rising collaboration, multitasking and weekend work, a study finds.

Zapier's study of 10,000 workflows shows AI is shifting from one-off tools to core lead-management infrastructure for sales teams.

Manulife taps Akka's runtime to harden and scale its beta enterprise agentic AI platform for regulated, business-critical workloads.

Audit firms are racing to embed AI into core work, but say true advantage now hinges on tougher governance, bias controls and global rules.

NTT DATA launches Nvidia-based 'enterprise AI factories' to help global firms standardise, scale and govern production AI deployments.

Tricentis launches AI Workspace, an agentic quality platform unifying software testing, governance and human oversight for enterprises.

Axiologik unveils AxioIntelligence to help UK firms judge AI readiness, amid soaring pilots and average spend of GBP £15.94 million.