Analog Devices (ADI) and Alif Semiconductor announced on September 9, 2026 that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which ADI will acquire Alif, a developer of power-efficient edge AI microcontrollers and fusion processors, in an all-cash transaction for $1.35 billion, with up to $200 million in additional contingent consideration. The joint announcement was…
A recent Gallup poll points to a trend of growing AI adoption, as more than half of employed adults say they use the technology at least a few times a year. This data is just a hint of the rapid AI adoption happening across enterprise environments. Although multiple enterprise leaders have begun to question the…
Anthropic’s Economics team released a new interactive model in September 2026: the Econ Scenario Explorer, which projects how AI could affect US growth, jobs, wages, and unemployment through 2030, alongside a companion working paper and a survey of 10,980 US adults. The explorer page identifies the release as version 1.0, dated September 2026. It is…
AFT President Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew and Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith announced the National AI Safety & Privacy Standard for schools on September 9, 2026, a signed agreement that lets US school districts add contractually enforceable AI privacy and safety protections to their Microsoft customer agreements. The…
Wint has raised $36 million in Series D funding to expand its AI-powered water intelligence platform, as building owners, contractors, insurers, and facility operators increasingly look to technology to manage water as both an operational resource and a source of financial risk. The round was co-led by LIP Ventures and Inven Capital, with Wint planning…
Euno has raised $23 million in Series A funding to expand its enterprise AI context platform, as companies increasingly confront a problem that better foundation models alone cannot solve: giving AI agents enough organizational knowledge to reliably work with complex business data. The round was led by N47, with participation from existing investor 10D and…
Beep, Inc., a provider of autonomous mobility solutions based in Lake Nona, Florida, announced on September 9, 2026, that it has closed a Series B funding round led by Mobileye, with participation from existing investors. Beep said the round brings its total capital raised to approximately $130 million. The company said the new capital will…
CloudNC has raised $20 million in new funding as it looks to expand the use of artificial intelligence across precision manufacturing, moving beyond CNC programming into other time-consuming parts of the machining workflow. The round was led by US-based Nimble Ventures, with participation from Calculus Venture Capital, Entrepreneur First, and LM Ventures, the venture capital…
Carlos Moreira, CEO and founder of SEALSQ, is a veteran cybersecurity and digital trust executive with decades of experience spanning secure semiconductors, digital identity, telecommunications, and emerging technologies. He is also the founder, chairman, and CEO of WISeKey, which he established in 1999, and serves as Secretary General of the OISTE Foundation. Earlier in his…
Harvey announced on September 9, 2026, its acquisition of Guardrails AI, a San Francisco-based AI security platform for agents, in what the legal AI company said is its fourth acquisition of 2026. Guardrails co-founders Shreya Rajpal and Zayd Simjee and their team will join Harvey’s product and engineering organization. Harvey chief executive Winston Weinberg said…