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Ignoring People Strategy Is the Hidden Cost in AI-Driven Growth
July 10, 2026

Ignoring People Strategy Is the Hidden Cost in AI-Driven Growth

IT By Design's Jill Chapman reveals how neglecting talent strategy costs channel organizations millions, as 50.9% of partners race to hire C-suite AI consulting leadership, demanding smarter human capital alignment....
Can Layer7 API Expertise Keep Pace with the Demands of Modern Enterprise Integration?
July 10, 2026

Can Layer7 API Expertise Keep Pace with the Demands of Modern Enterprise Integration?

Inetum-Realdolmen's investment in Layer7 API engineering talent reflects a critical channel partner trend: building proprietary managed services capabilities to compete in a $41.8B ecosystem market growing at 36% CAGR....
Exprivia Bets Big on Banking Security: Can Partnership Drive Real Innovation?
July 10, 2026

Exprivia Bets Big on Banking Security: Can Partnership Drive Real Innovation?

Exprivia announced partnership with ABI's WeSec summit as Main Partner, aligning with surging demand for cybersecurity and AI solutions across Italian banking. The move positions the company to capitalize on...
Brave Bets on Agentic Payments and Creator Compensation to Fix Web Monetization
July 10, 2026

Brave Bets on Agentic Payments and Creator Compensation to Fix Web Monetization

Brave's BAT Roadmap 4.0 transforms Basic Attention Token into an agentic payments rail for autonomous AI transactions, targeting the $181.3B AI market while preserving privacy for enterprises....
GPT-5.6 Raises the Bar for Code Review, but Trust and Governance Remain the Real Test
July 10, 2026

GPT-5.6 Raises the Bar for Code Review, but Trust and Governance Remain the Real Test

Qodo's integration of GPT-5.6 embeds OpenAI's frontier model into structured workflows, directly addressing the reliability and governance gaps constraining enterprise AI deployment....
Can Biohub’s Open AI Models and Imaging Tools Redefine Biomedical Discovery?
July 10, 2026

Can Biohub’s Open AI Models and Imaging Tools Redefine Biomedical Discovery?

Biohub's AI integration in protein modeling and genomics marks a biomedical shift, yet adoption barriers—hallucination risk, data privacy, and unclear ROI—hinder clinical deployment....
Mercor Bets on Real-World AI Training: Will Environments Decide the Next AI Leaders?
July 10, 2026

Mercor Bets on Real-World AI Training: Will Environments Decide the Next AI Leaders?

Mercor's acquisition of Deeptune strategically positions it in reinforcement learning infrastructure, addressing enterprise concerns about AI agent reliability and hallucination management in the booming $181.3B AI platforms market....
Salesforce Turns Slack Into the Agentic Enterprise's Conversational Operating System
July 9, 2026

Salesforce Turns Slack Into the Agentic Enterprise’s Conversational Operating System

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, Salesforce's new MCP servers let Slack function as an agentic enterprise's conversational OS, connecting CRM, Data 360,...
HubSpot's Warmly Acquisition Embeds Real-Time Buyer Intent Directly Into the CRM Layer
July 9, 2026

HubSpot’s Warmly Acquisition Embeds Real-Time Buyer Intent Directly Into the CRM Layer

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, analyzes HubSpot's acquisition of Warmly and how embedding AI-powered buyer intent signals directly into the CRM layer...
Zoho Inventory MCP Brings Conversational AI to Enterprise Operations
July 9, 2026

Zoho Inventory MCP Brings Conversational AI to Enterprise Operations

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, Zoho Inventory MCP uses conversational AI to streamline multi-channel inventory management while building enterprise trust and reliability....
AWS Looks to Collapse the Search-Analytics Divide: How Its New OpenSearch Engine Fuels Agentic AI
July 9, 2026

AWS Looks to Collapse the Search-Analytics Divide: How Its New OpenSearch Engine Fuels Agentic AI

Brad Shimmin, VP at Futurum, explores how AWS is re-architecting Amazon OpenSearch Service. By fusing search and analytics and integrating native MCP support, AWS aims to slash log storage costs...
Kore.ai and Atos Bet on Sovereign Agentic AI, Will UK Enterprises Demand Proof, Not Promises?
July 8, 2026

Kore.ai and Atos Bet on Sovereign Agentic AI, Will UK Enterprises Demand Proof, Not Promises?

Kore.ai and Atos announce a strategic partnership to deliver Sovereign AI solutions to UK organizations, addressing data residency and compliance requirements in the rapidly expanding $181B AI platforms market....

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Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

Benjamin Brown

VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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