• July 7, 2026
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Coupa Acquires Tonkean to Expand Agentic Workflow Capabilities

Coupa Acquires Tonkean to Expand Agentic Workflow Capabilities

Coupa, a cloud-based spend management platform, recently announced a deal to acquire San Francisco-based automation and orchestration technology provider Tonkean. Founded specifically to enable “human-in-the-loop” process automation, Tonkean develops no-code tools …

Databricks Bolsters Security Capability with Acquisition

Databricks Bolsters Security Capability with Acquisition

Databricks has announced plans to acquire Panther, another San Francisco-based company, to expand the security it is able to deliver with its lakehouse offering. Panther provides AI-based technology for security operations …

Proof Launches Protocol to Verify Identities Behind AI Agents

Proof Launches Protocol to Verify Identities Behind AI Agents

As AI agents become the main engine behind automation and act on behalf of unidentified humans, Boston-based Proof has launched an open protocol intended to help websites and APIs verify the …

The Future of AI Automation Depends on Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Business Users

The Future of AI Automation Depends on Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Business Users

“Agentic AI has infiltrated conversations at every level of every organization. Businesses that don’t consider the educational and operational hurdles they will face in any implementation before imagining the capabilities of …

UiPath Adds AI-Native Case Management Capability to Maestro Platform

UiPath Adds AI-Native Case Management Capability to Maestro Platform

UiPath has introduced a new case management feature to its Maestro business orchestration platform. According to the New York City-based intelligent automation technology provider, the new capability will help organizations better …

Workspot Launches GUIDE Platform for AI-Powered GUI Automation

Workspot Launches GUIDE Platform for AI-Powered GUI Automation

A San Jose-area company has launched an automation platform that harkens back to the founding philosophy of RPA, but for an agentic AI age. Workspot has unveiled GUIDE, a workflow automation …

KnowledgeLake Names Billy Biggs CEO

KnowledgeLake Names Billy Biggs CEO

KnowledgeLake has appointed tech industry veteran Billy Biggs as chief executive officer to lead the organization as it expands its intelligent document processing and workflow automation business. The St. Louis, Mo.-based …

ABBYY Joins Working Group for AI-Native Document Standard

ABBYY Joins Working Group for AI-Native Document Standard

Intelligent automation technology provider ABBYY announced it has become part of the DocLang Specification Working Group, a collaborative effort to create an open document standard that aims to improve how enterprise …

KSTEC Launches Intelligent Document Processing Platform

KSTEC Launches Intelligent Document Processing Platform

IT consultancy KSTEC said it has launched Smart IDP, an intelligent document processing platform that combines robotic process automation, optical character recognition, natural language processing, machine learning and large language models …

Automation Anywhere’s Kuruganti Says Agentic AI Needs More Than Just Agents

Automation Anywhere’s Kuruganti Says Agentic AI Needs More Than Just Agents

Automation’s latest arms race may be focused on agents, but Adi Kuruganti thinks the real battle is happening on less glamorous ground: orchestration, governance and process reliability. As chief AI and …