
SAP has struck two deals to strengthen enterprise AI foundations. The Dremio and Prior Labs acquisitions bring open data infrastructure and tabular model research closer to SAP’s analytics, automation, and agentic software stack.

UK businesses are scaling AI faster than their safeguards mature. New research points to widening gaps in governance, data readiness, and workforce skills.

Enterprise AI ambition is outrunning data, workflow, and governance readiness. New Hyland-backed research finds most organisations still lack the connected foundations needed to scale AI effectively.

AI pilots are stalling between experimentation and full enterprise scale. Sherwen says many companies are stuck in an ‘Integrator’ phase where ambition outpaces strategy, data, and governance.

AI job exposure already exceeds official estimates, warns AI scaleup. Narwhal Labs says disruption is already reaching routine digital roles, well beyond City Hall’s headline one-in-five warning for London.

Oxford research finds AI filters startup access to venture partners. The study says venture capital organisations are increasingly using automated screening systems to narrow deal flow before startups receive direct human attention.

Onecom launches Halo to automate customer and employee communications workflows. The platform combines voice, messaging, and email agents in one system, with subscription-based scaling and centralised management.

Designit says telecoms are moving too quickly on enterprise AI. New survey findings suggest the industry is prioritising speed over organisational redesign, even though readiness may determine whether AI deployments create lasting value.

Cequence has launched tighter controls for enterprise AI agent access. The new Agent Personas feature in AI Gateway is designed to limit what autonomous agents can do inside enterprise systems, addressing governance and audit concerns as agentic AI moves into production.

AI is widening capability gaps across UK communications teams nationally. Murray McIntosh found stronger uptake in utilities, while highly regulated sectors remain much earlier in adoption and implementation.