Accounting
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Key jobs data due out Friday is expected to show a job market that’s broadly holding up, even though a repeat of August’s blockbuster figures is unlikely.
Key jobs data due out Friday is expected to show a job market that’s broadly holding up, even though a repeat of August’s blockbuster figures is unlikely.
Startups
Add preferred source Venture capital firm SBVA has participated in a $5 billion strategic funding round for U.S. data and AI company Databricks. The round was led by U.S. venture capital firm Coatue, with Blackstone, MGX, and Sixth Street Growth also participating as investors. Databricks secured a valuation of $190 billion through this raise. Founded…
eCommerce
Shopify (TSX: SHOP) is trying to make sure the next online store doesn’t look like a store at all.
Shopify is expanding browser-based artificial intelligence agents from product discovery and cart building into checkout, giving authorized agents a structured way to complete purchases across eligible merchant sites.
CRM
Salesforce (CRM) recently agreed to acquire Listen Labs, an AI customer research and human simulation platform. This gives investors a fresh data point on how the CRM giant is approaching agentic AI and customer insights.
Salesforce (CRM) stepped into the spotlight at the 2026 North American Marketing Leadership Summit on September 28, just as a string of AI focused partnerships and an acquisition reshaped the story around its shares.
AI Tools
Read MoreOpenAI has fired three researchers for allegedly mishandling information, including work that involved an external organisation that analyses artificial intelligence (AI) models.
Donald Trump’s push to rename AI may be behind an “unprecedented” rise in registrations for domain names in Slovenia, according to its official national registry.
At OpenAI’s DevDay event on Tuesday, the company announced the launch of Dots, a new personal agentic assistant powered by GPT-6 Astra. The company describes Dots as “remarkably capable, always-on agents built to handle everything.”