Process automation stories

CaptivateIQ survey finds 91% of firms changed incentive strategy in the past year as AI, budget pressure and wider plan use speed up redesigns.

Ricoh survey finds British office staff lose 15 hours a week to paperwork, fuelling tension, lower motivation and worries over AI-driven change.

Exclaimer plugs Workday HR records into email signatures and video meeting branding, cutting manual updates and reducing out-of-date staff details.

London's Lua secures USD $5.8 million seed backing from Norrsken22 as it expands its platform for businesses to manage AI agents.

Syndigo rolls out SynapseGo to let marketers and eCommerce teams trigger approved product data workflows by chat, aiming to cut manual effort.

PFU launches EMEA partner scheme to help resellers bundle scanners, capture software and workflow tools into higher-margin, recurring revenue sales.

StructureFlow expands its AI platform to turn PDFs, diagrams and spreadsheets into editable legal and financial models for deal teams.

Elite rolls out AI-powered Validate checks to catch questionable legal billing before invoices go out, aiming to cut write-offs and speed payment.

Rockwell's Plex wins Major Player status in six IDC MarketScape reports as AI-enabled ERP and finance tools gain ground among manufacturers.

Denodo survey finds real-time data, security and context are the main barriers as firms struggle to trust agentic AI at scale.

Backbase and Ninth Wave have teamed up to let banks plug corporate clients' ERP and accounting systems straight into account data and payments.

Auctor secures USD $20 million from Sequoia Capital and backers to automate enterprise software rollouts and cut costly project delays.

Emergent's Wingman promises an always-on digital assistant that can juggle email, calendars and chat, while pausing for approval on bigger actions.

WealthAi hires ex-Microsoft and Amazon executive Pratim Das as Chief Technology Officer and names Harry Kyprianou Head of Product.

Dayshape, selected for Microsoft’s Agentic Launchpad, will let professional services firms query staffing, skills and project finances in Teams.

TraqCheck secures $8 million in Series A funding to hire in the UK and scale AI-driven hiring, screening and background checks.

Payhawk survey finds 45% of self-described AI leaders in finance lack minimum use rules, exposing a wider gap between ambition and control.

Videosign deepens Brightsolid partnership as it adds AI note-taking and form-filling tools for regulated users, with cloud costs and governance in focus.

8x8 unveils AI Studio to let customer experience teams build agents with natural language, aiming to cut integration delays and costs.

Qlik adds new AI agents to its analytics platform, aiming to move enterprise users from spotting data changes to triggering workflows and predictions.