Business & Industry

Business and Industry covers the commercial adoption of artificial intelligence across corporate sectors and economic markets. Truncated covers enterprise deployments, industry investments, market trends, workforce impacts and regulatory compliance.

Yesterday · Wed 11 Nov

ADB SAFEGATE Buys Synaptic Aviation for AI Turnaround Monitoring

AI-generated summary ADB SAFEGATE completed its acquisition of Synaptic Aviation on November 11, 2026, integrating artificial intelligence computer-vision software for aircraft turnaround and apron operations. CEO Laurent Dubois says the purchase adds operational intelligence to AIRSIDE 4.0, while Synaptic reports deployments at airports across North America, Europe and Latin America.

Hitachi Vantara Adds In-Place Lakehouse Queries to VSP One Object

AI-generated summary Hitachi Vantara announced updates to VSP One Object and Hitachi iQ Studio on November 11, 2026, adding in-place lakehouse queries and governance features for enterprise AI applications and agents. Hitachi Vantara reports up to 5.5x faster data access for AI workloads and up to 5x faster analytical query performance with fewer CPUs using the new storage capabilities.

From stealth to a $500 million valuation: Former Microsoft engineers raise $70 million to challenge data giants

AI-generated summary Data infrastructure company Edelbyte has raised $45 million in a Series A funding round led by Quiet Capital, bringing its total funding to $70 million. The company has developed a data platform designed to handle large volumes of information and complex query workloads associated with the artificial intelligence era.

Tano wants to make creator marketing as easy as buying Meta ads. See the pitch deck it used to raise $4M.

AI-generated summary UK-based startup Tano uses AI agents and human creator strategists to match brands with creators and automate influencer marketing campaigns. CEO Will Caplan says Tano raised a $4 million seed round led by Cherry Ventures to invest in compute and grow its engineering and creator strategist teams.