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.

Tuesday 10 November

Your Algorithm: Giving People More Ways to Personalize Facebook Recommendations

AI-generated summary Engineering at Meta says its new AI-powered Your algorithm tools let people state what they want to see in their Facebook Feed and Reels using large language models. Engineering at Meta says the system uses dedicated retrieval, reranking, and device-level controls to adjust content responsiveness and balance preferences.

Also covered by WeRSM - We are Social Media

Bilt CEO Ankur Jain is betting AI and sports fandom can drive local spending—starting with free beers when the home team wins

Bilt founder and CEO Ankur Jain stands on a stage.

AI-generated summary Rewards platform Bilt is expanding a neighborhood operating system that uses artificial intelligence to connect professional sports teams and local businesses with fans through personalized rewards and loyalty programs. Bilt CEO Ankur Jain says artificial intelligence is an integral part of helping small businesses manage multiple software platforms and attract local customers.

Bay Emerges From Stealth With $50M After Fortune 100 Companies Used Its Platform to Triple Autonomous AI Agent Use

AI-generated summary Bay emerged from stealth with $50 million in total funding after its AI security platform was used by Fortune 100 companies to triple autonomous AI agent use. Battery Ventures led a $37 million Series A round for Bay, while YL Ventures and Striker Venture Partners led a previous $13 million seed round.

Also covered by Unite.AI SecurityWeek DevCuration

Flash, a software sauce, and a guy named Gary: AMD’s Mext acquisition looks set to reshape AI memory costs

AI-generated summary AMD acquired storage software startup Mext to utilize its memory optimization technology and proprietary AI to improve AI infrastructure performance. Gary Smerdon says the software uses a transformer-derived system to predict memory needs and expand usable memory by making flash storage function like DRAM.

Also covered by Wccftech The Register

Companies Are Buying AI Tools, but Employees Aren’t Using Them to Transform Work

AI-generated summary Many companies purchase numerous AI licenses and monitor logins, but employees often limit usage to simple tasks like finding lunch spots or proofreading emails. Jonathan Starling suggests organizations focus on people by building trust, redesigning workflows, and measuring outcomes to help employees apply AI to meaningful business challenges.

AI Startups May Have Fewer Sales Reps. But Not as a Percent of the Team. Has The Playbook Really Changed All That Much?

AI-generated summary Data from Pave shows that sales departments at artificial intelligence hypergrowth companies make up nearly the same share of total headcount as they do in traditional technology businesses. A survey by ICONIQ indicates that artificial intelligence forward organizations maintain smaller go-to-market teams overall while achieving higher quota attainment rates than lower adoption peers.

Monetizing compliance: New AI revenue streams for regional CSPs

AI-generated summary Regional cloud service providers are monetizing compliance by launching sovereign artificial intelligence services to help organizations navigate regulatory and geopolitical hurdles. Using HPE systems powered by AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct GPUs, cloud providers can deliver high performance and regulatory compliance for heavy machine learning workloads.

Beyond the AI hype: Why C-suite control is the ultimate differentiator

AI-generated summary CIO reports that enterprise artificial intelligence focus is shifting from basic experimentation toward secure operational scaling, infrastructure control, and overcoming structural fragmentation. HPE and AMD are partnering to provide high-performance computing platforms powered by AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct accelerators to support demanding artificial intelligence workloads.