Enterprise AI · Wed 11 Nov

Enterprise AI encompasses the software, hardware, and services that organizations purchase and deploy to automate workflows and analyze data. Truncated covers enterprise AI adoption trends, vendor partnerships, security policies, and corporate deployments.

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.

From Green Screen to Gray Box: AI Is Stepping Onto the Hollywood Sound Stage

An image showing a woman acting out a scene in a gray box on a Walt Disney Studios sound stage, with screens showing a real-time rendering of her background.

AI-generated summary Entertainment studio Promise Advanced Imagination showcased its filming product during the Disney Accelerator Demo Day, featuring AI-generated backgrounds to speed up post-production. Promise co-founder Dave Clark says the gray box setup and AI tools help lower production costs and reduce the time needed to set up shots.

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.

Oracle Opower AI Helps Utilities Cut Peak Demand by 1 GW

AI-generated summary Oracle announced on November 11, 2026 that North American utilities had used its artificial intelligence-powered Opower programs to cut 1 gigawatt from peak electricity demand so far in 2026. Oracle reported that event volume rose nearly 50% from 49 in 2025 and that customer engagement increased 30% from 3.3 million.

Also covered by Interesting Engineering

OpenAI's next advertising test: keeping brands hooked

AI-generated summary OpenAI has enticed more than 100,000 advertisers to test ChatGPT Ads and scaled the platform to a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate as of this summer. A working paper by Maximilian Kaiser and Christian Schulze found that across 102 advertiser sites, ChatGPT Ads generated $0.89 in revenue per US session compared with $2.45 for Google search ads.

Anthropic’s Mythos AI Looking for Cyber Flaws in Energy Systems

AI-generated summary Power companies are utilizing cybersecurity technology from Anthropic PBC after spending months urging officials and the artificial intelligence company to help them access powerful AI models. Duke Energy chief security and information security officer Martin Strasburger states that Anthropic enabled utilities to use its advanced AI tools late this summer.

Also covered by news.bloomberglaw.com

As employees build AI agents, CIOs manage the lifecycle

AI-generated summary At Fujifilm Biotechnologies, an AI agent built to help the legal department read contracts is scheduled to transition from sandbox to full production in early December. Fujifilm Biotechnologies CDIO Mike Tomasco says that agents represent a fitting solution for tasks such as contract review and checking standards around terms and conditions.