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At DevDay, OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Sol, priced at one-fifth of GPT-6 Sol's token rates. It also launched an Agents API with computer use and, with Amazon, Bedrock Managed Agents, which run OpenAI agents entirely inside AWS.
Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to acquire Listen Labs, whose AI agents run customer research studies and simulate customer reactions. The deal adds research and simulation tools alongside Marketing Cloud and Service Cloud.
Transom Capital Group agreed to buy public safety software maker SoundThinking for $8.00 a share in cash plus a contingent right worth up to $3.00, an enterprise value of about $114M, or about $159M if it pays in full.
EliseAI, which sells AI agents that automate leasing, resident services and patient scheduling for housing and healthcare operators, raised $350M at a $4B valuation to expand automation and grow its teams.
Nasdaq-listed BRC Group Holdings agreed to acquire Sangoma Technologies, the TSX- and Nasdaq-listed business communications software provider. The deal values Sangoma at about $204M including debt and folds it into BRC Telecom.
Omnissa, the KKR-backed digital workspace and endpoint management company, appointed Amit Singh CEO effective immediately. He replaces Shankar Iyer, who stepped down.
CJ Desai has left MongoDB's top job with immediate effect and is joining Meta in a senior position. The board named Dev Ittycheria, chief executive from 2014 to 2025, as interim president and CEO.
AMD agreed to acquire World Labs, the spatial intelligence company co-founded by Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.2B. AMD plans to co-design hardware and software around world models for robotics and physical AI.
The D.C. Circuit voted 2-1 to uphold the Defense Department's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, letting the Pentagon bar contractors from using Claude for defense work.
Microsoft relaunched Microsoft 365 Copilot with a Home hub, Office in Copilot, a Code app builder and an always-on Autopilot agent, moving Cowork, Code and Autopilot onto usage-based Copilot Credits.
BlackBerry's fiscal Q2 2027 revenue was $163.3M, with QNX contributing $80.3M. The company raised its full-year revenue and QNX outlook but lowered its Secure Communications guidance.
Databricks bought Row Zero, maker of a spreadsheet built for very large datasets of up to 1 billion rows. Databricks plans to add a spreadsheet interface to its Genie AI assistant.