UK businesses are turning to AI to drive innovation, encourage investment, and upskill to boost productivity. According to Barclays research, 89% of UK businesses plan to use AI within two years to aid data analysis, forecasting, customer experience, and cost reduction. However, companies are still facing AI and digital skills shortages, particularly in financial services, IT/telecoms, and the tech sector. Despite this, 42% of businesses plan to invest in training, while 37% will invest in digital products and R&D. Inflation and rising utility costs are major barriers to business growth, with 39% having to adjust budgets due to energy costs.
EY announces alliance with Boomi to offer broad integrated solutions and AI-powered transformation. As part of the collaboration, EY will leverage Boomi Agentstudio to enhance integration and automation capabilities. The platform incorporates robust governance features, addressing data security risks associated with AI Agents and Shadow IT. By managing and governing AI implementations effectively, EY empowers clients to harness the full potential of AI while maintaining compliance and security across their digital landscape.
Britive unveils category-defining AI identity security capabilities to govern and secure agentic AI identities and access at runtime. The company, a leader in cloud-native privileged access security, has launched a suite of new in-platform capabilities designed to secure AI identities and agentic access. Britive's platform has been shaped through ongoing collaboration with hundreds of organizations, including Fortune 500 customers in highly regulated industries. The new AI identity security capabilities are designed to meet the scale, compliance, and security demands of AI adoption. Britive's Agentic AI Identity Security product arrives at the right time, bringing policy enforcement, identity traceability, and runtime access controls for both agentic and human identities.
Cohere, an enterprise AI company, has built a $6 billion valuation. Ivan Zhang, Cohere's CEO, emphasizes the need for enterprises to prioritize security, customization, efficiency, and reliability in AI solutions. He positions Cohere as the only major player focused solely on enterprise AI, highlighting its unique value proposition. Zhang notes that AI is transitioning from an experiential tool to a real infrastructure across major organizations, underscoring the growing importance of enterprise AI solutions.
Coherent, a company, has partnered with Eudia to power its fully AI-native legal function. The partnership aims to create an "AI brain" that will leverage Eudia's technology to enhance efficiency and gain insights, driving the company's growth. The deployment will include Eudia's exclusive focus on in-house teams, integrating company knowledge into a unified platform. This will enable Coherent's legal team to own their strategic knowledge, apply it consistently, and amplify their value company-wide. The partnership will also include Cortex, Eudia's customizable enterprise AI framework, which will be trained and tuned to match Coherent's specific voice, policies, and legal processes.
Cyble has dominated the G2 Fall 2025 rankings with 24 badges powered by its revolutionary Agentic AI technology. The company's integrated AI platform suite includes Vision, Hawk, TIP, Strato, Titan, Odin, and Blaze. This technology represents the industry's evolution towards intelligent, autonomous defense systems that operate at machine speed with human-level strategic thinking. Cyble's Agentic AI is transforming how enterprises approach cybersecurity, according to Arora, who added that the future belongs to AI companies that can deliver real-world impact.
Cyble tops G2's Fall 2025 ranking with 24 badges, showcasing its integrated AI platform. The Cyble package includes Vision (AI-driven digital risk), Hawk (federal organism intelligence), TIP (intelligent threat platform), Strato (IA-driven cloud security), Titan (advanced persistent threat detection), Odin (AI-driven ASM) and Blaze (IA Agentic security brain). As cyber threats evolve, traditional security approaches become inadequate. Cyble's AI Agentic represents the industry's shift towards intelligent defense systems that operate at machine speed with strategic thinking similar to humans. Arora notes, "The future belongs to AI-capable companies that can generate real impact." Cyble's 24 G2 badges are not just recognition, but a test of Agentic AI's transformative impact on cybersecurity.
DRUID AI has secured $31 million in Series C funding to accelerate the growth of its agentic Ki platform under new CEO Joseph Kim. The platform enables companies to deploy IA agents and intelligent applications that rationalize processes without effort, integrate transparently with existing systems, and respond effectively to complex demands. With a 98% accuracy rate in first response, DRUID AI has adopted by leading companies such as AXA Insurance, Carrefour, the FDA, Georgia Southern University, Kmart Australia, Liberty Global Group, MatrixCare, National Health Service, and Orange Auchan to redefine their work processes.
Elon Musk is suing Apple and OpenAI over AI competition. The lawsuit centers on the display of apps through graphics, algorithmic recommendations, and expert-curated lists based on objective criteria. This raises questions about access to AI tools and the balance between innovation and competitive marketplaces. The outcome could affect app visibility, user experience of AI on devices, and the pace of innovation in the rapidly growing AI sector.