Agentic AI
AI’s 2026 bottleneck will not be the model. It will be the data layer.
Confluent’s 2026 Predictions Report makes a sharp argument about the next phase of enterprise AI: the model race is no longer the whole story. After a year where agentic AI dominated data conversations, Confluent says 2026 will be about solving the barriers that made AI hard to move into production. The report opens with a […]
Emergent Raises $130M as AI Software Creation Moves Beyond Developers
The next software platform may not begin with a blank code editor. It may begin with a business owner describing a problem. Emergent has raised $130 million in Series C funding at a $1.5 billion valuation, making the AI software creation company a unicorn roughly one year after its public launch. Creaegis led the round, […]
Promptwatch Raises €6M to Build an Agentic AI Search Optimization Platform
Amsterdam-based Promptwatch has raised €6 million in seed funding to expand its AI search optimization platform and move deeper into the execution layer of generative engine optimization. The round was led by Berlin-based seed + speed Ventures, with participation from Blum Ventures. Existing investor Arches Capital also returned after backing Promptwatch’s pre-seed round in September […]