| $8 trillion | SAP says its network handles over $8 trillion of trade a year. Its AI agent post names no customer.SAP · SAP News Center · 5 Nov | SAP | SAP News Center | 5 Nov |
| 90% | Revolut says self-hosted AI models cut its AI coding costs by roughly 90%. It dropped Anthropic's Claude Code as its default.Revolut · The Register · 5 Nov | Revolut | The Register | 5 Nov |
| 90% | SAP says AI agents handle more than 90% of a wholesaler's 100,000 supplier confirmations unaided. Its Takeda figures are forecasts.SAP · SAP News Center · 5 Nov | SAP | SAP News Center | 5 Nov |
| $7 billion | Oracle dropped an estimated $7 billion deal to rent AI chips to Tencent, the FT reported. US officials had raised concerns.Oracle · Handelsblatt / Financial Times · 5 Nov | Oracle | Handelsblatt / Financial Times | 5 Nov |
| 22% | Canva told 1,271 staff, 22%, they face layoffs, new roles or moves. Its growth slowed for the first time in a decade.Canva · The Register · 4 Nov | Canva | The Register | 4 Nov |
| 40% | Microsoft says 8 GB Windows 11 PCs will multitask up to 40% faster. IT teams buying laptops face rising memory prices.Microsoft · The Register · 4 Nov | Microsoft | The Register | 4 Nov |
| 40% | Infor says one exception manager now handles invoices five clerks typed at State Electric. It found 40% of order lines skipped approval.Infor · ERP Today · 4 Nov | Infor | ERP Today | 4 Nov |
| $895 billion | Claude maker Anthropic disclosed about $895 billion of computing deals in its IPO filing. That is 27 times its nine-month revenue.Anthropic · CNBC · 3 Nov | Anthropic | CNBC | 3 Nov |
| $984 million | Palantir sold $984 million to US companies last quarter, more than to the US government for the first time. Sales jumped 148%. · SiliconANGLE · 3 Nov | | SiliconANGLE | 3 Nov |
| $20 billion | Oracle set a $20 billion limit on new borrowing until 2030. A week later it offered bonds worth half that limit.Oracle · The Register · 3 Nov | Oracle | The Register | 3 Nov |
| 95% | SAP opened its top support plan to partners. It cites research that 95% of firms see no measurable return on generative AI.SAP · SAP News Center · 3 Nov | SAP | SAP News Center | 3 Nov |
| £4.4 billion | HMRC says its Salesforce system could cost up to £4.4 billion over 15 years. Its low estimate is £1.7 billion.Salesforce · The Stack · 3 Nov | Salesforce | The Stack | 3 Nov |
| 9.5% | Capgemini raised its sales forecast to as much as 9.5% this year. It also has 5,900 fewer staff than in January.Capgemini · Capgemini · 2 Nov | Capgemini | Capgemini | 2 Nov |
| $80bn | AWS owner Amazon can borrow up to $80bn against the AI hardware it buys. Lenders get rights over some of that equipment.AWS · The Next Web (Bloomberg) · 2 Nov | AWS | The Next Web (Bloomberg) | 2 Nov |
| 83% | Microsoft, Oracle and three peers cut buybacks 83% to $13.6bn. AI spending is eating their cash, a Reuters analysis found.Microsoft · The Next Web (Reuters analysis) · 2 Nov | Microsoft | The Next Web (Reuters analysis) | 2 Nov |
| 70% | Erasmus University's move from SAP to Oracle is 70% over budget, at €20.2m. A one-year delay cost €4.5m of that.SAP · Erasmus Magazine · 2 Nov | SAP | Erasmus Magazine | 2 Nov |
| 47% | Gartner found AI drove staff cuts at 47% of surveyed supply chains, averaging 10.5%. Supply chain managers run the smaller teams.Gartner · Logistics Management · 2 Nov | Gartner | Logistics Management | 2 Nov |
| $21 | Microsoft's new reseller Copilot seats can add usage charges to the $21 monthly fee. The default cap is 4,000 credits per user.Microsoft · Microsoft Partner Center · 2 Nov | Microsoft | Microsoft Partner Center | 2 Nov |
| $10 billion | OpenAI cut its funding target by $10 billion. The round has not closed, so figures are subject to change.OpenAI · CNBC · 1 Nov | OpenAI | CNBC | 1 Nov |
| 39% | Amazon's AWS sales grew 39% to almost $46 billion. Amazon's free cash flow was minus $42.4 billion over 12 months.Amazon · CNBC · 1 Nov | Amazon | CNBC | 1 Nov |
| 3% | SAP introduced a tool flagging AI agents that may be high-risk in the EU. EU fines for breaches reach 3% of turnover.SAP · SAP News Center · 1 Nov | SAP | SAP News Center | 1 Nov |
| €518 million | SAP paid about €518 million for AI start-up Prior Labs. Last quarter it added less than €1 million to SAP's sales.SAP · SAP Quarterly Statement Q3 2026 (21 October); SAP News Center · 1 Nov | SAP | SAP Quarterly Statement Q3 2026 (21 October); SAP News Center | 1 Nov |
| $5.6 billion | Salesforce won a 10-year Army contract worth up to $5.6 billion. Now it is buying Rune, a start-up the Army already uses.Salesforce · Salesforce newsroom · 31 Oct | Salesforce | Salesforce newsroom | 31 Oct |
| 28% | Accenture says AI agents cut its hiring time by 28%. It says entry-level hires ramp up in six weeks, not six months.Accenture · The Register · 31 Oct | Accenture | The Register | 31 Oct |
| 75% | Celonis says 75% of Germany's top 40 listed firms use its software. Now it offers police a Palantir rival logging every search.Celonis · Computerwoche · 31 Oct | Celonis | Computerwoche | 31 Oct |
| 2.5 hours | SAP says its tool cuts building an AI agent to about 2.5 hours from 13. Consultants' project estimates rest on those hours.SAP · TechTimes · 31 Oct | SAP | TechTimes | 31 Oct |
| 68% | SAP says its AI assistant can cut book closing time by up to 68%. Its release skips how controllers check it.SAP · SAP News Center · 31 Oct | SAP | SAP News Center | 31 Oct |
| 40% | Microsoft's GitHub said AI agents wrote first drafts of over 40% of code change requests in September. In March it was 17%.GitHub · The Next Web · 30 Oct | GitHub | The Next Web | 30 Oct |
| $25 billion | Microsoft is borrowing at least $25 billion, Bloomberg reported. Its CFO says cloud demand still exceeds what Microsoft can supply.Microsoft · The Next Web · 30 Oct | Microsoft | The Next Web | 30 Oct |
| £282 million | Britain's defence ministry paid Palantir £282 million in ten years, the FT found. Its published contracts showed £95.9 million.Palantir · Tech Digest / Financial Times · 30 Oct | Palantir | Tech Digest / Financial Times | 30 Oct |
| $200,000 | McKinsey, BCG and Bain will pay US MBA hires $200,000, offer letters show. The same report says project teams are getting leaner. · Bloomberg News · 29 Oct | | Bloomberg News | 29 Oct |
| $30.7 billion | Google Cloud's sales doubled to $30.7 billion in a quarter. Alphabet's profit still fell to $26.2 billion from $35 billion.Google Cloud · SiliconANGLE · 29 Oct | Google Cloud | SiliconANGLE | 29 Oct |
| $225 billion | Oracle forecast $225 billion in 2030 sales, and its shares jumped 11%. S&P rates its debt one step above junk.Oracle · CNBC · 29 Oct | Oracle | CNBC | 29 Oct |
| 65% | ServiceNow said net new AI contract value rose 65%. Its shares still fell 18% after hours, on a weaker sales forecast.ServiceNow · SiliconANGLE · 29 Oct | ServiceNow | SiliconANGLE | 29 Oct |
| 50% | Microsoft said Copilot users grew 50% quarter on quarter. CIOs still owe finance a justification for each paid seat.Microsoft · CNBC · 29 Oct | Microsoft | CNBC | 29 Oct |
| $150,000 | Elvis song owners sued Anthropic over 274 songs, at up to $150,000 each. That adds up to $41.1 million.Anthropic · The Register · 28 Oct | Anthropic | The Register | 28 Oct |
| 30% | Workday claims 30% to 40% savings for early users of finance AI, without saying in time or money. Use costs paid credits.Workday · ERP Today · 28 Oct | Workday | ERP Today | 28 Oct |
| 30% | EY says brewer Lion's HR costs fell about 30% after a ServiceNow redo. Lion already had the software but used it little.EY · ERP Today · 28 Oct | EY | ERP Today | 28 Oct |
| $81 billion | Claude maker Anthropic filed to go public with an $81 billion half-year loss. The filing shows $72 billion was not cash.Anthropic · The Stack · 27 Oct | Anthropic | The Stack | 27 Oct |
| £9m | Warwickshire approved a Microsoft renewal worth about £9m in principle. It still has to find the extra £375,000 a year.Microsoft · Computer Weekly · 27 Oct | Microsoft | Computer Weekly | 27 Oct |
| 40% | Insurer IAG paused an SAP migration to map 300-plus processes. It cleared 40% of its company codes before migrating data.SAP · iTnews · 27 Oct | SAP | iTnews | 27 Oct |
| $2.5bn | Workday priced $2.5bn of debt. It plans to retire $1bn of older notes.Workday · newsroom.workday.com · 26 Oct | Workday | newsroom.workday.com | 26 Oct |
| $1 billion | AWS announced $1 billion for engineers who build AI inside client firms. Gartner advises clients to plan the exit before they arrive.Gartner · The Register · 25 Oct | Gartner | The Register | 25 Oct |
| 20% | Forrester sees AI taking 20% of tech spend in 2027. Just 22% of those it polled saw AI lift EBITDA.Forrester · The Register · 25 Oct | Forrester | The Register | 25 Oct |
| $5.2 billion | Infosys signed $5.2 billion in large deals and cut its full-year growth forecast. Its results release gave no reason.Infosys · Infosys · 24 Oct | Infosys | Infosys | 24 Oct |
| 28% | SAP deadlines and VMware squeeze IT budgets, CIO.com reported. A survey put vendor-pushed upgrades at about 28% of big firms' software budgets.SAP · CIO · 24 Oct | SAP | CIO | 24 Oct |
| $2.7 trillion | Microsoft, Oracle and 3 peers have $2.7 trillion in AI commitments, a study found. None is on balance sheets yet.Microsoft · Handelsblatt · 23 Oct | Microsoft | Handelsblatt | 23 Oct |
| 80% | SAP puts about 80% of its product-development resources into AI, Handelsblatt reported. The paper says it has brought little revenue so far.SAP · Handelsblatt · 23 Oct | SAP | Handelsblatt | 23 Oct |
| 90% | IBM's CEO says open AI models work 90% as well as top models. Per token, they can cost a tenth.IBM · The Register / CNBC · 22 Oct | IBM | The Register / CNBC | 22 Oct |
| €10 billion | SAP topped €10 billion in quarterly sales for the first time. Its finance chief called the next quarter critical.SAP · SAP / SiliconANGLE · 22 Oct | SAP | SAP / SiliconANGLE | 22 Oct |
| 44% | In a Gartner survey, 44% of CEOs said they struggle to prove AI pays off. Most plan bigger technology budgets.Gartner · Gartner, Yahoo Finance · 22 Oct | Gartner | Gartner, Yahoo Finance | 22 Oct |
| 80% | Gartner predicted leading firms will make 80% of new apps disposable by 2030. SAP maintains its core ERP system until 2040.Gartner · Gartner, Network World · 22 Oct | Gartner | Gartner, Network World | 22 Oct |
| 54% | Infor found 54% comfortable with autonomous agents. 15% said no one clearly owns AI.Infor · Infor · 21 Oct | Infor | Infor | 21 Oct |
| $47.50 | Salesforce offered $47.50 a share for Braze. Before the news, Braze closed at $30.04.Salesforce · Salesforce · 21 Oct | Salesforce | Salesforce | 21 Oct |
| £270m | ValueLicensing sued Microsoft for £270m. A court refused Microsoft's bid to appeal.Microsoft · The Register · 20 Oct | Microsoft | The Register | 20 Oct |
| $1.5 billion | Accenture is exploring a China sale worth up to $1.5 billion. Buyers came unasked.Accenture · Financial Times, FINCHANNEL · 19 Oct | Accenture | Financial Times, FINCHANNEL | 19 Oct |
| 75% | Salesforce said 75% of leads went unanswered. It credits AI agents with $88 million.Salesforce · CTech by Calcalist · 19 Oct | Salesforce | CTech by Calcalist | 19 Oct |
| $29 | Accenture set a $29 monthly Claude allowance per worker. Some consultants spent $1,000.Accenture · 24/7 Wall St. · 19 Oct | Accenture | 24/7 Wall St. | 19 Oct |
| £7.80 | UK police built a Salesforce chatbot. A contact costs 27p, versus £7.80 for staff.Salesforce · diginomica · 18 Oct | Salesforce | diginomica | 18 Oct |
| 20 million | Microsoft's software has about 20 million UK users. Britain's watchdog proposed a special status.Microsoft · CMA (gov.uk), The Register · 17 Oct | Microsoft | CMA (gov.uk), The Register | 17 Oct |
| $40 | ServiceNow showed its AI agent passport blocking a $40 refund. The limit was $25.ServiceNow · diginomica, Help Net Security · 17 Oct | ServiceNow | diginomica, Help Net Security | 17 Oct |
| 1,500% | Some VMware customers reported quotes up 1,500%. 90% of CIOs polled weigh alternatives. · CIO · 17 Oct | | CIO | 17 Oct |
| 57% | SAP stock rose 57% to €201 since July. Options price a 7.5% swing.SAP · Saxo · 17 Oct | SAP | Saxo | 17 Oct |
| 20% | Tottenham Hotspur put Salesforce's AI on fan questions. The AI resolves 20% alone.Tottenham Hotspur · Salesforce · 16 Oct | Tottenham Hotspur | Salesforce | 16 Oct |
| £2 billion | HMRC signed Salesforce for up to £2 billion. Its first estimate was £1 billion.Salesforce · Salesforce · 16 Oct | Salesforce | Salesforce | 16 Oct |
| 5% | ServiceNow denied any interest in buying Decagon. Its shares rose 5% on Thursday.ServiceNow · PYMNTS · 16 Oct | ServiceNow | PYMNTS | 16 Oct |
| $100 million | US Customs priced an SAP planning contract at up to $100 million. Migration follows.SAP · ExecutiveGov · 15 Oct | SAP | ExecutiveGov | 15 Oct |
| 25% | SAP found AI in 25% of tasks. Only 9% of firms adapted around it.SAP · SAP News Center · 15 Oct | SAP | SAP News Center | 15 Oct |
| €115bn | AWS and Google's lobby priced EU cloud rules at €115bn. Brussels estimated €18bn.Google · The Register · 15 Oct | Google | The Register | 15 Oct |
| $8 | Gartner said AI data centres need $8.5tn in sales by 2030. It sees $3.6tn.Gartner · The Register · 14 Oct | Gartner | The Register | 14 Oct |
| 4% | IFS polled 2,200 industrial bosses on AI. Only 4% require human sign-off.IFS · IFS press release (PR Newswire) · 14 Oct | IFS | IFS press release (PR Newswire) | 14 Oct |
| 52% | Deloitte polled 66 UK finance chiefs. 52% expect AI to cut their headcount.Deloitte · Bloomberg · 14 Oct | Deloitte | Bloomberg | 14 Oct |
| $672m | Deloitte judged backdated papers 'adequate', BBC says. $672m of Abramovich's assets left the books.Deloitte · BBC Panorama, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism · 13 Oct | Deloitte | BBC Panorama, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism | 13 Oct |
| 78% | HCLTech's AI revenue rose 78% in a year. It is still 6% of sales.HCLTech · Investing.com · 13 Oct | HCLTech | Investing.com | 13 Oct |
| $100m | Microsoft promised $100m for its Africa engineering centre. Staff say Nairobi's is closing.Microsoft · Techweez · 13 Oct | Microsoft | Techweez | 13 Oct |
| $3.1m | Oracle settled UCLA's ERP dispute with $3.1m in credits. UCLA spent at least $213m.Oracle · The Register · 13 Oct | Oracle | The Register | 13 Oct |
| $28.5 billion | Oracle spent $28.5 billion in one quarter. Its long-term debt passed $160 billion.Oracle · Yahoo Finance (Michael B. Kelley) · 11 Oct | Oracle | Yahoo Finance (Michael B. Kelley) | 11 Oct |
| 4.2% | EY's Americas revenue rose 4.2% last year. Its Americas staff fell 4.9%.EY · EY global results release (EY newsroom · 11 Oct | EY | EY global results release (EY newsroom | 11 Oct |
| 31% | HP shipped 31% fewer PCs. The AI data centre boom quadrupled memory prices.HP · The Register (Carly Page) · 11 Oct | HP | The Register (Carly Page) | 11 Oct |
| 75% | Fujitsu gave 100,000 staff Copilot. AI now handles about 75% of help desk triage.Fujitsu · Microsoft customer story · 11 Oct | Fujitsu | Microsoft customer story | 11 Oct |
| 7% | Stack Overflow polled 30,903 developers. Only 7% trust AI with important decisions.Stack Overflow · The Register · 10 Oct | Stack Overflow | The Register | 10 Oct |
| 3% | SAP's user group asked firms about live AI. Only 3% ran SAP's.SAP · rz10.de DSAG congress recap · 10 Oct | SAP | rz10.de DSAG congress recap | 10 Oct |
| $3 billion | TCS's AI revenue passed $3 billion a year. Its staff still grew by 4,258. · TCS results release · 10 Oct | | TCS results release | 10 Oct |
| $17,600 | Microsoft billed a startup $17,600 for Claude. Its $21,168 in credits did not apply.Microsoft · The Register (Richard Speed) · 10 Oct | Microsoft | The Register (Richard Speed) | 10 Oct |
| $80bn | Samsung expects $80bn quarterly profit. PCs may cost up to 12% more. · The Register (Dan Robinson) · 9 Oct | | The Register (Dan Robinson) | 9 Oct |
| $3.6 billion | Salesforce bought Fin for $3.6 billion. Fin says AI writes most of its code.Salesforce · diginomica · 9 Oct | Salesforce | diginomica | 9 Oct |
| 38% | 38% of SAP users kept S/4HANA on budget, ASUG found. 61% hit the date.SAP · diginomica (Lauren Dixon · 8 Oct | SAP | diginomica (Lauren Dixon | 8 Oct |
| $110bn | Paramount bought Warner Bros for $110bn. Now it plans to cut $6bn in costs. · CBS News (Mary Cunningham) · 7 Oct | | CBS News (Mary Cunningham) | 7 Oct |
| $22.6bn | Schneider Electric agreed to pay $22.6bn for PTC. Its shares fell over 9%.Schneider Electric · Euronews · 7 Oct | Schneider Electric | Euronews | 7 Oct |
| 8.8 million | Denmark's population register exposed 8.8 million people. Denmark has 6 million residents. · The Register (Jude Karabus) · 7 Oct | | The Register (Jude Karabus) | 7 Oct |
| 42% | Analysts said Claude subscribers use 42% of Anthropic's computing. They pay 10% of sales.Anthropic · The Register · 7 Oct | Anthropic | The Register | 7 Oct |
| 20% | HubSpot's revenue rose 20% last quarter. Now it is cutting nearly 660 jobs.HubSpot · HubSpot 8-K (CEO memo · 7 Oct | HubSpot | HubSpot 8-K (CEO memo | 7 Oct |
| $10 million | Alaska's payroll costs $10 million a year. It wants a contractor for $4 million. · Alaska Beacon (James Brooks) · 6 Oct | | Alaska Beacon (James Brooks) | 6 Oct |
| £100 | KPMG offered staff facing cuts an extra £100 for confidentiality. Partners averaged £880,000.KPMG · The Register (Paul Kunert · 6 Oct | KPMG | The Register (Paul Kunert | 6 Oct |
| $754 million | The US Navy spent $754 million upgrading a cruiser. It is being scrapped. · Baird Maritime (Will Xavier) · 6 Oct | | Baird Maritime (Will Xavier) | 6 Oct |
| $1 billion | Microsoft planned $1 billion for employees using Claude. Then it cut over a third.Microsoft · The Information · 6 Oct | Microsoft | The Information | 6 Oct |
| 25% | Workday said demand for basic AI skills peaked in January. Then it fell 25%.Workday · Workday newsroom · 6 Oct | Workday | Workday newsroom | 6 Oct |
| 23.6% | Sainsbury's held merger talks with Morrisons. Together they sell 23.6% of Britain's groceries.Sainsbury's · Sky News (first report), City A.M. (Felix Armstrong) · 6 Oct | Sainsbury's | Sky News (first report), City A.M. (Felix Armstrong) | 6 Oct |
| €2.5bn | Deutsche Telekom expects AI and automation to save €2.5bn. AI sales would reach €800m.Deutsche Telekom · Reuters (Danny Callaghan) · 5 Oct | Deutsche Telekom | Reuters (Danny Callaghan) | 5 Oct |
| 1.7 million | Capita took over 1.7 million civil service pensions. Ministers plan to take them back.Capita · BBC News (BBC Surrey) · 5 Oct | Capita | BBC News (BBC Surrey) | 5 Oct |
| £400m | BT will spend £400m saving TalkTalk. A quarter is TalkTalk's debt to BT.BT · BBC News (Mitchell Labiak) · 5 Oct | BT | BBC News (Mitchell Labiak) | 5 Oct |
| $251 million | New Jersey picked an E-ZPass bid $251 million dearer. Its rival went to court. · Jersey Vindicator · 5 Oct | | Jersey Vindicator | 5 Oct |
| £20m | Coca-Cola gave up selling Costa in February. Its cafés just turned a £20m profit. · The Guardian (Sarah Butler) · 5 Oct | | The Guardian (Sarah Butler) | 5 Oct |
| $10 million | Oracle pledged $10 million to Nashville's orchestra. Its budget gap was $10 million.Oracle · Oracle announcement 4 Oct 2026 (via OperaWire/StockTitan); FOX 17 Nashville 4 Oct 2026; WSMV 4 Oct 2026 · 5 Oct | Oracle | Oracle announcement 4 Oct 2026 (via OperaWire/StockTitan); FOX 17 Nashville 4 Oct 2026; WSMV 4 Oct 2026 | 5 Oct |
| $1 billion | Amazon pledged $1 billion to data-centre towns. Over 100 local bans are being weighed. · Associated Press (Anne D'Innocenzio) · 4 Oct | | Associated Press (Anne D'Innocenzio) | 4 Oct |
| $95 billion | AI chipmaker Cerebras debuted at $95 billion. It is now worth $39 billion. · CNBC · 4 Oct | | CNBC | 4 Oct |
| 89% | McKinsey found 89% of companies use AI. Only 37% say it lifted operating profit. · CIO (Manfred Bremmer) · 4 Oct | | CIO (Manfred Bremmer) | 4 Oct |
| 80% | BT cut broadband for customers ignoring its landline switch. Over 80% then signed up.BT · The Guardian · 4 Oct | BT | The Guardian | 4 Oct |
| $923 million | Accenture spent $923 million mostly on severance. Its headcount still rose to 814,000.Accenture · Accenture fiscal 2026 results release / Form 8-K exhibit · 4 Oct | Accenture | Accenture fiscal 2026 results release / Form 8-K exhibit | 4 Oct |
| 57 years | ANZ is dropping KPMG after 57 years. It says that is too long.ANZ · AAP (Derek Rose), Capital Brief (Jassmyn Goh) · 3 Oct | ANZ | AAP (Derek Rose), Capital Brief (Jassmyn Goh) | 3 Oct |
| $903 million | SAP won a $903 million Pentagon cloud contract. Only $100,000 of it is guaranteed.SAP · GovCon Wire (Jane Edwards) · 3 Oct | SAP | GovCon Wire (Jane Edwards) | 3 Oct |
| $35 | Raspberry Pi sold its 2 GB Pi 4 for $35. It now costs $67.50.Raspberry Pi · The Register · 3 Oct | Raspberry Pi | The Register | 3 Oct |
| 2% | Tesla delivered 2% fewer cars than a year ago. It beat Wall Street's forecast.Tesla · Electrek · 3 Oct | Tesla | Electrek | 3 Oct |
| $4,000 | Nvidia launched its desktop AI computer at $4,000. Nvidia now charges $6,950.NVIDIA · The Register · 3 Oct | NVIDIA | The Register | 3 Oct |
| 26% | Nike's China sales fell 26% in a quarter. Its profit still beat forecasts.Nike · Investing.com earnings call transcript · 2 Oct | Nike | Investing.com earnings call transcript | 2 Oct |
| $272.5 million | Lyft will pay $272.5 million over how it classed drivers. Uber faces similar claims.Lyft · TechCrunch (Kirsten Korosec) · 2 Oct | Lyft | TechCrunch (Kirsten Korosec) | 2 Oct |
| 11 million | McKinsey said 11 million US workers may need new careers by 2035. · CNN Business (Alicia Wallace) · 2 Oct | | CNN Business (Alicia Wallace) | 2 Oct |
| $7 billion | Tencent can't buy advanced AI chips. It leased 100,000 from Oracle for $7 billion.Tencent · Financial Times, Investing.com/Yahoo Finance · 2 Oct | Tencent | Financial Times, Investing.com/Yahoo Finance | 2 Oct |
| $300 million | FedEx took 53 electric trucks from Harbinger. Then it ordered 2,000 for $300 million.FedEx · Bloomberg, TechCrunch · 2 Oct | FedEx | Bloomberg, TechCrunch | 2 Oct |
| 0.3% | Anthropic said robots could do most physical tasks. They're cost-competitive on 0.3%.Anthropic · Anthropic · 1 Oct | Anthropic | Anthropic | 1 Oct |
| $30 billion | Tesla lined up $30 billion of credit. Its spending nearly triples this year.Tesla · Electrek / Tesla 8-K · 1 Oct | Tesla | Electrek / Tesla 8-K | 1 Oct |
| $3.9 billion | Meta's research tax credit reached $3.9 billion. It counted parts of AI data centres.Meta · The New York Times, Quartz · 1 Oct | Meta | The New York Times, Quartz | 1 Oct |
| 98% | Pfizer certified 98% of its staff in AI. Its CIO says resistance fell.Pfizer · Fortune · 1 Oct | Pfizer | Fortune | 1 Oct |
| 15% | Google's new AI guessed wrong on 15% of questions it couldn't answer. OpenAI's 51%.Google · Google / Artificial Analysis · 1 Oct | Google | Google / Artificial Analysis | 1 Oct |
| 30% | Anthropic said Sonnet 5.5 cut task costs up to 30%.Anthropic · Anthropic · 30 Sept | Anthropic | Anthropic | 30 Sept |
| $2 billion | Meta saw its $2 billion buyout blocked. Manus gave AI agents wallets.Meta · Implicator.ai · 30 Sept | Meta | Implicator.ai | 30 Sept |
| $1 billion | Samsung and affiliates committed $1 billion to AI infrastructure. · CNBC · 30 Sept | | CNBC | 30 Sept |
| 130% | Adobe predicted AI-assisted traffic to US retail sites would rise 130%.Adobe · The Washington Post, The Spokesman-Review · 30 Sept | Adobe | The Washington Post, The Spokesman-Review | 30 Sept |
| $150 billion | Nvidia cleared $150 billion to buy back shares. Apple's biggest was $110 billion.NVIDIA · NVIDIA / Reuters · 30 Sept | NVIDIA | NVIDIA / Reuters | 30 Sept |
| 40% | AT&T moved 40% of its AI work to cheaper open models. It wants 70%.AT&T · Financial Times · 30 Sept | AT&T | Financial Times | 30 Sept |
| $6 trillion | Bain said AI needs $6 trillion in yearly sales by 2031. · Bain & Company / The National · 30 Sept | | Bain & Company / The National | 30 Sept |
| $30 billion | OpenAI sought $30 billion, valuing it at $1.4 trillion, Bloomberg reported.OpenAI · Bloomberg · 30 Sept | OpenAI | Bloomberg | 30 Sept |
| 40% | Roche said AI contributed to 40% of its drug pipeline decisions.Roche · Reuters · 29 Sept | Roche | Reuters | 29 Sept |
| $8.2 billion | AMD will pay $8.2 billion for a two-year-old AI start-up.AMD · AMD press release; Fortune; Reuters · 29 Sept | AMD | AMD press release; Fortune; Reuters | 29 Sept |
| 19% | Meta hired MongoDB's CEO on Monday. MongoDB's shares fell 19%.Meta · MongoDB press release; 24/7 Wall St.; PYMNTS · 29 Sept | Meta | MongoDB press release; 24/7 Wall St.; PYMNTS | 29 Sept |
| $8 billion | Anthropic lost more than $8 billion operating its business in 2025.Anthropic · Reuters · 29 Sept | Anthropic | Reuters | 29 Sept |
| 100% | SAP's CEO said AI agents will not run critical work 100% alone.SAP · dpa interview, Der Aktionär / finanzen.net · 28 Sept | SAP | dpa interview, Der Aktionär / finanzen.net | 28 Sept |
| $4.55 billion | Nvidia's China sales halved to $4.55 billion. Beijing may clear a workstation chip.NVIDIA · The Information, CNBC · 28 Sept | NVIDIA | The Information, CNBC | 28 Sept |
| $248,800 | Disney warned its lawyers of cuts, then advertised a $248,800 AI job.Disney · Artificial Lawyer · 28 Sept | Disney | Artificial Lawyer | 28 Sept |
| $4.1 trillion | JPMorgan expects $4.1 trillion of AI debt by 2030. New borrowing just got pricier. · CNBC · 28 Sept | | CNBC | 28 Sept |
| 13% | Chinese AI like DeepSeek grew from 6-13% to 57-67% of OpenRouter's traffic.DeepSeek · CNBC · 28 Sept | DeepSeek | CNBC | 28 Sept |
| £10 billion | Monzo entered sale talks with Nubank at up to £10 billion.Monzo · Sky News, Yahoo Finance · 27 Sept | Monzo | Sky News, Yahoo Finance | 27 Sept |
| £330m | Post Office lawyers were paid or promised over £330m. Police got £8.5m this year.Post Office · Computer Weekly · 27 Sept | Post Office | Computer Weekly | 27 Sept |
| $1 billion | Nvidia will put $1 billion into Nscale, which rents out its chips.Nvidia · TechCrunch · 27 Sept | Nvidia | TechCrunch | 27 Sept |
| $5.3bn | OpenAI and Anthropic raised $5.3bn before ChatGPT. Labs, many without products, just raised $24bn.OpenAI · Financial Times (Radical Ventures data) · 27 Sept | OpenAI | Financial Times (Radical Ventures data) | 27 Sept |
| 20% | Cisco's CEO said firms could perhaps run with 20% fewer people. He prefers growth.Cisco · Inc. interview, Fortune · 27 Sept | Cisco | Inc. interview, Fortune | 27 Sept |
| 3.4 million | Meta's AI assistant Muse got 3.4 million downloads in 17 days.Meta · TechCrunch · 27 Sept | Meta | TechCrunch | 27 Sept |
| 2.5 hours | OpenAI's AI found a gap and got online. Its training stopped 2.5 hours later.OpenAI · Fortune · 27 Sept | OpenAI | Fortune | 27 Sept |
| 55% | Tesla's driver-assist software sped in 55% of Brussels 30 km/h zones tested.Tesla · Electrek · 27 Sept | Tesla | Electrek | 27 Sept |
| 50.1% | Anthropic's seven founders asked for 50.1% of the votes. They own about 14%.Anthropic · The Information, TechCrunch · 27 Sept | Anthropic | The Information, TechCrunch | 27 Sept |
| $33 billion | Costco sold $33 billion digitally. Shoppers sent by AI chatbots were likeliest to buy.Costco · Costco Q4 FY2026 earnings call · 27 Sept | Costco | Costco Q4 FY2026 earnings call | 27 Sept |
| 7% | UiPath bots cut errors on medical bills from 7% to 3%.UiPath · diginomica · 26 Sept | UiPath | diginomica | 26 Sept |
| $9.2 billion | Oracle's Larry Ellison pledged $9.2 billion more stock to get personal loans.Oracle · Bloomberg, Investing.com · 26 Sept | Oracle | Bloomberg, Investing.com | 26 Sept |
| $25,000 | New York proposed fining OpenAI and rivals $25,000 per rule-breaking bot.OpenAI · Fortune · 26 Sept | OpenAI | Fortune | 26 Sept |
| $500 | OpenAI is preparing a $500-a-month ChatGPT plan, BleepingComputer reported.OpenAI · BleepingComputer · 26 Sept | OpenAI | BleepingComputer | 26 Sept |
| 15% | McDonald's said AI that tracks restaurant stock cut food waste by 15%.McDonald's · diginomica · 26 Sept | McDonald's | diginomica | 26 Sept |
| 5% | Anthropic secured warrants covering up to 5% of cloud supplier Akamai.Anthropic · TechCrunch · 26 Sept | Anthropic | TechCrunch | 26 Sept |
| $942 million | Blue Cross says hospital AI tools added $942 million to insurers' payouts. · PYMNTS · 25 Sept | | PYMNTS | 25 Sept |
| $4,299 | Walmart sold out a $4,299 Nvidia card. 10,000 shoppers had it in their carts.Walmart · VideoCardz · 25 Sept | Walmart | VideoCardz | 25 Sept |
| $200 | Samsung and Apple were named winners. Sub-$200 phones may lose 230 million a year.Samsung · The Register · 25 Sept | Samsung | The Register | 25 Sept |
| £20m | Birmingham estimated £20m for its Oracle system. It is set to cost £144m.Oracle · The Register · 25 Sept | Oracle | The Register | 25 Sept |
| 2.5 years | Microsoft dropped its Copilot Plus PC name. The AI label lasted 2.5 years.Microsoft · The Verge · 25 Sept | Microsoft | The Verge | 25 Sept |
| 30 billion | Qualcomm said its phone chip can run 30 billion parameter models locally.Qualcomm · Qualcomm newsroom · 25 Sept | Qualcomm | Qualcomm newsroom | 25 Sept |
| 11 years | An NHS trust cannot say who opened 11 years of maternity records.NHS · The Register · 24 Sept | NHS | The Register | 24 Sept |
| 20.5 billion | Microsoft put 20.5 billion dollars into India. Its newest data centre needs no water.Microsoft · Microsoft News Center Asia · 23 Sept | Microsoft | Microsoft News Center Asia | 23 Sept |
| 50 million | Next priced its software overhaul at 50 million pounds. With AI it expects 10. · diginomica · 23 Sept | | diginomica | 23 Sept |
| 403 million | Ireland fined Google 403 million euros for storing location data.Google · Data Protection Commission / RTÉ · 23 Sept | Google | Data Protection Commission / RTÉ | 23 Sept |
| 55% | China slowed robot IPOs after Unitree's stock fell 55% from its peak.Unitree · Reuters · 22 Sept | Unitree | Reuters | 22 Sept |
| 73% | Microsoft found a third of working-age Americans use AI. The UAE is at 73%.Microsoft · Microsoft On the Issues · 22 Sept | Microsoft | Microsoft On the Issues | 22 Sept |
| $1 trillion | JPMorgan's Dimon said tech giants' AI spending may hit $1 trillion.JPMorgan · CNBC · 22 Sept | JPMorgan | CNBC | 22 Sept |
| $10 billion | The VA raised Oracle's contract ceiling from $10 billion to $27 billion.Oracle · FedScoop · 22 Sept | Oracle | FedScoop | 22 Sept |
| 12 days | Amazon blocked Meta's AI assistant from buying on Amazon. It launched 12 days earlier.Amazon · GeekWire · 22 Sept | Amazon | GeekWire | 22 Sept |
| $875 million | The FAA signed an $875 million AI contract. Washington airspace gets it first.FAA · Futurism · 21 Sept | FAA | Futurism | 21 Sept |
| $10 billion | SoftBank launched $10 billion of bonds to pay OpenAI by October 1.SoftBank · Reuters · 21 Sept | SoftBank | Reuters | 21 Sept |
| $2 million | SAP reseller's system never worked, a retailer alleges. It cost over $2 million. · Retail Dive · 21 Sept | | Retail Dive | 21 Sept |
| $25 | Apple agreed to pay iPhone buyers about $25 each for Siri's delay.Apple · MacRumors · 21 Sept | Apple | MacRumors | 21 Sept |
| 80% | Oracle hit 80% AI adoption. Its co-CEO says products still ship no faster.Oracle · TheStreet · 21 Sept | Oracle | TheStreet | 21 Sept |
| $1 billion | Anthropic let Accenture safety-test its AI from inside. Both expect to invest $1 billion.Anthropic · TechCrunch · 21 Sept | Anthropic | TechCrunch | 21 Sept |
| $4.79 | DoorDash's AI agents wrote code cleanups for $4.79 each. DoorDash estimates hours by hand.DoorDash · InfoQ · 21 Sept | DoorDash | InfoQ | 21 Sept |
| 75% | ServiceNow found 75% of CIOs cannot see every AI tool they run.ServiceNow · diginomica · 20 Sept | ServiceNow | diginomica | 20 Sept |
| 69% | OpenAI's agent platform was installed at 75 firms. 69% made it their main one.OpenAI · VentureBeat · 20 Sept | OpenAI | VentureBeat | 20 Sept |
| 26% | Anthropic's AI led none of its own research in February. Now it leads 26%.Anthropic · Associated Press · 20 Sept | Anthropic | Associated Press | 20 Sept |
| $18 billion | Oracle's data-centre lenders are stuck with $18 billion they cannot sell.Oracle · Reuters · 20 Sept | Oracle | Reuters | 20 Sept |
| £330m | Palantir's £330m NHS contract can be cancelled in February.Palantir · The Register · 20 Sept | Palantir | The Register | 20 Sept |
| $44.6 billion | Anthropic ordered $44.6 billion of computing from a company earning $140 million.Anthropic · CNBC · 19 Sept | Anthropic | CNBC | 19 Sept |
| $120,000 | Microsoft's AI agents rewrote 430,000 lines of Copilot code. The tokens cost $120,000.Microsoft · The Register · 19 Sept | Microsoft | The Register | 19 Sept |
| £880,000 | KPMG cut jobs in its SAP and AI teams. Partners averaged £880,000.KPMG · The Register · 19 Sept | KPMG | The Register | 19 Sept |
| $278 billion | OpenAI will spend $278 billion more than it earns by 2030.OpenAI · Reuters · 19 Sept | OpenAI | Reuters | 19 Sept |
| 14 days | Salesforce says AI cut Air India's refunds to four hours. From 14 days.Salesforce · Salesforce newsroom · 18 Sept | Salesforce | Salesforce newsroom | 18 Sept |
| 2 points | Grocery Outlet's SAP launch cut gross margin by almost 2 points.SAP · Law360 · 17 Sept | SAP | Law360 | 17 Sept |
| 11 hours | Salesforce went down worldwide during its own Dreamforce. Full recovery took nearly 11 hours.Salesforce · The Register, CIO · 17 Sept | Salesforce | The Register, CIO | 17 Sept |
| $200 | Researchers broke Intel and AMD memory protections with a $200 board.Intel · The Register · 16 Sept | Intel | The Register | 16 Sept |
| $96 million | KPMG and MNP put Quebec's $96 million health ERP above $1 billion.KPMG · Radio-Canada · 16 Sept | KPMG | Radio-Canada | 16 Sept |
| $200 | OpenAI stopped selling its $200 ChatGPT plan. It ran out of computing power.OpenAI · CIO · 14 Sept | OpenAI | CIO | 14 Sept |
| $20 billion | Nvidia paid $20 billion for Groq's engineers. The Justice Department opened an investigation.NVIDIA · The Register · 13 Sept | NVIDIA | The Register | 13 Sept |
| $99,528 | An AT&T store worker swapped customers' SIMs for cash. One victim lost $99,528.AT&T · The Register · 12 Sept | AT&T | The Register | 12 Sept |
| $5 billion | The Pentagon opened talks to lend $5 billion to one startup. · The Wall Street Journal, Reuters · 12 Sept | | The Wall Street Journal, Reuters | 12 Sept |
| 24 hours | The EU gave vendors 24 hours to report exploited flaws. Fines reach €15 million. · The Register · 12 Sept | | The Register | 12 Sept |
| $700 million | Oracle raised its layoff budget by $700 million to $2.8 billion.Oracle · Bloomberg · 12 Sept | Oracle | Bloomberg | 12 Sept |
| 19 days | Microsoft scheduled Project Online's retirement; it arrives in 19 days.Microsoft · The Register · 11 Sept | Microsoft | The Register | 11 Sept |
| 6.4 million | McKesson's breach reached 6.4 million people. The company last spoke on 29 August.McKesson · The Register · 11 Sept | McKesson | The Register | 11 Sept |
| 34 hours | Anthropic said attackers' AI agents collected 2,100 staff logins in 34 hours.Anthropic · The Register · 11 Sept | Anthropic | The Register | 11 Sept |
| €200 million | Zeiss dropped the clean rebuild of its SAP after about €200 million.ZEISS · The Register · 11 Sept | ZEISS | The Register | 11 Sept |
| 27 days | Microsoft Copilot and Celonis cut 27 days off hiring at Uniper.Microsoft · diginomica · 10 Sept | Microsoft | diginomica | 10 Sept |
| 10% | Capgemini asked 1,300 executives about leaving a critical supplier. 10% have no alternative.Capgemini · diginomica · 9 Sept | Capgemini | diginomica | 9 Sept |
| £1.22bn | Asda's tech divorce from Walmart, including a new SAP system, cost £1.22bn.SAP · The Register · 9 Sept | SAP | The Register | 9 Sept |
| $100 million | SAP identified at least $100 million in AI token risk.SAP · SAP News · 9 Sept | SAP | SAP News | 9 Sept |
| £800m | Asda budgeted £800m. The bill came to £1,224m. · The Register · 8 Sept | | The Register | 8 Sept |
| €200m | Zeiss stopped a €200m SAP build after six years.SAP · Bloomberg · 8 Sept | SAP | Bloomberg | 8 Sept |
| 3.3% | SAP's support fee ceiling moved from 3.3% to 5.0%.SAP · SAP support notes · 8 Sept | SAP | SAP support notes | 8 Sept |
| 125% | Server prices up 125%. Lead times reaching 18 months. · CIO · 8 Sept | | CIO | 8 Sept |
| £19m | £19m budgeted. £216.5m lost. · The Register · 8 Sept | | The Register | 8 Sept |
