This May Google unveiled an overhaul of its infamous search engine, introducing a reimagined “intelligent search box.”
The biggest change that Google has made to its core product in over two decades could see a major shift in how AI is used to help users answer and navigate the web, with a big move towards integrated intelligence.
Elsewhere, we can clearly see that AI continues to put down roots across business operations, firmly closing the chapter on its early years of tentative adoption.
A new data analysis released in May highlighted the incredible pace of AI adoption across the Fortune 500. This year to-date 85% of Fortune 500 companies have now mentioned AI in their annual filings, up from 29% in 2022.
This is further proof that AI is no longer optional, but rather it has become non-negotiable for the world’s largest businesses. This shift means that software engineering companies that specialize in complex AI initiatives are in high demand, and their revenue is showing the results.
Sonata specializes in AI modernization services, and in its latest financial report it announced that its consolidated revenue from both domestic products and its international IT services for FY’26 had reached $1.11 billion.
Part of the company’s strength is its ability to consider the complementary cloud and data technologies that are essential to complex AI initiatives. The company has been a Microsoft partner for 30 years and was one of the first to be recognized as a Microsoft Frontier Partner. As Microsoft accelerates its AI-first strategy, Sonata is focused on helping customers move from isolated AI adoption to enterprise-wide deployment of agentic business processes.
Beyond the demand for AI modernization services seen in enterprises, there were no shortage of AI stories this past month.
Here’s a round-up of AI-related headlines from around the world to catch up on.
Index.dev acquires Hirebolt to address gap between ambition and execution
Index.dev is on a mission to address the fact that demand for qualified AI engineers is outstripping supply by a long way.
With the majority of employers finding recruitment of AI specialists a challenge, Index.dev announced that it had acquired Hirebolt, a Y Combinator-backed company.
By integrating Hirebolt’s high-speed matching infrastructure, Index.dev is looking for evolve into a comprehensive AI engineering capacity platform to address this critical bottleneck.
Launch of Prezent Vivo brings AI + Human Expert to Life Sciences communication
Life sciences teams have long faced a false choice between general-purpose AI that delivers speed without substance, and traditional agencies that deliver substance without speed.
The launch of Prezent Vivo from Prezent is expected to fuse purpose-built AI and domain experts, with Prezent becoming a key communication partner for the life sciences ecosystem.
Healthtech veteran Francine Carrick was also announced as the President of Prezent Vivo.
Said the executive in a company statement, “Medical communications is changing fast. For years, our industry has relied on processes that simply cannot keep up with the pace of scientific discovery or the expectations of the audiences we serve. We need a new way to deliver the right content to the right people at the right moment. That is why I am joining Prezent.”
ADvendio and Kevel partner-up to help retailers scale their retail media operations with efficient, agentic operations
Retail media is one of the fastest-growing segments of advertising. In the US, spending is set to reach $100 billion by 2028.
A new partnership between ADvendio and Kevel will give retailers and brands a way to scale ad operations efficiency, optimize cross-channel revenue and maintain full control over their data in one single, cohesive platform.
ADvendio is an omnichannel advertising management platform helping to unlock the potential of agentic AI across the advertising industry. Now, its powerful AI agents can be applied at further scale through Kevel’s high-performance ad infrastructure to help retailers boost ad sales across their retail media networks.
Emerging cybersecurity firm Cyble recognized by Gartner for real-time threat platform BlazeAI
As cyber attacks grow more frequent and sophisticated, organizations need to employ the latest tools and technologies to keep pace and stay protected. One of the main pain points is access to a platform that actually tackles evolving cybersecurity threats in real-time.
Here, cybersecurity firm Cyble has been recognized for its AI engine, BlazeAI, which helps security teams identify threats, analyse attackers, and respond faster through automated tools and real-time insights.
The company was named a Challenger in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cyberthreat Intelligence Technologies.
Solvd joins the Agentic AI Foundation to focus on shared standards for Model Context Protocol (MCP)
The Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) is a Linux Foundation project with an important goal. As more organizations worldwide put their trust in the hands of agentic AI tools for core business functions, experts highlight the importance of building a set of shared standards to support interoperability.
AI engineering company Solvd becomes the latest company to join AAIF to contribute to the open, collaborative development of AI infrastructure alongside.
In particular, engineers from Solvd will support AAIF working groups with hands-on implementation expertise that focuses on Model Context Protocol (MCP), which helps AI agents connect with external tools and data sources.
Community banks benefit from digital lending tools thanks to a partnership between Jifiti and Peach Finance
Jifiti, a global lending technology company, and Peach Finance, an API-first loan management and servicing company, announced a strategic partnership to offer regional, mid-tier and community banks a single, integrated solution covering the full lending lifecycle.
“Banks today need to move quickly to give customers the financing experience they’ve come to expect – instant access at their moment of need, digital experiences, automated repayments,” said Yaacov Martin, CEO of Jifiti.
“Our partnership with Peach Finance enables us to deliver a compliant, end-to-end solution – combining intelligent origination with a powerful servicing backbone,” added the executive.
QuickBlox improves patient-doctor communication with its SmartChat Assistant
QuickBlox was in the headlines as a top pick for healthcare providers and organizations looking for reliable and HIPAA-compliant chatbot solutions to help with patient-doctor communication.
The company’s Healthcare Chatbot and SmartChat Assistant represent one of key parts of its solution for healthcare organizations, and combines AI-driven automation with real-time communication tools, such as chat, voice and video.
Healthcare providers have the option to let the AI model train on secure, proprietary data to allow for personalized and context-aware interactions in a secure and reliable manner.
The demand for tailored software solutions in the healthcare market continues to grow, and here tech enterprise QuickBlox stands out thanks to its powerful, enterprise-grade communication platform.
360 Health Data featured for contributions to health innovation in Latin America
Language continues to act as a barrier for healthcare professionals globally. While many telehealth solutions focus on patient interactions, 360 Health Data is on a mission to support doctors and physicians by providing an AI assistant to provide support with medical research data.
Coralia Health, one of the company’s key solutions, translates medical knowledge into Spanish using technology-based automation, meaning that doctors in the region now have quick access to up-to-date, reliable, and relevant information.
The tool was highlighted by Contxto as part of the growing healthtech ecosystem in Latin America.
Brands like Bands named leading venture in Zurich’s thriving tech ecosystem
Zurich is fast becoming one of Europe’s central innovation hubs thanks to the diverse range of technology companies in its tech scene.
Here, Brands like Bands has been named one of the top ventures in the city thanks to its groundbreaking approach to corporate cultural experiences and employee branding, largely through music-driven team experiences.
Brands Like Bands, led by Fernando Gaspar Barros, helps organizations unlock creativity and strengthen employee engagement by turning teams into collaborative “bands.”
Autonomous B2B platform MyUser brings AI-powered outreach to more businesses
Myuser continues to help more companies with its AI-powered outreach solution, with its founder Ibrahim Hasanov being named this month a Judge to leading technology accelerator Parallel 18.
The entrepreneur was also recently named a Mentor at Founder Institute, the world’s largest accelerator program.
The company’s solutions, which is making waves in B2B AI circles, have been tailored to cater to businesses with flexible and cost-effective features.
Source Meridian releases latest episode of Tech Time featuring Claude Ambassador
Source Meridian, a software development company with offices in the US and Colombia, has been making waves with its new podcast “La Hora de Tech”, which was created to further conversations around AI adoption with the software engineering community in Latin America.
In the latest episode, released on May 27th, the team at Source Meridian spoke with Felipe Aguirre Martinez, Senior Data Scientist and Claude Code Community Ambassador, to talk about the next step in the evolution of data architectures: the rise of small, specialized models.
