In recent AI news, the role of content creators has been put back in the spotlight following the release of a report from the U.S. Copyright Office. The report detailed an approach that would recognize the roles of tech firms and content creators to support both industries.
It also questioned the extent to which companies can make commercial use of copyrighted data.
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reported that company engineers at Meta have faced challenges improving the capabilities of its flagship LLM model, “Behemoth”. This model was set to be released at Meta’s AI conference, but the public release has now been delayed, prompting concerns with investors and causing stock prices to fall overnight.
Meta is likely feeling the competition from DeepSeek and other international competitors.
However, beyond the race to develop the leading LLM, we’re still seeing huge leaps forward with AI.
AI adoption rates continue to surge, with 314 million AI users last year. Global adoption rates are expected to hit 378 million users by the end of 2025, representing a 20% increase.
In 2020, less than 116 million people used AI daily, a figure that nearly tripled to 314 million last year. But the momentum is far from slowing down, with projections showing tens of millions of new users embracing AI this year.
This continued momentum is being driven in large part by the rise of specific AI tools that serve specific needs for industries. From the discovery of new materials with huge industry applications, to innovative sales tools for insurance solutions, let’s take a closer look at how AI is helping to solve the demands of industry.
Client acquisition and autonomous B2B sales for bootstrapped startups
For startups and new enterprises, customers represent the backbone of growth. During these early stages, customer acquisition strategy and the approach to sales can have an outsize impact on the fortunes of the company.
Yet for bootstrapped startups, investing in a Chief Revenue Officer or Sales expert represents a significant expense.
MyUser uses proprietary AI to address this challenge by helping founders and companies land new clients that grow the business.
Founded by Ibrahim Hasanov, the AI company launched its solution for B2B businesses looking to automate their customer acquisition process.
The service automates outreach operations, automatically crafting landing pages, and manages customer queries, among other areas. In this way, the team at MyUser hope that founders can focus their energy and funding on the product, leaving customer acquisition to AI.
On-demand transport and shipment solutions
In an increasingly complex and challenging world, staying ahead in logistics has never been more critical. The question is no longer whether companies will face disruption in their supply chains, but how they can constantly and effectively navigate them.
Here, AI is creating unparalleled new opportunities for logistics and supply chain management. Many organizations, however, remain uncertain about how best to implement it.
Easy4Pro is on a mission to optimize freight procurement by providing seamless access to premium freight solutions, spot bidding, and real-time transport management, ensuring cost-efficient and time-sensitive logistics.
Under the leadership of CEO Ignacio Tirado, the company connects large industrial companies with the right carriers for their most critical transport needs. The platform simplifies procurement, ensuring speed, transparency, and cost efficiency.
Ignacio launched an in-house incubator, now known as Redspher, early in his corporate career. Ignacio became the CEO of Easy4Pro after it successfully emerged from the incubator, helping the company scale into a global business projected to surpass €200M this year.
Transforming the Governance and Risk Compliance space
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) aims to unify an organization’s governance and risk management with its technological innovation and adoption.
Yet despite widespread aims to use this framework to make improvements to business performance, many struggle to achieve excellence here. McKinsey’s 2025 Global GRC Benchmarking Survey for 2025 found that there were widespread shortfalls across industries due to “common pain points, including limited tech enablement, insufficient resourcing of oversight capabilities, and the challenges of a shifting regulatory landscape.”
Empowered Systems enables organizations to take control of their GRC needs with innovative AI-powered solutions that are simple, seamless, and scalable.
Led by CEO Vincent Celestino, the company partners with businesses and works in tandem to uncover risk and manage uncertainty with its unique AI offering for the GRC space.
For instance, Empowered Systems is transforming the audit process, using AI to enhance audit efficiency & accuracy and predictive analytics for risk detection that helps organizations get on top of GRC.
Accelerating discovery in Materials Science
AI is having a profound impact on materials science research and development, with advanced algorithms helping to expedite the discovery process, discover new breakthroughs and accelerate the time to market.
For example, work recently published in Nature’s Computational Materials journal detailed how AI was central to the discovery of a new type of advanced metallic alloy, with potential uses in everything from medical implants to aircraft components.
And the industry is waking up to AI’s incredible potential. Cusp.ai came out of stealth in June of 2024 and has been going from strength to strength since then, with a $30M seed round, securing Meta as its first partner and establishing a founding team.
To unlock trillion-dollar materials breakthroughs in months, Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Cusp, Max Welling, is moving the industry towards on-demand materials discovery with the support of a team of world-class researchers in AI, chemistry and engineering. We’re on the cusp of the on-demand materials era.
AI communications tool marks another milestone
Since GenAI hit the public market, it’s been a natural fit for a range of communication tasks.
One rapidly growing AI-powered communication startup is on a mission to bring the benefits of AI to high-stakes professional use cases.
With $45M raised and momentum building, the company is scaling fast to meet the rising demand for faster, smarter business communication across industries and geographies.
This month, Prezent marked another major milestone as Dr. Charlotte Owens, former SVP and Head of Global Medical Affairs & Outcomes Research at Organon, was appointed to its newly announced Senior Executive Board—a group of leaders working with the company.
Microinsurance and climate protection
AI has the power to automate workflows, handle customer enquiries and manage policy approvals. However, there is also a growing movement to see the insurance industry used for altruistic purposes as seen with Insurance for Good, who recently hosted an event at Harvard University.
Jonathan Gonzalez, founder of microinsurance startup Raincoat, led a session on “Filling Disaster Insurance Gaps” that explored the ways that innovative AI solutions can help.
Here, Raincoat leverages AI to deliver automated payouts based on the severity of natural disasters like hurricanes or floods, interconnecting insurance, reinsurers, distributors, and end-users, with the purpose of delivering climate protection and financial resilience for everyone.
