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12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Alibaba's Qianwen Fully Integrated with Taobao: AI Shopping Covers Full Loop from Discovery to After-Sales

Alibaba announced on May 11 the full integration of Qianwen with Taobao, enabling an intelligent shopping experience. Users can now utilize the Qianwen app to engage in AI conversations for product selection, comparison, and purchasing through Taobao. Additionally, the Taobao app provides access to the smart shopping assistant Qianwen, featuring capabilities like virtual clothing try-ons and discount calculations. This integration marks a significant step in Alibaba's e-commerce strategy, being the first of its kind to offer a comprehensive AI-driven shopping experience.

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12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Advancing AI for materials with MatterSim: experimental synthesis, faster simulation, and multi-task models

Researchers have successfully synthesized tetragonal tantalum phosphorus (TaP), achieving a thermal conductivity of 152 W/m/K, comparable to silicon. The MatterSim-v1 model inference has been accelerated by 3-5x and integrated with LAMMPS, enabling large-scale simulations across multiple GPUs. The new MatterSim-MT model aims to expedite materials design by providing accurate predictions of stability and properties, transforming complex problems into routine computations that can be completed in hours.

Business

12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Announcing SAP’s strategic investment in n8n

SAP has announced its investment in n8n, raising the company's valuation to $5.2 billion, more than double its worth less than a year ago. This investment coincides with the integration of n8n into SAP's Joule Studio, reflecting a growing demand from enterprises for workflow processes that can be streamlined without losing control. Since its establishment seven years ago, n8n has grown to 1.7 million active monthly users, with over 1,400 enterprise clients, including teams from Fortune 500 companies.

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n8n Partners with SAP to bring Visual AI Workflow Orchestration to Enterprise

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NVIDIA and SAP Bring Trust to Specialized Agents

12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Business

12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

NVIDIA and SAP Bring Trust to Specialized Agents

SAP and NVIDIA announced an expansion of their collaboration during the SAP Sapphire conference, where NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang joined SAP CEO Christian Klein on stage. The partnership includes the integration of OpenShell, an open-source operating environment, into the SAP Business AI platform, enhancing the security of autonomous agents. OpenShell provides isolated execution environments and policy enforcement at the file system and network levels, ensuring secure operations. This initiative is pivotal in reshaping trust in the use of autonomous agents, allowing them to access ledger systems and bypass application boundaries.

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Qatar’s Snoonu backs accounting startup HASIF to support SME digitisation

12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

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12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Qatar’s Snoonu backs accounting startup HASIF to support SME digitisation

HASIF, a Qatari accounting platform, has secured undisclosed investment from Snoonu through its Startup Factory Initiative. Founded by Qatar University graduates Noof Alhbabi, Maryam Eisa, and Dana Alwadaani, HASIF focuses on AI-powered solutions for SMEs. This investment follows the recent Startup Factory competition, where startups showcased solutions to business challenges. HASIF aims to streamline accounting, invoicing, and compliance processes, connecting SMEs with experts while preparing them for VAT requirements.

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AI voice startup Vapi hits $500M valuation after winning Amazon Ring over 40 rivals

12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Business

12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

AI voice startup Vapi hits $500M valuation after winning Amazon Ring over 40 rivals

Vapi has reported a tenfold growth in its enterprise business since early 2025, driven by companies adopting AI agents for customer support and sales calls. This surge reflects a broader trend of automation in business processes, highlighting the increasing reliance on AI to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Companies are recognizing the value of integrating intelligent systems into their operations.

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Laserfiche unveils AI agents for natural language workflows

12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Business

12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Laserfiche unveils AI agents for natural language workflows

Laserfiche has announced the launch of AI agents capable of performing tasks via natural language prompts. These intelligent assistants adhere to integrated security rules and compliance requirements, ensuring sensitive data protection. CEO Karl Chan stated that the introduction of AI agents in content management marks a shift in handling the information lifecycle. Utilizing generative LLM reasoning models, these agents can potentially reduce time spent on manual processes by automating routine tasks.

Agents

Tencent T15 and Adobe Scientists Launch AI Animation Startup: 'Big Companies Make Printers, We Make the Soul of AI Video'

12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Agents

12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Tencent T15 and Adobe Scientists Launch AI Animation Startup: 'Big Companies Make Printers, We Make the Soul of AI Video'

Animation is an underestimated category that adopted digital tools before live-action films. Producing a theatrical-grade animated film requires hundreds of people and years of work. Fang Chen and Wang Jue believe generative AI will radically reshape this industry. Wang Jue, a former Adobe Principal Scientist, developed technologies used by the FBI, while Fang Chen created top-ranking AI filters at ByteDance and Tencent. In late 2023, they left Tencent to enter a market they expect to be completely reshuffled.

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Tencent QClaw AI Integrates With Docs and ima Knowledge Base

12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Agents

12 May 202625 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Tencent QClaw AI Integrates With Docs and ima Knowledge Base

Tencent has integrated its QClaw AI product with Tencent Docs and the ima knowledge base, allowing users to query across documents and knowledge bases in a single conversation. This integration enables users to search, summarize, and generate content across their entire document and knowledge base in one AI-powered workflow. This development marks Tencent's latest effort to embed AI deeply into its enterprise productivity stack, competing with similar initiatives from ByteDance and Alibaba.