Ai Impact

The Early Scale: Education Department Revamps Edtech Purchases

As AI reshapes industries, new federal guidelines align edtech procurement with instructional impact, while energy and nuclear sectors face strategic shifts.

The Early Scale: New York's $10B data center plans freeze under moratorium: Bisnow

New York's $10B data center plans freeze under moratorium, as AI health tech sees $335M investment surge.

AI is delivering 180 basis points of margin growth for S&P 500 companies that quantified it

Q2 earnings confirm AI is moving margins at scale, while enterprises shift to model-mixing strategies to control costs.

The Early Scale: Palantir's U.S. Commercial Revenue Jumps 149% as Enterprise AI Sovereignty Demand Accelerates

Palantir's U.S. commercial revenue jumped 149% to $764M. Europe's heatwave is cutting nuclear output and spiking spot prices now. And Forbes confirms AI has crossed from hype to procurement reality. Here's what sharp operators should do about all three.

The Early Scale: UK Clears $110B Paramount-Warner Deal, But a March 2027 Trial Freezes the Clock

94% of B2B buyers fact-check AI research before trusting it. The UK clears the $110B Paramount-Warner deal. Brent crude hits $94 and freight operators face a new cost floor. Plus: Airtable sells for $1.28B and what that means for your stack.

94% of B2B buyers fact-check AI research outputs, and vendors are underestimating how far trust has fallen

TrustRadius's 2026 B2B Buying Disconnect Report finds buyers using AI faster than ever but verifying almost everything it tells them.

Nearly Three-Quarters of B2B Software Buyers Now Use ChatGPT to Evaluate Vendors, and Most Brands Aren't Showing Up

New benchmarks reveal AI search has reshaped B2B vendor discovery, but 51% of tech brands have zero citations across major LLMs.

Agentic AI hits critical mass, but only 18% of organizations track its ROI

77% of professionals expect agentic AI to be central to their workflow by 2030, yet just 18% of organizations currently measure its return on investment.