AI & Data · Week of Nov 2, 2026
AI agents spread across industries: the week in AI releases
AI agents moved into finance, life sciences and research tools, alongside new AI data center capacity, telecom automation and a $420 million adtech deal.
Agentic AI was the most common thread among this week's releases. AMBR and HashKey Capital announced a partnership to explore AI agents for investment research, operational automation and institutional client services. Veeva Systems said UCB has committed to Vault CRM, which Veeva describes as an agentic engagement platform for life sciences. Research Solutions brought its Scite and Article Galaxy products into Microsoft Copilot, and Ericsson and Verizon expanded AI-driven automation in Verizon's radio access network.
On infrastructure and deals, Equinix opened SG6 in Singapore, its sixth data center there, with liquid cooling aimed at GPU workloads. Affle agreed to acquire Perion for an implied equity value of ~US$ 420 million. Governance and capital questions also featured: Fermi co-founder Toby Neugebauer called for the company to be put up for sale after its annual meeting, and Robo.ai's CEO set out capital allocation priorities as split-adjusted trading began.
Affle
Affle to acquire Perion, to scale its CPCU business across Developed markets
Affle 3i Limited says its Israel-based step-down subsidiary signed a definitive agreement to acquire Perion Network Limited for US$ 11.70 per share in cash, an implied equity value of ~US$ 420 million, with closing expected in early 2027. Affle says the deal will be funded through committed bank financing, with CitiBank as financing bank, and available cash, and it includes a go-shop period for Perion.
Toby Neugebauer
Fermi's Co-Founder and Largest Shareholder, Toby Neugebauer: "Fermi's Shareholders, the Markets and Texas Voters Have Rejected Rick Perry and Fermi's 'We Can Do Whatever We Want' Board"
Toby Neugebauer, Fermi Inc.'s co-founder and largest shareholder, says Rick Perry failed to win re-election at the October 30 annual meeting, with only 38.9% of outstanding shares voting for him under an August 11 bylaw change. Neugebauer is calling on Fermi to put the company up for sale while closing a tenant deal, and he says discovery in his lawsuit is underway.
Robo.ai Inc.
Robo.ai CEO Issues Letter to Shareholders
Robo.ai says revenue exceeded US$280 million for June through September, and it reiterated a preliminary full-year 2026 revenue outlook of approximately US$600 million as its shares began split-adjusted trading on Nasdaq on November 6. In a letter from CEO Benjamin Zhai, the company says it does not intend to enter into new equity-linked, variable-price financing arrangements for a period following the letter's date.
Equinix, Inc.
Equinix Opens SG6 in Singapore, Expanding AI-Ready Capacity in One of Asia-Pacific's Most Connected Markets
Equinix opened SG6, its sixth IBX data center in Singapore, with an initial investment of approximately $290 million, 8 MW of capacity in its first phase and up to 20 MW of IT capacity planned at full build-out. The company says the facility includes liquid cooling for GPU infrastructure and will host a Co-Innovation Facility with the National University of Singapore in 2027.
Research Solutions, Inc.
Research Solutions Brings Scite & Article Galaxy To Microsoft Copilot
Research Solutions says its Scite and Article Galaxy products now integrate with Microsoft Copilot, letting users search scientific literature and check access rights and pricing by DOI within Microsoft 365. Both integrations are available now in the Microsoft Marketplace, and the company says they extend its strategy of linking Scite to ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and other MCP-enabled tools.
AMBR
HashKey Capital Joins AMBR in Accelerating AI Agent Integration Across Financial Services
HashKey Capital and AMBR announced a strategic partnership at Hong Kong FinTech Week to explore AI agents in investment research, operational automation and institutional client services, under principles of human oversight, clear limits on autonomy and data that remains under control. AMBR says it is its first major partnership since its business transformation, and the companies describe the deal as a preliminary milestone.
Ericsson
Verizon and Ericsson partner to transform AI-native Autonomous Networks
Verizon plans a nationwide rollout of the Ericsson Intelligent Controller this year to run AI-native rApps. According to the release, field deployments gave gains of up to 8.9% on downlink data radio bearer throughput and up to 8% on uplink UE throughput. The companies say further rApps, including Cell Anomaly Detector and Root Cause Explainer, will advance Verizon's network autonomy toward L4.
Veeva Systems
UCB Selects Veeva Vault CRM
Veeva Systems says UCB has committed to Veeva Vault CRM, which Veeva describes as an agentic engagement platform with industry-specific AI for life sciences. The release does not disclose financial terms, deployment scope or an implementation date.
This roundup is written with AI assistance from the press releases listed above, using only what they state. The releases are the companies' own announcements, not CodeComma reporting.