Software & Cloud

Bengaluru – September 12, 2026 -- Whatfix has appointed co-founder Vara Kumar as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, following the sudden death of co-founder and CEO Khadim Batti on September 12, 2026.

Vara Kumar succeeds Batti after twelve years as the company's product and research architect

Kumar co-founded Whatfix with Batti in 2014 and has since led the company's product and research strategy, steering its growth from a startup into a digital adoption platform serving Fortune 500 clients. He now takes over as CEO to guide the company's next growth phase.

Whatfix confirms operational continuity across global regions and customer base

The company said it continues to operate without disruption across all regions, supporting its global customer base, technology partner ecosystem, and workforce under the unified leadership of Kumar and the existing executive team, backed by the board.

New York – September 12, 2026 -- Sembly AI launched Sembly 3.0 today, an agentic AI platform that converts an organization's documents, meetings and CRM content into finished, branded presentations, proposals, case studies and reports within minutes across more than 45 languages.

Sembly 3.0 marks the company's biggest product shift since its 2019 founding

The platform repositions Sembly as what the company calls an "AI execution layer," turning internal business knowledge directly into materials used for sales, delivery and client communication. Users state a goal, such as "Sell my services," along with a client's website, and the system pulls data from company materials, applies branding automatically, researches the target customer, and generates a bespoke pitch deck.

San Francisco – September 11, 2026 -- Fimo, an AI content management platform built by the team behind open-source CMS Strapi, launched today, converting AI-generated code from tools like Claude Code and Codex into self-optimizing websites that run 24/7 without full human intervention.

Fimo deploys autonomous agents to handle SEO, translation and content refresh tasks

The platform's native and custom agents publish SEO content, build internal links, fix schema errors, translate copy, and refresh aging pages on an ongoing basis. Every agent action is routed through a pull request, executed in an isolated environment, and subject to the same role-based permissions applied to human editors, meaning no update reaches production without review.

Enschede -- Bizzdesign GovCloud achieved FedRAMP Certification on September 11, 2026, clearing the way for U.S. federal agencies to adopt the enterprise transformation SaaS provider's dedicated government offering.

Bizzdesign GovCloud enters the FedRAMP Marketplace with Alfabet as its first product

Bizzdesign GovCloud is now listed in the FedRAMP Marketplace, with Bizzdesign Alfabet as the initial product available through the certified environment. Alfabet provides strategic portfolio management, application portfolio management, and enterprise architecture capabilities aimed at managing complex federal IT estates.

United States – September 11, 2026 -- Observe.AI has launched Performance Agents, an AI system that cuts contact center coaching preparation time to under five minutes in applicable workflows, the company announced.

Performance Agents Cut Coaching Prep Time to Under Five Minutes

Supervisors currently spend significant time interpreting reports, locating relevant conversations, documenting examples, and preparing coaching plans manually. Performance Agents automate this process, freeing supervisors to focus on judgment, context, and employee development rather than administrative preparation.

Tokyo – September 11, 2026 -- transcosmos inc. has officially launched trans-AI Chat, a generative AI-powered chatbot, in Indonesia, expanding its customer experience (CX) technology footprint in the country.

Chatbot uses large language models to replace scripted conversation flows

Unlike conventional chatbots built on predefined scripts, trans-AI Chat leverages large language models (LLMs) to interpret conversational context, recognize customer intent, and generate dynamic, human-like responses in real time.

Bad Friedrichshall – September 11, 2026 -- Schwarz Digits and SAP have launched RISE with SAP on STACKIT, making STACKIT the only European hyperscaler certified to run SAP's flagship cloud ERP program, with commercial availability starting immediately and technical provisioning set for November 2026.

Certification took 18 months to complete

Schwarz Digits achieved SAP certification for STACKIT within one and a half years, according to Chief Sales Officer Bernd Wagner. He said the milestone removes 'the last hurdle' for on-premises customers considering a cloud migration, positioning STACKIT as the first European hyperscaler to combine sovereignty with competitive pricing.

Pembroke Pines, Fla. – September 11, 2026 -- Alocity, the AI Operating System for physical spaces, has announced support for Mercury Security's open access control platform, integrating Mercury's controller infrastructure with Alocity's cloud-native access control, AI Video, intercom, and visitor management software.

Alocity pairs Mercury's open hardware with its AI operator Aimee

The integration lets integrators and enterprise customers combine Mercury's established access control foundation with Alocity's AI-driven software layer, avoiding a choice between legacy infrastructure and modern cloud tools. Marco Quintero, Founder and CEO of Alocity, said Mercury represents the open infrastructure and customer choice the physical security industry needs, and that Alocity can now pair that foundation with a new generation of AI-driven software.

Shanghai – September 11, 2026 -- Gamehaus Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: GMHS) reported fiscal year 2026 revenue of US$104.7 million, an 11.4% decline from US$118.0 million in fiscal year 2025, as the mobile game publisher scaled back user acquisition spending amid what it called structural shifts in casual-game economics.

Fourth-quarter revenue drops 20.8% as advertising spend is cut

Total revenue for the quarter ended September 11, 2026 fell to US$24.3 million from US$30.7 million a year earlier. In-app purchases contributed US$21.7 million, down 22.2% from US$27.9 million, while advertising revenue slipped to US$2.6 million from US$2.8 million. Advertising costs were cut 13.5% in the quarter, reducing traffic and new player acquisition.

San Francisco – September 11, 2026 -- Eliza, an AI-native consulting firm, has appointed Lori Borg as Chief Operating Officer as the company expands its partnership with OpenAI and scales enterprise AI deployment work.

Borg brings two decades of Microsoft ecosystem experience to Eliza's leadership team

Borg founded and served as CEO of Northwest Cadence, a Microsoft partner focused on DevOps, software development, data, and AI. The company was acquired by 10th Magnitude in 2018, which was later acquired by Cognizant. She subsequently served as Cognizant's Global Head of the Microsoft Alliance, led MCA Connect's Azure, data, and AI business, and most recently held the role of Microsoft's Vice President of Go-to-Market for Americas Enterprise Partner Sales.