Samantha Weston

Author: Samantha Weston

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  • With over 15 years of hands-on experience in operations roles across legal, financial, and technology sectors, Sam Weston brings deep expertise in the systems that power modern enterprises such as ERP, CRM, HCM, CX, and beyond. Her career has spanned the full spectrum of enterprise applications, from optimizing business processes and managing platforms to leading digital transformation initiatives.

    Sam has transitioned her expertise into the analyst arena, focusing on enterprise applications and the evolving role they play in business productivity and transformation. She provides independent insights that bridge technology capabilities with business outcomes, helping organizations and vendors alike navigate a changing enterprise software landscape.

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Starburst Torin: GPU-Native SQL Analytics for the Agentic Era
Agentic AI, Application Development, Data Analytics, Enterprise Software

Starburst Torin: GPU-Native SQL Analytics for the Agentic Era

Starburst has launched Torin, a GPU-native analytics engine built on NVIDIA cuDF that accelerates SQL workloads up to 7x without requiring query or workflow changes.... Read more.
GemDB Eliminates Schema Migration for AI Coding Agents
AI, Application Development, Data Management, Machine Learning

GemDB Eliminates Schema Migration for AI Coding Agents

GemDB has launched a free VS Code extension that delivers a fully ACID-compliant object database where code changes are schema changes. The product targets the migration... Read more.
GigaBrain: CollectivIQ's Bet on Shared Enterprise AI Knowledge
AI, Application Development, DevOps, Government Technology

GigaBrain: CollectivIQ’s Bet on Shared Enterprise AI Knowledge

CollectivIQ has launched GigaBrain, a shared intelligence layer that captures knowledge generated by AI agents and employees and makes it available across the organization.... Read more.
Firefly Raises $20M to Build a Physical AI Safety Platform
AI, Application Development, Cyber Security

Firefly Raises $20M to Build a Physical AI Safety Platform

Firefly has emerged from stealth with a $20 million Series A to build an integrated physical AI platform for safety, combining hardware, software, and existing infrastructure.... Read more.
Employee Offboarding Security: 64% Still Have Access After Leaving
Application Development, Compliance, Cyber Security

Employee Offboarding Security: 64% Still Have Access After Leaving

Sagiss's 2026 offboarding survey finds that 64% of former employees could still reach sensitive company data after their last day. The failure isn't policy—it's... Read more.
Lumen Bets on AI-Powered Network Resilience With Dual Path
Application Development, Technology

Lumen Bets on AI-Powered Network Resilience With Dual Path

Lumen Technologies has launched AI-powered Service Assurance capabilities and a new Dual Path wavelength service that provides two physically separate network routes... Read more.
AI Agent Trust Gap: 97% of Agents Don't Disclose Identity
AI, Application Development, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning

AI Agent Trust Gap: 97% of Agents Don’t Disclose Identity

AI agents are logging in, signing up, and checking out on behalf of users across banking, travel, and tech platforms. Arkose Labs' latest report finds that fewer... Read more.
Vectorial Raises $3M for Human Behavior Simulation AI Platform
AI, Application Development, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning

Vectorial Raises $3M for Human Behavior Simulation AI Platform

Vectorial has raised a $3 million seed round to commercialize a human behavior simulation platform that lets product teams test digital experiences against thousands... Read more.
Enterprise Agentic AI: The Economic Case Against Closed-Model Lock-In
AI, Application Development, Enterprise Software, Platform Engineering

Enterprise Agentic AI: The Economic Case Against Closed-Model Lock-In

Airrived's Anurag Gurtu argues that most tools marketed as agentic AI are sophisticated prompt wrappers, that API dependency builds competitors' moats rather than... Read more.
Project Eleven & Relm Explore Post-Quantum Digital Asset Insurance
Application Development, Cyber Security

Project Eleven & Relm Explore Post-Quantum Digital Asset Insurance

Project Eleven and Relm Insurance have announced an exploratory partnership to assess how post-quantum cryptography readiness could factor into digital asset insurance... Read more.