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IBM Think 2026: Sovereign Core and the AI Governance Imperative

IBM Think 2026: Sovereign Core and the AI Governance Imperative

AI, Application Development, Cloud, Compliance, Digital Sovereignty, Infrastructure /

At Think 2026, IBM announced general availability of IBM Sovereign Core, a platform embedding compliance and AI governance at the infrastructure runtime level. Alongside watsonx Orchestrate’s evolution into a multi-agent control plane and the debut of IBM Concert for intelligent operations, IBM is staking its position as the enterprise AI governance layer. We examine what this means for ITDMs and developers navigating regulated AI deployments.

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Maxed Raises $850K to Bring Agentic AI to CPA Firms

Maxed Raises $850K to Bring Agentic AI to CPA Firms

AI, Application Development, Enterprise Software /

Maxed has raised $850,000 in pre-seed funding to build an AI operating system for CPA firms, led by Focal VC with participation from Notion co-founder Akshay Kothari. The platform deploys two coordinated AI agents to automate internal workflows and client communications, targeting the chronic talent shortage and administrative inefficiency that define the accounting industry. At $850K, the company is still early, but its architectural approach and market timing are sound.

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