OpenAI stories
UK banks, defence contractors and telecoms groups are backing a homegrown AI model designed to run inside customers' own systems.
The deal secures rare long-term UK AI capacity as demand for power-hungry inference computing outstrips available data centre infrastructure.
Artificial intelligence has become the main driver of UK tech value, with venture funding and start-up creation increasingly concentrated in the sector.
Enterprise users could gain more secure long-running AI workflows as OpenAI folds Ona's cloud execution tools into Codex for production use.
Businesses could see faster campaign delivery as Adobe's new AI layer links marketing, analytics and customer service tools across existing systems.
Customers will be able to enforce zero trust controls across more AI tools as Zscaler broadens its security programme to key cloud partners.
Teams can now link preferred AI assistants to live project data, as Smartsheet broadens access beyond Claude and adds Smart Assist.
Faster threat analysis and incident response could bolster enterprise defences as the cyber security company gets access to GPT-5.5.
Merchants and banks could see fewer false declines and faster digital settlement as Visa expands AI tools, token updates and stablecoin pilots.
Oracle cloud users will be able to charge eligible OpenAI model and Codex usage to existing Universal Credits within weeks.
AI agents will be able to make purchases with user-approved controls, as Visa moves to bring tokenised payments into OpenAI's commerce tools.
Users in 10 markets can now find and connect to PureVPN servers through ChatGPT prompts, without sharing data with the chatbot.
Enterprise teams can now use live Smartsheet work data through ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini Enterprise, as AI adoption races across workplaces.
More than 15,000 Ventia field workers could gain AI tools to cut admin and speed decisions as the services group tests OpenAI pilots.
Enterprises face new risks as autonomous software agents spread through systems faster than older security tools can track or control.
The wider partnership push aims to help enterprises control AI risk across cloud, identity and data systems as deployments move into production.
Businesses will be able to share AI models and unstructured data across clouds and on-premises systems without custom integrations.
The London startup aims to help smaller retailers turn WhatsApp chats into sales as it begins growth with fresh pre-seed funding.
New compute funding and billions in private pledges are set to widen access to AI tools, sharpening Britain's bid for investment and growth.
Developers will gain on-device AI, coding agents and faster builds as Apple widens its software toolset across iPhone, Mac and Vision Pro.
