Uber's 3,300 Layoffs Fit a Bigger Tech Layoffs 2026 Pattern
Enterprise AISep 8, 2026

Uber's 3,300 Layoffs Fit a Bigger Tech Layoffs 2026 Pattern

The company cut a tenth of its workforce months after blowing through its entire AI budget on Claude Code, while Waymo and Tesla close in on ride-hailing.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
GPT-6 Astra Brings Computer-Use AI Agents to the Enterprise, With a Governance Catch
Enterprise AISep 4, 2026

GPT-6 Astra Brings Computer-Use AI Agents to the Enterprise, With a Governance Catch

OpenAI's newest flagship trades chat polish for agents that operate software directly, at a price and risk profile enterprise teams need to plan for.

Brian Weerasinghe·7 min read
Google Bid $10M for a Dead Airline's Data. The New AI Infrastructure Moat Is Operational Memory
Enterprise AIAug 19, 2026

Google Bid $10M for a Dead Airline's Data. The New AI Infrastructure Moat Is Operational Memory

A bankruptcy judge is set to rule today on Google's purchase of Spirit Airlines' emails, chats, and operational records, and the deal shows why enterprise data governance is becoming core AI infrastructure.

Brian Weerasinghe·8 min read
Your AI Rollout Is Creating an Internal Skills Divide
Enterprise AIJul 19, 2026

Your AI Rollout Is Creating an Internal Skills Divide

Uneven AI training is quietly turning fast adoption into a productivity, governance, and trust problem, and the fix looks different in the US than it does in the UK.

Brian Weerasinghe·7 min read
Meta Is Pulling Back on Employee AI Usage as Internal Costs Climb Into the Billions
Enterprise AIJun 13, 2026

Meta Is Pulling Back on Employee AI Usage as Internal Costs Climb Into the Billions

A company memo on June 12 signals the end of tokenmaxxing inside Meta - and a shift already spreading across Big Tech.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Weyerhaeuser Is Deploying AI Across 10 Million Acres of American Forest
Enterprise AIMay 30, 2026

Weyerhaeuser Is Deploying AI Across 10 Million Acres of American Forest

The 125-year-old timber giant is building a digital twin of every tree on its land and testing autonomous logging machines - targeting $1 billion in added annual profit by 2030.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
Agentic AI Is Eating the Enterprise. Governance Hasn't Shown Up Yet.
Enterprise AIMay 25, 2026

Agentic AI Is Eating the Enterprise. Governance Hasn't Shown Up Yet.

Gartner says 40% of enterprise apps will run autonomous AI agents by year's end. Most companies have no plan to control them.

Brian Weerasinghe·6 min read
Anthropic Launches Claude for Legal, Reshaping the $1 Trillion Legal Tech Market
Enterprise AIMay 12, 2026

Anthropic Launches Claude for Legal, Reshaping the $1 Trillion Legal Tech Market

With 12 practice-area plugins, 20+ integrations, and partnerships from Freshfields to Harvey, Anthropic is positioning Claude as the AI fabric of the legal industry.

Brian Weerasinghe·6 min read
Starbucks Is Cutting Dozens of Tech Jobs in Seattle While Betting Big on AI
Enterprise AIMay 12, 2026

Starbucks Is Cutting Dozens of Tech Jobs in Seattle While Betting Big on AI

The coffee giant is reshaping its technology team under a new CTO, laying off cybersecurity and engineering staff while simultaneously building AI tools it says will define its future.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
Anthropic Launches Ten AI Agent Templates for Financial Services
Enterprise AIMay 5, 2026

Anthropic Launches Ten AI Agent Templates for Financial Services

Pre-built agents for pitchbooks, credit memos, KYC screening, and month-end close can now be deployed in days via Claude Cowork, Claude Code, or as fully autonomous Managed Agents.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Anthropic and OpenAI Are Both Building Enterprise AI Consulting Arms
Enterprise AIMay 5, 2026

Anthropic and OpenAI Are Both Building Enterprise AI Consulting Arms

Two rival AI labs, one week, near-identical playbooks: pair frontier models with Wall Street capital and embed engineers directly inside companies.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
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