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Science Applications International Corp. announced that Paul Eremenko and retired Navy Adm. Michael Rogers have been appointed to its Board of Directors effective immediately. Both will become members of the Audit Committee and the Technology Committee of the Board. Their addition expands the SAIC Board from 11 to 13 members.…

COMSOL, an independently owned, global leader in modeling and simulation software, announced that it has launched the COMSOL Innovation Contest, which will be held at the COMSOL Conference 2026 Boston, happening October 7–9. During the conference, six finalists will have the opportunity to give a 10-minute presentation showcasing their simulation projects on…

Accenture has invested, through Accenture Ventures, in Replit, an AI-powered software creation platform company, to help enterprises accelerate the creation of new digital platforms using AI-driven software development. As part of this investment, the two companies are also entering into a strategic partnership. As organizations across industries pursue AI-driven reinvention, the way…

Blackline Safety Corp. ("Blackline" or the "Company"), a global leader in connected safety technology, announced that it has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) with an affiliate of Francisco Partners Management, L.P. (“Francisco Partners” or the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Purchaser will acquire all of the issued…

Accenture has acquired Keepler Data Tech, a Spanish cloud-native AI and data company. The acquisition will expand Accenture’s capabilities to help clients across industries reinvent their core business processes with AI solutions grounded in strong data foundations. Founded in 2018, Keepler offers AI and data capabilities that cover the end-to-end value…

Stratasys Ltd. unveiled a slate of new application-driven software capabilities, materials, and platform enhancements designed to empower manufacturers to push additive manufacturing beyond concept models and into production parts faster than ever. Stratasys will enable organizations to move the production of more parts and tools from traditional methods into additive…

Elysium has released CADfeature 20.0 M1. Release Highlights A regularly schedule maintenance release on top of CADfeature 20.0 containing fixes across many areas of CADfeature and targeted enhancements to improve operation and productivity. Function Enhancement Direct UI-to-Help Integration Context sensitive [Help] is available throughout system-configuration dialogs Users can launch the…

Oracle announced Fusion Agentic Applications for finance and supply chain operations. The new agentic applications are powered by coordinated teams of specialized AI agents that are outcome-driven, proactive, reasoning-based, and engineered for enterprise execution. Built into Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, Fusion Agentic Applications for finance and supply chain can make and execute decisions…

ModuleWorks has released version 2026.04 of its software components for digital manufacturing, introducing GPU-accelerated machine simulation and extending its VoluMill and SmartRoughing technologies to multi-axis and turning applications. VoluMill for Area Roughing & Rotary Machining ModuleWorks 2026.04 brings VoluMill’s high-efficiency pattern to multi-axis roughing and turning, maintaining stable cutting conditions…

AI Superagent works like a CAM programmer. Within ENCY, it can access the workflow, analyze the task, make decisions, and act as the process unfolds. This is the key difference between a conventional AI chat and an agentic AI system built for an AI-first CAM workflow. One of the two…