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Guest posts from operators, agencies, and thought leaders across B2B tech.
OpenAI Rushes GPT-5.2 Out After Google's Gemini 3 Gains Ground
A compressed model release cycle between Google and OpenAI, an open-weight challenger from Mistral, and two large funding rounds for AI agent security show where enterprise AI spending is actually moving this quarter.
Bhavika J
The Second Half of 2025 Reset Leverage in Enterprise SaaS
Microsoft's discount rollback and three multibillion-dollar acquisitions between August and December 2025 moved enterprise software pricing power away from buyers heading into 2026 renewals.
Bhavika J
Retail Automated the Sale in 2025, But Not the Register
A look back at 2025's holiday data shows retailers racing to automate shopping with AI agents while continuing to pull self-checkout machines out of the same stores.
Bhavika J
FDA Opens TEMPO Pilot for Chronic-Disease Digital Health Devices
The FDA began accepting applications this week for TEMPO, a pilot that lets selected digital health device makers operate under relaxed premarket rules while they collect real-world outcomes data tied to a new Medicare chronic-care payment model.
Bhavika J
Source-to-Pay Explained: What It Covers and How to Evaluate It
A plain explanation of what source-to-pay software actually does, why supplier risk monitoring and spend management have merged into it, and what to check before buying.
Bhavika J
Contact Center AI: What the Data Actually Shows
A look at what Gartner's surveys, an MIT study and Klarna's own reversal show about voice AI and support automation, set against how vendors pitch it.
Bhavika J
India's New Labour Codes and US Pay Laws Reshape 2026 HR Compliance
A look at three workforce compliance resets landing at once: India's four labour codes now in force with draft rules out for comment, two new US state pay disclosure laws effective January 1, and a federal court upholding the $100,000 H-1B fee.
Bhavika J
India's Public Lending Rails Scale Up as the US Retreats on Open Banking
A look at four fintech developments from late 2025: India's public credit and payments infrastructure gaining real adoption, a US regulator pulling back from mandated data sharing, and a European bank funding B2B embedded finance directly.
Bhavika J
Snowflake and Databricks Just Opened Up Their Data Catalogs to Rivals
An explainer on why both major data platforms spent 2025 opening their catalog layers, and what that shift actually changes for anyone buying a warehouse or lakehouse.
Bhavika J