According to 2020's McKinsey Global Survey on artificial intelligence (AI), in 2020, more than 50% of companies have adopted AI in at least one business unit or function, so we witness the emergence of new AI trends. Organizations apply AI tools to generate more value, increase revenue and customer loyalty. AI leading companies invest at least 20% of their earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in AI. This figure may increase as COVID-19 is accelerating digitization. Lockdowns resulted in a massive surge of online activity and an intensive AI adoption in business, education, administration, social interaction, etc.

The year 2021 is a recovery year for businesses after the sudden outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. This pandemic has begun acquiring phenomenal changes in some key areas. There are several artificial intelligence mergers and acquisitions that happened within hi-tech companies. In September 2021, many mergers and acquisitions took place. The tech giants are always ready to acquire smaller organizations, concentrated principally in niche and imaginative regions that can help in earning better revenue and customer engagement with new products and services in the global market.

Ran Poliakine, Chairman and CEO and Erez Meltzer, Director, will host industry experts and Nanox team members to share the Company's AI vision of the integration of the AI technologies with the Nanox.ARC and Nanox.SOURCE NEVE ILAN, Israel, Sept. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NANO-X IMAGING LTD ("Nanox" or the "Company," Nasdaq: NNOX), an innovative medical imaging technology company, today announced that Ran Poliakine, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Erez Meltzer, Director (appointed CEO effective January 1, 2022), will host a Nanox AI Vision event. About Nanox: Nanox, founded by the serial entrepreneur Ran Poliakine, is an Israeli corporation developing a commercial-grade digital X-ray source designed to be used in real-world medical imaging applications. Nanox believes that its novel technology could significantly reduce the costs of medical imaging systems and plans to seek collaborations with world-leading healthcare organizations and companies to provide affordable, early detection imaging services for all. For more information, please visit www.nanox.vision. Forward-Looking Statements This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties.

Fivetran took a big step into the world of enterprise data integration today when it announced an Andreessen Horowitz-led $565 million round of financing and plans to acquire change data capture (CDC) vendor HVR for $700 million. The move positions the up-and-coming ETL company to further access exabytes of data stored in on-prem databases and ERP systems on behalf of its customers. The Series C round and acquisition position Fivetran to be at the forefront of the next generation of data integration and extract, transform, and load (ETL) capabilities. The nine-year-old, Oakland, California company has made its mark by simplifying the process of setting up pipelines that extract data from source systems–primarily SaaS applications running on clouds–and load it into cloud-based data warehouses. Today's news will help to expand Fivetran's footprint with on-prem systems, including the ERP applications at the heart of established enterprises.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gained increasing popularity across industries. Worldwide revenues for the AI market, including software, hardware, and services, are forecast to grow 40.2% annually, topping $997.77 billion by the end of 2028, according to a latest report by Grand View Research, an international consulting firm that helps Fortune 500 companies understand the global and regional business environment. Earlier, Connecticut-based Aquiline Drones Corporation (AD) announced the acquisition of ElluminAI Labs, LLC to support further development of its AI framework called Spartacus. This is AD's second strategic acquisition in the company's pre-IPO plan. It was just last month that AD completed the purchase of 50% of Netherlands-based AerialTronics, a renowned drone manufacturer, for $9.0M USD from Paris-based Drone Volt (ALDRV).

Yet another company enters the Destiny family as the company announces the acquisition of the Danish communication and collaboration company ipvision. The acquisition enhances Destiny's position as a leading European, SME-focused, secure cloud communication provider. Daan De Wever, CEO Destiny: "We are excited to welcome ipvision to the Destiny family. Obviously, this will strengthen our position on the Danish market and in the Nordics in general. Therefore, ipvision is a perfect match with the Destiny Group, reinforcing our position as an innovative, client-centric and market leading UCaaS provider for SMEs in Europe."

According to 2020's McKinsey Global Survey on artificial intelligence (AI), in 2020 more than 50% of companies have adopted AI in at least one business unit or function, so we witness the emergence of new AI trends. Organizations apply AI tools to generate more value, increase revenue and customer loyalty. AI leading companies invest at least 20% of their earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in AI. This figure may increase as COVID-19 is accelerating digitization. Lockdowns resulted in a massive surge of online activity and an intensive AI adoption in business, education, administration, social interaction, etc.

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Zendesk today announced it has acquired Cleverly.ai, Zendesk says it will integrate Cleverly's technology across its existing products, enabling teams to automate more processes while keeping up with customer demand. With conversation volume increasing by more than 20% year-over-year, customer support teams are struggling to keep up. As a result, businesses are increasingly turning to AI to provide faster and more reliable service. A 2020 IDC survey found that automated customer service agents are a top priority for companies with over 5,000 employees.

Developing new packaged foods and consumer goods can take a couple years as companies research, prototype and test products. In a society that runs on social media, however, people expect to see trends land on store shelves much more quickly. Founded in 2018, Ai Palette uses machine learning to help companies spot trends in real time and get them retail-ready, often within a few months. The startup, whose clients include Danone, Kellogg's, Cargill and Dole, announced today it has raised an oversubscribed $4.4 million Series A co-led by pi Ventures and Exfinity Venture Partners. Both will join Ai Palette's board.

On July 29, 2021, Lantern Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:LTRN) announced second quarter 2021 financial and operational results, filed its form 10-Q with the SEC and hosted a conference call to review the quarter's accomplishments. Lantern generated no revenues in the second quarter and expended $2.48 million on operations during the three month period producing a net loss of ($2.32) million, or ($0.21) per share. Cash burn in the second quarter was ($1.7) million, up markedly from the ($490,000) consumed in the prior year period. Lantern reacquired global rights to its candidate LP-100 from Allarity Therapeutics, publicized in a press release on July 27, 2021. The candidate is in Phase II trials that enrolled 9 out of 27 targeted subjects.