Artificial Intelligence

NEW YORK – October 29, 2026 -- Bloomberg launched BQuant Assistant, a conversational AI coding assistant that lets Bloomberg Terminal subscribers write Python code and query financial data across more than 22,000 fields using natural-language prompts. The tool is built into both BQuant Desktop and BQuant Enterprise.

BQuant Assistant generates BQL and PyBQL queries across all major asset classes

The assistant produces Bloomberg Query Language (BQL) and PyBQL queries covering equities, funds, fixed income, FX, commodities, indices and derivatives. The fields span reference, pricing, returns, derived analytics, fundamentals, valuations, sustainable finance data, risk metrics, estimates and economic data. It also writes code for screens and universes, and for visualizations using open source libraries such as Plotly and Jupyter Widgets.

Chicago – October 29, 2026 -- EVERSANA has acquired London-based health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) technology company Estima Scientific, adding generative-AI tools for economic modeling, systematic literature reviews and network meta-analysis to its market access offering. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Estima's web-based generative-AI applications integrate proprietary code. Its consulting expertise and software will be folded into EVERSANA's market access and value & evidence solutions. The aim is to help pharmaceutical companies show a drug's clinical and economic value to payers more efficiently and transparently.

New York and Berlin – October 29, 2026 -- Parloa and McKinsey & Company have formed an alliance to address a governance shortfall: roughly one-third of enterprises lack the operational governance needed to sustain deployed AI agents, according to McKinsey research.

Parloa survey finds fewer than 25% of CX operators are confident managing AI agents

Parloa's own survey of customer experience operators found that less than 25% of respondents felt confident designing and evaluating AI agents. The alliance targets that gap by combining McKinsey's operations expertise with Parloa's AI Agent Management Platform.

BOSTON – October 29, 2026 -- Stockpress, a Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform for marketing, brand and creative teams, has launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects customer content libraries to AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude. The server is available now.

MCP server lets AI tools work with assets without migrating files

MCP is an open standard for connecting AI applications with external systems. Compatible AI tools can access and act on content already stored in a Stockpress workspace, so customers do not have to move files to another platform. The server respects existing workspace permissions.

Teams can search, organize and audit libraries in natural language

Stockpress lists five use cases for the server:

PASADENA – October 29, 2026 -- Virtualitics has appointed orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bert R. Mandelbaum as Scientific Advisor to shape its AI-driven medical readiness strategy for defense and government customers.

Mandelbaum to advise on injury prevention, recovery and return-to-performance

Mandelbaum will inform Virtualitics' medical and personnel readiness solutions, drawing on expertise in injury prevention, musculoskeletal health, recovery and return-to-performance programs. Virtualitics is targeting defense, government and other mission-critical sectors that want to optimize human performance and operational readiness.

MILWAUKEE – October 29, 2026 -- ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) has elected Lidia Fonseca, Pfizer's former Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Technology Officer, to its Board of Directors, effective November 1, 2026.

Fonseca built Pfizer's enterprise AI program from inception

Fonseca served as Pfizer's Chief Digital and Technology Officer from January 2019 to April 2026. She led the company's enterprise AI, digital, data and technology strategy, as well as Learning & Development and Business Process Excellence. She scaled the AI program across the enterprise, contributing to significant growth and cost savings.

She now serves as Senior Advisor to Pfizer's Chief Executive Officer and sits on the Board of Directors of Medtronic plc.

San Francisco – October 29, 2026 -- Doppel, a social engineering defense (SED) platform vendor, has been named to the 2026-2027 Fortune Cyber 60 list for the second consecutive year, as it passes 300 employees and expands into Japan and Toronto.

Fortune list selects 60 venture-backed cybersecurity startups across three stages

The Cyber 60 is produced with Fortune editors, Lightspeed Venture Partners and AWS. It covers venture-backed startups that have not yet gone through an IPO, acquisition or other significant exit. Selection rests on financial performance, growth, business operations and cybersecurity market research, and Fortune reviews and validates the final list.

Companies are split into three groups of 20: Early Stage, Early Growth Stage and Growth Stage. Each group is listed alphabetically, so the list does not rank them.

NEW YORK – October 29, 2026 -- Deloitte has been named a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens Workday Ecosystem Services 2026 study across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific, covering all four assessed quadrants in each region.

Deloitte holds Leader status in Transformation, Deployment, Optimization and Innovation

The four quadrants are Transformation Services, Deployment and Integration Services, Performance and Optimization Services, and Innovation on Workday. ISG's study evaluates Workday ecosystem providers on capabilities, market presence and delivery strengths. It covers services for Workday-enabled transformation, implementation, optimization and innovation.

Deloitte extends its streak to a fourth Leader rating in the US and Europe

This is Deloitte's fourth Leader recognition in the US and Europe. It is the second in APAC, which ISG added as a reported region in 2025.

SAN FRANCISCO – October 29, 2026 -- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has been placed in the Leaders category of the inaugural IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Construction Management Software 2026 Vendor Assessment (September 2026, IDC #US54135526).

IDC defines construction management software as platforms that manage the construction lifecycle. The scope covers BIM integration, coordination, preconstruction, project management, virtual design and construction (VDC) and project team collaboration.

IDC cites three Autodesk strengths: platform depth, embedded AI and partners

First, IDC points to Autodesk's construction industry experience and its design-to-operate platform. The platform includes project and geospatial information and a digital twin offering meant to simplify post-project handoff.

PROVIDENCE – October 29, 2026 -- Wealthbox launched Wealthbox Vault, an add-on that gives advisory firms unlimited file storage, full-content search, retained file versions and a Compliance Monitor role with a complete audit log of file activity. Separately, Wealthbox AI can now read documents stored in the CRM on every Wealthbox plan.

Vault blocks file deletion, including by firm administrators

Files stored in Vault cannot be deleted by any user. Archiving removes a file from active view but preserves the record. When a new version is uploaded, every previous version is retained.

Firms can export all Vault files, or a filtered set, at any time as a .zip that preserves folder structure and includes a CSV manifest.