AI & Data · Week of Nov 2, 2026
Agentic AI spreads across telecom, IT and finance: AI & Data week
Agentic AI tools from Cerillion, Kyndryl and AMBR led the week, alongside Affle's planned Perion deal and Clarivate's post-divestiture results.
Agentic AI was the clearest common thread this week. Cerillion added customer care and service configuration agents to its telecoms BSS/OSS Suite, Kyndryl paired its agentic modernization services with AWS Transform, and AMBR and HashKey Capital agreed to explore AI agents in investment research, operational automation and institutional client services. Eva Live also applied AI to automated cryptocurrency trading through its new EvaXCrypto platform.
On the corporate side, Affle signed a definitive agreement to acquire Perion Network for an implied equity value of about US$ 420 million in cash, and Clarivate reported third-quarter results after completing the sale of its Life Sciences & Healthcare segment. Robo.ai's CEO letter set out revenue figures and a financing stance as split-adjusted trading began, while DataMEDS AI signed a non-binding MOU with a Florida-based HMO for a GLP-1 patient management app.
Clarivate Plc
Clarivate Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results, Delivering Clear Path to Value Creation
Clarivate reported third-quarter 2026 total revenues of $567.9 million including its Life Sciences & Healthcare segment, down from $623.1 million a year earlier, and a net loss of $80.8 million driven by a $62.2 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge. The company says it completed the LS&H sale on October 6, 2026 for net cash proceeds of $488.4 million and has updated its full-year 2026 outlook for continuing operations, including revenues of $1.965B to $1.985B.
Affle
Affle to acquire Perion, to scale its CPCU business across Developed markets
Affle says its subsidiary Affle 3iL Ltd. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Perion Network Limited for US$ 11.70 per share in cash, an implied equity value of ~US$ 420 million, with closing expected in early 2027 subject to regulatory and Perion shareholder approval. Affle plans to fund the deal through committed bank financing, with CitiBank as financing bank, and available cash, and the agreement includes a go-shop period for Perion.
Robo.ai Inc.
Robo.ai CEO Issues Letter to Shareholders
Robo.ai released a letter from CEO Benjamin Zhai on Nov. 6, 2026, the day its shares began split-adjusted trading on Nasdaq, saying revenue exceeded US$280 million for June through September and reiterating a preliminary full-year 2026 revenue outlook of approximately US$600 million. The company says it does not intend to enter into new equity-linked, variable-price financing arrangements for a period following the letter's date.
DataMEDS AI, Inc.
DataMEDS AI Signs MOU to Deploy Health Lives Here GLP-1 Patient Management Program with Florida-Based HMO
DataMEDS AI says it signed a non-binding MOU with an unnamed Florida-based HMO to deploy its Health Lives Here app, initially for members taking GLP-1 receptor agonist medications, with definitive agreements expected in the fourth quarter of 2026 and rollout in the first quarter of 2027. The HMO expects between 25,000 and 30,000 members for 2027, and DataMEDS would earn revenue on a per member per month model plus an add-on GLP-1 program.
Eva Live Inc
Eva Live Launches EvaXCrypto, an AI-Powered Cryptocurrency Trading Software Platform
Eva Live launched EvaXCrypto on November 5, 2026, an AI-powered cryptocurrency trading software platform that executes trades automatically through users' own accounts at nine supported third-party exchanges, including Kraken, Coinbase Advanced and Robinhood Crypto. The company says the platform does not hold or custody user funds, that Eva does not act as a broker or investment adviser, and that the launch does not change its treasury policy.
Cerillion
Cerillion 26.2 Expands Agentic AI and Extends Open Standards Leadership
Cerillion announced general availability of Cerillion 26.2 on Nov. 4, 2026, adding a Customer Care Agent, a Service Configuration Agent, Competitor-aware Package Creation and Predictive Churn, built on its AI Management Centre, MCP Server and Agent2Agent Server. The release also adds a native Nchf interface for 5G standalone charging, and the company says it has added 15 TM Forum Real World Open API certifications since 26.1, for a total of 47.
AMBR
HashKey Capital Joins AMBR in Accelerating AI Agent Integration Across Financial Services
HashKey Capital and AMBR announced a strategic partnership on Nov. 4, 2026 at Hong Kong FinTech Week to explore AI agent architectures for investment research, operational automation and institutional client services, under principles of human oversight, clear boundaries of autonomy and controlled data. The companies describe the deal as a preliminary milestone, and AMBR says it is its first major partnership following its business transformation.
Kyndryl
Kyndryl Uses Agentic AI to Accelerate Enterprise Modernization with AWS
Kyndryl announced an integrated agentic modernization solution with AWS that combines Kyndryl Agentic Modernization services-as-software with AWS Transform, for which Kyndryl is a launch partner. Kyndryl says the approach helps customers modernize applications, infrastructure and core systems with lower transformation risk, though the release does not state availability dates or pricing.
This roundup is written with AI assistance from the press releases listed above, using only what they state. The releases are the companies' own announcements, not AppsTrends reporting.