Category: Companies

Mark Zuckerberg is signaling that Meta’s revamped AI effort will start showing up in consumer products within months, with commerce emerging as a marquee use case for 2026. On Meta’s earnings call, Zuckerberg said the company rebuilt its AI foundations in 2025 after restructuring its AI lab, and plans to begin “shipping” new models and products soon. He highlighted “agentic” shopping tools designed to help users find the right products from businesses in Meta’s catalog—positioning personalized context (history, interests, content, relationships) as the differentiator that could make Meta’s agents more useful than rivals…

CrowdStrike co-founder and CEO George Kurtz is calling 2026 the “breakout year” for the agentic security operations center, arguing that SOC teams are being pushed to reinvent how they work as enterprises race to adopt AI. Kurtz said the SOC is entering a “revolution” phase where automating triage and investigation through AI agents becomes essential to keep pace with rising workloads and new risks tied to securing AI tools…

OpenText Corporation, an enterprise information management and security software provider, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Ayman Antoun as Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the Board, effective April 20, 2026. The appointment follows a comprehensive CEO search led by the Board. Antoun succeeds James McGourlay, who has served as Interim CEO and will transition into a role within the Executive Leadership Team…

IDEXX Laboratories has promoted Mike Erickson to President and Chief Executive Officer, effective May 12, 2026. Current President and CEO Jay Mazelsky will become executive chair of the board at that time and plans to retire following the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in May 2027. Mazelsky will work with Erickson during the transition, and Erickson will join the board when he assumes the CEO role…

Atlassian has announced the appointment of Anil Sabharwal to its Board of Directors. Sabharwal currently serves as Vice President of Product at Google and brings more than 17 years of leadership experience at the company. His appointment follows his role in 2025 as a technical advisor to Atlassian, where he helped oversee the company’s partnership with the Atlassian Williams Racing Formula One Team…

ACI Worldwide has appointed JP Krishnamoorthy as Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, placing him in charge of the company’s Global Technology & Innovation organization. Krishnamoorthy assumes responsibility for technology strategy and execution as the company focuses on smarter payments orchestration, deeper use of AI, and faster delivery of new capabilities for banks, billers, and merchants. His mandate includes strengthening platform intelligence while ensuring the continuous availability required for always-on payments operations…

GitLab announced the appointment of Siva Padisetty as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Padisetty will oversee software engineering, operations, and customer support, guiding the company’s technical strategy and product development. He succeeds Sabrina Farmer, who stepped down from the position and will continue to serve in an advisory role through the end of January 2026 to support the transition…