Tech & Software · Week of Oct 26, 2026
AI moves into documents, shopping and cockpits: the week in tech
Several companies applied AI to specific workflows, from document parsing and product data to tanker cockpits, alongside deals and shareholder notices.
AI aimed at specific workflows was the most common thread among this week's releases. ModelBest and OpenBMB open-sourced two MiniCPM-OCR models for document parsing and OCR quality checks. Coveo acquired Anglera for its agentic product data enrichment engine, which it says helps products surface on retail sites and in AI shopping assistants. Beacon AI says it flew its Murdock AI pilot assistant aboard operational USAF KC-46A tankers. Unisys says an AI-powered service desk and cloud migration for Cushman & Wakefield earned an ISG Paragon award.
On the financial side, Investcorp reported US$11.1 billion in aggregate activity for the first nine months of 2026 and said it had launched an AI Investment Framework. Palo Alto Networks advised stockholders to reject an unsolicited mini-tender offer from Tutanota LLC. Among product and commerce items, SCANOLOGY introduced the AirGO Pad tablet for on-site 3D inspection, and Adorama added Klarna as a payment option.
Bahrain EDB
Investcorp Announces Aggregate Financial Activity for 2026 at Gateway Gulf Investment Forum
Investcorp says it raised US$4.8 billion, deployed US$3.7 billion and recorded US$2.6 billion in exits between January and September 2026, for US$11.1 billion in aggregate activity, with assets under management of US$65.2 billion as of September 2026. The company also says its Investcorp Wealth digital platform has enabled more than US$620 million in client capital raising since its 2024 launch, and that it launched an AI Investment Framework.
ModelBest
ModelBest and OpenBMB Open-Source MiniCPM-OCR Series, Delivering High-Performance Document Parsing and AI-Powered Quality Control
ModelBest and OpenBMB released MiniCPM-OCR 1.0 (1.3B), a document parsing model, and MiniCPM-OCR Jev (2B), which assigns confidence scores to OCR output, as open-source models on GitHub, Hugging Face and ModelScope. The companies say the models support vLLM, SGLang, llama.cpp and Ollama, have Day-0 hardware adaptation for AMD, Arm, Houmo AI, Intel and NVIDIA, and that Jev can be added to existing OCR workflows without replacing the OCR engine.
SCANOLOGY
SCANOLOGY Introduces AirGO Pad for On-Site 3D Scanning, Inspection and Reporting
SCANOLOGY introduced AirGO Pad, a tablet-based platform that works with compatible SCANOLOGY wireless 3D scanners to handle scanning, measurement, inspection and reporting on-site without a separate laptop. The release does not state pricing or an availability date; the company says the device supports standard CAD/3D formats and wireless PC synchronization.
Coveo Solutions Inc.
Coveo Acquires Anglera to Make Product Data a Competitive Advantage in AI-Powered eCommerce
Coveo has acquired Anglera and is combining Anglera's agentic product data enrichment engine with its own platform. Coveo says the deal is meant to help manufacturers, distributors and enterprise retailers make products easier to find, compare and buy on their own eCommerce sites and through AI-powered shopping assistants.
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Palo Alto Networks Recommends Stockholders Reject Mini-Tender Offer by Tutanota LLC
Palo Alto Networks said on Oct. 30, 2026 that it received notice of an unsolicited mini-tender offer from Tutanota LLC to buy up to 250,000 of its shares. The company recommends that stockholders reject the offer.
Unisys Corporation
Unisys and Cushman & Wakefield Named Paragon Champions for Excellence at 2026 ISG Paragon Awards™
Unisys and its client Cushman & Wakefield were named Paragon Champions for Excellence at the 2026 ISG Paragon Awards. Unisys says the cloud migration and AI-powered service desk delivered more than $35 million in five-year savings to the client.
Adorama
Klarna's flexible payment options now available at Adorama, giving creators more ways to fuel their next project
Adorama and Klarna announced on Oct. 26, 2026 that Klarna is now available as a payment option on Adorama.com, with availability also extending to sister sites including Scuba.com. The arrangement adds flexible payment options for customers of the photography, video, audio, drone and computer retailer.
Beacon AI
A World First, Beacon AI Flies Murdock Its AI Pilot Assistant System Aboard Operational USAF Tankers
Beacon AI says it flew its Murdock AI pilot assistant system aboard operational USAF KC-46A Pegasus tankers across five flights, three airfields, three aircraft and approximately 20 hours of flight time. The company says the flights took place under an AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase with Air Mobility Command and describes them as a world first.
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 Deep Data Fusion reporting.