Tech news picked on 2026-09-09
Surveyed Companies 77% Review AI Vendors at Least Every 6 Months
- In the Madrona Enterprise AI Report, respondent companies 77% answered that they review AI vendors at least every 6 months.
- The same survey shows that 52% of deals close within 6 months.
- This means contracts secured after six months are reviewed again half a year later.
- If you sell enterprise AI, instead of trusting annual recurring revenue based on 12-month commitments, accumulate evidence of usage right from the first day of the contract for the next review.
Samsung Electronics Leads Investment in Mistral and Co-Develops In-House AI Model
- Mistral secured €3 billion in its Series D funding round, surpassing a company valuation of €21 billion, with Samsung Electronics leading the round.
- The Series C round 1 years ago was led by ASML, so for two consecutive rounds, companies aiming to integrate models within their own processes have taken the lead.
- Samsung Electronics' DS Division is also co-developing a large-scale in-house model based on Mistral.
- The premium is understood more as a reflection of the deployment method operating inside the customer's facilities rather than performance.
Fair Trade Commission to Announce Amendment Including Core Personnel Transfers in Merger Reporting
- The FTC will publicly announce an amendment to merger reporting guidelines by September 30.
- A clause has been added that deems organized personnel along with their technology and knowledge as a core function of the business, bringing transactions of acquiring only teams under review.
- However, the threshold of 10 percent of total assets or 10 billion won amount remains unchanged, so most small transactions will be filtered out.
- Be aware that attempts to split contracts into multiple parts to fall below the reporting threshold will be blocked first.