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Netz acquires control of Softfreak, expands integrated identity security
Netz, a company specialising in IAM and SSO, said on Aug. 11 it has completed the acquisition of API security specialist Softfreak. Netz plans to combine Softfreak’s API security, access control and AI capabilities with its existing IAM and SSO business to speed development of a next-generation identity security platform. It aims to expand protection beyond users to non-human identities such as machines, service accounts and AI agents.
AI & Enterprise
Race heats up for AI agent platform that knows the company best
Competition among enterprise technology companies is intensifying to secure the title of the AI agent that corporate users use first at work. Companies spanning data infrastructure software and business applications are entering a race to build AI agent platforms that can safely and effectively use data across internal systems, including third-party systems. As technologies such as the Model Context Protocol evolve, firms are repositioning strategies, partnering while also competing, and accelerating investment across data and application layers.
AI & Enterprise
Context before models as agentic OS race intensifies
Competition is intensifying over platforms that optimise multiple AI models with internal corporate data so AI can better understand organisations and execute tasks. Enterprise software companies are treating such platforms, which help AI grasp corporate context and play an operating system role, as strategically important. Microsoft, Snowflake, Adobe and SAP have highlighted products and strategies focused on context layers, governance and services for AI agents, while interest also rises in PCs and chips running AI locally.
