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Santalucía incorporates AI agents to manage its phone calls

The insurer Santalucía has announced the integration of agent-based artificial intelligence (AI) in its telephone customer service, as the company itself has communicated.According to the company, the inclusion of this technology "transforms the telephone channel into a resolution point capable of offering faster, more natural, and effective responses."Compared to traditional...

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AFM Cluster and AER Automation launch Ánima, new association of humanoid robotics and physical AI in Spain

AFM Cluster and AER Automation have decided to join efforts to launch the Spanish Association of Humanoid Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Physical, Ánima. This newly created entity aims to "gather, represent, and promote the development of this emerging technological and industrial ecosystem in Spain," as indicated by its promoters...

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Ametic distinguishes the Ministry for leading the digitalization of Justice

Ametic, the employers' association of the digital industry in Spain, has awarded the 2026 Digitalization Promotion Award to the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts for its key role in the digital transformation of Justice.The association has wanted to recognize the advances in the comprehensive modernization...

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Santander channels 3,400 internal ideas to accelerate innovation with AI, data, and automation

Banco Santander has channeled 3,401 proposals from its professionals through the global initiative "Santander Innovation Challenge," a program designed to enhance internal talent and innovation through solutions supported by artificial intelligence (AI), data, and automation.The purpose of this challenge is to locate ideas that contribute to optimizing products, services, and...

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Soltour cuts 70% of its operational times after integrating artificial intelligence into its processes

The tour operator Soltour has communicated the incorporation of artificial intelligence solutions and automation systems in its operational structure in Madrid, with which it has managed to reduce management times by up to 70% in key areas such as Operations and Contact Center.The company has refined various repetitive processes, among...

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Iberdrola boosts its productivity with 500 AI agents at the service of the group's key areas

Iberdrola has given a strong boost to the implementation of agent-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the aim of increasing productivity, streamlining the execution of internal processes, and reinforcing the quality of its operations. The company already has nearly 500 AI agents, distributed among fully operational projects and others in various...

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HappyRobot raises 130 million in its series C and skyrockets to a valuation of 1.041 billion

HappyRobot, a company specialized in artificial intelligence (AI) agents for the automation of complex business operations, announced this Wednesday the closing of a series C funding round of 150 million dollars (130.1 million euros). The operation has been led by Prysm Capital and co-directed by Eurazeo.After this injection, the company...

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Fischer opens in Tarragona its first robotized warehouse outside of Germany

The German multinational Fischer has launched its first warehouse of the group outside Germany in Mont-roig del Camp (Tarragona), equipped with a fully automated storage system that will strengthen the service to Spain, Portugal, and Andorra, as detailed in a statement this Friday.The inauguration event was attended by the president...

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ABB raises its profit by 13% in the semester and agrees to the purchase of Rotork for 4.8 billion

ABB, the Swiss group specializing in robotics and industrial engineering, achieved a net profit attributable to shareholders of 2.555 billion dollars (2.230 billion euros) in the first half of the year, representing an increase of 13% compared to the same period of the previous year. The company released these figures...

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Perk presents an AI connector to consult trips, expenses, invoices, and events

Perk has presented a new connector based on the open standard Model Context Protocol (MCP), which makes it possible to access information about travel, expenses, billing, and events through natural language from artificial intelligence assistants such as ChatGPT or Claude.In a statement, the company maintains that it is the first...

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Telefónica achieves seven awards for its progress in autonomous networks and AI-native operations

Telefónica has been recognized at "DTW Ignite 2026", the leading global forum for the 'telco' sector organized by TM Forum, with a total of seven "Catalysts" awards thanks to its contribution to the development of autonomous networks and "AI-native" operations.With this industry backing, the operator reaffirms its commitment to innovation...

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BDO Abogados adopts Legora, its AI platform to streamline legal work

BDO Abogados has completed the implementation of Legora, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform specialized in the legal field whose objective is to reduce the time invested in routine tasks and allow lawyers to concentrate their efforts on activities of greater strategic value, as the firm communicated this Thursday.The incorporation of...

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Fibratel boosts the capabilities of its cybersecurity operations center

The Spanish company Fibratel, specialized in the integration of information technology (IT) solutions, has enhanced the capabilities of its Cybersecurity Operations Center "SOC".Specifically, the company has incorporated new automation functionalities aimed at increasing the efficiency of security operations, streamlining incident response, and facilitating the scalability of its managed services.This improvement...

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Santander aims to exceed 200 million generated by AI in 2026

Banco Santander forecasts that the business value generated through artificial intelligence (AI) will exceed 200 million euros by the end of 2026, after having reached 35 million in the first quarter of the year alone, according to Ricardo Martín Manjón, the group's Head of Data and Artificial Intelligence, in a...

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Grifols presents Evanzys IH, an automated system to modernize transfusion medicine laboratories

Grifols has announced this Monday the launch of Evanzys IH, an automated system designed to increase the efficiency and flexibility of transfusion medicine laboratories, that is, those dedicated to the analysis of immunohematology samples.The company has unveiled Evanzys IH during the opening of the Congress of the International Society of...

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Miquel y Costas launches an investment plan of 130 million for the period 2027-2029

Miquel y Costas has launched a new investment program for the 2027-2029 period for a total of 130 million euros, in line with its roadmap focused on sustainable growth, industrial innovation, and long-term value generation, as the company communicated this Thursday.The group plans to allocate the most relevant part of...

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Vixiees expands to Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Peru with its commercial automation system for B2C SMEs

Vixiees, the Catalan 'startup' specialized in sales process automation for companies, has announced this Thursday that it will begin operations in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Peru after closing agreements with local companies in each of these markets.As detailed in a press release, the founding team of Vixiees, made up of...

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Arteche buys 100% of the German SEG Electronics for 50.6 million

Arteche has closed an agreement with Aurelius Private Equity Lower Midmarket to acquire, for 50.6 million euros, 100% of SEG Electronics, a German firm specializing in medium-voltage protection relays for power grids.The transaction, which covers SEG Electronics GmbH (Germany) and its subsidiaries in the United States and the United Arab...

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Laboratory doctors claim the power to make clinical decisions in the healthcare system beyond mere assistance

Laboratory Medicine has established itself as an essential piece for rapid and precise diagnosis and, therefore, in addition to supporting a large part of the care process, it must assume a leading role in the transformation of the healthcare system. This is reflected in the Observatory of Perception and Analysis...

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Ganyet, CEO of Mortensen, rejects the concept of AI as its own entity

The CEO of the digital transformation agency Mortensen, Josep Maria Ganyet, reflected this Thursday on how artificial intelligence (AI) affects employment, rejecting the idea that it is a system detached from human activity, since "it is the sum of many natural intelligences".He spoke at the 37th edition of the Trobada...

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Lighthouse presents Ernest to turn generalist AI into tangible results in hotels

Lighthouse, a commercial operating platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and oriented towards the hotel industry, announced this Tuesday the launch of "Ernest", an AI solution created to integrate into hotel sales teams and translate the capabilities of generalist AI models into specific operational results.The firm describes Ernest as a...

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More than half of companies warn of risks to their data due to "inadequate" use of generative AI

57% of companies state that their workers are already compromising corporate information by "inappropriately" using generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools. At the same time, 66% consider the internal training available on the responsible use of these technologies to be "insufficient," according to the "Logicalis Global CIO Report 2026" report.The lack...

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BBVA cuts software development time in half thanks to artificial intelligence

BBVA is managing to cut the time dedicated to software programming and testing by around 50% thanks to the implementation of artificial intelligence tools, as detailed by the entity in a statement issued on the occasion of the participation of its CEO, Onur Genç, in a forum held in Amsterdam...

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The metal industry in Spain fails in AI, robotics, automation, and data management

The Spanish metal industry barely achieves a passing grade in digital maturity and clearly lags behind in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, automation, and data usage, according to details released this Wednesday by the Metal Training Foundation (FMF), which integrates the Spanish Confederation of Metal Business Organizations (Confemetal).The report places the...

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A Worldwide Spain and Sapira join forces to drive AI in auditing and corporate processes

The companies A Worldwide Spain and Sapira have sealed a strategic alliance with the aim of creating and deploying artificial intelligence solutions applied to auditing, internal control, business processes, and regulatory compliance in hundreds of companies in the Spanish and European business fabric to which A Worldwide Spain already offers...

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Automation

Santalucía incorporates AI agents to manage its phone calls

AFM Cluster and AER Automation launch Ánima, new association of humanoid robotics and physical AI in Spain

Ametic distinguishes the Ministry for leading the digitalization of Justice

Santander channels 3,400 internal ideas to accelerate innovation with AI, data, and automation

Soltour cuts 70% of its operational times after integrating artificial intelligence into its processes

Iberdrola boosts its productivity with 500 AI agents at the service of the group's key areas

HappyRobot raises 130 million in its series C and skyrockets to a valuation of 1.041 billion

Fischer opens in Tarragona its first robotized warehouse outside of Germany

ABB raises its profit by 13% in the semester and agrees to the purchase of Rotork for 4.8 billion

Perk presents an AI connector to consult trips, expenses, invoices, and events

Telefónica achieves seven awards for its progress in autonomous networks and AI-native operations

BDO Abogados adopts Legora, its AI platform to streamline legal work

Fibratel boosts the capabilities of its cybersecurity operations center

Santander aims to exceed 200 million generated by AI in 2026

Grifols presents Evanzys IH, an automated system to modernize transfusion medicine laboratories

Miquel y Costas launches an investment plan of 130 million for the period 2027-2029

Vixiees expands to Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Peru with its commercial automation system for B2C SMEs

Arteche buys 100% of the German SEG Electronics for 50.6 million

Laboratory doctors claim the power to make clinical decisions in the healthcare system beyond mere assistance

Ganyet, CEO of Mortensen, rejects the concept of AI as its own entity

Lighthouse presents Ernest to turn generalist AI into tangible results in hotels

More than half of companies warn of risks to their data due to "inadequate" use of generative AI

BBVA cuts software development time in half thanks to artificial intelligence

The metal industry in Spain fails in AI, robotics, automation, and data management

A Worldwide Spain and Sapira join forces to drive AI in auditing and corporate processes

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