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Introducing “Mod Squads” – Outcome-based human-agent pods under a subscription pricing construct Coforge introduces AI Mod Squads, a subscription-based delivery model that replaces traditional Time & Materials (T&M) with outcome-driven pricing, faster time-to-market with full cost predictability. Enterprises can assemble custom AI-native teams tailored to industry and engineering workflows, enabling autonomous, scalable execution with proven impact Princeton, NJ (Apr. 8, 2026) – Coforge, a global AI-native engineering services leader, is pleased to announce the launch of AI Mod Squads – a new delivery model with a simple monthly subscription fee. Mod Squads combine pre-built AI agents with specialized AI engineers to deliver dramatically faster time-to-market at a lower cost for clients. Customers can create their own AI-powered teams by selecting a set of pre-built AI agents for their use cases. Coforge is offering a comprehensive suite of 130+ agents across two categories: Industry-specific agents: Designed to handle tasks like fraud detection for banking, claims triaging for insurance, and weather alert management for airlines. Engineering-focused agents: Designed to execute legacy code reverse engineering, automate quality assurance, fix incident tickets, and more. The agents can be deployed in either customer hosted AI infrastructure, or in Coforge hosted Forge-X agentic infrastructure that includes...

XYZ Venture Capital leads $1.7M USD pre-seed round as Felix expands its AI automation builder across legal, finance, and insurance industries Prague, Czech Republic (Apr. 7, 2026) – Felix (felix.so), the AI workflow platform designed to run complex professional services operations without constant human oversight, has announced $1.7M in pre-seed funding led by XYZ Venture Capital, with participation from angel investors including current and former leaders and founders at Amazon, Apple, Palantir, FlexPort, Yelp and Midjourney. Already deployed at major legal, finance, and insurance firms, the company will use the funding to expand product capability and scale its rapid growth. Felix enables professionals in highly regulated and complex industries to turn institutional knowledge into automated workflows that only need to be built once. Users describe and refine their desired process in plain language, while Felix automatically deploys code to execute the workflow continuously — with built-in checkpoints, audit trails, and deterministic outputs. For example, Advocate, a New York-based risk management firm, used Felix to eliminate a backlog of over 50,000 mortgage insurance policies in three weeks — a feat that would have taken over 10 years to manually process. Now, they’re running Felix continuously to prevent any future backlogs. The...

Toronto, ON (Mar. 31, 2026) – A new report from GreenShield shows that when mental health coverage and care are integrated, Canadian employers can achieve a meaningful return on investment, while improving access to care and outcomes for employees. The report, When coverage meets care: unlocking ROI through integrated mental health support, finds that offering insurance and mental health support through a single, connected model enables faster access to effective care and reduces downstream costs. GreenShield observed that for every dollar invested in integrated mental health coverage and care, $1.50 was returned through lower mental health claims by year two, even before accounting for the impacts of absenteeism or disability. Employers also saw members access support more quickly and experience greater continuity of care, contributing to measurable clinical improvements. As Canada’s only national non-profit health care and insurance company, GreenShield combines coverage and care to improve health care access, convenience, integration, and outcomes for Canadians, in service of its social mission of Better Health for All. Operating across both benefits and care delivery enables GreenShield to generate insights through GreenShield+ – a seamlessly integrated health care and insurance solution – that help employers and policymakers understand what drives more effective...

‘Shaping Canada’s Longevity Advantage’ challenge will invite innovators to deliver solutions that strengthen health, financial resilience and social connection across longer lives The challenge is an initiative of Manulife’s Longevity Institute, driving Canadian solutions for a longer‑living society Toronto, ON (Apr. 22, 2026) – Manulife, in partnership with UpLink, the World Economic Forum’s early-stage innovation initiative, and the Forum’s Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems, has announced the launch of a new innovation challenge, ‘Shaping Canada’s Longevity Advantage,‘ focused on enabling lifelong health, wealth and purpose across multistage lives. Canadians are living longer, more complex lives, often balancing their own health and financial needs while supporting ageing parents or caregiving for others. Insights from the National Institute on Ageing‘s Ageing in Canada Survey, conducted by the NIA with support from Manulife, highlight the urgency of this challenge: 43 per cent of older Canadians are at high risk of social isolation, while only 29 per cent feel they can afford to retire. These realities underscore the need for practical, near-term solutions that help people live not just longer, but better, supported by stronger financial resilience, meaningful connections, and confidence across life stages. The ‘Shaping Canada’s Longevity Advantage’ challenge invites innovators to...

Q&A with Melanie Freeze, Director of Research, Gartner — Only 28% of AI use cases in infrastructure and operations (I&O) fully succeed and meet ROI expectations, while 20% fail outright, according to a Gartner, Inc. survey of 782 I&O leaders in November and December 2025. To ensure success, I&O leaders should connect AI to the business during execution, not just planning. The survey found that among 77% of I&O leaders who deliver at least one successful AI use case, success is attributed primarily to integrating AI into existing workflows and systems and securing full support from business executives. Ahead of the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Conference in Sydney, we spoke with Melanie Freeze, Director Research at Gartner, about the key success factors for AI use cases in I&O and how leaders can prioritize and fund them. Q: Which types of AI in I&O fail, and why? A: The 20% failure rate is largely driven by AI initiatives that are either overly ambitious or poorly scoped. AI that doesn’t fit into the organization’s operations simply can’t deliver ROI For the 57% of I&O leaders who reported at least one failure, many said their AI initiatives failed because they expected...

More than 90 percent of executives view managed services as essential for agentic AI delivery Eighty-seven percent of respondents have already woven managed services directly into their plans for digital transformation Leaders cite AI capability as their top consideration in managed services, followed by overall tech proficiency, data expertise, and a strategic transformation mindset Fifty-six percent of buyers cite AI management as their top priority for managed services investment over the next two years, followed by cybersecurity at 33 percent Managed services is now a strategic priority for 99 percent of organizations, with two‑thirds expecting the model to drive major operating, business, and strategic impact within 24 months London, UK (Apr. 7, 2026) – In the race for agentic artificial intelligence, companies have discovered a new shortcut: managed services. More than 90 percent of executives now view this model as an essential engine for agentic AI delivery, helping companies leapfrog the technical debt and talent gaps that often stall AI investment. That’s according to the global KPMG Managed Services Outlook Survey 2026, with research and analysis by IDC, which explores the use of managed services by 1,200-plus senior leaders. The survey finds that managed services are not on the sidelines; they...