Sundial's platform converts natural-language questions and complex data into actionable insights accessible through a chatbot plugin

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Sundial's software enables organizational teams to perform self-service data analysis independently without relying on centralized data units

Meta confirmed that it has acquired Sundial, an AI-powered data analytics platform founded by two former Meta employees

Sundial co-founder Chandra Narayanan, former analytics chief at Instagram and Sequoia Capital, is rejoining Meta to direct data analytics tooling and agents

Sundial will be folded into Meta's data analytics organization and will cease serving external customers once the Sundial acquisition transaction closes

Meta's Data Analytics Tooling & Agents unit handles descriptive analysis, product experimentation, and real-time monitoring of critical artificial intelligence systems

Kimi K3.1 Pro is accessible via Kimi.ai, Kimi Work, Kimi Code, and an OpenAI-compatible API using API IDs kimi-k3.1-pro and kimi-k3.1-pro-highspeed

Meta is increasing investments in its internal data analytics organization to expand operational insights as artificial intelligence adoption accelerates

Meta appointed former marketing chief Alex Schultz as its first chief data officer in July 2026 to lead its Data Analytics Tooling & Agents unit

Meta Chief Data Officer Alex Schultz stated in October 2026 that artificial intelligence technology has generated effectively unlimited demand for data insights

More than 10 million users in the United States and Canada set up Meta Muse personal AI assistant accounts within six weeks of its September 2026 launch.

Roughly 25% of registered Meta Muse personal AI agent users in the U.S. and Canada engage with the assistant on any given day, with shopping being the primary use case.

LiteLLM, developed by BerriAI, provides a shared interface for LLM providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini, receiving approximately 23 million weekly downloads.

According to Coveo's 2026 Commerce Relevance Report, 16% of shoppers feel comfortable allowing an AI assistant to find and buy products on their behalf.

Walmart U.S. CEO David Guggina stated in September 2026 that usage of Walmart's internal AI shopping assistant, Sparky, grew 60% quarter-over-quarter.

Walmart President and CEO John Furner announced the retailer's new AI agent tools at the Masters of Scale Summit in San Francisco on October 21, 2026.

Walmart introduced its Sparky assistant in June 2025 and launched a four-super-agent framework that same year to integrate AI deeper into its shopping experience.

Amazon blocked third-party AI shopping tools including Meta's Muse, Perplexity's shopping agent, and agents from Google and OpenAI from perusing or making purchases on its marketplace.

Anthropic introduced an opt-in OSS Scanner for open-source projects, utilizing Claude models to address vulnerabilities across 25 projects and surface 493 security issues.

The FAHR-FaceAge artificial intelligence tool estimates biological age by analyzing specific facial regions including the nasolabial folds, forehead area above the eye sockets, and temples.

The FAHR-FaceSurvival artificial intelligence tool predicts cancer mortality risk directly from a photograph by evaluating facial features in the region below the eyes and around the nasal bridge.