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Small Business Daily Podcast — December 23, 2025
Welcome to the Small Business Daily Podcast. Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories:
While Everyone Talks About an AI Bubble, Salesforce Quietly Added 6,000 Enterprise Customers in 3 Months
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By Michael Nuñez — December 22, 2025
Salesforce’s Agentforce platform hit 18,500 enterprise customers, topping $540 million in ARR and running over 3 billion workflows monthly—evidence that enterprise AI is moving from hype to measurable ROI. The company’s trust layer and runtime policy checks are a key differentiator for safe, scalable deployments, with customers like Engine reporting $2 million in savings and Williams-Sonoma matching human service benchmarks. Analysts rank Salesforce narrowly ahead of Microsoft and expect 2026 to be the true breakout year for AI agents in the enterprise.
Uber and Lyft partner with Chinese tech giant for self-driving cars in London
Source: Original article
By Not specified — December 22, 2025
Uber and Lyft will pilot robotaxi services in London through separate partnerships with Baidu’s Apollo Go, with testing expected to begin in the first half of 2026 pending regulatory approval. The UK has accelerated its self-driving trials, putting pressure on rivals like Waymo and local startup Wayve to scale their own programs. For urban mobility and gig-economy businesses, the move signals growing momentum toward regulated, city-scale autonomy.
Intuit CFO: Stablecoins are the new ‘digital dollar’ rail
Source: Original article
By Sheryl Estrada — December 22, 2025
Intuit is partnering with Circle to integrate USDC across its platform, positioning stablecoins as a 24/7, low-cost payments rail for 100 million consumers and businesses. With growing regulatory clarity, Intuit sees network effects in embedding identity, wallets, and workflows that settle near-instantly. The move underscores how mainstream fintechs are operationalizing crypto infrastructure for tangible gains in speed and cost.
Sierra AI’s $10B Valuation Marks a Turning Point for Conversational AI
Source: Original article
By Scott Clark — December 22, 2025
Sierra reached $100M ARR in seven quarters and a $10B valuation, driven by agents embedded in regulated workflows across finance, healthcare, and retail. With Agent OS 2.0, Workspaces, and an Agent Data Platform, the company emphasizes governance, memory, and multi-system action over one-off chatbots. Sustainability questions remain, but Sierra’s enterprise ROI focus and multi-model architecture strengthen its differentiation.
9 Brands That Doubled Down on AI in 2025
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By Rebecca Stewart & Trishla Ostwal — December 2025
From Unilever’s digital twins cutting content costs to Klarna’s AI-boosted IPO metrics, leading brands operationalized AI for speed and efficiency. Intuit scaled internal AI usage, Coca-Cola leaned into AI-generated holiday creative, and Disney inked a $1 billion deal with OpenAI to bring fan-made video to Disney+. The throughline: AI moved from creative experiments to core infrastructure across marketing, product, and operations.
Tiiny AI Reveals World’s Smallest Personal AI Supercomputer, Verified by Guinness World Records
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By PR Wire — December 22, 2025
Tiiny AI unveiled a pocket-sized device that can run large language models up to 120B parameters fully offline, aiming to reduce cloud dependency while boosting privacy and energy efficiency. The Pocket Lab uses sparse activation and a heterogeneous inference engine to deliver near server-grade performance within a 65W envelope. It targets developers and power users who need secure, on-device AI for multi-step reasoning and long-term personal memory.
Agtech Startup Bharat Intelligence Targets To Become ‘Urban Company’ In Horticulture
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By Subramani Ra Mancombu — December 22, 2025
Bharat Intelligence is building an AI-powered labor marketplace for horticulture via WhatsApp, improving worker matching, wages, and on-farm timing for tasks. Backed by Sahaydri Farms, the startup has onboarded 1,000 grape-farm workers with plans for 10,000 in 12 months, while co-developing upskilling programs with Tata Strive. Its “labor calendar” approach aims to make seasonal demand predictable and lift quality for export crops like bananas and grapes.
