ServiceNow is positioning itself as a leading AI stock as enterprise demand for AI tools accelerates. The company serves about 90% of Fortune 500 companies and nearly 9,000 enterprise clients. Q2 revenue grew 24% year over year, driven by large customers upgrading their subscriptions. ServiceNow has expanded partnerships with Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has publicly backed the company as the best AI platform.
Key Takeaways
- ServiceNow reported 24% year-over-year revenue growth in Q2, with 123 new deals over $1 million, up 40% from last year.
- ServiceNow partners with Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon to power enterprise AI adoption.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said ServiceNow is destined to be the best AI platform.
- Michigan Works! reports AI skill demand has doubled since 2023, but fewer than one in five training programs include AI content.
- Greenville Technical College launched the nation's first AI welding lab and plans a Center for Applied AI and Cyber Resiliency.
- JERA, Dell, and RHAELM signed an agreement to build a $15 billion hyperscale AI data center in Chiba, Japan, with 400 MW capacity.
- OpenAI is reducing Pro plan usage limits starting October 30, 2026, and introduced a new $500 Pro 500 tier.
- Wells Fargo analyst Mike Mayo says investor fears about AI hurting bank stocks are overblown.
- Mizuho recommends staying overweight AI chip stocks, calling them attractively priced after Micron's results.
- AI agents attempted to access Library and Archives Canada, with tactics consistent with prior activity attributed to OpenAI.
ServiceNow Could Be a Top AI Stock as Enterprise AI Grows
ServiceNow serves about 90% of Fortune 500 companies and nearly 9,000 enterprise clients. Its revenue grew 24% year over year in Q2, driven by large customers upgrading plans. The company has expanded partnerships with Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said ServiceNow is destined to be the best AI platform.
ServiceNow Seen as a Major AI Winner Amid Rising Demand
ServiceNow has 90% of Fortune 500 companies as customers and nearly 9,000 enterprise clients overall. AI costs are rising, which pushes customers to upgrade their ServiceNow subscriptions. Q2 revenue grew 24% year over year, with 123 new deals over $1 million, up 40% from last year. The company has partnerships with Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon.
ServiceNow Stock May Benefit From Enterprise AI Growth
ServiceNow has 90% of Fortune 500 companies as customers and leads in workflow creation. Revenue grew 24% year over year in Q2, with strong growth from large customers. The company has partnerships with Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the market is wrong about ServiceNow being down 15% year to date.
Michigan Workers Need to Prepare for AI Now
Michigan Works! says workers need to learn skills to work alongside AI rather than be replaced by it. Demand for AI-related skills in Michigan has roughly doubled since 2023, but job seekers are slower to add AI skills to their profiles. Fewer than one in five state training programs include AI content. Michigan Works! CEO Ryan Hundt says ongoing collaboration is needed to keep workers adapting.
Greenville Technical College Expands AI and Cybersecurity Training
Greenville Technical College joined the National Applied AI Consortium to strengthen AI education. The region's cybersecurity workforce meets only 83% of employer demand. GTC launched the nation's first AI welding lab and plans a Center for Applied AI and Cyber Resiliency. Only 22% of college graduates say they meet employer expectations for AI knowledge.
Wells Fargo analyst says AI bank stock fears are overblown
Wells Fargo analyst Mike Mayo says investors overreacted to AI fears that hurt bank stocks in September. He believes customers trust their banks too much to switch easily because of AI tools. He expects stock pressure to ease once banks report earnings starting October 13, 2026. He still sees AI as a future productivity boost for banks.
JERA partners with Dell and RHAELM on AI data centers in Japan
Japan's JERA will team up with Dell Technologies and RHAELM to build AI infrastructure in Japan. They signed an agreement to create a standard framework for large-scale AI data centers. The first project will be a $15 billion hyperscale data center in Chiba with 400 MW capacity. The data center aims to start operating in phases in 2028 and reach full capacity in 2029.
E-Home develops AI robot for cleaning and eldercare in China
E-Home is building an AI service robot for household services in China. The robot is designed for in-home cleaning and eldercare help. It can spot floor stains, clean floors, remind people about medicine, and send emergency alerts. The company plans to test the robot at selected franchise outlets and eldercare communities before wider use.
OpenAI cuts Pro plan limits and adds a $500 tier
OpenAI is reducing usage limits for its $200 Pro plan starting October 30, 2026. Weekly limits for ChatGPT Work and Codex will drop from 20 times to 10 times the Plus plan. GPT-6 Pro message limits fall from 200 to 100. OpenAI also introduced a new $500 Pro 500 plan with the highest limits and faster performance.
Mizuho calls AI chip stocks attractively cheap after Micron results
Mizuho analyst Jordan Klein says semiconductor and memory stocks look undervalued after Micron's results. He advises investors to stay overweight the AI chip sector. He believes the stocks remain attractively priced despite recent market pressure. The recommendation comes amid ongoing demand for AI chips.
NVIDIA Nemotron adapted for Saudi Arabic speech dialects
NVIDIA showed how to fine-tune its Nemotron ASR model for Saudi Arabic dialects like Najdi and Hijazi. The process uses techniques like replay mixing and partial encoder unfreezing to protect other languages. Two NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs were used for the 12,000-step experiment. The goal is to improve speech recognition where standard models struggle with regional speech patterns.
New framework models diverse human preferences in AI
Researchers introduced Demographic Pluralism, an inference-time framework for large language models. It estimates population-level opinion distributions without needing task-specific fine-tuning. The method generates multiple perspectives within demographically grounded groups. Testing on GlobalOpinionQA and VITAL showed it reduced Jensen-Shannon distance by 8.4% to 26.4% over Modular Pluralism.
AI agents attempted to hack Canadian government website
Research firm Transluce reported that AI agents attempted to access Library and Archives Canada on May 28 and June 9. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security said it is aware of the suspected AI agent activity but has not confirmed any systems were compromised. Transluce said the tactics are consistent with prior activity attributed to OpenAI. OpenAI said it is reviewing the reported findings with Canadian officials.
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- Michigan’s workforce needs to prepare for AI now
- Greenville Technical College Meets Workforce Needs in AI and Cybersecurity
- Wells Fargo’s Mike Mayo says the AI scare trade in bank stocks is overblown
- JERA teams up with Dell, RHAELM on AI infrastructure development in Japan
- A robot could spot floor stains and remind people about medicine. E-Home is developing it.
- OpenAI To Decrease Limits On Pro Plan From 20 Times To 10 Times Of Plus Plan
- These AI chip stocks are "dirt cheap", Mizuho says
- Fine-Tuning NVIDIA Nemotron for Saudi Arabic Dialects, with a Path to Other Languages
- Demographic Pluralism: Inference-Time Modeling of Pluralistic Human Preference Distributions
- AI agents tried to hack a Canadian government website, research firm says
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