I think the potential of Agenic is to rethink how work gets done overall. It challenges all sorts

of traditional orthodoxies around how organizations execute the work at hand. That's Jason Gersatus,

CEO of Deloitte U.S., talking about the transformational potential of Agenic AI. Join him later

to learn why agents are a game changer for businesses across industries.

Here's your afternoon TNB Tech Minute for Wednesday, April 29th. I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall

Street Journal. Uber is expanding from ride hailing and food delivery into hotel bookings. Under a new

deal with Expedia, U.S. users will be able to use Uber

to make reservations at more than 700,000 properties as of today. The app will offer hotel

bookings for Expedia listed properties in countries where it doesn't currently offer ride-hailing

services and plans to offer bookings for the Expedia-owned Verbo later this year.

The companies did not disclose the terms of the partnership.

China's second-largest electric vehicle maker reported a weaker bottom line,

but says its core profit grew thanks to record sales and higher revenue.

G. Lee Automobile says currency swings dragged its first quarter net profit 27% lower

to about $609.9 million. But its closely watched core profit grew 31% from a year earlier,

beating expectations. Gile sold more than 709,000 vehicles in the first three months of the year,

a record for the first quarter, and sales of battery-powered EVs and plug-in hybrids climbed 9% to about 369,000 units.

And AI marketing startup, High Touch, has raised a $150 million funding round led by Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital Ventures.

The round valued High Touch at $2.75 billion, up from $1.2 billion during its most recent

funding round in February 2025. High Touch says its key selling point is the ability to train

AI agents on clients' existing marketing communications

in order to make sure the content they create stays on-brand

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