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ABBYY intelligent document processing (IDP) continues its reign as a market leader in QKS Group SPARK Matrix evaluation for the fourth consecutive year while also taking the #1 position in Technology Excellence. ABBYY is credited for taking an innovative approach to IDP with its ABBYY Vantage platform merging “cutting-edge Purpose-Build AI technologies with user-friendly interfaces to address the complex document processing requirements of businesses and organizations globally.”
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The report highlights ABBYY's commitment to innovation and its strong market presence, positioning the company as a compelling choice for businesses seeking to optimize document-focused operations through intelligent automation. ABBYY empowers global organizations with significant improvements in operational efficiency by making document data readily available for business systems and decision-making. With robust capabilities enabling and incorporating Generative AI and Agentic AI technologies, extensive industry expertise, and forward-looking strategies, ABBYY is recognized as well-equipped to sustain its leadership in the rapidly evolving IDP space.
“ABBYY Vantage offers a powerful solution for enterprises by providing deep insights into document content with AI-driven precision,” said Anoch Mane, an Analyst at QKS Group. “The platform’s advanced NLP and ML capabilities, combined with its no-code approach, make it highly adaptable to complex document processing needs, particularly in sectors like finance, insurance, and healthcare. ABBYY’s ability to integrate with existing enterprise systems, coupled with its user-friendly design, positions it as a critical tool for organizations focused on improving operational efficiency and customer experiences.”
“ABBYY AI is proven to deliver measurable value for enterprises needing to gain valuable information from their documents,” commented Bruce Orcutt, Chief Marketing Officer at ABBYY. ‘We’re proud of being recognized as a leader in the latest QKS Group SPARK Matrix and many other analyst evaluations. The latest AI capabilities recently introduced via our Phoenix multimodal model and growing catalog of document skills in the ABBYY Marketplace will further advance our leadership in the market and provide our customers with more powerful intelligent automation.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires that ravaged Southern California should come with strings attached, possibly jeopardizing the president's policy agenda in a deeply divided Congress at the outset of his second term.
With Trump planning to visit the fire-ravaged state this week, resistance from even a few House members to his efforts to put conditions on disaster aid could further complicate an already fraught relationship between reliably liberal California and the second Trump administration.
Several Republicans who narrowly won California House seats in November have expressed dismay that the state relief could be hitched to demands in exchange for helping the thousands of Californians in their districts still reeling from this month's disaster.
“Playing politics with people’s livelihoods is unacceptable and a slap in the face to the Southern California wildfire victims and to our brave first responders," Republican Rep. Young Kim, whose closely divided district is anchored in fire-prone Orange County, southeast of Los Angeles, said in a statement.
In an interview aired Wednesday night, Trump said he may withhold aid to California until the state adjusts how it manages its scarce water resources. He falsely claimed that California’s fish conservation efforts in the northern part of the state are responsible for fire hydrants running dry in urban areas.
“I don’t think we should give California anything until they let the water run down,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity.
Local officials have said the conservation efforts for the delta smelt had nothing to do with the hydrants running dry as firefighters tried to contain blazes around Los Angeles. They said intense demand on a municipal system not designed to battle such blazes was to blame.
The wind-driven firestorms wiped out whole neighborhoods of Los Angeles County, left thousands homeless and killed more than two dozen people.
Trump said earlier this week that discussions are underway in the White House to bring more water to perennially parched Los Angeles, alluding to rainfall runoff lost to the Pacific and the state's vast water storage and delivery system.
“Los Angeles has massive amounts of water available to it. All they have to do is turn the valve,” the president said.
California has long been a favorite target of Trump, who also referred to the fires in his inaugural address Monday. In LA, he said, “we are watching fires still tragically burn from weeks ago without even a token of defense."
“That’s going to change.”
Trump has made no mention of the multinational firefighting force deployed to contend with multiple blazes. Firefighters were gaining ground on the two major fires Wednesday when a third blaze broke out north of Los Angeles and quickly burned through hundreds of acres of dry brush.
Johnson, a Louisiana Republican echoing Trump's complaints, has said there are “serious” problems in how the state is managed. Those include insufficient funding for forestry programs and water storage. He also noted the public dispute between the LA fire chief and City Hall over budget cuts.
Johnson said Wednesday that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass did not prepare the state or the city for what was to come. He particularly cited a 117-million-gallon reservoir left unfilled for nearly a year. Newsom has called for an independent investigation of the reservoir.
Bass didn't directly respond to a question about possible conditions on disaster aid, saying in a statement: “Our work with our federal partners will be based on direct conversations with them about how we can work together."
Some Republicans have suggested that the congressional relief package could become entangled with efforts to raise the nation’s debt limit — and with the House so closely divided, even a few breakaway votes from either party could alter the outcome.
That leaves GOP lawmakers from California in a political quandary: whether to forcefully stand up for their home state, often pilloried by the GOP as representing all that is wrong with America, while Republicans in Congress are eager to show a unified front and parlay their November election wins into what Trump has called a new “golden age” for the nation.
Several California representatives agreed that the federal government must guard against the misuse of funds but argued that the money should not be held up or saddled with restrictions not placed on other states after tornadoes and hurricanes.
The dilemma played out in social media posts by Republican Rep. Ken Calvert, who narrowly prevailed in November in his swing district east of Los Angeles.
“Californians are entitled to receive federal disaster assistance in the same manner as all Americans," he wrote on X. But, he quickly added, “Some federal policy changes may be needed to expedite rebuilding as well as improve future wildfire prevention. Those kind of policies are not conditions.”
Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley, whose sprawling district runs from east of Sacramento south to Death Valley, told KCRA-TV in Sacramento last week that Johnson's use of the word conditions was not “especially helpful.” Speaking at the Capitol Wednesday, he said there is a lot of ambiguity about what constitutes conditions for disaster aid.
He said his focus is to make sure the money doesn’t get wasted through government inefficiency.
“We want to make sure the money actually gets to the victims and they can use it to rebuild their homes and to recover,” Kiley said.
Politicians in Washington have feuded for years over how to restrain the growing wildfire threat across the West. Republicans have long complained that inadequate land management practices have exacerbated damage from wildfires, while Democrats have emphasized the role of climate change and the failure of the federal government to address it.
About the only thing they agree on is that the problem persists.
Some lawmakers have noted that disaster aid over the years for Johnson’s home state of Louisiana did not come with conditions. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries called the idea a “non-starter.”
Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa, whose largely rural district runs from the Sacramento area north to the Oregon border, said he wasn’t too concerned about talk of conditions.
“Everything has conditions, especially the way California wastes money,” LaMalfa said. "We want to help people and we want to help with that, like we’ve helped with others. But California is very, very irresponsible.”
Trump plans to visit the state to see the damage firsthand on Friday. Newsom hasn't said publicly if he'll accompany him on his tour.
With the fragile GOP majority in the House — there are 219 Republicans, 214 Democrats and one vacancy — Johnson cannot afford defections on any vote. And it could be several weeks before a fuller accounting of the state’s recovery needs is ready and a formal request submitted to the White House.
Following major natural disasters, the president typically makes supplemental spending requests, as happened after hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Congress also could provide more disaster aid to California through legislation. Sen. Lindsey Graham, the Republican chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said he would work to include disaster aid in a filibuster-proof bill Republicans hope to craft this year that would pay for some of Trump’s top policy priorities.
Newsom urged Johnson and other congressional leaders to quickly approve assistance for the state, where fires are still burning and strong winds continue to threaten new ones. In an email to supporters from his campaign committee, he warned that “Republicans are holding federal aid hostage” and said Democrats might be able to peel off a handful of GOP votes to push through an aid package.
“In times of natural disaster — from Hurricane Katrina to Hurricane Helene — Americans have always stood together, setting aside politics to extend a helping hand to those in need,” the governor wrote. “Historically, federal disaster aid has been provided without conditions.”
Freking reported from Washington.
President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Members of the "Revcom Corps for the Emancipation of Humanity" stage a visual protest by a symbolic act of ripping the U.S. flag, the Confederate flag, and the Trump flag at Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Residences destroyed by the Eaton Fire line a neighborhood in Altadena, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A lone home stands among residences levelled by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., center, joined from left by Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., and Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Homeowner David Marquez, left, holds a metal detector as he shows recovered metal items found with his father, Juan Pablo Alvarado, right, inside the walls of their multi-generational home in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
