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Introducing new AI features and Data Fabric enhancements to deliver real-time insights and measurable impact.
SYDNEY, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today announced agentic AI platform enhancements to help organisations build, deploy, and scale intelligent process applications. As the Process Company, the Appian Platform provides AI-powered solutions to orchestrate and transform critical business processes. This release introduces the beta launch of Agent Studio and the general availability of AI Document Center. Additional enhancements include expanded data fabric support for document management and semantic search across data and documents.
Agentic AI makes business processes smarter and faster
Appian has embedded AI digital workers operating in process for years. Now with Agent Studio, Appian AI agents are more powerful and governable than ever. Agent Studio enables users to design and deploy AI agents with greater autonomy and contextual awareness. These AI agents can reason through complex, multi-step tasks. They can also interact with multiple systems to update records, send emails, and respond dynamically to new inputs. Agent Studio allows developers to create intelligent agents that not only execute actions but also make informed decisions based on real-time data and business logic.
Users can quickly and easily create agents for document processing with AI Document Center — an all-in-one application for enterprise-grade IDP. AI Document Center is designed to handle complex document formats with high extraction accuracy and scalability for enterprise workloads. Appian customer, Century Fire Protection, used AI Document Center to automate their accounts payable with AI, reducing invoice operating time by 36%.
"Adding Appian AI into Century's AP management workflow has resulted in a more modern, controlled and efficient process, leading to significant benefits," said Alex Polyakman, CFO of Century Fire Protection.
Smart search leverages AI-driven semantic search to enhance record retrieval. Smart search allows you to search across your entire data fabric, including text fields or documents attached to a record—all at enterprise scale. Smart search goes beyond keyword matching by interpreting intent, uncovering connections, detecting patterns, and surfacing related records.
In addition to high-availability, generative AI Agents can now be used in autoscale processes, helping enterprises stay responsive and efficient even when demand increases. Autoscale is an Appian Cloud capability that dynamically adjusts process execution capacity based on demand. Specifically designed for high-volume, high-throughput automation, process autoscale delivers 10-100x the power without over-provisioning resources. Now, organisations can power their high-volume, high-value generative AI use cases with enterprise-grade AI.
Other platform enhancements to data fabric and total experience include:
- Data fabric now includes native support for documents. Organisations can manage, relate, and secure documents using record types, eliminating the need for folder-based organisation and allowing developers to create more document-centric applications.
- Incremental syncs support dynamic data environments. Data fabric now supports external data sync as frequently as every 15 minutes and up to 20 million rows per record to ensure current, responsive applications.
- Form headers and wizards accelerate beautiful form design. Appian UIs now automatically incorporate common form header, wizard functionality, and recommend modern UX patterns. Forms generated from data fabric will see the most improvements.
"AI works best in a process. Appian's process orchestration and data fabric provide the foundation needed to get real value out of AI while maintaining data security," said Michael Beckley, CTO and Founder, Appian.
Appian is the Process Company, focused on improving processes that define a business—from how it operates to how it serves customers and delivers value. By integrating AI into processes, Appian gives AI purpose, governance, and accountability—all essential to delivering its value. Learn how AI can be part of your processes.
About Appian
Appian is The Process Company. We deliver a software platform that helps organisations run better processes that reduce costs, improve customer experiences, and gain a strategic edge. Committed to client success, we serve many of the world's largest companies across industries. For more information, visit appian.com. [Nasdaq: APPN]
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Introducing new AI features and Data Fabric enhancements to deliver real-time insights and measurable impact.
SYDNEY, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today announced agentic AI platform enhancements to help organisations build, deploy, and scale intelligent process applications. As the Process Company, the Appian Platform provides AI-powered solutions to orchestrate and transform critical business processes. This release introduces the beta launch of Agent Studio and the general availability of AI Document Center. Additional enhancements include expanded data fabric support for document management and semantic search across data and documents.
Agentic AI makes business processes smarter and faster
Appian has embedded AI digital workers operating in process for years. Now with Agent Studio, Appian AI agents are more powerful and governable than ever. Agent Studio enables users to design and deploy AI agents with greater autonomy and contextual awareness. These AI agents can reason through complex, multi-step tasks. They can also interact with multiple systems to update records, send emails, and respond dynamically to new inputs. Agent Studio allows developers to create intelligent agents that not only execute actions but also make informed decisions based on real-time data and business logic.
Users can quickly and easily create agents for document processing with AI Document Center — an all-in-one application for enterprise-grade IDP. AI Document Center is designed to handle complex document formats with high extraction accuracy and scalability for enterprise workloads. Appian customer, Century Fire Protection, used AI Document Center to automate their accounts payable with AI, reducing invoice operating time by 36%.
"Adding Appian AI into Century's AP management workflow has resulted in a more modern, controlled and efficient process, leading to significant benefits," said Alex Polyakman, CFO of Century Fire Protection.
Smart search leverages AI-driven semantic search to enhance record retrieval. Smart search allows you to search across your entire data fabric, including text fields or documents attached to a record—all at enterprise scale. Smart search goes beyond keyword matching by interpreting intent, uncovering connections, detecting patterns, and surfacing related records.
In addition to high-availability, generative AI Agents can now be used in autoscale processes, helping enterprises stay responsive and efficient even when demand increases. Autoscale is an Appian Cloud capability that dynamically adjusts process execution capacity based on demand. Specifically designed for high-volume, high-throughput automation, process autoscale delivers 10-100x the power without over-provisioning resources. Now, organisations can power their high-volume, high-value generative AI use cases with enterprise-grade AI.
Other platform enhancements to data fabric and total experience include:
- Data fabric now includes native support for documents. Organisations can manage, relate, and secure documents using record types, eliminating the need for folder-based organisation and allowing developers to create more document-centric applications.
- Incremental syncs support dynamic data environments. Data fabric now supports external data sync as frequently as every 15 minutes and up to 20 million rows per record to ensure current, responsive applications.
- Form headers and wizards accelerate beautiful form design. Appian UIs now automatically incorporate common form header, wizard functionality, and recommend modern UX patterns. Forms generated from data fabric will see the most improvements.
"AI works best in a process. Appian's process orchestration and data fabric provide the foundation needed to get real value out of AI while maintaining data security," said Michael Beckley, CTO and Founder, Appian.
Appian is the Process Company, focused on improving processes that define a business—from how it operates to how it serves customers and delivers value. By integrating AI into processes, Appian gives AI purpose, governance, and accountability—all essential to delivering its value. Learn how AI can be part of your processes.
About Appian
Appian is The Process Company. We deliver a software platform that helps organisations run better processes that reduce costs, improve customer experiences, and gain a strategic edge. Committed to client success, we serve many of the world's largest companies across industries. For more information, visit appian.com. [Nasdaq: APPN]
Follow Appian: LinkedIn, X (Twitter)
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Appian Embeds Agentic AI into Business Processes to Deliver Scalable, Governable Enterprise Value
The Initiative Aims to Address the Pain Points of Family Filmmaking
BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 6th, the 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival opened in Beijing. SmallRig, a global specialized provider of imaging solutions, collaborating with FamilyLens, is empowering family filmmaking through various initiatives, including the Family Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative, a dedicated family filmmaking kit, and a social impact screening program.
Deepening the "Co-Creation Initiatives"
The Co-Creation Initiatives are a series of global creative initiatives open to filmmakers and image creators worldwide. Through deep collaboration across multiple dimensions — including product co-creation, discovery and promotion, and content co-creation — SmallRig aims to expand the boundaries of mobile filmmaking and bring the spirit of Free Your Dream to life with creators everywhere.
Following the launch of the Mobile Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative at the 14th International Smartphone Film Festival, SmallRig announced the launch of the Family Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative on December 6th at the 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival. The initiative invites global creators and every family to participate, focusing on three core directions: product co-creation, work promotion, and content co-creation, to explore the possibilities of family filmmaking for everyone.
Mr. Zhou Yang, Founder and CEO of SmallRig, shared the inspiration for the initiative: "The initiative is rooted in the immense universality and profound emotional depth inherent in family narratives, which serve as a common emotional bond connecting global audiences. We firmly believe that in this era, where everyone can be a content creator, every family can and should film their own story. The instinct to create is deeply embedded in the human spirit, and every home is the origin of countless narratives."
Gu Xue, Founder and Director of the FamilyLens International Film Festival, stated: "We hope that people and practitioners around the world who care about family movies can find suitable solutions and gain insights from the Co-Creation Initiatives. We look forward to more and more people exploring the field of 'Home' together through this initiative."
To address the pain points of family filmmaking, SmallRig officially released the SmallRig Family Filmmaking Kit at the opening ceremony. The kit includes a high-quality microphone, fill light, and a portable tripod, specifically designed to achieve "professional function democratization" and "complex feature simplification." During the FamilyLens Workshop, attendees experienced the convenience of the equipment firsthand. Many expressed that the kit truly solves many problems, enabling ordinary families to complete necessary filming without specialized photography knowledge.
Social Impact Screening Program
The 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival is open to the public from December 6th to 14th. The festival opened with the screening of well-received documentary: K-Family Affairs. In addition to the competition section, the festival features several distinctive sections, including the Reframing Home Movies— An Italian Retrospective, Youth Film Program, Filmmaker in Focus, and the Social Impact Program. Four major awards, such as the Real-Life Portrait Award and the Artistic Exploration Award, will also be presented.
As a key component of the Co-Creation Initiatives, the SmallRig Image Development Fund partnered with the FamilyLens International Film Festival to curate the "Social Impact Screening Program." This unit focuses on elevating awareness of critical issues within the family unit, advocating for a new reflection: "Starting with Seeing, Concluding with Understanding."
Arum Nam, Director of K-Family Affairs, stated:
"Starting with the stories of your family, your friends, and yourself, I believe this personal narrative can connect directly to the bigger society."
SmallRig believes that truly meaningful social impact storytelling stems from awareness in proximity—achieved by using the lens to penetrate the daily surface and enabling a deep, empathetic "Seeing with Empathy."
The four featured works in this unit are:
- People of the Ascent
- Granny's Lost and Found
- Ruixi at Fourteen
- No Country For My Maternal Grandma
These films highlight four family issues that require "seeing": the yearning of left-behind children, the mental isolation of Alzheimer's patients, the elderly searching for subjectivity in their drifting lives, and the emotional volatility and struggle of Bipolar Disorder.
Strategic Outlook and Future Expansion
SmallRig will continue to support the Family Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative's deep development through promotional campaigns and practical workshops focused on family movie scenarios.
The overall goal of SmallRig's Global Co-creation Initiative is to continuously explore and meet the growing, diverse needs of global creators across different vertical domains. SmallRig is committed to persistently expanding the co-creation model into more imaging sectors, collaborating with industry partners to push the boundaries of imaging and grant global creators broader creative freedom.
About SmallRig
Founded in 2013, SmallRig is an innovation-driven global company that designs and manufactures comprehensive support solutions and accessories for all content creation needs. Trusted by over four million creators globally, SmallRig pioneered the User Co-creation Design (UCD) philosophy and the DreamRig Program.
For more information, visit: www.smallrig.com.
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SmallRig and FamilyLens Launch Global Family Filmmaking Initiative at 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival
SmallRig and FamilyLens Launch Global Family Filmmaking Initiative at 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival
SmallRig and FamilyLens Launch Global Family Filmmaking Initiative at 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival
