Five Minute Briefing - Oracle
July 15, 2026

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News Flashes

Oracle Introduces AI-Native Builder Experience to Create and Run Agentic Applications

Oracle is offering a new AI-native builder experience for Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications that enables customers and partners to create and run Fusion Agentic Applications natively within Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications.

Oracle Manager Edge Helps Organizations Scale Effective Leadership

Oracle is introducing a new AI-powered coaching assistant within Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) to help managers lead with greater confidence, consistency, and effectiveness. According to the company, Oracle Manager Edge helps managers strengthen engagement, support employee growth, improve team performance, and drive retention by using insights from feedback, goals, performance reviews, team interactions, and other workforce signals across Oracle Cloud HCM to deliver personalized guidance in the moment.

Oracle Releases Oracle AI Agent Memory 26.6, Delivering ‘Memory With Receipts’

Oracle is introducing AI Agent Memory 26.6, high-accuracy, low-latency, enterprise-grade memory for agents that operate where the stakes are real. It also supports durable memories, facts, guidelines, and preferences as distinct record types. The result is memory designed to be more accurate where enterprises need it, not merely finding related text, but retrieving the right information in the right context.