Zscaler's ThreatLabz 2026 AI Security Report found critical flaws in 100% of tested enterprise AI systems, with a median time to first failure of 16 minutes. Enterprise AI/ML transactions rose 83% yea…
Scaled Cognition raised $100 million in a Series A round led by Khosla Ventures on June 25, 2026, valuing the company at $750 million. The startup is commercializing its Agentic Pretrained Transformer…
Neurometric AI launched an automated token engineering platform and raised $4 million in a pre-seed round from investors including Betaworks, ex/ante, and Jason Calacanis. The platform optimizes AI mo…
Adobe announced on June 25 that it will acquire AI startup Topaz Labs, whose on-device image and video enhancement technology will be integrated into Adobe's Firefly and Creative Cloud apps. The deal,…
IBM unveiled the world's first sub-1 nanometer chip technology on June 25, 2026, using a new 0.7nm 'Nanostack' 3D transistor architecture that packs nearly 100 billion transistors onto a fingernail-si…
BlackBerry reported Q1 FY2027 revenue of $152.9 million, up 26% year over year, beating estimates. CEO John Giamatteo emphasized the long-term opportunity in physical AI, citing QNX as safety-certifie…
Two startup executives addressed local concerns about AI data centers at a SPUR panel in San Francisco, citing research that large data centers can use up to 5 million gallons of water per day and cou…
Applied Digital signed two 15-year leases with a US hyperscaler for the Polaris Forge 3 and Delta Forge 2 data center campuses, worth a combined $12.7 billion in base contracted revenue. The company n…
Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) has secured a data center deal with AMD at its Rockdale, Texas facility, expanding contracted capacity to 50 MW with an option for 200 MW. The 10-year agreement is expect…
Hydro Ottawa is facing unprecedented power connection requests totaling 1,075 megawatts from 34 large-load projects, with data centres accounting for 60% of that demand, CEO Bryce Conrad told city cou…
Story Protocol rebranded as the DATA Foundation, pivoting from general intellectual-property to AI training data infrastructure. The group will operate an onchain registry and a platform issuing crypt…
Microsoft's Business Central 2026 Wave 1 release deploys four AI agents for finance—Payables, Sales Order, Expense, and Agent Designer—operating with human oversight in SaaS-hosted deployments only, r…
A bill introduced in the U.S. House on June 25 would require frontier AI model developers to report dangerous capabilities, security breaches, and safety incidents to the Secretary of Commerce within …
Senator Ted Cruz, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, will lead a markup on AI legislation next month, prioritizing bills with bipartisan support and targeting catastrophic risks and deepfakes. Co…
US hospitality and leisure deal activity slowed in 2026, with volume down 2.5%, but transactions concentrated in premium segments like luxury hotels, wellness resorts, and gaming platforms. Premium ho…
Identiverse 2026 in Las Vegas focused on identity security for AI agents, with over 3,800 attendees and 250 speakers. Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand highlighted a shift toward 'actions, not access,' w…
The US lodging sector is projected to see RevPAR grow 2.9% in 2026, reversing a 0.2% decline in 2025, as demand outpaces supply by the widest margin since before the pandemic, according to Hospitality…
Float Financial closed a CAD 85 million all-equity Series C led by Inovia Capital, bringing its total funding to CAD 300 million. The company plans to use the capital to advance its AI platform Float …
Ford credited a mix of veteran engineers and updated AI tools for a recent quality turnaround, according to Business Insider. The automaker hired, promoted, or brought back about 350 experienced techn…
Sail Research raised $80 million in Seed and Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins, valuing the startup at $450 million. The company builds infrastructure for long-horizon AI age…