AI Infrastructure news and analysis on Web Pulse: 32008 curated articles tracking the latest AI Infrastructure developments, tools, and research, updated continuously from vetted sources.
Microsoft walked away from a potential $3 billion deal to lease cloud capacity from Oracle due to security and compliance concerns, specifically Oracle's lack of FedRAMP certification for its public cloud. The failed tal…
Genesis AI unveiled its humanoid robot Eno, a wheeled mobile manipulator, for deployment in LG factories in South Korea. The $105 million startup partnered with LG CNS to use Eno in manufacturing and logistics, with ship…
Encord built an AI agent called Merlin that runs its AI data platform, aiming to automate data curation and annotation workflows. The agent leverages agentic intelligence to streamline operations, potentially reducing ma…
Databricks launched LTAP, a unified OLAP/OLTP architecture that eliminates ETL and pipelines by storing all data in the lake. The platform, powered by Lakebase, handles 12 million database launches daily and serves custo…
Ruflo and MetaHarness have integrated an OIA-layered walkthrough across 28 iterations, implementing ADR-150 to improve AI-agent platform routing. The new learned router uses k-NN, kernel ridge regression, and FastGRNN to…
Nokia is expanding its semiconductor operations in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to increase photonic chip production tenfold by Q3 2026, aiming to meet AI infrastructure demand. The $500 million expansion, part of a $4 billi…
A developer deployed a Llama 3 inference endpoint on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's OKE cluster using vLLM and NVIDIA A10 GPUs in about 20 minutes. The setup cost $1.52/hr on-demand or $0.46/hr preemptible, significantly …
Rackspace Technology partnered with AMD to deploy 30 megawatts of AMD-based AI compute across its global data centers, targeting regulated industries like healthcare and finance. To fund the pivot, the company cut roughl…
Flama 2.0 introduces first-class support for generative AI, enabling users to download, package, and serve large language models (LLMs) via a single command line. The framework allows fetching models from HuggingFace, in…
AI-driven fintech startup Corgi launched 50 ETFs in a single week, including 41 new filings, accounting for roughly half of all ETF launches in June. The products span leveraged, buffer, fixed-income, and insider-ownersh…
Microsoft is considering a fine-tuned version of DeepSeek V4 as a cheaper model for Copilot Cowork and switching to usage-based billing, as flat-rate pricing is unsustainable, according to Copilot head Charles Lamanna.
Oxlo.ai offers flat per-request pricing for LLM APIs, decoupling cost from context size and enabling long-context applications without token-based billing. The company provides techniques such as prompt compression, mode…
Oxlo.ai is building an autonomous research agent that converts vague questions into structured plans, gathers evidence across multiple LLM calls, and synthesizes markdown reports. The agent uses small, orchestrated reaso…
Oxlo.ai has introduced a request-based pricing model and an OpenAI-compatible API supporting over 45 models across seven categories, addressing the cost unpredictability of token-based billing for long-context and agenti…
Oxlo.ai offers request-based pricing for AI inference, charging a flat fee per API call regardless of prompt length, contrasting with token-based models used by providers like Together AI and Fireworks AI. This approach …
A developer compared LLM inference APIs on cost, performance, and integration, noting that most providers use token-based pricing which can cause unpredictable costs for long-context or agentic workloads. Oxlo.ai offers …
Microsoft is moving its Copilot Cowork agent to usage-based pricing and exploring a fine-tuned version of DeepSeek V4 or another open-source model as a lower-cost alternative, Axios reports. The optional model will be ho…
Developed market tech firms' CapEx-to-sales ratio hit a record 12%, the highest since the dot-com era, driven by a race to build AI infrastructure. The Magnificent Seven are leading the charge, with spending projected to…
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick imposed export controls on Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5 AI models under the Export Control Reform Act, citing national security risks. Anthropic disabled global access to both mod…
XAI launched a plugin marketplace for Grok Build on June 11, featuring six partners including MongoDB, Vercel, and Sentry. The plugins bundle MCP servers, slash commands, agents, and LSP configurations into a single inst…