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CoreWeave lands Anthropic compute deal as AI race heats up
CoreWeave announced a multiyear compute agreement with Anthropic, marking the first time the lab will run on CoreWeave's infrastructure and expanding its client roster to nine of the ten leading model developers. The news pushed CoreWeave shares up 5% in pre‑market trading and nearly 12% for the week, while Meta pledged an additional $21B spend on CoreWeave's AI infrastructure.
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By the numbers: CertifID raises $47.5M Series C
Houston-based personal injury firm John K. Zaid & Associates deployed EvenUp’s Proactive Personal Injury AI Platform. The AI rollout generated a 30% month‑over‑month increase in demand drafting and a 300% jump in settlement offers on low‑value claims. Automated medical chronology and communication agents handled routine client check‑ins, flagging 37% of issues and freeing staff for higher‑impact work. The firm now manages 2,000 cases with enhanced negotiating strength and capacity.
Amazon announced a multi‑year partnership with OpenAI, committing $50 billion—$15 billion upfront and $35 billion conditional—to accelerate AI adoption. The deal includes a stateful runtime on Amazon Bedrock, exclusive AWS distribution for OpenAI Frontier, and an expanded $100 billion Trainium compute commitment over eight...
Stayntouch introduced an AI‑powered guest messaging tool embedded within its property management system, debuting at ITB Berlin. The solution consolidates SMS, WhatsApp, Booking.com, Expedia and Airbnb chats into a single inbox, adds real‑time language translation, and automates routine requests. It...
Tensor and Arm announced a multiyear partnership to supply the compute architecture for Tensor’s Level 4 agentic AI robocar. Each vehicle will house 433 Arm‑based cores across Neoverse AE, Cortex‑X, Cortex‑A, Cortex‑R and Cortex‑M, complemented by Nvidia accelerators. The robocar features...
Salesforce introduced the Agentic Work Unit (AWU) metric on its earnings call, positioning it as a way for CIOs to quantify the output of AI‑driven agents. The metric pairs the number of discrete actions performed with token consumption to suggest...
I replaced $26,500/month in marketing headcount with one AI platform. 37 agents. Zero full-time hires. Most agencies pay $26,500/month for SEO, content, social, competitive intel, and marketing ops. We built the AI CMO Platform. 37 agents that coordinate and execute like a full...
OpenAI closed a record‑breaking $110 billion funding round, with Amazon contributing $50 billion—$15 billion now and $35 billion later. The deal also ties OpenAI to Amazon Web Services, committing $100 billion in cloud spend over eight years and integrating Amazon’s Trainium chips. A new Stateful...
Transcript evaluation remains a manual bottleneck in higher‑education admissions despite widespread digital upgrades. Rising application volumes, diverse grading systems, and sophisticated fraud increase pressure on lean admissions teams. AI‑driven platforms like TruEnroll™ now extract structured course data from PDFs, automate...
The article proposes a "stochastic sandpit" as a thinking workspace where generative AI is used for exploration rather than as a vending‑machine answer engine. It contrasts two usage modes: insurance mode, which enforces tight guardrails for compliance and predictability, and...
Tagshop AI unveiled a major upgrade that integrates Kling 3.0, Seedance V1 Pro and 2.0 models, expanding its AI‑driven video ad creation suite. The enhancements deliver cinematic visual quality, faster multi‑variant generation, and a library of professionally designed templates for...
With backing from Amazon, Nvidia, Softbank -> OpenAI raised $110B at a $730B pre-money valuation, up from $500B in a secondary financing in Oct.; Amazon invested $50B, Nvidia and SoftBank invested $30B each $600B -> "OpenAI has been telling investors that...
Forrester’s Q1 2026 Wave reveals that enterprise adoption of Microsoft Copilot remains cautious, with most organizations still in pilot phases across Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Microsoft 365. CIOs demand concrete, outcome‑based use cases rather than generic productivity promises, emphasizing ROI, data readiness,...
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center’s AI Factory took center stage at Mobile World Congress’s 4YFN showcase, unveiling a catalog of 24 AI‑driven services organized into six strategic pillars. By January 2026 the factory had already delivered 505 services, trained 314 participants...
McKinsey estimates generative AI could generate $50‑$70 billion in incremental insurance revenue, driven by gains in marketing, customer operations and software engineering. The firm highlights the sector’s fragmented workflows and rich data assets as fertile ground for AI‑enabled automation and predictive...
I’m running a 5-day intensive starting Monday for AI and SaaS founders. It’s called WARP Week. The premise: the fastest-growing companies in the AI era are getting users to value in 60 seconds or less. The ones that figured this...
In the 80s and 90s, most sales reps were full-cycle. They found their own meetings. They ran the process. They renewed and expanded accounts. Then we specialized: --> SDRs (thanks to the “predictable revenue” era) --> CSMs and post-sale roles...
Kobe University researchers have created an AI model that diagnoses acromegaly from photographs of the back of the hand and a clenched fist, achieving higher sensitivity and specificity than seasoned endocrinologists. The system was trained on over 11,000 images contributed...
The AI‑driven surge in datacenter demand has pushed RAM prices up threefold, delaying new products like the Steam Machine and threatening hardware makers. iFixit advises a scrappy approach: extend device life, buy certified refurbished or used parts, and harvest components...
Claude Code introduced an auto‑memory feature that automatically records debugging patterns, project context, and user preferences in a per‑project MEMORY.md file. The system recalls these details in subsequent sessions, eliminating the need for manual logging or the /init command. The...
.@amazon/@awscloud forges a multifaceted partnership with @OpenAI. Part of deal consists of: - Amazon will invest $50 billion in OpenAI - OpenAI to use AWS chips - Amazon will be exclusive 3P cloud distribution provider for OpenAl Frontier “Developers and companies of...
Progressive launched the "Drive Like an Animal" ad using AI‑generated animal drivers while retaining Flo’s voice, aiming to blend efficiency with brand authenticity. The AI approach slashed production time and budget, allowing the campaign to meet a tight deadline for...
Google Patent Info: If you thought AIOs angered people, just wait for AI-generated landing pages from Google. Yes, Google could create new landing pages from the SERPs if yours isn't good enough (based on this patent). Great catch from Joshua...
Mortgage One Funding LLC, a Michigan‑based lender, faces a federal class‑action lawsuit alleging it used artificial‑voice technology to cold‑call consumers about cash‑out refinancing without prior consent. The calls targeted numbers listed on the National Do Not Call Registry, violating the...
Moltbook sparked a media frenzy by showcasing AI agents that appeared to develop their own language, religion and sub‑agents, but many of those interactions were human‑orchestrated. The piece highlights the staggering compute costs of modern models, with OpenAI spending over...
Fox Sports has introduced an AI-powered version of its flagship host Colin Cowherd within the Fox Sports mobile app. The digital persona, built from years of Cowherd’s broadcast audio, can answer user sports queries in his distinctive cadence and style....
You tweak a prompt. It looks better. You ship it. A week later: - quality dips - costs rise - edge cases break Most teams “improve” prompts without proving anything. A/B testing for LLMs isn’t about ego. It’s about real users, real workloads, real cost. Here’s how to...
This is one of the cleanest visual summaries of a production-grade RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) stack I’ve seen. What it highlights clearly is an often-ignored reality: RAG is not a single tool — it’s an ecosystem. A solid RAG system spans multiple, interchangeable layers: LLMs...
The article debunks the myth that AI is wiping out entry‑level jobs, explaining that while AI automates routine tasks, it does not eliminate the need for human workers in those roles. It highlights that demand is shifting toward analytical, problem‑solving,...
A simple conversation with an AI can replace hours spent navigating dashboards and spreadsheets. https://t.co/qyinfRp62J
The future of payments is here. DBS and Visa are bridging TradFi and Web3 with the pilot of Visa Intelligent Commerce AI agents can browse, select, and purchase real-world goods securely using tokenized credit card credentials. DBS and Visa collaborate to advance...
Artificial intelligence has fundamentally reshaped the world of Go, making AI‑driven analysis essential for professional players and opening the game to a more diverse audience. At the same time, the tech sector faces mounting policy friction, exemplified by Anthropic’s refusal...
Gemini on Android is moving toward a decluttered UI with numerous small design changes across the board • Temporary chat shortcut on Gemini home • Shortcut for chat import • New ways to choose models ✅ Details and screenshots - https://t.co/mXe4A83cZo https://t.co/oBd9XnfFt1
AI will not materialize into prolonged deflation as governments will be forced to act. A few weeks ago in my weekly Scouting the Tape piece I wrote the below. Give my presentation from last summer's Monetarium event a watch. https://t.co/FFulg5I5cg https://t.co/opgAb1hH2N
Furiosa AI announced the mass production of its RNGD AI accelerator, with the first 4,000 units delivered by TSMC and ASUS. The chip offers 512 INT8 TFLOPS at a 180 W TDP and claims 3.5× higher compute density than Nvidia H100 systems. RNGD...
Infortrend unveiled its EonStor GS 5024U hybrid flash storage, delivering up to 125 GB/s throughput and 2.4 million IO/s while scaling to 20 PB of capacity. The system combines NVMe SSDs for hot workloads with HDDs for cold data, cutting costs by more than 50% compared...
Enterprise networks are evolving from passive pipes into intelligent platforms. Integrated 5G, edge computing, and built-in security are enabling AI-ready infrastructure that supports intelligence at scale across distributed environments. Check out these use cases: https://t.co/4XYg87VcCI @TMobileBusiness Partner
QBO Cloud and MinIO announced a joint solution that merges QBO’s bare‑metal cloud platform with MinIO’s AIStor, an exascale, S3‑compatible object storage system. The partnership delivers a unified, high‑performance data layer designed for modern AI and analytics workloads, emphasizing scalability,...
Akash Systems has shipped the world’s first diamond‑cooled Nvidia H200 GPU servers to NxtGen AI Pvt Ltd, India’s leading sovereign cloud provider. The proprietary Diamond Cooling layer sits atop existing air and liquid cooling, eliminating thermal throttling and delivering roughly...
The article outlines how Azure Databricks and Azure Machine Learning can be tightly integrated to create a unified intelligence pipeline. Databricks handles large‑scale data ingestion, cleaning, and feature engineering using Spark and Delta Lake, while Azure ML supplies model versioning,...
UBS upgraded Palantir Technologies to a Buy rating, keeping its $180 price target unchanged. Analyst Karl Keirstead sees the stock trading 35% below its recent peak, implying a potential 32% upside from the current $135.94 level. He projects 70% revenue...
How to make tools like @openclaw behave is the biggest challenge (and opportunity) in tech right now. @lilyhnewman reports on an important new effort to tame agentic chaos: https://t.co/mKSiWh8Kr7
ASUS unveiled its Optimized Liquid‑Cooling Solutions and a strategic partner framework to tackle thermal, power, and density challenges in next‑generation AI and high‑performance computing data centers. The portfolio spans direct‑to‑chip, in‑row CDU, and hybrid systems, built with partners such as...
Ukrainian national Yurii Nazarenko pleaded guilty to operating OnlyFake, an AI‑powered subscription service that sold more than 10,000 counterfeit passports, driver’s licenses and Social Security cards to customers worldwide. The site accepted only cryptocurrency, allowed customization of documents, and marketed...
The article argues that fears of an AI‑driven "SaaSpocalypse" are overstated. While large‑language models can generate code, software companies still rely on sales, contracts, and support that AI alone can’t replace. Recent stock declines at firms like Workday and Adobe...
The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has signed a one‑year, £4.5 million contract with Capgemini to act as its AI services delivery partner. The deal will give the AI Security Institute and other DSIT teams access to research,...
While every medical specialty will benefit from digital health and AI, some will especially thrive thanks to these innovations. Here, I listed the top medical specialties with the biggest potential for development in the future. Read on: https://t.co/KhId1Okqf2 https://t.co/rgvsDAjS1q
Datatonic warns that many enterprises are seeing productivity loss and workforce reductions because AI is deployed in isolation from human workflows. The consultancy advocates a human‑in‑the‑loop (HiTL) approach, where AI accelerates decisions while humans provide judgment, governance, and final approval....
Excited to be speaking at the NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum in Zurich next week, exploring why many financial institutions are missing the mark in my keynote 'Your Bank’s AI Strategy Is Wrong.' Register here: https://t.co/xTKmiFTVt8 https://t.co/nY4oh47Y7A
Teleperformance announced Jorge Amar, a former McKinsey partner, as its new chief executive, replacing founder‑CEO Daniel Julien. The leadership shift comes as the French‑listed call‑center giant battles a steep stock decline and mounting pressure from artificial‑intelligence disruption. Amar’s consulting pedigree signals a...
Question for Monday's meeting: "If the government invoked a Cold War-era law to access our AI tools, would our vendor contracts protect us?" This isn't hypothetical. The Pentagon did it this week. What would your team's answer be? https://t.co/3QPuHpodWP
