Vultr Achieves NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud Status on Blackwell GPUs
Vultr became one of the first NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud providers by meeting NVIDIA’s performance standards on Blackwell GPUs. The validation used a 512‑node HGX B200 cluster running eleven AI models, demonstrating high throughput and efficiency for AI workloads.
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Golpo AI, the Stanford‑originated, Y Combinator‑backed video platform, launched a major product update that overhauls its user interface and adds three new capabilities. The redesigned UI promises faster, more intuitive navigation from content upload to export, reducing the learning curve for new users. New features let creators upload or record their own narration, insert custom videos and images, and capture screen recordings with audio, all in beta. These tools broaden Golpo AI’s appeal to educators, marketers, and corporate teams seeking scalable, personalized explainer videos.
Most AI systems don’t fail because of bad prompts. They fail because context breaks at scale. If you’re building AI agents, LLM workflows, copilots, or automation, this is the layer that quietly decides whether your system is reliable or unpredictable....

Volvo will unveil the EX60 electric SUV next week, built on the second‑generation HuginCore software‑defined platform. The architecture combines a cell‑to‑body battery, large castings and a compute stack capable of over 250 trillion operations per second, powered by Nvidia Drive AGX...
Machine learning has moved from experimental labs to the core of space operations, enabling rapid analysis of massive satellite imagery, telemetry streams, and orbital traffic data. Supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning each address distinct needs—from automated Earth‑observation classification to anomaly...

Evertune launched Shopping Intelligence, a feature that tracks how AI models like ChatGPT surface product recommendations and turns that data into actionable brand insights. It provides metrics such as Shopping Visibility, Shopping Trigger Rate, pricing comparisons, and retailer performance, showing...

Voxel, a computer‑vision AI firm, announced that CEO Vernon O’Donnell will speak at the invite‑only EHS Management Institute event in New Orleans, Jan 25‑27 2026. His session, “From Pilot to Practice: Securing Buy‑In with AI‑Driven Safety,” will focus on rapid implementation, domain...

Fibocom has introduced the LE271-GL, a global LTE Cat.1 bis module that delivers single‑SKU connectivity for IoT devices worldwide. The 17.7 mm × 15.8 mm chip is pin‑compatible with existing Fibocom families, supports both FDD‑LTE and TDD‑LTE bands, and registers on networks in under...

Munich‑based Lytra closed a pre‑seed round led by High‑Tech Gründerfonds, securing capital to scale its AI‑driven operating system for manufacturing service automation. The platform automates core after‑sales tasks such as spare‑parts ordering, technician scheduling and technical support, integrating directly with...
MailPilot is a terminal‑based user interface that wraps local large language model agents and forwards each interaction to an email thread. The tool lets users and their AI agents communicate asynchronously via email, freeing the user from a constant desk...

Skene, a Helsinki‑based product growth automation platform, closed an €800,000 pre‑seed round led by Superhero Capital with participation from NVIDIA executives. The startup’s AI agent reads a SaaS product’s source code to generate real‑time, personalized user guidance embedded in everyday...

Cloudflare’s inaugural 2026 App Innovation Report finds that organizations that modernize their application stacks are three times more likely to realize tangible AI returns, while legacy‑bound firms face heightened security exposure. The study shows 93% of leaders credit software updates...

Google India has launched the Market Access Programme to help domestic AI startups scale for enterprise adoption, leveraging Google’s distribution network and access to international markets. Participants receive priority use of Google’s Gemini and Gemma model families, as well as...
What We Didn’t See At CES 2026, And Why That Matters #CES2026 dazzled with AI, robots and smart devices, yet left critical questions unanswered around #jobs , #skills , #sustainability , #governance , #privacy , and real business value. This...

In this episode, Cigna Group President and COO Brian Evanko discusses the twin challenges of healthcare affordability and prevention, emphasizing the disproportionate spend on chronic care in the U.S. He outlines how Cigna’s two growth platforms—Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth—are leveraging...

Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania discovered that foam interiors remain in perpetual motion, contradicting the long‑held view that foams behave like frozen glass. Using simulations, they showed bubbles wander through countless configurations, a behavior mathematically identical to the parameter...
IBM announced Sovereign Core, a software platform that lets enterprises run cloud and AI workloads under their own sovereign control. The solution embeds data‑localization and governance controls directly into the software, offering a customer‑operated control plane. Available in tech preview...
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Co‑founder Sreeraman MG outlines Fynd’s 2026 UK launch, positioning its AI‑native commerce layer as a plug‑in solution for mid‑market and enterprise retailers. The company will target fashion, beauty and grocery categories, tackling two core UK pain points: trustworthy cross‑channel attribution and...

Mark and Ian review 2025, declaring it the first post‑COVID year of "normal" ecommerce and highlighting how agile, lean brands outperformed larger incumbents. They note AI‑driven ad creative shifted from a novelty to a necessity, and that small "skeleton" teams...
Check out the new Stanford Digital Economy Lab website. It's my favorite place insights about the the effects of AI and digital technologies on the economy. If you follow the Stanford Digital Economy Lab here on linked in, you'll get...

Former OpenAI executive Mira Murati’s AI startup Thinking Machines Lab announced the departure of co‑founder and CTO Barret Zoph, who, along with co‑founder Luke Metz and researcher Sam Schoenholz, are returning to OpenAI. Soumith Chintala will replace Zoph as CTO....

CJ Darcl Logistics in India has deployed AI‑enabled driver assistance, fatigue monitoring, and its cloud‑native MoveX platform to bring operational discipline to its complex multimodal supply chain. Within three months, harsh braking and overspeeding fell 35% and 28% respectively, violations...
One thing that has really really accelerated the past 12 months is your partners competing with you. Expect the trend … to continue even more, and much faster, in 2026. The pace of the AI Age is leading to partners becoming competitors...
AI won’t just disrupt factories. Could it hit financial and professional hubs like London even faster? https://t.co/ciwzjvJZWh @PickardJE @Melissahei @ft

The article outlines five tell‑tale signs that ChatGPT is hallucinating, from overly specific details without sources to outright nonsense logic. It explains how the model’s predictive nature can generate confident yet fabricated information, including bogus citations and contradictory follow‑ups. Readers...

Ethical Risks Of Scaling Enterprise #GenAI (And How To Avoid Them) by @Forbes Learn more: https://t.co/voCzC4Vu4n #GenerativeAI #ArtificialIntelligence #MI #MachineLearning https://t.co/1aWxhNamrr
250,000+ B2B founders and operators in the SaaStr community. For 3 days in May, we're all going to be in the same place. SaaStr AI 2026. May 12-14. SF Bay Area. If you've ever gotten value from SaaStr—this is the...

Emversity, a Bengaluru‑based workforce‑training startup, raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Premji Invest, valuing the company at $120 million. The funding will fuel expansion of its AI‑resistant, grey‑collar talent pipelines across healthcare, hospitality and soon EPC and manufacturing. To...
#Autonomous rice-planting #Robots are active in China by @ShangguanJiewen #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/9Oyyitu46t

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) warned regulators that they are over‑emphasizing quantum‑computing risks at the expense of more immediate generative AI threats. WFE estimates a 5‑10+ year horizon before cryptographically relevant quantum computers appear, recommending proportionate resource allocation. The...

Keye has unveiled Odin, an AI‑driven co‑pilot designed to streamline private‑equity due diligence for investment teams. The tool leverages large‑language models and proprietary NLP pipelines to extract financial metrics, covenant clauses, and risk factors from data‑room documents. Early pilots claim...

Keye has introduced Odin, an AI‑powered co‑pilot designed to streamline private‑equity due‑diligence. The tool lets deal teams pose plain‑English questions and receive deterministic, audit‑ready analysis instantly. Powered by Keye’s proprietary Deterministic Creativity, Odin combines natural‑language understanding with code‑based execution, eliminating...
Open Responses is an open‑source inference standard that extends OpenAI’s Responses API, aiming to replace the legacy Chat Completion format for agentic workloads. It unifies text, image, JSON, and video generation while enabling provider‑side tool execution and autonomous sub‑agent loops....
Paint brand Coat Paints has unveiled a new AI-powered colour visualiser

Depthfirst Inc. announced a $40 million Series A round led by Accel to accelerate its AI‑native security platform. The startup’s General Security Intelligence platform deploys custom AI agents that continuously analyze code, infrastructure and workflows, delivering context‑aware vulnerability detection. In its first...
OK, I've got Claude Cowork feedback. TLDR - there are many things that I love about it, but even as a non-engineer, I will be sticking to Claude Code for now. I suspect Anthropic is doubling down hard on this...
Motion 2 Arrives: VinMotion’s Next-Gen Humanoid for Industrial #Logistics by @CyberRobooo #AI #Robotics #Engineering #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/4uldlbWFFh

The U.S. FDA and Europe’s EMA have jointly published ten guiding principles for the use of artificial intelligence across the drug development lifecycle. The framework covers human‑centric design, risk‑based validation, data governance, multidisciplinary expertise, and clear communication of model performance....

In this episode, Paul and Martin forecast AI’s impact on marketing for 2026, highlighting the imminent launch of Google’s Gemini‑powered agentic Chrome, the rise of in‑chat purchasing via protocols like Google Agent Payments and Microsoft Copilot Checkout, and the emergence...
Chroma Explorer is a native macOS desktop client designed for ChromaDB, enabling users to browse collections, perform semantic searches, and manage vector embeddings through a polished interface. The app supports multi‑profile connections to local, remote, or Chroma Cloud instances and...

OpenAI has signed a multi‑year, $10 billion agreement with AI‑chipmaker Cerebras to provision 750 megawatts of compute power from 2024 through 2028. The partnership focuses on delivering low‑latency, real‑time inference that speeds up OpenAI’s customer‑facing services. Cerebras claims its wafer‑scale chips outperform...

Xero has launched an AI‑powered analytics suite aimed at small‑business owners, a move driven by chief product and technology officer Diya Jolly. After acquiring Syft and Melio, Xero now offers customizable dashboards, cash‑flow managers, health scorecards and instant AI‑generated insights....

Oracle faces a class‑action lawsuit alleging it misled bond investors in the offering documents for an $18 billion debt sale. The suit claims the company overstated its financial position after announcing a $300 billion, five‑year AI infrastructure contract with OpenAI. Seven weeks...
Columbia Engineering’s Creative Machines Lab unveiled a humanoid robot that learns realistic lip‑sync by observing itself and YouTube videos. The robot’s flexible face, driven by 26 micro‑actuators, first mapped its own motor actions via a mirror, then trained a vision‑to‑action...

I signed up for @Lovable recently after listening to Lenny’s Podcast with @ElenaVerna and @lennysan. My early experiences as a non-coder building apps has changed my perspective on what’s possible with AI today, and how quickly work will change. You can...

Healthcare procurement, long dominated by static forecasts and delayed payments, is being reshaped by artificial intelligence and embedded finance. AI-driven platforms now analyze consumption data to fine‑tune inventory buffers, prioritizing life‑critical items and moving toward just‑in‑time replenishment. Embedded finance integrates...

Bank of America reported that its AI-driven platforms, especially the Erica virtual assistant, are delivering measurable cost and productivity gains in Q4 2025. Erica logged 169 million interactions with 20.6 million users, while Zelle transaction volume rose to $144 billion, underscoring the bank’s...

The tutorial demonstrates how to construct a Minimal Communication Protocol (MCP) that is stateless, cryptographically signed, and capable of handling asynchronous, long‑running tasks. Using Python, Pydantic models enforce strict schema validation for every request and response, while HMAC signatures guarantee...

Phenom announced the acquisition of Included, an AI‑native people‑analytics platform, to embed deeper workforce insights into its talent suite. The integration targets the recruiting workflow, where Phenom believes 70‑80% of tasks can be automated while the remainder is augmented or...

Trusted #AI: Why The Intelligence Era Requires A Foundation Of Trust by @evanahari @Forbes Learn more: https://t.co/Q1NiYHEjMa #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #DL https://t.co/AGTNhdSF36
YouTube is expanding its Promote in‑stream boosting tool with interest‑based audience targeting, letting creators aim clips at gamers, beauty fans, travelers and more. The new flow, currently desktop‑only, will soon appear on mobile. Simultaneously, YouTube is testing “Ingredients,” an AI‑driven...