News•Feb 10, 2026
Abio Technologies Launches Abio Spark and Blaze at SLAS2026
Abio Technologies unveiled its AI‑first software suite at SLAS2026, introducing Abio Spark and Abio Blaze. Spark is a free, integrated electronic lab notebook and inventory system aimed at academics and startups. Blaze is an AI‑powered orchestration platform that connects heterogeneous instruments to enable walk‑away, high‑throughput experimentation. The company outlined a modular roadmap that will add advanced ELN/LIMS (Campfire, Bonfire) in 2026 and a scientific data management system (Ignite) in 2027.
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 10, 2026
AI-Native Proptech Startup MARC Backed by a Group of Angel Investors
Dublin‑based proptech startup MARC announced a $1 million pre‑seed round backed by 23 angel investors, including notable real‑estate and tech founders, with no venture‑capital participation. The company’s AI‑driven platform automates contract discovery, extraction, and term structuring from sources such as email...
By Tech.eu
News•Feb 10, 2026
Sponsored: The Evolving AI Data Center: Options Multiply, Constraints Grow, and Infrastructure Planning Is Even More Critical
AI data centers are no longer monolithic; diverse models, accelerators, and cooling methods force operators to tailor connectivity. Optical links have become a strategic pillar, matching power and cooling in importance, especially as rack density and fault domains grow. Multi‑terabit...
By Data Center Dynamics
News•Feb 10, 2026
HER2’s Digital Rebirth Is Unlocking the Full Potential of ADCs
The latest wave of antibody‑drug conjugates (ADCs) hinges on precise HER2 quantification, and digital pathology combined with AI is delivering that accuracy. By analyzing gigapixel slides, AI models can detect low and ultra‑low HER2 expression that traditional microscopy often misses,...
By BioSpace
News•Feb 10, 2026
Ringzy Provides AI Call Answering Software for Small Businesses, Built by ValidPixel
Ringzy, an AI‑powered call answering platform built by ValidPixel, targets small and service‑based businesses that lose revenue from missed phone calls. The solution answers inbound calls 24/7 with natural‑sounding voice agents that follow customizable business scripts. By handling calls in...
By AiThority
News•Feb 10, 2026
Digital South and Thinkbridge Partner to Accelerate AI and Digital Innovation
Digital South, a provider of connectivity and managed services, announced a strategic partnership with AI engineering firm thinkbridge. The alliance gives Digital South access to thinkbridge’s Foundation Program, enabling rapid AI prototyping, automation, and go‑to‑market support. Together they will deliver...
By AiThority
News•Feb 10, 2026
G42 Expands Global AI Ambitions with Sovereign Cloud Partnership in Vietnam
Abu Dhabi‑based G42 has inked a Framework Cooperation Agreement with Vietnam’s FPT Corporation and Viet Thai Group to build sovereign AI and hyperscale cloud infrastructure. The deal, backed by up to $1 bn in consumption commitments, will see three new datacenters...
By Computer Weekly – Latest IT news
News•Feb 10, 2026
SwitchBot Launches AI Hub, the World’s First Local Home AI Agent Supporting OpenClaw
SwitchBot unveiled the AI Hub, the first local home AI agent that natively supports the open‑source OpenClaw framework. The edge‑focused device blends Vision‑Language Models, on‑device NVR with Frigate, and unified smart‑home control, allowing real‑time video analysis and AI‑driven automations. OpenClaw...
By AiThority
News•Feb 10, 2026
Cheap and Fast: The Strategy of LLM Cascading (Frugal GPT)
LLM cascading routes each user query through a hierarchy of language models, starting with low‑cost, fast open‑source options and escalating to premium models like GPT‑4 only when needed. A smart router evaluates prompt complexity and confidence scores, deciding whether a...
By AiThority
News•Feb 10, 2026
EnforceAuth Launches First AI-Native Security Fabric to Govern Autonomous Software Decisions
EnforceAuth unveiled its AI Security Fabric, the first authorization platform built specifically to govern decisions made by AI agents, automated workflows, and machine identities in real time. The solution shifts security focus from static identity checks to contextual, decision‑centric controls,...
By AiThority
News•Feb 10, 2026
Unchained Labs Explodes Into AI-Driven Automation, Launches Stuntman
Unchained Labs unveiled Stuntman, an AI‑driven automation platform that lets scientists command experiments using natural‑language prompts. The system embeds a large‑language model to translate plain‑text instructions into executable workflows while offering deep programmatic control when needed. Its modular hardware architecture...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 10, 2026
Open Source AI News and Analytics Platform Launches
AITools.coffee launched as the most advanced open‑source AI news and analytics platform, aggregating daily metrics such as stars, forks, issues, and commits from thousands of AI repositories. The service goes beyond simple directories by visualizing developer activity, segmenting data by...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 10, 2026
The FT’s Jon Slade on Leveraging AI to Build New Lines of Business
Jon Slade, the Financial Times’ new CEO, says the paper will double down on original journalism while exploring AI‑driven revenue streams. He views large‑language‑model licensing to big tech as unsustainable and is shifting toward direct corporate licensing that offers greater...
By Media Voices
News•Feb 10, 2026
Tech Change ‘Boosts Engagement’ as Staff Adapt to AI
Research by Qualtrics shows that introducing new technology, especially AI, lifts employee engagement across EMEA by an average nine points. Nearly three‑quarters of UK workers reported organisational change in the past year, yet most felt more motivated rather than fatigued....
By HRreview (UK)
News•Feb 10, 2026
Omdia: Mainland China’s Cloud Infrastructure Market Accelerates to 24% Growth in Q3 2025
China's cloud infrastructure services market hit $13.4 billion in Q3 2025, expanding 24% year‑on‑year, the second straight quarter above 20% growth. AI demand propelled the surge, pushing enterprises toward production‑grade workloads and prompting providers to embed foundation models into platform stacks. Alibaba...
By AiThority
News•Feb 10, 2026
Wrike Launches AI Agents to Deliver 6 Days of Output in 5
Wrike announced the general availability of Wrike AI Agents, moving artificial intelligence from chat interfaces into automated workflow execution. Early adopters claim up to 520 hours saved per employee annually, with weekly active AI users soaring 4,900% during the preview....
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 10, 2026
Amid Fundraise Struggles, Neobank Fi Pivots to B2B Offerings
Neobank Fi announced a strategic pivot from its millennial‑focused digital banking model to AI‑driven B2B solutions after encountering fundraising headwinds. The Bengaluru startup has raised roughly $147 million to date and was last valued between $520 million and $550 million. The shift follows...
By Entrackr
News•Feb 10, 2026
DevSparks Pune 2026: What’s in Store at India’s Flagship Developer Summit?
DevSparks Pune 2026, the second edition of India’s flagship developer summit, will spotlight autonomous systems, AI workflows, and next‑generation architectures. The agenda features deep‑dive sessions with NVIDIA’s Sunil Patel on production‑ready AI, Indexnine’s Anand Hariharan on spec‑driven development, and Partex.AI’s...
By YourStory
News•Feb 10, 2026
AI Reads Brain MRIs in Seconds and Flags Emergencies
University of Michigan researchers unveiled Prima, a vision‑language AI that reads brain MRIs in seconds and flags urgent cases. In a study of over 30,000 scans, Prima achieved 97.5% accuracy across more than 50 neurological diagnoses and could prioritize emergencies...
By Science Daily AI
News•Feb 10, 2026
Acumatica Summit 2026: Manish Chandak
At Acumatica Summit 2026 in Seattle, Manish Chandak, CEO of Tech Electronics, discussed emerging ERP trends with ERP Today editor Chris Vavra. He emphasized the growing importance of digital replicas that provide real‑time data integration within ERP platforms. Chandak also...
By ERP Today
News•Feb 10, 2026
AI-Driven Scams Are Eroding Trust in Calls, Messages, and Meetings
AI agents are now automating the research and targeting phases of social engineering, turning weeks‑long preparations into minutes. This automation lowers both the skill threshold and cost for launching phishing and scam campaigns. Deepfake audio and video are being used...
By Help Net Security
News•Feb 10, 2026
OpenAI Abandons ‘Io’ Branding for Its AI Hardware
OpenAI announced it will no longer use the "io" name for its upcoming AI hardware line after a trademark infringement lawsuit from audio‑device startup iyO. The decision was detailed in a court filing by VP Peter Welinder, who also confirmed...
By WIRED AI
News•Feb 10, 2026
Naboo Raises $70M From Lightspeed for AI-Powered Events Procurement
Paris‑based event‑tech startup Naboo announced a $70 million Series B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Notion Capital, ISAI and Ternel. The financing follows a €20 million Series A and supports the company’s expansion beyond its core events platform into a...
By Tech.eu
News•Feb 10, 2026
The AI Divide
U.S. and China dominate the AI ecosystem, employing 70% of the world’s top machine‑learning researchers, controlling 90% of computing power, and securing the majority of AI investment. This concentration creates an “AI divide” that could lock most other countries into...
By Foreign Affairs
News•Feb 10, 2026
Beyond the Hype: Finding Your AI North Star in the Enterprise
The article warns that AI hype in large enterprises has faded, leaving many learning‑and‑development (L&D) teams stuck in “pilot purgatory.” Without a unifying business objective, experiments become siloed, wasteful, and generate change fatigue. The author proposes an AI North Star—a...
By ATD (Association for Talent Development) — Watch & Learn (webinars)
News•Feb 10, 2026
Vitalik Buterin Details How Ethereum Could Work Alongside AI
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a roadmap for integrating AI with the Ethereum blockchain, emphasizing trustless, private AI interactions and an economic layer for AI‑to‑AI transactions. He highlighted the need for zero‑knowledge proof tooling to run large language models locally, preventing...
By Cointelegraph
News•Feb 10, 2026
US Containerized Drone Swarms No Silver Bullet vs China
The Defense Innovation Unit has issued a solicitation for a Containerized Autonomous Drone Delivery System (CADDS) that can store, launch, recover and service large numbers of unmanned aerial systems from a single container on land or sea. CADDS is designed...
By Asia Times – Defense
News•Feb 10, 2026
Inside Godrej Enterprises Group’s Push to Become an Intelligence-First Enterprise
Godrej Enterprises Group, led by Chief Digital and Information Officer Vijay Balakrishnan, is shifting to an intelligence‑first enterprise by building a unified AI backbone called Amethyst. The conglomerate has earmarked more than ₹1,200 crore over the next three to five years...
By ET EnterpriseAI (Economic Times India)
News•Feb 10, 2026
Ladies, Bring an LLM: Most AI Assistants Are Feminine, Which Is Fuelling Sexism
AI voice assistants have surpassed eight billion units in 2024, and the vast majority default to female voices and gendered names. Research shows up to 50 % of interactions involve verbal abuse, with female‑embodied agents attracting significantly more sexual harassment than...
By Startup Daily (ANZ)
News•Feb 10, 2026
Tesla Exec Raj Jegannathan Leaves Automaker After 13 Years
Tesla Vice President Raj Jegannathan announced his departure after a 13‑year tenure, most recently overseeing IT, AI infrastructure, business applications, and information security. He previously led North American sales following the dismissal of Troy Jones, a period marked by declining...
By CNBC – US Top News & Analysis
News•Feb 10, 2026
AI Helps Archaeologists Solve a Roman Gaming Mystery
Researchers used artificial intelligence to reverse‑engineer the rules of a Roman board game discovered on a limestone slab in Heerlen, Netherlands. By running virtual players through more than 100 possible rule sets with the Ludii game system, they identified a...
By Science News AI
News•Feb 9, 2026
ByteDance Launches Impressive New AI Video Generation Tool
ByteDance has unveiled Seedance 2.0, a generative‑AI video tool now in beta on its Jimeng AI platform. The system delivers lifelike motion and higher realism than many competing models, positioning it as a potential upgrade for TikTok creators. While not...
By Social Media Today
News•Feb 9, 2026
Bing Webmaster Tools Adds AI Citation Performance Data via @Sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Microsoft has launched an AI Performance dashboard within Bing Webmaster Tools, now in public preview. The dashboard reports how often a site’s content is cited in Bing’s Copilot, AI summaries, and partner integrations, offering metrics such as total citations, average...
By Search Engine Journal
News•Feb 9, 2026
OpenAI Begins Testing Ads In ChatGPT
OpenAI has begun a limited test of advertisements inside the free and Go tiers of ChatGPT for U.S. users, while keeping its paid Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education plans ad‑free. The ads appear outside the chatbot’s responses, are clearly labeled,...
By Mashable AI
News•Feb 9, 2026
Operata Raises $11 Million Series A as AI Reshapes Contact Centres
Melbourne‑born SaaS firm Operata secured an $11 million Series A round, lifting its valuation to $100 million. The funding, led by Tidal Ventures with participation from Glitch Capital and existing backers, will accelerate integration with major contact‑centre platforms and global expansion. Operata positions...
By SmartCompany » StartupSmart (AU)
News•Feb 9, 2026
Neara Powers up to Unicorn Status with $90 Million Capital Raise
Neara, a Sydney‑based digital‑twin startup, secured $90 million in a Series D round, pushing its valuation above $1 billion. The round, led by TCV and joined by existing backers, brings total external capital to roughly $180 million. Neara’s AI‑driven platform now models 15 million assets...
By SmartCompany » StartupSmart (AU)
News•Feb 9, 2026
No Humans Allowed: This New Space-Based MMO Is Designed Exclusively for AI Agents
SpaceMolt is a space‑based MMO built solely for AI agents, with humans limited to watching via logs and Discord. The game connects agents through MCP, WebSocket or HTTP APIs, letting them mine, craft, and eventually form factions across 505 star...
By Ars Technica AI
News•Feb 9, 2026
Anthropic’s India Expansion Collides with a Local Company that Already Had the Name
Anthropic is scaling its AI operations in India, appointing former Microsoft India MD Irina Ghose to lead the new office. A Karnataka commercial court case filed by local software firm Anthropic Software alleges the U.S. startup is infringing a name...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Feb 9, 2026
Google and Entrust Team to Combat Identity Fraud
Identity verification firm Entrust has announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to launch an AI‑powered solution that tackles rising identity fraud. The joint offering combines Entrust’s verification platform and fraud intelligence with Google’s Gemini AI models, threat intelligence, and...
By PYMNTS
News•Feb 9, 2026
DeepChopper Model Improves RNA Sequencing Research by Mitigating Chimera Artifacts
Scientists led by Rendong Yang at Northwestern University unveiled DeepChopper, a genomic large‑language model designed to detect and remove chimera artifacts in nanopore direct RNA sequencing. The tool operates with single‑nucleotide resolution across long reads, dramatically improving the accuracy of...
By Phys.org – Biotechnology
News•Feb 9, 2026
OpenAI Starts Running Ads in ChatGPT
OpenAI has begun testing advertisements inside ChatGPT for logged‑in adult users on the Free and Go tiers in the United States. Ads are labeled as "sponsored," matched to conversation topics, and do not affect the model’s answers. Higher‑priced tiers such...
By Slashdot
News•Feb 9, 2026
Joseph Lazzarotti Discusses Use of AI Notetakers in the Workplace
Joseph Lazzarotti warns that AI‑driven notetakers, while promising efficiency gains, are spawning a wave of HR challenges. In his Fortune commentary, he highlights privacy concerns, consent gaps, and potential discrimination liabilities when recordings are mishandled. He argues that without clear...
By Jackson Lewis
News•Feb 9, 2026
Reltio Achieves AWS Financial Services Competency
Reltio, a context‑intelligence platform, earned the Amazon Web Services Financial Services Industry Competency, confirming its secure, compliant data solutions for banks, insurers, and capital‑markets firms. The badge follows prior competencies in Travel & Hospitality and Life Sciences and validates Reltio’s...
By Fintech Futures
News•Feb 9, 2026
AWS Networking Boss Talks Roadmap, Hollow Core Fiber, and Data Center Future
Amazon Web Services announced a $200 billion capital‑expenditure plan through 2026, with networking as a primary focus to support its AI push. The company is trialing hollow‑core fiber in a handful of locations to extend latency‑critical inter‑zone links, while a newly...
By Data Center Knowledge
News•Feb 9, 2026
Snapchat Launches AI-Powered Lens Promotion With Gucci
Snapchat has introduced an AI‑powered Lens in partnership with luxury fashion house Gucci, allowing users to transform their selfies into six distinct Gucci outfit styles. The generative‑AI experience goes beyond traditional AR overlays by fully reimagining the user’s image rather...
By Social Media Today
News•Feb 9, 2026
Fractile Expansion Demonstrates UK Growth Opportunity
UK chip startup Fractile announced a £100 million expansion across its Bristol and London sites, creating a national industrial hardware engineering hub and adding 40 new roles to its 70‑person team. The company claims its in‑memory compute architecture can run AI...
By Computer Weekly – Latest IT news
News•Feb 9, 2026
Waymo Raises $16B Investment Round
Waymo announced a $16 billion financing round that lifts its post‑money valuation to $126 billion. The round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global and Sequoia Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Silver Lake, Tiger Global and other heavyweight firms. Alphabet...
By VC News Daily
News•Feb 9, 2026
Harvey Reportedly Raising at $11B Valuation Just Months After It Hit $8B
Harvey, the legal‑AI startup, is reportedly negotiating a $200 million raise that would push its valuation to $11 billion, led by Sequoia and Singapore’s GIC. This follows a rapid funding series: a $300 million Series D at $3 billion, a $300 million Series E at $5 billion, and...
By TechCrunch
News•Feb 9, 2026
Carrier Introduces Generative AI Feature in Abound to Elevate Building Operations Insights
Carrier has launched “Tell Me More,” a generative AI add‑on to its Abound Insights platform that translates predictive alerts into plain‑language explanations, recommended actions, and impact assessments. The feature is built on AI models trained with technical manuals and real‑time...
By Buildings.com
News•Feb 9, 2026
Baran Ozkan — Building the Operating System for Financial Crime Compliance
Baran Ozkan, CEO of Flagright, argues that financial‑crime compliance must evolve from rule‑heavy checklists to an AI‑native operating system that delivers real‑time risk decisions. By giving compliance teams controllable, transparent workflows, Flagright reduced false‑positive alerts from 99.1% to 15.3% and...
By AI Time Journal