Acquisition
Cloudflare Acquires Replicate to Deepen Support for Open-Source AI Models
Cloudflare says the integration brings Replicate’s entire catalog — over 50,000 open-source and fine-tuned models — directly into its Workers AI platform.
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AI Startups
Tokyo-Based Sakana AI Raises $135 Mn in Series B to Build Sustainable, Nature-Inspired AI
Founded in July 2023, Sakana AI is building its future around resource-efficient AI development inspired by evolution and collective intelligence.
Partnerships
Disseqt AI Partners with HCLTech and Microsoft to Accelerate Agentic AI Adoption in Financial Services
The partnership combines HCLTech’s domain expertise with Disseqt’s lean agentic automation platform to guide organisations through responsible, production-ready AI transformation.
Datacentre
Samsung Announces Massive $310 Bn AI Push with New Chip Plant, Data-Centres
Samsung’s IT and logistics arm, Samsung SDS, will establish two new AI data centres in South Jeolla and Gumi.
AI Startups
Lyzr AI Launches Hacker Labs in Bangalore to Power Agentic Enterprise Future
To drive this mission, Lyzr is hiring three founding engineers.
AI Models
Everything We Know About Google’s Nano Banana 2 So Far
One of the biggest improvements in Nano Banana 2 is a multi-step generation pipeline.
Developer's Corner
CleanStart Debuts CERT-In & CISA-Compliant SBOM Analyzer for Container Security
The SBOM Analyzer provides deeper component discovery, detailed dependency mapping, and automated data maintenance
Chinese Hacker Used Claude to Probe 30 Global Targets, From Big Tech to Governments
The incident, uncovered in September 2025, involved a suspected Chinese actor using Anthropic’s Claude and Claude Code tools to target around 30 global entities.
Quantum
Google Unveils Quantum Toolkit “DQI” to Tackle Tough Optimisation Challenges
The toolkit, named Decoded Quantum Interferometry (DQI), combines quantum interference patterns with powerful decoding methods to address difficult problems related to optimisation and decoding.
Funding
Bengaluru Startup SmartTerra Raises $1 Mn to Scale AI-Driven Water Intelligence
The capital will fuel SmartTerra’s expansion across India, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, and help grow its engineering and AI teams.
Developer's Corner
Amazon Launches Private Bug Bounty Programme to Harden Nova Foundation Models
The invite-only initiative aims to engage security researchers and academic teams in identifying and resolving vulnerabilities in the company’s AI stack
AI Developments
Advocacy Group Urges OpenAI to Suspend Sora 2 Amid Deepfake Concerns
The group states the launch was “rushed” and that Sora 2 shows “a reckless disregard” for safety, personal likeness rights, and democratic integrity.