Funding
Upscale AI Launches With $100 Mn Seed Round to Build Open-Standard AI Networking Infrastructure
Upscale AI aims to democratise AI networking through sustainable, ultra-low latency, open-standard solutions.
The Left Shift Bureau
Groq Raises $750 Mn to Scale AI Inference Chips, Hits $6.9B Valuation
The new funding will expand its cloud infrastructure.
Databases
Databricks Launches Public Preview of Databricks One to Bring AI and Data Insights to Every Employee
Databricks says this shift is crucial as enterprises often face challenges like costly BI licenses.
Robotics
Figure Partners with Brookfield to Build World’s Largest Humanoid Pretraining Dataset
The startup also raised over $1 billion in Series C funding, valuing it at $39 billion.
Acquisition
Redis Expands AI Strategy with Decodable Acquisition and New Tools
He underlined India’s growing role in Redis’ global innovation journey.
Acquisition
Check Point to Acquire Lakera in $300 Mn Deal to Strengthen AI Security
Following the acquisition, Lakera will become the foundation of Check Point’s Global Center of Excellence for AI Security.
Expansion
Cohere Expands in Paris, Names New EMEA Leaders to Drive Growth
The French office will work closely with Cohere’s global research, engineering, and product teams.
Partnerships
Bengaluru Gets New TCS–Qualcomm Innovation Lab Focused on Edge AI and IoT
TCS will leverage advanced Edge AI and SDx capabilities that are hardware-agnostic, highly configurable, secure, and service-oriented.
Acquisition
Workday to Acquire AI Firm Sana in $1.1 Bn Deal to Redefine Enterprise Knowledge Tools
The acquisition, expected to close in Q4 of Workday’s fiscal year 2026.
Developer's Corner
Apple’s Xcode 26 Integrates Claude Sonnet 4 After ChatGPT
Additional coding tools include automated documentation generation, explanations of highlighted code, SwiftUI previews, playgrounds, and inline code edits—all seamlessly embedded in the Xcode editor.
AI Agents
Google Cloud Launches Agent Payments Protocol to Secure AI-Driven Transactions
Unlike traditional payment systems, which assume a human initiates a purchase, AP2 addresses the complexities of AI agents acting on behalf of users.
Leadership Moves
CyberArk Names Omer Grossman Chief Trust Officer and Head of CYBR Unit; Appoints Ariel Pisetzky as CIO
Ariel Pisetzky will succeed Grossman as Chief Information Officer, leading IT Engineering, IT Operations and Services, Business Applications, Data and AI, and Security.