AI Models
Meta Drops Muse Spark: A New Multimodal AI Bet on Personal Superintelligence
A key feature introduced alongside the model is “Contemplating mode,” which enables multiple AI agents to reason in parallel.
Pritam Bordoloi
Pritam Bordoloi is a senior technology journalist and founder of The Left Shift, covering AI, enterprise technology, startups, digital transformation, and the business of technology.
Cybersecurity
Acronis Launches 24/7 MDR Service to Help MSPs Scale Cybersecurity Without In-House SOC
The new offering provides round-the-clock monitoring, rapid threat detection, and incident response, powered by the Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU).
Internet
Cloudflare and GoDaddy Roll Out New Controls for Bots and AI Agents
The partnership with GoDaddy focuses on giving website owners greater control over how AI systems access and use their data.
Acquisition
Cyient Semiconductors Acquires 74% Stake in Kinetic Technologies for $85 Mn
The deal is aimed at building a globally competitive semiconductor platform from India, with a focus on power and compute infrastructure.
AI Startups
Indian Startup Rocket Launches ‘Vibecoding’ Platform to Transform AI Product Building
The company said the platform is designed to help businesses determine what to build, execute development efficiently, and continuously track market dynamics after launch
Partnerships
Anthropic Launches Project Glasswing with Tech Giants to Tackle AI-Driven Cybersecurity Risks
At the centre of the initiative is Claude Mythos Preview, an unreleased frontier AI model developed by Anthropic.
Open Source
Meta Plans New Open-Source AI Models Alongside Proprietary Systems
The open-source versions are expected to be derived from more advanced proprietary systems currently in development, internally codenamed “Avocado” and “Mango.”
Funding
H2LooP Raises $2 Mn Seed Funding to Scale AI Systems Engineering Platform
The fresh capital will be used to scale enterprise deployments and expand into sectors such as data centres, UAVs, and robotics.
Chips
Anthropic Secures Multi-Gigawatt AI Compute Deal with Google and Broadcom
The compute resources will be used to train and deploy Anthropic’s flagship Claude AI models.
Developer's Corner
Razorpay Integrates Payment Solutions into OpenAI Codex to Enable Faster App Monetisation
This eliminates the need for manual coding of payment gateways, enabling a faster transition from building applications to monetising them.
Acquisition
d-Matrix Acquires GigaIO’s Data Centre Business to Expand Rack-Scale AI Capabilities
With this move, d-Matrix expands its capabilities to support system-level deployments and strengthens the value of its end-to-end AI inference platform spanning Corsair™ inference accelerators, JetStream™ networking, and Aviator™ software.
Developer's Corner
Anthropic Limits Claude Code Usage on Third-Party Tools, Introduces Pay-as-You-Go Pricing
In an email shared publicly, the company said the policy initially applies to OpenClaw but will extend to all similar tools in the near future.