Acquisition
Anthropic Acquires Coefficient Bio in $400 Mn Bet on AI-Driven Medical Research
Coefficient’s technology is aimed at accelerating complex research workflows, including small molecule discovery—a critical process in drug development.
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.
Acquisition
OpenAI Acquires TBPN to Expand AI Communication and Industry Engagement
TBPN is known for hosting conversations around technology, startups and AI, and has built a strong following among developers, founders and investors.
Acquisition
Wipro Signs $1 Bn Deal with Olam Group to Acquire Mindsprint
The deal includes a committed spend of $800 million and will see Wipro deliver end-to-end transformation services to Olam.
AI Models
Google Launches Gemma 4 to Power Next-Generation AI Agents
A key focus of Gemma 4 is improving how AI agents handle real-world tasks.
AI Agents
Cursor 3 Puts AI Agents at the Centre of Software Development
Instead of writing code line by line, engineers can now delegate complex workflows to AI agents that plan, execute and deliver results with minimal human input.
Internet
Cloudflare Unveils ‘EmDash,’ a Serverless Alternative to WordPress
Unlike WordPress, which requires provisioning and maintaining servers, EmDash runs on serverless infrastructure that scales automatically based on demand and charges only for actual compute usage.
Agentic AI
OutSystems Unveils ‘Agentic Systems Engineering’ to Streamline Enterprise AI Development
OutSystems said its new approach addresses these issues by embedding context and guardrails into AI-driven workflows.
Policies
U.S. Government Launches Free AI Literacy Course for Federal Workers
The course is part of the administration’s broader push to prepare the workforce for an AI-driven economy
AI Agents
AWS Launches ‘Frontier Agents’ to Automate Security Testing and Cloud Operations
The initial rollout includes two core offerings: an AWS Security Agent for automated penetration testing and an AWS DevOps Agent for managing operational workflows
Cybersecurity
ESET Expands MDR Services Across APAC with New Subscription Tiers
The new MDR tiers are designed to deliver round-the-clock protection, combining endpoint, email and cloud security with vulnerability detection, patching, and managed threat monitoring
Funding
OpenAI Raises $122 Bn at $852 Bn Valuation; Pushes Towards AI SuperApp
The company plans to deploy the capital toward scaling compute infrastructure, advancing research and expanding product capabilities.
AI Startups
Anthropic Accidentally Exposes Claude Code Source Files in Packaging Error
This resulted in the exposure of more than 500,000 lines of TypeScript code across nearly 2,000 files.