AI Agents
NVIDIA Launches Open Platform to Put Safety Controls Around AI Agents
The NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform combines open-source software with hardware-based security to provide governance and control across the full agent stack.
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Gadgets
Microsoft Drops Copilot+ PC Branding as AI PC Strategy Shifts
Microsoft recently launched new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Plus processor.
Cloud
Anthropic Commits $11.6 Bn to Akamai Cloud in Seven-Year AI Infrastructure Deal
The agreement will use Akamai Cloud’s distributed AI infrastructure and software to support Anthropic’s AI workloads at scale.
Acquisition
Databricks Acquires Row Zero to Bring Spreadsheets Into Its AI Platform
Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Expansion
Keystone Sets Up India Operations With Bengaluru as First Hub
Rohit Chatterjee, Global Head and Senior Partner at Keystone, will lead the India effort.
Leadership Moves
InMobi Names Aditya Kumar as Global Chief Information Security Officer
Kumar would work with InMobi’s leadership and teams to strengthen cyber resilience, digital trust, security governance and risk management across the company’s global operations.
Agentic AI
UiPath Launches Cartographer to Map How Enterprise Work Actually Gets Done
The resulting Map of Work can then be used to identify opportunities for process redesign and build agents, workflows and automations.
Chips
Qualcomm’s New Snapdragon Chip Is Built for the Agentic AI Phone
Qualcomm is launching two versions, including an “Extreme” variant aimed at higher-performance devices.
AI Models
This AI Video Model Learned From Real Neurons—and Cuts Inference Costs by 80%
Importantly for enterprises, the approach does not require biological hardware.
Partnerships
Mavenir Partners with Neysa to Build Sovereign AI Infrastructure for Indian Telcos
The companies said the combination is designed to give organisations a ready-to-deploy sovereign AI stack.
Leadership Moves
Akasa Air Appoints Former Dish TV IT Chief Abhishek Gupta as CIO
Gupta joins Akasa Air from Dish TV, where he served as Corporate Head of IT from 2019 until his departure on August 31, 2026.
AI Models
An Indian AI Model That Doesn’t Chat Claims Top Spot on Hugging Face
The model, Laya, was developed by Nandhakishor Mukkunnoth, who is based in the Southern part of India and teaches Generative AI through his Instagram account.