Acquisition
Salesforce Completes Informatica Acquisition
The acquisition integrates Informatica’s data catalog, integration, governance, quality, privacy, metadata and master data management (MDM) capabilities into Salesforce’s platform.
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AI Models
Google Cloud Rolls Out Gemini 3 for Enterprise Use
Gemini 3 Pro reportedly achieved a breakout 1501 Elo score at the LMArena Leaderboard.
Indian IT
HCLTech and NVIDIA Launch New Physical AI Innovation Lab in California
The facility becomes part of HCLTech’s global AI Lab network and will support organisations in experimenting with, incubating and scaling advanced physical AI applications.
Funding
Israeli Startup Tenzai Raises $75 Mn to Build ‘Autonomous Hacker’ AI for Enterprise Security
Tenzai’s platform uses AI agents to actively hack, exploit, and remediate vulnerabilities in enterprise software.
AI Models
Google DeepMind Launches WeatherNext 2 — AI Model Delivers Ultra-Fast, High-Resolution Forecasts
The system promises faster, more accurate, and higher-resolution global predictions, according to a blog post by Google.
Acquisition
Cisco Acquires EzDubs to Make Real-Time, Voice-Preserving Translation Core to Webex
According to Cisco, this acquisition marks an “all-in” bet on AI: it promises to make collaboration more seamless, inclusive, and borderless by breaking down language barriers in real time.
Chips
Huawei Aims to Double GPU Efficiency with New AI Infrastructure Push
The technology, expected to be unveiled at a forthcoming AI industry conference, could raise chip utilisation rates to around 70 percent, up from the current 30–40 percent.
Partnerships
ARM Embraces NVIDIA NVLink Fusion to Strengthen Neoverse Compute Ecosystem
Arm’s decision to license NVLink IP allows its Neoverse-based CPU designs to communicate directly with NVIDIA GPUs, bypassing traditional interconnects like PCIe.
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.
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.