Rising AI bills are pushing enterprises to seek neutral benchmarks, as token costs are now a CEO-level concern and newer model prices climb.

Mid-sized firms facing faster exploits can now outsource patching, exposure scanning and threat monitoring under one contract.

The models are aimed at developers and enterprises, with Microsoft saying internal training could cut costs and improve control in regulated industries.

AI operators could bring new capacity online faster, as Delta says its prefabricated system may cut data centre deployment time by 60%.

Whale Rock Capital Management LLC founder and chief executive officer Alex Sacerdote said he expects Anthropic PBC to be headed towards half a billion users.

The new software aims to move industrial AI beyond pilots by tying together data, workflows and governance for faster operational decisions.

The company raised $400 million in a funding round led by Radical Ventures

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How courts are coping with a flood of AI-generated lawsuits Most days in her chambers, Judge Maritza Braswell, a federal magistrate judge in Colorado, sifts…

Amazon unveils new AI warehouse robot in $12 billion Europe push Reuters

A CEO told employees they won't get raises in 2026 because the budget is going to AI Business Insider

Mimecast, a global leader in securing humans, data and AI, has extended its Governance, Compliance & Insights (GCI) platform to enterprise AI conversations.

Most days in her chambers, Judge Maritza Braswell, a federal magistrate judge in Colorado, sifts through stacks of documents written by people without a lawyer. Many of them can’t afford to hire a lawyer, and others have cases too weak or too small to interest one.

Funding Supports Growth and Product Expansion Lassie has raised $35M in a Series A round to scale its autonomous business operations platform, now with $47M in total funding. The round The post Lassie Raises $35M to Expand Autonomous AI for Small Businesses appeared first on Ventureburn.

Thailand’s richest man, Sarath Ratanavadi, plans to spend as much as 140 billion baht ($4.3 billion) through Gulf Development Pcl over the next five years to expand data centers and other infrastructure needed to support the artificial intelligence boom.

Merantix Capital, Europe’s premier AI investor, has announced the final closing of its second fund, a €103 million fundraising which will be used to break through as Europe’s industrial expertise The post Merantix Capital Launches €103M Fund for European AI appeared first on Ventureburn.

Oscorp Energy is building AI-powered vision and robotic systems to detect and remove lithium-ion batteries from waste streams.

Congress set to unveil AI draft that would preempt state laws Politico

The Johannesburg-headquartered lender, which operates in six other African markets, has integrated JUMO’s lending technology into its mobile banking platform.

Some of the AI industry's biggest rivals have put their many, many grievances aside for a common cause: making it harder for people to use their technology to develop biological weapons.

Schneider Electric SE is planning to sell €800 million ($930 million) of debt following a powerful rally on the back of its increasing incursion into the business of supporting data centers.

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Learn how Endava is using AI agents, ChatGPT Enterprise, and Codex to accelerate software delivery, automate workflows, and build an AI-native culture across the enterprise.

Banking jobs in Kenya and, by extension, most African markets have carried a certain social prestige thanks to stable salaries, pension plans, and confidence in a sector that seems too important to shrink.

A Chinese optical transceiver maker has overtaken a battery giant as the top-weighted firm in China’s equities benchmark, the latest sign of how a broadening AI rally is reshaping the world’s second-largest stock market.

There's a lot of debate about the future of AI. not just whether it will produce the returns investors are expecting, but also if AI will lead to mass worker displacement. Big banks are the perfect prism through which to explore some of these questions.