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Best of frenemies: Oracle’s and AWS’ clouds unite with dedicated, private connectivity
Oracle Corp. and Amazon Web Services Inc. seem to be putting their longstanding rivalry aside in favor of a more pragmatic relationship that acknowledges the reality of today’s multicloud technology environments. The two technology giants today revealed a plan to establish private, high-speed connectivity between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and the AWS cloud. Joint customers will ...
Qlik debuts new agentic capabilities, aiming to enhance AI trust and transparency
Data integration and analytics heavyweight QlikTech International AB took the wraps off a number of new agentic artificial intelligence capabilities today as it opened the doors to its annual customer conference in Orlando. The updates include new AI agents for predictions and automations, enhancements to its existing portfolio of AI agents, and also a new ...
Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS model offers unparalleled control over AI voices
Google LLC’s DeepMind artificial intelligence unit today rolled out a new text-to-speech model called Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS. Unlike its earlier, robotic predecessors, it enables users to direct the vocal style, delivery and pace of chatbot responses through text-based commands, the company said in a blog post. A video posted on X shows that Gemini 3.1 ...
Stendr snags $5.4M in pre-seed funding to develop AI-native drone-tracking tech
Norwegian defense technology startup Stendr said today it has closed on $5.4 million in pre-seed funding in order to deliver advanced artificial intelligence capabilities for modern weapons systems. The round, which is one of the largest early-stage investments in Nordic defense history, was led by Rainfall, ACME and Skyfall, with participation from Startup Lab, Antler ...
Leapwork hands off code validation to AI agents to keep pace with automated software development
Danish agentic artificial intelligence startup Leapwork ApS has announced the launch of its fully automated Continuous Validation Platform, aiming to help enterprises keep up with the velocity of generative AI software development. The rise of AI “vibe coding” means that software development has accelerated to breakneck speed, enabling enterprises to deploy new code faster than ...
SolarWinds accelerates observability with SW1, an ‘agentic AI teammate’ that automates IT firefighting
SolarWinds Worldwide LLC is making its play for the future of autonomous information technology operations with the launch of a new “agentic AI teammate” called SW1. Available starting today, it’s designed to help companies monitor and manage their complex computing environments at large scale. Built on SolarWinds’ proprietary Agentic Framework, SW1 functions as a governed ...
Microsoft’s MAI-Image-2-Efficient model accelerates company’s move away from OpenAI
Microsoft Corp.’s push for artificial intelligence independence is gaining traction with today’s release of MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a lean and mean version of its flagship image generation model that debuted earlier this month. The new version is meant to deliver high-quality visuals faster, and at a fraction of the cost of its predecessor, the company said. The ...
Anthropic’s Claude Code gets automated ‘routines’ and a desktop makeover
Anthropic PBC is making it easier to automate tasks using Claude Code without relying on autonomous artificial intelligence agents with the launch of a new service called “routines.” The routines allow Claude Code users to run automations on the company’s own cloud-based infrastructure. “A routine is a saved Claude Code configuration: a prompt, one or ...
Meta doubles down on partnership with Broadcom on custom AI processors
Meta Platforms Inc. today announced a new deal with Broadcom Inc., extending a partnership that already sees the two companies work together on the design of the social media giant’s in-house artificial intelligence accelerators. The company said in an announcement that it is committing to an initial deployment of 1 gigawatt’s worth of its Meta Training ...
AI satellite constellation startup Orbital gets funded by a16z to verify space-based data center concept
Orbital Inc., a startup that’s aiming to bring the artificial intelligence industry into low-Earth orbit ahead of Elon Musk, said today it has closed on a funding round of an undisclosed amount led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Speedrun. The money will help to finance its first test mission, “Orbital-1,” aimed at demonstrating a proof-of-concept of ...