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Z Squared Details Power Strategy for AI Infrastructure Sites

Z Squared outlined its plan to acquire power connected sites and convert them into AI infrastructure, starting with the planned acquisition of Paradox Data and its Union County campus in Arkansas.

August 15, 2026

360factors Adds Fair Lending Compliance Testing Agent to Ask Kaia

360factors has launched a Fair Lending Compliance Testing agent for Ask Kaia Enterprise customers, aimed at helping U.S. banks and credit unions review lending data and prepare regulatory workpapers.

August 15, 2026

Brand Engagement Network Files Q2 Report After Cataneo Acquisition

Brand Engagement Network filed its Q2 2026 report and said its Cataneo acquisition raised total assets to $30.7 million as of June 30.

August 15, 2026

Compute Exchange Plans Token Forward Contracts for AI Model Costs

Compute Exchange is preparing token forward contracts for AI inference pricing after launching a marketplace for used and refurbished NVIDIA GPUs in July.

August 15, 2026

Databricks Raises $5 Billion at $190 Billion Valuation

Databricks raised $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation after investor interest reached $15 billion, according to CEO Ali Ghodsi. The round was led by Coatue and included Blackstone, MGX, T. Rowe Price related accounts, and Sixth Street Growth.

August 15, 2026

Anthropic Investors Expect $2 Trillion Valuation in October IPO

Anthropic investors expect the company to seek a valuation above $2 trillion in its planned October IPO, based on rapid revenue growth and annualized run rate projections.

August 14, 2026

OpenAI Annualized Revenue Tops $40 Billion

OpenAI is on track to exceed $40 billion in annualized revenue, roughly twice its run rate at the end of 2025. Growth has come from coding tools, subscriptions, advertising, and demand for AI agents.

August 14, 2026

Pony AI and Uber plan 2,000 robotaxis in Europe

Pony AI and Uber plan to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe, expanding from Zagreb to four additional cities.

August 14, 2026

LG to Show Humanoid Robot Built on NVIDIA Isaac GR00T

LG plans to publicly unveil a bipedal humanoid robot built with NVIDIA Isaac GR00T in the first quarter of next year. The agreement with NVIDIA also covers CLOiD robot validation, AI factory reference sites, and an AI defined vehicle platform.

August 14, 2026

TIER IV Joins JST Program to Open Source Autonomous Driving AI Chip Designs

TIER IV has joined a Japan Science and Technology Agency semiconductor research program to develop open AI chip designs for Level 4 autonomous driving.

August 14, 2026

Kirin and GenerativeX Add AI Agents to Research Labs

Kirin Holdings and GenerativeX have introduced an AI agent research environment in selected Kirin laboratories. The system supports hypothesis generation, information searches, brainstorming, documentation, and knowledge sharing.

August 14, 2026

Skywork AI Details Matrix-Game 3.5 World Model

Skywork AI detailed Matrix-Game 3.5, an interactive world model with Patch Memory, 720P streaming video generation at about 20 FPS on a single GPU, and one minute memory.

August 14, 2026

CVC DIF to Acquire Majority Stake in firstcolo

CVC DIF has agreed to acquire a significant majority stake in firstcolo from CUBE Infrastructure. The deal includes plans to continue developing firstcolo's FRA7 data center in Rosbach, Germany, with up to 24 MW of total capacity.

August 14, 2026

XTransfer Says It Serves Over 1 Million Clients and Expands TradePilot AI Tools

XTransfer says it has served over 1 million enterprise clients and expanded AI tools in TradePilot, its system for risk review in B2B trade payments.

August 14, 2026

IncQuery Adds AI Scope Checking Tool for Surveys

IncQuery has launched an AI assisted tool that checks surveys against research objectives before fielding. The tool flags potential gaps, reviews question fit, and explains its recommendations.

August 14, 2026

Realtime Robotics Names Kevin Carlin CEO

Realtime Robotics has appointed Kevin Carlin as CEO, effective immediately. Cofounder Peter Howard will continue as nonexecutive chairman as the company works to expand its Resolver platform with automotive manufacturers.

August 14, 2026

IBM and OpenAI Partner on Enterprise AI Deployment

IBM and OpenAI have announced a partnership to add OpenAI models and tools to IBM Consulting services for enterprise AI projects.

August 13, 2026

Heron Power Picks Morgan Hill for Grid Hardware Factory

Heron Power selected Morgan Hill, California, for its first factory. The company plans to invest more than $100 million, create more than 600 jobs, and produce up to 10,000 Heron Link systems a year starting in late 2027.

August 13, 2026

Feagine Robotics Introduces Fi0 Model for Soft Robotic Bodies

Feagine Robotics announced Fi0, a foundation model designed to keep robot task knowledge intact when a robot body changes. It was released with three FEAGINE A series biomimetic manipulators.

August 13, 2026

Hippocratic AI Launches Healthcare AI Agent Orchestrators

Hippocratic AI launched Agentic Orchestrators, teams of voice AI agents coordinated by a supervising system for healthcare workflows across payers, providers, and life sciences organizations.

August 13, 2026
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