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ASI Raises $325 Million at $3 Billion Valuation

ASI raised $325 million in Series C funding at a $3 billion valuation to expand its AI software for transportation, energy, defense and logistics operations.

October 20, 2026

Salesforce to Acquire Braze for $5.66 Billion

Salesforce agreed to acquire customer engagement platform Braze for about $5.66 billion in enterprise value, or $47.50 in cash per share.

October 20, 2026

Mastercard Opens Agent Pay for Machines to Early Access

Agent Pay for Machines lets autonomous AI agents purchase digital services while operating within approved budgets and spending permissions.

October 20, 2026

Shadeform launches Spot and Flex VMs for idle GPU capacity

Shadeform launches Spot and Flex VMs, allowing GPU providers to sell unused capacity through its marketplace while retaining access to their hardware.

October 20, 2026

PyTorch Foundation adds Nebius, Nscale and Shopify as Platinum members

The PyTorch Foundation added nine members across its Platinum, Silver and Associate tiers at PyTorch Conference North America 2026.

October 20, 2026

Anthropic to Revise Leaked AI Safety Bill After Backlash

Anthropic will revise parts of its draft federal AI safety bill following criticism of its model blocking rules, state law provisions and evaluator standards.

October 20, 2026

Amazon Plans €4.8 Billion AWS Expansion in Germany

Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion for cloud and AI infrastructure in the AWS Frankfurt Region.

October 20, 2026

Mistral AI Launches Voxtral 3 Voice Models and Agent SDK

Voxtral 3 combines transcription, speech generation, reasoning and tool use for voice agents across more than 50 languages.

October 20, 2026

Study Finds Clinical Stigma Can Skew AI Emergency Triage

UT Southwestern researchers found that stigmatizing language in medical records can cause AI models to deprioritize emergency patients who later experience serious deterioration.

October 20, 2026

GitLab Joins Open Secure AI Alliance

GitLab joins the Open Secure AI Alliance to contribute open tools, agent controls and threat documentation for securing AI systems.

October 20, 2026

SickKids Expands Azure Use in Five Year Microsoft Deal

SickKids and Microsoft Canada have signed a five year agreement to expand the hospital's use of Azure and explore cloud, analytics and AI tools for pediatric care.

October 20, 2026

Trinity Acquires Verix to Add Tovana to TrinityEDGE

Trinity acquired Verix, adding its Tovana commercial intelligence platform and full team to TrinityEDGE. Financial terms were not disclosed.

October 20, 2026

LHV Bank Deploys AI Agent for UK Email Support

LHV Bank has deployed a Gradient Labs AI agent to answer routine customer emails in the UK, with complex or sensitive cases passed to support staff.

October 20, 2026

DeepSeek Open Sources DeepInfer Inference Framework

DeepSeek released its production inference framework DeepInfer under the Apache License 2.0, with support for Nvidia and Huawei hardware.

October 20, 2026

China Launches National Data Group to Support AI

China established a centrally administered state owned enterprise to manage national data resources, connect infrastructure and support AI.

October 20, 2026

Mural Raises $15 Million for AI Agent Payment Infrastructure

Mural raised a $15 million Series A led by Tether, bringing its total funding to $28 million. The company provides accounts, payments, identity and compliance infrastructure for fintech platforms and AI agents.

October 20, 2026

IBM Ventures Invests in Leena AI

IBM Ventures is investing in Leena AI to support its AI Colleague platform, which automates HR, IT, and finance workflows.

October 20, 2026

Tools for Humanity brings World ID verification to Zoom business customers

World ID for Zoom lets business customers verify that meeting participants are humans rather than deepfakes.

October 20, 2026

Azra AI Acquires Blackford Analysis

Azra AI completed its acquisition of medical imaging AI platform Blackford Analysis, combining imaging analysis with patient care coordination.

October 20, 2026

Visier Expands Workforce Context Engine for Enterprise HR

Visier expanded its Workforce Context Engine to connect and govern workforce data for AI agents and enterprise platforms.

October 20, 2026