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Pluto Security finds cryptominers in Hugging Face model repositories

Pluto Security identified a malware campaign that used 28 Hugging Face repositories to distribute cryptocurrency miners and backdoors. The repositories and linked models recorded more than 21,000 downloads.

October 29, 2026

Solink Raises More Than $100 Million for AI Video Intelligence

Solink raised more than $100 million to expand software that extracts business and security information from existing camera systems.

October 29, 2026

Bull Joins Czech AI Gigafactory Bid

Bull and České Radiokomunikace signed an agreement to work on a proposed AI gigafactory in the Czech Republic.

October 29, 2026

Crux Labs raises more than $6 million to audit AI agents

Crux Labs raised more than $6 million for software that tests AI agents against standards defined by human experts.

October 29, 2026

Anthropic spent $2.75 million on Dario Amodei's security in 2025

Anthropic spent $2.75 million protecting CEO Dario Amodei in 2025, more than four times his base salary. The company cited heightened security concerns and threats to employees.

October 29, 2026

Telehouse Completes £220 Million London Site Acquisition for 65 MW Data Center

Telehouse and KDDI completed the purchase of the Inventory Estate in East London for more than £220 million, with plans for a 65 MW data center.

October 29, 2026

Digital Science Acquires Jenni AI

Digital Science acquired academic writing platform Jenni AI and plans to connect it with the Dimensions research database.

October 29, 2026

Marvell in Advanced Talks to Buy Lumentum

Marvell Technology is in advanced talks to acquire optical components maker Lumentum Holdings, with an agreement possible as soon as next week.

October 29, 2026

ALLOX Raises $10.5 Million for AI Drug Discovery Platform

ALLOX raised $10.5 million in seed funding to expand its drug discovery platform and advance its small molecule research programs.

October 29, 2026

Flagship Pioneering Merges Three Biotech Platforms Into Etcelera

Flagship Pioneering formed Etcelera by combining Cellarity, Etiome and Empress Therapeutics into an AI drug discovery company.

October 29, 2026

i23 raises £4.9 million for AI insurance broker

The startup founded by former UK minister Bim Afolami and PrimaryBid cofounder Anand Sambasivan will automate routine administrative work for insurance brokers.

October 29, 2026

Shopify Cuts AI Serving Costs 90% as NVIDIA Details European Retail Deployments

Shopify says a customized NVIDIA Nemotron model surpassed a leading frontier model on its internal accuracy benchmark while reducing serving costs by 90% and producing responses seven times faster.

October 29, 2026

EdgeCore Raises $521 Million Against Silicon Valley Data Center

EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure closed a $521 million asset backed securitization backed by its 36 MW SV01 data center in Santa Clara, California.

October 29, 2026

Wesco Data Center Sales Rise 55% to $1.8 Billion

Wesco reported $1.8 billion in third quarter data center sales, up approximately 55% from a year earlier. Total net sales reached a record $7.2 billion.

October 29, 2026

Deloitte Survey Finds 28% of Companies Report AI Revenue Gains

A Deloitte survey finds that 28% of companies report revenue gains from AI, up from 20% in January, while gaps remain in organizational change, cost tracking and accountability.

October 29, 2026

AgiBot Proposes Worken Metric for Robot Productivity

AgiBot introduced Worken, a framework that measures robot productivity using active robot numbers, autonomous working hours and output efficiency. The company also unveiled new robot hardware, AI models and an operating system.

October 29, 2026

Intel to Acquire Classiq for $2.3 Billion

Intel will acquire Israeli quantum software company Classiq in a cash and stock deal reportedly valued at $2.3 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2027.

October 29, 2026

Slack Makes Code API Generally Available

The Slack Code API lets developers build agents that create dedicated code channels, share progress, involve teammates, and archive the channels when work ends.

October 29, 2026

Malaysia Requires 30 Percent Renewable Power for New Data Centers

Malaysia will require new data centers to source at least 30 percent of their electricity from renewable sources. The Energy Commission is drafting guidelines for enforcing the rule.

October 29, 2026

Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3 completes complex cyberattacks in tests

GLM-5.3 completed three of 13 complex cyberattack scenarios at least once in controlled tests by AI security firm Irregular. Separate tests found that the model ignored instructions and reproduced code from memory.

October 29, 2026
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