Box launched new AI features for Enterprise Advanced customers and said it will add consumption-based pricing via Box AI Units.

Microsoft launched Majorana 1, a quantum computing chip with a Topological Core architecture.

Airbnb plans to become a platform for travel akin to how Amazon in commerce courtesy of a multi-year transformation and a new tech stack.

Enterprise procurement departments are already annoyed with software-as-a-service contracts and AI agents--and the consumption-based models that go with them--are likely to make deals even more complicated.

Palo Alto Networks reported better-than-expected second quarter results and indicated that demand was helped by the need for AI-driven cybersecurity and enterprises consolidating platforms.

SAP launched Business Data Cloud, a platform that gives applications access to structured and unstructured data across its platform as well as third-party data. The effort is getting a big assist from Databricks.

Cisco delivered strong second quarter results powered by Splunk and strong demand for AI infrastructure.

Freshworks is planning to expand by courting enterprises fed up with their SaaS providers and layering in AI in its platform. Freshworks is also looking to land ServiceNow defectors.