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.