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Oracle launched Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse and AI Data Platform as it extends its database dominance into broader AI platform ambitions.
The news, which was announced at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas, highlights Oracle's long game, according to Constellation Research analyst Michael Ni. For the Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse, Oracle is looking to unlock multiple clouds and formats for existing customers rather than migrate enterprises.
Salesforce expanded partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic to embed their large language models into Agentforce 360.
At Dreamforce 2025, Salesforce said it has expanded a partnership with OpenAI so customers can access Agentforce 360 in ChatGPT. Salesforce customers will be able to access sales records, review conversations and build Tableau visualizations from within ChatGPT.
Nvidia's DGX Spark mini supercomputer is now available for $3,999 from Nvidia and PC makers such as Acer, ASUS, Dell Technologies, GIGABYTE, HPI, Lenovo and MSI and it'll be interesting to see how impacts inference and physical AI plans.
Amazon Web Services said Amazon Bedrock AgentCore is generally available and said the AgentCore software development kit has seen more than 1 million downloads from customers.
OpenAI will design its own AI accelerators and chips in deal with Broadcom that will start in the second half of 2026 and run through 2029.
According to the companies, the deal covers 10 gigawatts of custom AI accelerators. OpenAI has forged partnerships with AMD and Nvidia as it builds out its infrastructure.
Salesforce announced a series of product updates, a process intelligence acquisition and an Agentforce 360 architecture designed to make the case that it should orchestrate first and third party AI agents.
Neptune Insurance Holdings has successfully completed its initial public offering with a business model that revolves around applying data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence to provide flood insurance. The company may be well on its way to being an AI exponential.
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Salesforce said it has acquired Apromore, a process intelligence software provider, as it aims to bring process optimization to its Agentforce platform.
As previously noted, agentic AI will require a hefty dose of process mining, task mining and intelligence to really benefit enterprises. Without process knowhow, there's a risk you'll simply automate less than optimal processes. Agentic AI could mean you actually scale faulty processes.
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Amazon Web Services launched Amazon Quick Suite, which combines Amazon Q Business features with Amazon Quick Sight as well as new capabilities for automation and research in a move to bolster business user and AI agent collaboration.
The platform is designed to bridge the gap between AI proof-of-concepts and production deployments. In many ways, Amazon Quick Suite reflects the current playbook for AWS. AWS has been combining building blocks into suites and unified platforms that are easier to consume.
Google Cloud launched Gemini Enterprise, an agentic AI platform that includes Gemini models, first and third party agents and orchestration technology that was previously known as Agentspace.
The goal of Gemini Enterprise is to create one platform that can create multi-step and process AI agents coupled with the latest models and an enterprise's data. The agents within Gemini Enterprise can leverage data from internal systems and Google AI tools in one workflow.
SoftBank is acquiring the robotics division of ABB Group in a deal worth $5.375 billion. Softbank's plan is to combine ABB Robotics with its physical AI assets.
With the move, SoftBank has a base of robotics customers and manufactures to expand its physical AI ambitions. ABB will complement SoftBank’s robotics stable of companies: SoftBank Robotics Group Corp., Berkshire Grey, Inc., AutoStore Holdings Ltd., Agile Robots SE, and Skild AI.
DeepSeek created an AI boom in China and has more than doubled usage as it attracts new users and then holds them, according to a research report from Microsoft Research.
In a paper, Microsoft Research took anonymized telemetry data on how people are using AI globally. The data complements other use case data from LLM providers like OpenAI and Anthropic.
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IBM said its Spyre AI accelerator and Telum II processor are generally available, outlined a partnership with Anthropic and layered agentic AI tools throughout its offerings.
The news outlined at IBM's Tech Xchange 2025 in Orlando revolved around operationalizing AI in the enterprise. Here's a look at the notable news.
Dell Technologies raised its annual revenue growth target to 7% to 9% as it ramps its AI infrastructure business.
The company outlined its guidance at its security analyst meeting. Dell maintained its third quarter guidance delivered when it reported second quarter earnings.
CoreWeave said it will acquire Monolith AI Limited, which specializes in AI for engineering in industrial and manufacturing companies.
Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but the purchase is notable because CoreWeave is looking to take its broader AI infrastructure workloads vertical where the customer base is stickier.
OpenAI launched App SDK, which connects applications directly to ChatGPT, AgentKit to speed up AI agent development, ChatKit to bring OpenAI to apps and websites, the general availability of Codex, and said ChatGPT-5 Pro and a smaller voice model is available in the API.
The company also said that it has 800 million weekly users, 4 million developers and 8 billion tokens processed per minute on OpenAI's API.
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Verizon named Dan Schulman CEO effective immediately. Schulman, former CEO of PayPal, is a Verizon board member and a telecommunications veteran.
Schulman replaces Hans Vestberg, who will stay with the company in an advisory role for a year. Verizon also named Mark Bertolini chairman of the board.
The leadership change comes as Verizon is transforming via the acquisition of Frontier Communications. Vestberg led Verizon through the 5G transition.