Taalas raises $169M in funding to develop model-specific AI chips

Agentic finance automation startup Stacks raises $23M in funding

NIST launches AI Agent Standards Initiative as autonomous AI moves into production

Google introduces Gemini 3.1 Pro model for advanced reasoning tasks

Kyndryl launches Cyber Defense Operations Center to unify network and security operations

DHS awards Palantir up to $1B to deploy AI and data analytics platforms