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New York became the first state in the U.S. to impose a statewide moratorium on new data centers today after Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order pausing state environmental permits for large facilities for up to a year. Executive Order No. …
Boundless taps idle crypto GPUs to cut AI inference costs
Boundless Network Inc., a distributed computing company that built its graphics processing unit network to generate zero-knowledge proofs for the cryptocurrency industry, is expanding its network toward artificial intelligence inference, the process of providing responses to AI queries. The company said today …
Entrust launches Agentic AI Trust Accelerator to move AI agents into production
Identity-centered security solution company Entrust Corp. today launched the Agentic AI Trust Accelerator, a co-development program that brings together enterprises and technology partners to build the identity infrastructure companies need to move autonomous AI agents from pilot projects into production. The program targets a …
Fortinet expands FortiEndpoint with AI monitoring and data controls
Fortinet Inc. today expanded its FortiEndpoint platform with a set of features aimed at helping companies monitor employee use of artificial intelligence tools and stop sensitive data from leaking into them. The update adds AI visibility and controls, built-in data loss prevention …
Liquid Instruments launches GenInst Studio to build test instruments by prompt
Software-defined test and measurement startup Liquid Instruments Pty. Ltd. today launched GenInst Studio, software that turns a plain-language description into a custom, ready-to-run test instrument on the company’s reconfigurable Moku hardware. GenInst Studio takes the request through a chat interface and hands back a …
Cloudflare launches Precursor to catch bots by watching entire sessions
Cloudflare Inc. today opened general availability for Precursor, a bot detection system that tracks how a visitor behaves across an entire browsing session instead of testing them once on arrival. Precursor runs inside the browser. It streams interaction signals back to Cloudflare’s …
Mercor buys Deeptune to build training environments for AI agents
Artificial intelligence training data company Mercor.io Corp. announced today that it has acquired Deeptune Inc., a startup that builds simulated software environments used to train AI agents. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal closed nearly four months after Mercor Chief Executive …
QIZ Security raises $17M seed round for post-quantum readiness platform
Cybersecurity startup QIZ Security Ltd. today announced it has raised $17 million in seed funding to expand a platform that discovers and governs the encryption buried across enterprise systems ahead of the migration to quantum-safe algorithms. Founded in 2025, the company offers …
Market data platform startup Databento closes $97M round after drawing $300M in investor demand
Market data platform startup Databento Inc. today revealed that it has raised $97 million in new funding to broaden its data coverage across asset classes and expand internationally. Investor demand ran past $300 million, according to the company, more than three times …
Cyolo launches CPS Segmentation to curb lateral movement in OT networks
Secure remote privileged access company Cyolo Ltd. today announced Cyolo CPS Segmentation, a microsegmentation product that extends its platform beyond human-to-machine access into controlling how machines and systems communicate across critical infrastructure. The offering targets a gap industrial operators have long acknowledged …