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AWS brings sovereign AI on-prem with new AI Factories alongside Trainium3 and Nvidia GB300 launches
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced a set of artificial intelligence infrastructure announcements spanning sovereign on-premises deployments, next-generation custom AI accelerators and the most advanced Nvidia Corp. GPU instances yet offered on AWS — all part of a push to dominate both cloud and private AI at large scale. The announcements included the launch of ...
Skyhawk Security adds agentic AI to validate cloud defenses in real time
Cloud detection and response company Skyhawk Security (CNP) Ltd. today launched new agentic artificial intelligence capabilities through its AI-based Red Team that enable continuous security control validation. Announced ahead of the AWS re:Invent 2025 conference in Las Vegas, the update moves beyond traditional breach-and-attack simulation by actively verifying whether a customer’s existing detection and enforcement tools can ...
Netskope adds MCP security controls to protect enterprise AI agents
Cloud security company Netskope Inc. today announced new security capabilities for the Model Context Protocol that help organizations confidently advance agentic artificial intelligence adoption without compromising on security. The new capabilities, delivered through the Netskope One platform, are aimed at giving organizations greater visibility and control over AI agents as they move beyond experimental deployments and into ...
MongoDB rallies on better-than-expected earnings and raised full-year outlook
Shares in MongoDB Inc. shot up up more than 20% in late trading today after the database company impressed investors with earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2026 third quarter and provided guidance ahead of expectations. For the quarter that ended on Oct. 31, MongoDB reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.32, up from ...
Prior Labs debuts tabular AI foundation model that scales to 10 million rows
Tabular artificial intelligence startup Prior Labs GmbH today announced a new foundation model that can handle millions of rows of data to give enterprises a way to understand and use their most complex, business-critical information. Described as a first, the new TabPFN model marks a 1,000-fold leap in dataset size in less than a year and ...
Sumo Logic expands Dojo AI with new agentic tools for modern security operations
Data analytics software firm Sumo Logic Inc. today announced new advancements to Sumo Logic Doja AI, its agentic artificial intelligence platform for security operations, with new agents that accelerate investigations through external AI integrations and analyst-centric automation. The new releases today include the SOC Analyst Agent, Knowledge Agent and a Model Context Protocol server that help security ...
Fortanix joins HPE and Nvidia to advance confidential enterprise AI
Data security company Fortanix Inc. today announced that it has joined the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. Unleash AI partner program to accelerate artificial intelligence outcomes. By joining the program, customers using HPE’s portfolio of integrated AI solutions can now leverage Nvidia Confidential Computing and Fortanix Armet AI, a turnkey platform for running secure and sovereign agentic AI ...
Salt Security launches ‘Ask Pepper AI’ to simplify API risk analysis
Application programming interface security company Salt Security Inc. today announced the launch of “Ask Pepper AI,” a new generative artificial intelligence-powered natural language interface for its API Protection Platform. The new service leverages Amazon Bedrock to transform API security operations by allowing security professionals and developers to ask plain-English questions and receive immediate, actionable insights about their ...
Databricks reportedly in talks to raise $5B at $134B valuation
Data analytics and artificial intelligence company Databricks Inc. is reportedly in talks to raise $5 billion in new funding on a $134 billion valuation. The new funding, if it should happen The Information reported today, would come after Databricks previously raised funding on a $100 billion valuation in August. The valuation of the round is ...
Harmonic AI raises $120M at $1.45B valuation to advance mathematical reasoning
Harmonic AI Inc. a startup using artificial intelligence for formal mathematical reasoning, announced today that it has raised $120 million in new funding on a $1.45 billion valuation. The funding is intended to accelerate its momentum in developing an advanced mathematical reasoning model that eliminates hallucinations, a common situation in which AI models make up erroneous ...









