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Kaon AI raises $60M to build the next generation of AI-driven interactive entertainment

By Kyt Dotson Jul 8, 2026

Kaon AI, a generative artificial intelligence platform and research outfit formerly known as FlowGPT that provides online interactive entertainment, today announced it has raised $60 million across recent funding rounds. The San Mateo company…

AI

With $25M in funding, Alta AI aims to accelerate go-to-market automation

By Mike Wheatley Jul 8, 2026

Agentic go-to-market automation startup Alta AI Inc. said today it has raised $25 million in an early-stage round of funding as it tries to accelerate its mission to enhance customer acquisition for enterprises. The…

AI

Meta launches image generation model with coding, search capabilities

By Maria Deutscher Jul 7, 2026

Meta Platforms Inc. today debuted an image generation model that can write code and search the web. Muse Image is the second algorithm released to date by Meta Superintelligence Labs, the company’s artificial intelligence…

AI

Microsoft is reportedly ditching OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s AI models in favor of its own to cut costs

By Mike Wheatley Jul 7, 2026

Microsoft Corp. is reportedly transitioning away from using OpenAI Group PBC’s and Anthropic PBC’s most advanced artificial intelligence models in favor of its own — increasingly leaning on the new Microsoft AI or MAI…

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Report: China’s DeepSeek follows OpenAI in developing its own custom inference chips

By Mike Wheatley Jul 7, 2026

DeepSeek Ltd., one of China’s most visible artificial intelligence companies, is pushing to design its own, in-house silicon aimed at inference workloads, according to a report by Reuters today. The report cites three people…

Security

Encryption management startup Keyfactor raises $1B+ in funding

By Maria Deutscher Jul 7, 2026

Keyfactor Inc., a provider of software tools that help enterprises encrypt their data, has raised more than $1 billion from investment firm Summit Partners. The company announced the deal on Monday. Keyfactor’s other institutional…

Infra

Amazon launches $25B bond sale to fund AI infrastructure

By Duncan Riley Jul 7, 2026

Amazon.com Inc. is back in the bond market, this time to raise at least $25 billion for its artificial intelligence buildout, according to Bloomberg. The offering is split into eight parts, senior unsecured notes…

AI

Three insights you may have missed from theCUBE’s coverage of the ‘Scaling the Agentic Era’ event

By Victoria Gayton Jul 7, 2026

As artificial intelligence agents move from proof-of-concept tools to production systems, the cost of every generated token is becoming a direct business concern. The shift is pushing infrastructure providers to focus not just on…

Security

Barracuda Networks acquires access management startup Evo Security

By Maria Deutscher Jul 7, 2026

Barracuda Networks Inc. today announced that it has acquired Evo Security Inc., a startup with a platform for managing employee access to business applications. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Campbell, California-based…

AI

Storage gets promoted in the agentic AI era

By Mark Albertson Jul 7, 2026

The year 2026 could be remembered as the moment when storage technology received a massive promotion. The reason is that the current transition from simple chatbots to agentic AI systems has raised the stakes…

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Kaon AI raises $60M to build the next generation of AI-driven interactive entertainment

With $25M in funding, Alta AI aims to accelerate go-to-market automation

Meta launches image generation model with coding, search capabilities

Microsoft is reportedly ditching OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s AI models in favor of its own to cut costs

Report: China’s DeepSeek follows OpenAI in developing its own custom inference chips

Encryption management startup Keyfactor raises $1B+ in funding

Barracuda Networks acquires access management startup Evo Security

Storage gets promoted in the agentic AI era

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