The AI funding and development race continues at a blistering pace. An IT support startup hits a billion-dollar valuation, while OpenAI’s CEO teases a new model series aimed squarely at professional tasks.
Samsung is reportedly adding direct satellite connectivity to the Galaxy S26 Ultra, but only for the Chinese market. The feature, certified for emergency use, arrives three years after Apple introduced it on the iPhone 14.
Oracle’s revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations, sending shares down over 6%. The miss comes as the company makes huge bets on AI infrastructure, raising investor concerns about capital spending and its multibillion-dollar commitment from OpenAI.
Alpine Linux is an incredibly lightweight distribution that’s perfect for resource-starved virtual machines and reviving old hardware. It uses musl libc and OpenRC instead of glibc and systemd, requiring as little as 128MB of RAM to boot. While it can have compatibility quirks, it’s a powerhouse for
The Linux Foundation is launching a new group to standardize how AI agents work together. Major players like Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI are already contributing key technologies to the effort.
The Trump administration has agreed to let Nvidia sell its H200 AI chips to approved customers in China. The deal includes a 25% U.S. cut of sales and a mandatory security review. The move follows intense lobbying by Nvidia and its allies.
Adobe is integrating features from its core creative and document apps into OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Users can now ask the chatbot to edit images, modify PDFs, or design graphics. This move deepens Adobe’s AI bet but also creates new competitive dynamics.
Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi believes his company has a shot at a $1 trillion valuation. His plan hinges on three new growth vectors: capturing the transactional database market, riding the wave of AI-powered coding, and building a platform for enterprise AI agents.
Peak:AIO, a software-defined storage company, just closed its first-ever institutional funding round after years of being profitable and self-funded. The $6.8 million seed round is aimed at global expansion, with a sharp focus on capturing AI infrastructure workloads.
Rivian is building its own AI assistant in-house, a project separate from its $5.8 billion tech joint venture with Volkswagen. The company is targeting a release by the end of the year and will detail its plans at a live-streamed event on December 11.
