Allison Francis

AWS wins a $581M Air Force Cloud One contract, expanding its government cloud footprint through 2028 as the DoD scales secure, multi-cloud workloads.

Intel beat Q4 forecasts as AI-driven data center demand surged, but supply constraints limited growth, forcing chip prioritization away from PCs.

ServiceNow and OpenAI extend their partnership with a three-year deal to embed agentic AI into workflows, bringing actionable AI to enterprise work teams

MongoDB details how tighter retrieval, embeddings, and operational data in Atlas are helping customers move AI from demos into production in 2026.

Wasabi Technologies raises $70M at a $1.8B valuation to expand AI-optimized cloud storage, global reach, and predictable flat-rate pricing.

CrowdStrike to acquire identity security startup SGNL for ~$740M, bringing real-time, risk-based access controls for human, machine, and AI identities.

At CES 2026, AMD unveiled Ryzen AI 400 and Ryzen AI Max chips, boosting on-device AI performance for thin laptops and compact workstations.

xAI launches Grok Business and Grok Enterprise, adding security, admin controls, and pricing tiers as it pushes Grok into enterprise AI workflows.

Meta acquires AI agent startup Manus for over $2B, betting on revenue-ready automation as it pushes AI from research into real products faster.

SoftBank moves deeper into AI infrastructure with a $4B deal to acquire DigitalBridge, boosting its data center and connectivity footprint.

Alphabet will acquire energy developer Intersect for $4.75B to ease power constraints, giving Google control over data centers and AI infrastructure growth.

Amazon is restructuring its AI org, putting AWS veteran Peter DeSantis over models, chips and quantum as top AI scientist Rohit Prasad exits.