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Google invests €13 billion in Finnish digital infrastructure Google invests €13 billion in Finnish digital infrast
Google recently announced their intentions to invest roughly €13 billion in digital infrastructure across Finland over the next two years. This move would put AI facilities, nuclear power and...
Mistral raises €3 billion in funding round Mistral raises €3 billion in funding round
Mistral recently raised around €3 billion in a Series D funding round led by Samsung Electronics. This momentum has helped take the French AI player’s valuation above €21 billion...
Data centre spending could hit $32 Trillion by 2050 Data centre spending could hit $32 Trillion by 2050
Accord to a recent report published by consultancy group PwC, global spending on data centres is set to hit $31.6 trillion by 2050 as demand for AI computing capacity...
Nvidia to acquire AI startup Hugging Face Nvidia to acquire AI startup Hugging Face
Nvidia recently agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $13 billion. The company went on to pledge that it would to scale the AI startup’s platform, strengthen infrastructure and expand...
KARTY LLC receives the Visa FinTech Innovation Award following its Qatar launch KARTY LLC receives the Visa FinTech Innovation Award fo
KARTY LLC, Qatar’s leading digital wallet and payment startup, has received Visa’s FinTech Innovation Award, recognising its work to advance digital payments and money management services in Qatar. The...
Google Cloud launches Gemini Enterprise for financial services Google Cloud launches Gemini Enterprise for financial s
Recently, Google Cloud unveiled Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services, a purpose-built agentic AI solution engineered for financial professionals. This solution includes a Google-managed Financial Research agent, more than 50...
Nvidia receives Wall Street capital for AI infrastructure Nvidia receives Wall Street capital for AI infrastructu
Nvidia has recently joined forces with some of Wall Street’s largest banks and investors to raise $500 billion in capital for AI infrastructure development. The chipmaker said it had...
Private network revenue predicted to hit a record high by 2030 Private network revenue predicted to hit a record high
According to a forecast by STL Partners, the global revenue from private mobile networks is estimated to grow from $2.3 billion in 2025 to $22 billion in 2030. The...
Global smartphone revenue rises by 7% Global smartphone revenue rises by 7%
Counterpoint Research has recently revealed that global smartphone revenue rose 7% year-on-year in Q2 2026 to an historic $109 billion. This revenue makes for the highest second-quarter total on...
New Splunk research reveals downtime is a $600 billion systemic business crisis New Splunk research reveals downtime is a $600 billion
Cisco recently announced the release of Splunk’s latest research, The Hidden Costs of Downtime, revealing the aggregate cost of unplanned downtime for Global 2000 companies has surged to $600...
Anthropic could reach $1 trillion valuation Anthropic could reach $1 trillion valuation
Anthropic recently raised $65 billion in its latest funding round, which took its valuation to $965 billion as investor money continues to pour into AI companies. Financial Times reported...
China examines a $295 billion AI plan China examines a $295 billion AI plan
China is reportedly planning an investment of around CNY2 trillion ($295 billion) over the next five years to build out data centres across the country. State-owned telecoms operators will...
OpenAI finalises joint venture to support AI deployments OpenAI finalises joint venture to support AI deployment
The Deployment Company is a new joint venture (JV) being finalised by OpenAI with investment firms. This venture aims at helping businesses use its AI software in day-to-day operations....
Anthropic collaborates on enterprise AI services entity Anthropic collaborates on enterprise AI services entity
Anthropic recently collaborated with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs and private equity firm Hellman & Friedman to launch an enterprise AI services entity with a value of about $1.5 billion. The...
Apple enjoys a record Q2 thanks to China revenue Apple enjoys a record Q2 thanks to China revenue
Apple‘s outgoing CEO Tim Cook recently highlighted record Q2 revenue on an earnings call, emphasised by a 28% increase in China. The news comes despite supply chain issues for...
Cloud spending crosses the $500 billion mark Cloud spending crosses the $500 billion mark
Synergy Research Group recently unveiled their findings about global cloud infrastructure spending by enterprises. The group determined that the spending had surpassed an annualised run rate of half-a-trillion dollars...
Amazon plans to invest billions in Anthropic AI Amazon plans to invest billions in Anthropic AI
Amazon recently announced plans to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic as the pair deepen a partnership focussed on developing large scale compute infrastructure for generative AI. The...
Meta Platforms to become a frontrunner in advertising revenue Meta Platforms to become a frontrunner in advertising r
According to a new report from Emarketer, Meta Platforms will soon overtake Google in terms of total advertising revenue by the end of 2026 both globally and within the...
Amazon looks to acquire Globalstar for $11.6 billion Amazon looks to acquire Globalstar for $11.6 billion
Amazon entered into a deal to acquire Globalstar for around 11.6 billion as it looks to bolster its Amazon Leo satellite business with direct-to-device (D2D) services. Amazon stated it...
Kaspersky reports strong 2025 financial results Kaspersky reports strong 2025 financial results
Kaspersky posted positive sales results that grew by 4%* year-on-year (YoY) and approached USD 836** million in 2025. This expansion was principally driven by a 16% YoY sales growth...
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