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GPUs, silicon, data centres and the data platforms underneath.

agentic ai infrastructure3 days ago6 min

Meta’s Silicon Pivot: Creating Custom MTIA Chips to Curb GPU Reliance

Meta is launching its latest generation of custom AI chips under the MTIA program in September, a strategic move to manage compute costs. Beyond the hardware, we examine what this means for agentic AI and embodied agent infrastructure.

agentic ai infrastructure3 days ago5 min

How Runway's Media Router Is Reshaping AI Cloud Infrastructure Companies in India and Beyond

Runway's Media Router automatically selects the best image, video, or audio generation model based on developer priorities for quality, speed, or cost—marking a strategic pivot from model provider to orchestration layer that's reshaping how AI cloud infrastructure companies in India and globally build generative media products.

ai funding rounds valuations4 days ago6 min

Dimension Capital's $800M Third Fund Bets the Science-Compute Crossover Is Only Getting Started

Dimension Capital closed an $800M third fund — 60% larger than its prior vehicle — doubling down on deep-tech startups that blur the line between biotech and software, with marquee wins in Chai Discovery, New Limit, and Anthropic already validating the thesis.

agentic sre best practices2 weeks ago4 min

AI’s Insatiable Appetite for Power Is Running Up Against Neuromorphic Reality

UK policymakers hear why brain-inspired neuromorphic computing could trim edge AI’s carbon footprint—but won’t displace mature cloud infrastructure for years

agentic data platforms2 weeks ago4 min

AI Infrastructure in 2026: Chips, Clusters, and a New Kind of Datacenter Reality

Forget the hype—here’s how AI actually runs today: heterogeneous clusters, memory walls being busted, and floating server farms. A no-BS look at the hardware crunch reshaping infrastructure.

ai ai chip competitors3 weeks ago3 min

OpenAI's Logging Glitch Causes Unexpected SSD Wear for Codex Users

OpenAI is taking steps to resolve a bug in its Codex platform that causes excessive SQLite logging, leading to unnecessary write cycles on solid-state drives and potentially reducing their total endurance.

ai labor markets workforce transformation3 weeks ago5 min

Redefining Employability: Why a 30% Plunge in Global Hiring is Accelerating Skills-First AI Careers

As global hiring indexes slide up to 30%, LinkedIn CBO Mark Lobosco points to a critical bright spot: the rapid rise of 'new-collar' jobs in AI and cybersecurity that prioritize practical skills over traditional university credentials.

quantum computing policy infrastructureJun 30, 20264 min

The $2 Billion Quantum Gambit: How the U.S. Government Turned a Semiconductor Law into a Venture Capital Play

An analysis of the controversial $2 billion quantum investment, the birth of Anderon, and whether a quantum foundry is a strategic necessity—or a taxpayer-funded gamble.

ai consumer hardware chipsJun 30, 20267 min

Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra Leads Wave of Nvidia RTX Spark Arm PCs from Major PC Makers

Major PC manufacturers including Dell, Asus, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, and Gigabyte are designing systems around Nvidia's new RTX Spark Arm-based chip for Windows PCs, with Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra emerging as the flagship model featuring up to 128GB unified memory and a Blackwell GPU.

cloud workforce changesJun 24, 20265 min

Oracle's Strategic Pivot: Balancing AI Infrastructure and Workforce Reductions

Oracle slashed 21,000 jobs in 2026 amidst a massive pivot to AI. This report explores how Oracle is using debt to fund OCI infrastructure for OpenAI, Meta, and AMD, and the structural workforce restructuring, profit-per-employee ratios, and the economic reality of trading human capital for AI compute.

ai infrastructureJun 23, 20264 min

Scaling AI: Why Data Infrastructure is the Real Bottleneck

As enterprises shift from AI experimentation to production, optimizing data infrastructure is more critical for ROI than GPU count alone.

ai businessJun 17, 20263 min

"Canadian Pension Giant Acquires 8.2% Stake in CtrlS Amid India's AI-Fueled Data Center Boom"

The Canadian pension giant will acquire an 8.2% stake in CtrlS, a tech giant that operates more than 15 data centers across India, signaling massive institutional confidence in the country's AI infrastructure expansion.