The Left Shift

🚨 Intel has unveiled a range of new data centre technologies, including the Intel Xeon 6+ processors, Intel Ethernet E835 networking solutions, and updates on its next-generation AI accelerator roadmap. "With Xeon 6+ and Ethernet E835, we’re tightly coupling compute and networking to reduce bottlenecks and enable efficient, secure scaling of real-world agentic workflows,” said Kevork Kechichian, Intel Data Center Group Executive VP & General Manager. Intel Read to know more 👇 https://lnkd.in/gxRCunb9

🚨 Asana, Inc., the work management platform focused on human-agent collaboration, has completed the acquisition of StackAI, a no-code AI workflow platform that enables enterprises to build, deploy, and govern custom AI agents for business-critical operations. "This acquisition accelerates our roadmap and marks the next phase of human-agent work. We're seeing real momentum with AI Teammates and AI Studio: customers are augmenting their teams with purpose-built agents that take on everyday work and use AI Studio to build automations around highly repetitive processes like request intake and task routing," Dan Rogers, Asana CEO, said. "We built a platform to let anyone build agents for manual and important enterprise processes. We then proved ourselves within some of the most heavily-regulated companies in the world. Joining Asana is the moment our offering scales," Tony Rosinol, StackAI Co-Founder, added. Asana | StackAI Read to know more 👇 https://lnkd.in/gUxXJs8K

🚨 Microsoft and NVIDIA have unveiled a new generation of Windows PCs powered by NVIDIA's RTX Spark platform, promising unprecedented AI performance, graphics capabilities, and energy efficiency in thin-and-light devices. "Our goal is to deliver unmetered intelligence to every home and every desk with Windows. NVIDIA RTX Spark marks a real breakthrough toward that vision," Satya Nadella, Microsoft Chairman & CEO, said. "RTX Spark combines NVIDIA’s full technology stack with Microsoft Windows and is purpose-built for creators, gamers and AI developers in the personal AI era,” Jeff Fisher, NVIDIA Sr. VP, Personal Computing, said. "Running solutions like OpenShell and the Microsoft security primitives on RTX Spark will enable users to leverage a fully integrated stack for private, personal agents running on device,” said Vincent Koc, OpenClaw Foundation Chief Architect. Microsoft | NVIDIA Read to know more 👇 https://lnkd.in/g23x-C67

🚨 Anthropic has unveiled Claude Opus 4.8, the latest version of its flagship AI model, introducing improvements in coding, reasoning, agentic workflows and AI safety while keeping pricing unchanged from its predecessor. Anthropic Read to know more 👇 https://lnkd.in/gbypxkCf

🚨 Indian IT giant Wipro has expanded its partnership with ServiceNow to help enterprises deploy and scale agentic AI workflows across critical business functions including IT, HR, procurement and cybersecurity. “When agentic AI runs inside secure workflows, ideas start delivering real results and the agentic enterprise becomes possible,” said Amit Zavery, President, ServiceNow Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Product Officer. "Together with Wipro Intelligence™, we are helping clients streamline operations, drive measurable outcomes, and scale AI adoption with the right governance and controls in place,” Malay Joshi, Wipro’s Americas 1 Strategic Market Unit Chief Executive Officer, added. Wipro | ServiceNow Read to know more 👇 https://lnkd.in/gdxBNHPE

🚨 CNN has filed a lawsuit against AI startup Perplexity AI, accusing the company of violating copyright laws by using artificial intelligence to rewrite and distribute its news reporting without authorization. Read to know more 👇 https://lnkd.in/gc8pZ_ms

🚨 IBM and Red Hat have announced Project Lightwell, a $5 billion initiative to help enterprises secure open-source software using frontier AI technologies and a global engineering workforce of more than 20,000 people. “With Project Lightwell, IBM and Red Hat are helping define a new industry model, one that brings together AI, engineering expertise, and trusted collaboration, to secure open source software at its source and across the entire supply chain. This is about strengthening trust in the systems that power business, government, and society,” said Arvind Krishna, IBM Chairman and CEO. IBM | Red Hat Read to know more 👇 https://lnkd.in/g7dkqkxh

🚨 Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled a major breakthrough in data centre networking, becoming the first company to deploy a flat network architecture at scale using principles inspired by random graph theory — a concept long considered impractical for real-world infrastructure. The development, detailed in AWS’s technical report RNG: Flat Datacentre Networks at Scale, promises faster data movement, improved resilience, lower power consumption, and billions of dollars in infrastructure savings. "RNG gives traffic many more possible paths across the network, reducing bottlenecks and improving fault tolerance. In testing, it delivered up to 33% better throughput than traditional hierarchical designs while using significantly fewer networking devices and less power," Matt Garman, AWS CEO, said. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Read to know more 👇 https://lnkd.in/gTZd_pGG

🚨 DXC Technology has launched DXC Engineering, a new global business unit to help enterprises design, deploy and scale AI-powered products and software systems across regulated and mission-critical industries. “As AI moves from experimentation to production, customers need partners who can take accountability for designing, building and operating intelligent systems at scale, especially in environments where failure is not an option,” said Ramnath Venkataraman, DXC Technology President, Consulting & Engineering Services. DXC Technology Read to know more 👇 https://lnkd.in/gsEiZqcf

🚨  Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced a landmark strategic partnership with Mistral to become the first global systems integrator partner for Mistral Forge, Mistral’s advanced system for enterprises to build frontier-grade AI models. Together, we are enabling enterprises worldwide to move from experimentation to AI deployment with systems that are open, production-ready and aligned with their strategic and operational requirements,” Arthur Mensch, Mistral Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, said. “Together with Mistral, we will solve for specific industry challenges, regulatory requirements, and sovereign needs for our enterprise customers,” K Krithivasan, TCS Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, added. Tata Consultancy Services | Mistral AI Read to know more 👇 https://lnkd.in/gJEb8ex5