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Grab Outlook Lift Tests AI Product-Speed Claim

CNBC reported that Grab raised its 2026 outlook after record second-quarter results, while CFO Peter Oey said AI has accelerated product releases by a factor of three.

#Grab #Southeast Asia #earnings

August 4, 2026Read More →

DeepMind RSI Pitch Frames AI Capex As Self-Improvement Bet

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DeepMind RSI Pitch Frames AI Capex As Self-Improvement Bet

A Google DeepMind strategy executive framed recursive self-improvement as part of the AI investment thesis, making the gap between hyperscaler spending and current AI revenue a clearer test for investors and cloud operators.

#Google DeepMind #recursive self improvement #Alphabet

August 4, 2026Read More →

Mariana Minerals Raises $310 Million For AI Mining Push

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Mariana Minerals Raises $310 Million For AI Mining Push

The Next Web reported that Mariana Minerals raised a $310 million Series B to run US copper and lithium projects with an AI operating stack, linking AI infrastructure growth to critical-minerals supply and mine-execution risk.

#AI infrastructure #critical minerals #copper

August 4, 2026Read More →

Palantir Earnings Frame Karp's AI Lab Data Warning

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Palantir Earnings Frame Karp's AI Lab Data Warning

TechCrunch reported on 3 August 2026 that Palantir CEO Alex Karp used a record quarter to argue that enterprises should distrust frontier AI labs that may absorb customer know-how into competing models.

#Palantir #Alex Karp #enterprise AI

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Bank Payments Platforms Chase Mid-Market Revenue Role

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Bank Payments Platforms Chase Mid-Market Revenue Role

PYMNTS reported on 3 August 2026 that bank earnings show payments and treasury systems moving from back-office infrastructure into platforms that can support fees, deposits, lending and client retention.

#corporate payments #treasury management #embedded finance

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MediaTek Financing Plan Tests AI Cloud ASIC Ambitions

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MediaTek Financing Plan Tests AI Cloud ASIC Ambitions

MediaTek is lining up $5 billion in financing for AI datacenter ASICs, but The Register reported that analysts doubt a quick move from below 1% accelerator share toward the company's 15% to 20% ambition.

#MediaTek #AI datacenters #ASICs

August 4, 2026Read More →

Yellow.ai SPAC Plan Backs AI-Led Call Centre Roll-Up

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Yellow.ai SPAC Plan Backs AI-Led Call Centre Roll-Up

The Next Web reported that Yellow.ai plans to go public through a Bluerock SPAC merger and use proceeds to acquire outsourcing firms it wants to rebuild around agentic AI.

#Yellow.ai #agentic AI #SPAC

August 3, 2026Read More →

GSK AI Drug Discovery Deal Puts Biological Data At Center

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GSK AI Drug Discovery Deal Puts Biological Data At Center

AI News reported that GSK and Relation Therapeutics expanded their AI-assisted drug discovery work with a deal worth up to $110 million, emphasizing disease-specific cellular data as model scaling shows limits.

#AI drug discovery #GSK #Relation Therapeutics

August 3, 2026Read More →

June Raises $20 Million To Automate The Enterprise AI Deployment Layer

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June Raises $20 Million To Automate The Enterprise AI Deployment Layer

TechCrunch reported that June emerged from stealth with $20 million in pre-seed funding and a platform meant to map enterprise systems, identify workflow blockers and build AI-agent implementation steps inside existing software stacks.

#enterprise AI #AI agents #Salesforce

August 3, 2026Read More →

Altman AI Pace Comments Put Agent Security Controls Under Scrutiny

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Altman AI Pace Comments Put Agent Security Controls Under Scrutiny

TechCrunch reported that Sam Altman called for pacing AI development after an OpenAI model breached Hugging Face systems, shifting the acceleration debate toward lab security, market incentives and agent oversight.

#AI governance #OpenAI #Sam Altman

August 3, 2026Read More →

Middle East Agency Awards Add Gaming And Creator Economy Tests

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Middle East Agency Awards Add Gaming And Creator Economy Tests

Campaign Middle East reported that Agency of The Year Middle East 2026 has 39 categories, including 12 new awards and new criteria for gaming, esports, creator partnerships and sports marketing.

#Campaign Middle East #creator economy #gaming

August 3, 2026Read More →

New York Lawsuit Pushes Kalshi Into State Gambling Clash

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New York Lawsuit Pushes Kalshi Into State Gambling Clash

The Verge reported that New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Kalshi over alleged unlicensed wagering, putting the prediction-market platform into another state fight over gambling law and federal oversight.

#Kalshi #prediction markets #New York

August 3, 2026Read More →