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Google Cloud has long believed that one of most compelling benefits of artificial intelligence is that it helps people get more work done faster, and that’s the main purpose behind a slate of new capabilities being added to Google Workspace. The main update is a new system called Workspace Intellige
Application security startup Contrast Security Inc. today announced a new integration that pipes runtime application telemetry from its Application Detection and Response platform directly into Google Security Operations, giving security operations center teams visibility into how code actually exec
Google Cloud is taking a massive leap toward building the autonomous enterprise with the launch of the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, an evolution of the existing Vertex AI platform that becomes its new hub for building artificial intelligence agents. Announced at Google Cloud Next 2026 in Las Ve
Google Cloud is turning the traditional enterprise data platform on its head, unveiling the Agentic Data Cloud infrastructure platform that aims to act as a kind of central nerve center for the era of artificial intelligence agents. In a blog post, Andi Gutmans, Google’s vice president and general m
Rising to meet demands for increasing latency and scale, Google LLC today introduced a mega-scale datacenter network fabric and cross-cloud infrastructure aimed at agentic artificial intelligence delivery. Virgo Network, Google’s new networking system for AI infrastructure, is designed to speed comm
Oracle Corp. is extending its partnership with Google LLC’s Cloud to simplify how enterprise users interact with data, introducing a new natural-language interface for queries directly against Oracle databases. The company today announced the Oracle Artificial Intelligence Database Agent for Gemini
Cloud data management and data security company Rubrik Inc. today announced a deepening of its partnership with Google Cloud with two new integrations that extend its reach into managed database protection and agentic artificial intelligence governance. Announced at the Google Cloud Next conference
For startup founders, the opportunity today is to solve real problems by building vertical, AI-driven solutions in specific industries. MGV's Marc Schröder shares tips on successfully building a startup with an eye toward acquisition.
Los Angeles-based SimpleClosure has launched Asset Hub, a marketplace aimed at helping founders sell assets such as source code, data and equipment during the wind-down process. Crunchbase News spoke with founder Dori Yona about the new offering as closures rise and investors place greater value on
Enterprise data stacks were built for humans running scheduled queries. As AI agents increasingly act autonomously on behalf of businesses around the clock, that architecture is breaking down — and vendors are racing to rebuild it. Google's answer, announced at Cloud Next on Wednesday, is the Agenti
Cirrascale Cloud Services today announced it has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to deliver the Gemini model on-premises through Google Distributed Cloud, making it the first neocloud provider to offer Google's most advanced AI model as a fully private, disconnected appliance. The announc
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier today said that the state has opened a criminal investigation into ChatGPT and its parent company, OpenAI Group PBC, over whether the company bears any criminal responsibility for a shooting that happened last year at Florida State University. Last month, Uthm
Starbucks is laying off workers in its technology organization as new CTO Anand Varadarajan, who joined from Amazon in January, restructures the team. The cuts come amid a broader turnaround effort under CEO Brian Niccol. Read More
OpenAI Group PBC today launched ChatGPT Images 2.0, an upgraded version of the image generator built into its popular chatbot. The company also debuted a new technical training service called Codex Labs. It’s designed to help organizations adopt OpenAI’s Codex programming assistant. ChatGPT Images 2
Australian chip manufacturing startup Syenta Inc. today announced that it has raised $26 million in funding to expand its production capacity. Playground Global and Australia’s National Reconstruction Fund led the Series A deal. They were joined by Investible, Salus Ventures, Jelix Ventures and Woll
Google on Monday unveiled the most significant upgrade to its autonomous research agent capabilities since the product's debut, launching two new agents — Deep Research and Deep Research Max — that for the first time allow developers to fuse open web data with proprietary enterprise information thro
Artificial intelligence is no longer a novelty — now companies are demanding a return on their AI investments, with the governance to back it up. A recent “Agentic AI Study” from Qlik Technologies Inc. found that while 97% of enterprises have funding in place for agentic AI, only 18% have been fully
Database powerhouse Oracle Corp. is making its case that database architecture must serve as a trusted foundation for the AI that gets built on top. The company’s major step into the AI database as a foundational element has been accompanied by a redesigned Oracle Database and the unveiling of the A
It's been only a few months since OpenAI released its last big improvement to AI image generations in ChatGPT and through its application programming interface (API) — namely, a new image generation model known as GPT-Image-1.5, released in December 2025, which brought about improved instruction fol
Decision makers at 72% of organizations claim to have two or more AI platforms that they identify as their "primary" layer, according to a survey of 40 enterprise companies conducted by VentureBeat last month, revealing real gaps in security and control. For enterprise management and technical leade
