Toyota plans company-wide robotics organization
Toyota will establish a robotics organization in January 2027.
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AMD, FuriosaAI and MangoBoost plan mixed-chip AI tests
The companies plan a Seoul system to test mixed-chip AI inference.
OpenAI Images 2.6 adds GIF creation and API controls
Images 2.6 is available across ChatGPT and Codex, while GIF creation is rolling out in ChatGPT.
Phaze raises $8.75 million for shared remote workstations
Phaze says its remote desktop and management tools let people and agents share access to workstations.
OpenAI plans to acquire developer-tools company Pierre
Codex already uses Pierre review tools; Code Storage integration is planned after closing.
Crediflow raises £1.5 million for commercial lending software
The funding will support work on software that prepares borrower analysis for lenders, according to Dealroom.
Chrome brings local language detection to Android
Web apps can identify text languages on-device as Chrome 157 rolls out.
Applied Compute raises $350 million for custom AI infrastructure
The startup reports a $100 million annualized revenue run rate and builds models and routing systems for business workflows.
Ouster ships more than 27,000 lidar and camera sensors in third quarter
The sensor company says revenue rose 50%, with cameras accounting for most units shipped.
Supermicro plans inference systems with SambaNova chips
The planned racks would divide prompt processing and response generation between different chips.
Docusign acquires Suplari for AI procurement intelligence
Docusign plans to connect spending data with supplier agreements.
Shopify reports rise in orders from AI shopping channels
The company says traffic and orders from AI channels grew while their overall volume remains small.
Traversal raises $120 million for AI incident response
The site reliability startup plans to expand its system for investigating production failures; its reliability claims remain company reported.
Roleo raises funding for a European career-matching agent
Roleo says its service matches tech workers with jobs while allowing candidates to choose introductions.
NVIDIA previews Kubernetes recipes for Vera Rubin
NVIDIA describes an early-tested cluster configuration.
Postman user reports unwanted coding-agent plugin installation
One user reports unexpected coding-agent plugins after opening Postman.
ARIA lab plans to test Lumai optical AI servers
Lumai says its optical servers will be evaluated in a data-centre testbed.
Salesforce agrees to acquire voice AI company Cresta
The pending deal would add Cresta’s customer-service voice agents to Salesforce’s portfolio.