The Milton Keynes startup, which tripled annual recurring revenue in the 12 months to July 2025, is using the new round to hire a Chief Revenue Officer and continue product development. Serve…
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Databricks co-founder Matei Zaharia wins ACM Prize and declares AGI is already here
In short: Matei Zaharia, the Berkeley computer science professor and Databricks co-founder who created Apache Spark, has won the 2026 ACM Prize in Computing for his foundational contributions to distributed data systems and…
Meta commits another $21 billion to CoreWeave, bringing total AI cloud spend to $35 billion
In short: Meta has committed an additional $21 billion to CoreWeave for dedicated AI cloud capacity running from 2027 through December 2032, bringing the total value of the two companies’ infrastructure relationship to…
OpenAI pauses Stargate UK as energy costs and copyright rules block the path
In short: OpenAI has paused its Stargate UK data centre project, citing the high cost of industrial electricity in Britain and an unfavourable regulatory environment around AI copyright. The project, announced in September…
Google Cloud deepens AI infrastructure partnership with Intel across Xeon and custom chips
In short: Google Cloud and Intel have announced a deepened multi-year AI infrastructure partnership covering both CPU deployment and custom chip co-development. Google Cloud will continue adopting Intel’s Xeon 6 processors across its…
Amazon’s chip business could be worth $50 billion, Jassy says, and he hints it may sell them externally
In short: Andy Jassy’s annual letter to shareholders, published on 9 April 2026, reveals that Amazon’s custom chip business, covering Graviton, Trainium, and Nitro, generates more than $20 billion in annualised revenue growing…
Oracle appoints Hilary Maxson as CFO to manage its $50 billion AI data centre push
In short: Oracle has appointed Hilary Maxson, former executive vice president and group chief financial officer at Schneider Electric, as its new chief financial officer, effective 6 April 2026. Maxson reports to chief…
Rethinking Hospitality Operations Through AI Integration While Preserving the Human Experience at Scale
Hospitality has long been defined by human interaction, but the systems that support those interactions have undergone continuous change. Arran Campolucci-Bordi, owner of Casa Italia, established 50 years ago in Liverpool, UK,…
European Coinspaid partners with The Residency to empower early-stage startups with blockchain payment infrastructure
Coinspaid, Europe’s one of the largest blockchain payment infrastructure, has announced a strategic partnership with The Residency, a global community for early-stage founders and innovators. The collaboration will provide Residency startups with…
Marceu Martins on designing 99.9% uptime systems where 1% failure isn’t an option
Marceu Martins has spent 25 years working in parts of technology where failure is not abstract. In the systems he designs, a 1% error is not a minor defect or an acceptable…