Happy Holiday weeks to you! For this, our penultimate weekly episode of the year, Shahin and Doug take a fast (8:55) run-through of recent developments in the world of HPC-AI, including: High-stakes high frequency trading measured in nanoseconds, AI federated learning at three US national labs, perspectives from “AI doomers.”
News Bytes 20251222: Federated AI Learning at 3 National Labs, AI “Doomers” Speak Out
December 23, 2025 by
Smart Cities Go Digital: Why Brands Should Pay Attention
December 19, 2025 by
As smart cities like Atlanta and Amsterdam digitize services and citizen engagement, brands that understand and integrate into these ecosystems can gain a powerful new channel for connecting with urban audiences. The global race to become a “smart city” is accelerating, with urban areas deploying advanced digital technologies to improve efficiency, sustainability, and citizen experiences. […]
VAST Data Selected by SciNet and SHARCNET in Canada
December 19, 2025 by
NEW YORK CITY – December 17, 2025 – VAST Data today announced that SciNet at the University of Toronto, and SHARCNET at the University of Waterloo have adopted VAST as their data and AI operating system, building on previously announced deployments with Canadian-based infrastructure providers that are using VAST to power large-scale GPU services, according […]
Element Critical Launches AI Data Center Platform with Mercuria, 26North, Arctos and Safanad
December 19, 2025 by
New York — December 18, 2025 — Element Critical today announced the launch of a new U.S. data center platform backed by 26North Partners, Arctos, Mercuria and Safanad, anchored by the acquisition of two enterprise data center facilities in Houston and Austin. The platform is designed to meet growing demand driven by AI inference, digital […]
News Bytes 20251215: On-Off-On GPU Exports to China, the US-China Power Gap, Pocket-Sized HPC, Regulating AI
December 15, 2025 by
Warmest December greetings! AI technology and its impacts splashed around the world last week, here’s a fast (10:52) review of new developments, including: Nvidia H200 exports to China; H20, H200 and Chinese AI chips: how do they stack up?;few fast GPUs vs. many slow GPUs; China’s power capacity dusts the West; cell-phone sized AI supercomputers; regulating AI
Couchbase Announces GA of AI Platform with NVIDIA Integration for Agentic AI
December 10, 2025 by
SAN JOSE – Dec 10, 2025 – AI database developer platform company Couchbase today announced the general availability of Couchbase AI Services, a suite of capabilities for building and deploying agentic AI applications. By bringing together data and models in a single unified platform, Couchbase said it eliminates the complexity and fragmentation that has kept AI […]
AllRize Announces 3.0 Release of AI-Based Law Practice Platform
December 9, 2025 by
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 9, 2025 — AllRize, a provider of legal technology solutions, today announced the release of AllRize 3.0, a new version of its AI-powered law practice management platform built natively on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and integrated with Microsoft Office tools. AllRize is a SaaS platform optimized for mid-sized law firms to help […]
Accenture and Anthropic Launch Partnership Built around Claude
December 9, 2025 by
Anthropic and Accenture today announced a partnership expansion intended to help enterprises move from AI pilots to full-scale deployment in a deal that makes Accenture one of Anthropic’s largest enterprise customers, according to Anthropic. Roughly 30,000 Accenture employees will be trained on Anthropic’s Claude ….
Saviynt Raises $700M for AI Identity Security
December 9, 2025 by
LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2025 – Saviynt, an identity security company, today announced a $700M Series B Growth Equity Financing at a valuation of approximately $3 billion. Funds managed by KKR, a global investment firm, led the round with participation from Sixth Street Growth and TenEleven, as well as new funding from […]
Datadog in Collaboration with AWS for AI, Observability and Security
December 5, 2025 by
Las Vegas — Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG), the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, at AWS re:Invent announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services and showcased multiple product launches across AI, observability and security to help organizations running on AWS to monitor and secure their cloud environments. “These launches further extend Datadog’s ability to deliver […]
