STAMFORD, Conn., September 16, 2026 — Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2.7 trillion in 2026, a 49.5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimized IaaS, AI-optimized servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices) to support anticipated future workloads remains…
Sydney, Australia — September 16, 2026 — Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today announced a new Accountable designation for AI crawling. In conjunction with this, Cloudflare launched Disallow AI Training, a setting that lets any website refuse AI training while staying fully in search results. Eleven weeks ago Cloudflare said website…
Elsevier is expanding its LeapSpace research AI workspace with a broader foundation of licensed, peer-reviewed scientific content, while adding independent oversight for how its algorithms discover, rank and present research. The company says LeapSpace now combines Scopus records with full-text content from major publishers and societies, positioning the platform as a research-focused alternative to general-purpose…
Cornelis is expanding beyond scale-out networking with Active Compute Fabric, an open architecture that puts programmable compute directly into the network fabric connecting AI accelerators. The company also raised $205 million to fund the move, positioning its technology as an alternative to increasingly integrated AI infrastructure stacks dominated by NVIDIA and other major silicon and…
Flam has raised $40 million in Series B funding led by QED Investors as the AI startup bets that interactive content could become the next major format for digital experiences. The company is targeting enterprise applications spanning marketing, product visualization, training, entertainment and customer engagement, combining generative AI models with real-time video, 3D content and…
NSFOCUS has received Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Technology Innovation Leadership Recognition for its work in China’s AI security market, as enterprises increasingly move large language models, AI applications and autonomous agents from experimentation into production. The recognition focuses on the company’s Qingfengwei AI Security Product Matrix, which combines AI assessment, application protection, content safety, data-loss…
“CreateFuture is an AI-native, digital consultancy. Effectively, we help organisations make smarter decisions and move faster through technology and product. It’s about bringing together strategy, design and engineering to solve complex business challenges. “I lead CreateFuture’s iGaming division, which has grown out of six/seven years of working with leading operators in the sector. My role…
NEW YORK — September 09, 2026 — Banks are accelerating investment in AI-driven surveillance, but many are struggling to turn that ambition into operational reality, according to new research from 1LoD, commissioned by Shield, a global communications risk management company purpose-built for financial institutions. Despite increased investment and accelerating AI adoption, the industry’s biggest surveillance challenges have moved surprisingly little…
Positron AI has raised $875 million in a Series C financing at a $5 billion post-money valuation, giving the AI inference chipmaker capital to develop its next-generation Asimov processor, ramp its Titan systems and expand production. The funding arrives as AI infrastructure shifts toward the increasingly expensive task of running models at scale. The economics…
