Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) announced that its subsidiary, Planet Labs Federal, has secured a $12.8 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the Luno B IDIQ contract. The award covers Advanced Analytics for Maritime Operations and Reconnaissance (AAMOR), providing AI-enabled Maritime Domain Awareness solutions over strategic areas in the Asia-Pacific region.
Viven today emerged from stealth with $35 million in seed funding from Khosla Ventures, Foundation Capital, FPV Ventures, Operator Collective, and leading angel investors. The startup aims to transform enterprise operations with AI-powered Digital Twins, creating personalized digital counterparts for employees that capture knowledge, context, and decision-making patterns.
Riverbed, a leader in AIOps for observability and data acceleration, today unveiled its Riverbed Data Express Service, designed to drastically speed the movement of massive datasets critical for AI model training. Built for enterprises tackling tens of petabytes of data across data centers, edge environments, and multiple clouds, the service promises transfer speeds up to 10 times faster than current solutions, cutting what once took months down to days.
A consortium led by BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), MGX, and the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) announced plans to acquire 100% of Aligned Data Centers, valuing the company at roughly $40 billion. The deal, expected to close in the first half of 2026, signals a major push to expand cloud and AI infrastructure for hyperscalers and enterprise innovators.
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ: CRDO), a provider of high-speed connectivity solutions, has joined the Arm® Total Design ecosystem, expanding the ecosystem’s capabilities in next-generation AI, cloud, and hyperscale data center applications. By contributing its high-speed SerDes and mixed-signal DSP IP portfolio, including chiplets, Credo enables partners to rapidly develop custom silicon optimized for performance, energy efficiency, and reliability.
VIA NEXT, a leading provider of system-level design services, has joined the Arm® Total Design ecosystem, signaling a commitment to accelerate AI and high-performance computing (HPC) innovation. The collaboration leverages VIA NEXT’s expertise in system integration, chiplet architectures, and advanced packaging to deliver end-to-end solutions from SoC architecture to system-level testing.
PlusAI, a Physical AI company developing AI-based virtual driver software for autonomous trucks, has been named to Fast Company’s 2025 Next Big Things in Tech list in the Transportation category. The recognition spotlights emerging technologies with the potential to reshape industries and society.
Scality, a global leader in cyber-resilient storage software for the AI era, has broadened its AI ecosystem certification program, now covering over 20 of the industry’s most critical AI and machine learning tools and frameworks. The initiative aims to ensure interoperability, data integrity, and security across the full AI lifecycle, giving enterprises and startups a trusted blueprint for faster, more reliable AI deployments.
The age-old tension between software developers racing to ship code and security engineers urging caution might finally have a peace broker — and it’s artificial intelligence.
