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Iambic, Takeda Partner on AI Drug Discovery

Iambic and Takeda Strike $1.7B-Plus AI Drug Discovery Deal Targeting Oncology and GI Diseases

BusinesswireFebruary 10, 2026February 10, 202606 mins

AI-first drug discovery continues to move from promise to production, and pharma partnerships are increasingly where that shift becomes real. Iambic, a clinical-stage life science and technology company focused on AI-driven drug discovery and development, today announced a multi-year technology and discovery collaboration with Takeda—one of the clearest signals yet that large pharmaceutical companies are betting on AI as core R&D infrastructure, not just an experimental add-on.

Zettabyte, LiteOn Bring AI Inference to Cell Towers

Zettabyte and LiteOn Partner to Bring GPU-Powered AI Inference to Cell Towers

PR NewswireFebruary 10, 2026February 10, 202605 mins

As AI workloads push closer to end users, the limits of centralized cloud infrastructure are becoming harder to ignore. Latency, bandwidth costs, power constraints, and uneven data center availability—especially outside mature markets—are driving renewed interest in edge computing. Zettabyte and LiteOn are betting that the next phase of AI infrastructure won’t live in hyperscale facilities, but at the base of cell towers.

BotGauge AI Raises $2M for Autonomous QA

BotGauge AI Raises $2M to Replace Traditional QA With Autonomous, Outcome-Owned Testing

Prathamesh BaratheFebruary 10, 2026February 10, 202605 mins

The company today announced a $2 million funding round led by Surface Ventures (New York), with participation from IA Seed Ventures (Berkeley) and Saka Ventures (New York). The capital will be used to expand R&D, strengthen BotGauge’s autonomous QA agents, and scale operations across the US and other key markets.

Cisco Expands AI Security for the Agentic AI Era

Cisco Expands AI Security Stack to Tackle the Rise of Autonomous AI Agents

PR NewswireFebruary 10, 2026February 10, 202607 mins

Today, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced a broad expansion of its security portfolio designed to help organizations adopt autonomous AI agents with confidence. The update spans agent protection, interaction governance, and resilient connectivity, addressing a fast-emerging reality: AI systems are no longer just assistants responding to prompts. They’re becoming autonomous actors that use tools, access data, and make decisions across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

SwitchBot AI Hub Brings Local AI Agents Home

SwitchBot Unveils AI Hub, Bringing Local AI Agents and OpenClaw to the Smart Home

PR NewswireFebruary 10, 2026February 10, 202606 mins

SwitchBot is making a bold move to redefine smart home intelligence—this time without leaning on the cloud. The company today announced SwitchBot AI Hub, positioning it as the world’s first local home AI agent to support OpenClaw, an open-source autonomous AI agent framework.