Ricursive Intelligence Hits $4B Valuation in Rapid Funding
📅 - Just two months after emerging from stealth, Silicon Valley startup Ricursive Intelligence has secured a $300 million Series A funding round, catapulting the young AI company to a reported valuation of $4 billion. The California-based firm, which focuses on using artificial intelligence to radically accelerate semiconductor design, has quickly drawn attention from some of the most influential investors in technology.
Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round, with participation from DST Global, NVentures - the venture arm of NVIDIA - Felicis Ventures, 49 Palms Ventures, Radical AI, and Sequoia Capital. According to reporting by the New York Times, Ricursive has now raised approximately [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Zscaler Warns AI Is Driving Machine-Speed Cyber Threats - Zscaler has published the findings of its ThreatLabz 2026 AI Security Report, warning that enterprises worldwide are dangerously unprepared for a new class of AI-driven cyber risk just as artificial intelligence becomes deeply embedded in daily business operations.
The report analyzes nearly one trillion AI and machine learning transactions processed through the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform between January and December 2025. Its conclusion is stark: AI has crossed a threshold, shifting from a productivity enhancer into a primary attack surface where autonomous, machine-speed threats can outpace traditional security controls. AI Security Enters Machine-Speed Era The research [...]
📅 - Server Clustering or Dedicated Servers: Key Business Benefits - The decision to rely on a standalone dedicated server or adopt a clustered server architecture has become increasingly significant, given the direct financial and reputational impact of performance issues, outages, and data loss.
Understanding how server clustering differs from standalone dedicated servers, and what advantages it offers, is increasingly essential for B2B leaders planning for scale, reliability, and long-term growth.
At the heart of the clustering debate lies a fundamental challenge in IT infrastructure: resilience. A single dedicated server, no matter how powerful or well-maintained, represents a single point of failure. Hardware faults, software crashes, network [...]
📅 - Cisco Study Shows Privacy Is Now Central to AI Success - Cisco has released new findings showing that artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how organizations manage data privacy and governance worldwide. It shows that privacy and governance are no longer viewed as compliance obligations but as critical foundations for deploying AI at scale.
The company's 2026 Data and Privacy Benchmark Study is based on a survey of 5,200 IT and security leaders across 12 markets. As enterprises accelerate AI adoption in business-critical environments, the study signals that mature data governance is becoming a decisive factor in trust, competitiveness, and long-term innovation.
The study finds that AI is now the primary driver behind expanded privacy [...]
New account-aware personal assistant brings unlimited, in-platform reporting and analytics to everyday web hosting operations.
Managed hosting provider 20i has announced the launch of Twentie, an unlimited web hosting assistant embedded into its hosting platform, designed to help users manage their hosting and online services more efficiently.
Unlike standalone tools, Twentie has direct access to live account data and key performance metrics, allowing it to deliver reporting & insights based on a user’s hosting environment, rather than generic guidance.
Customers can use Twentie to generate custom PDF and
📅 - Kubernetes Emerges as Default Platform for AI at Scale - Kubernetes has firmly cemented its position as the foundational platform for modern AI-driven infrastructure, according to newly released findings from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's 2025 Annual Cloud Native Survey. The report draws on responses from thousands of organizations worldwide and shows that Kubernetes is now running in production environments at 82% of container-using enterprises.
As AI workloads increasingly move from experimentation to real-world deployment, Kubernetes is emerging as the de facto operating system that underpins scale, reliability, and operational consistency. Kubernetes Becomes Backbone For AI The survey data highlights a decisive moment for cloud [...]
📅 - Study: AI Is Paying Off, Yet CIOs Aren’t Ready - Enterprises worldwide have crossed a decisive threshold in their use of artificial intelligence, moving beyond experimentation and into large-scale deployment with clear expectations of financial return. That is the central conclusion of the newly released Lenovo CIO Playbook 2026, developed with research insights from IDC and published this week.
Based on input from 3,120 IT and business decision-makers across major global markets, the report paints a picture of AI becoming a core engine of business reinvention - while also exposing significant gaps between ambition and operational readiness.
According to the study, 46% of AI proof-of-concepts have already transitioned into production [...]