📅 - Oxide Computer Company, a firm focused on modernizing on-premises IT infrastructure, has secured $100 million in a Series B funding round led by the US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), founded by entrepreneur and investor Thomas Tull. The round saw full participation from all existing investors, more than doubling the company's total capital raised to date.
The fresh capital will allow Oxide to scale production, enhance customer support, and accelerate its product development roadmap. The company aims to address rising demand for a modern, integrated alternative to public cloud offerings - particularly among organizations requiring more control, security, and cost efficiency than [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - ARO Network Raises $2.1M for Decentralized AI Edge Cloud - ARO Network, a decentralized infrastructure startup focused on edge computing for AI and content delivery, has secured $2.1 million in pre-seed funding. The round was co-led by Dispersion Capital and NoLimit Holdings, with participation from Escape Velocity, Maelstrom, and a group of strategic angel investors. The capital will be used to accelerate the rollout of ARO's peer-to-peer edge cloud network and support early-stage adoption and development.
ARO Network aims to reimagine Internet infrastructure by building a decentralized edge cloud powered not by centralized data centers, but by individuals. The platform turns underutilized internet bandwidth and compute power into a scalable [...]
📅 - Vectra AI Opens New Cybersecurity Office in Bangalore - Vectra AI, a cybersecurity firm specializing in AI-powered threat detection, announced the opening of a new office in Bangalore, India, marking a significant step in its global expansion strategy. The move strengthens the company's presence in the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) region and reflects its commitment to investing in innovation, talent, and regional growth.
Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Vectra AI is known for its use of artificial intelligence to detect and respond to sophisticated cyber threats across modern digital networks. The company first expanded internationally with offices in EMEA and APJ in 2018 and 2019, respectively. With this latest [...]
📅 - Microsoft Q4 Boosted by Azure, AI Growth; Cloud Revenue Tops $75B - Microsoft ended its fiscal year 2025 with strong fourth-quarter results, underscoring the company's continued dominance in cloud infrastructure and accelerated focus on AI-driven services. For the quarter ending June 30, Microsoft reported $76.4 billion in revenue, an 18% increase year-over-year.
The standout driver of this performance was Azure, which surpassed $75 billion in annual revenue - up 34% from the prior year - cementing its role as a central engine in Microsoft's growth strategy.
CEO Satya Nadella emphasized the centrality of AI and cloud to the company's long-term direction. "Cloud and AI is the driving force of business transformation across every industry and sector," he [...]
📅 - AWS Sees Strong Q2 Growth Despite Drop in Operating Margin - Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon, has reported robust financial results for the second quarter of its 2025 fiscal year, with revenue climbing 17.5% year-over-year to $30.9 billion. Net profit also saw an increase, rising 9.6% to reach $10.2 billion. The latest figures push AWS's annual revenue run rate to approximately $123 billion, reinforcing its position as a dominant player in the global cloud infrastructure market.
The company's momentum is being driven in part by a wave of high-profile enterprise contracts. Recent partnerships with firms such as Airbnb, PepsiCo, the London Stock Exchange Group, NatWest Group, and Nissan underscore AWS's deepening presence [...]
📅 - SuperX Unveils XN9160-B200 AI Server Powered by NVIDIA B200 GPUs - SuperX has announced the release of the SuperX XN9160-B200 AI Server, its newest flagship product. This next-generation AI server is designed to satisfy the growing need for scalable, high-performance computing in tasks related to AI training, machine learning (ML), and high-performance computing (HPC). It is powered by NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture GPU (B200).
With the XN9160-B200 AI Server, large-scale distributed AI training and inference workloads may be accelerated. For training and inferring foundation models using reinforcement learning (RL) and distillation techniques, multimodal model training and inference, and HPC applications like climate modeling, drug discovery, seismic [...]
📅 - Zscaler Completes Red Canary Acquisition for AI Security - Cloud security provider Zscaler has completed its acquisition of cybersecurity firm Red Canary, in a move aimed at accelerating innovation in AI-powered threat detection and response. The acquisition underscores Zscaler's commitment to advancing agentic AI and redefining how security operations centers (SOCs) operate at scale.
Red Canary, now operating as "Red Canary, a Zscaler company," will retain its branding while initially functioning as a distinct business unit. This strategy is designed to maintain service continuity for Red Canary's existing client base while integrating its capabilities into Zscaler's global ecosystem. The acquisition brings together Red Canary's expertise in [...]