A 28-Year-Old’s AI Startup Takes on Salesforce
Decagon, a two-year-old AI customer service startup, is winning big clients and celebrating with over-the-top rewards. Its 28-year-old CEO isn’t intimidated by rivals 10x its size.
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AWS re:Invent 2025 is all about AI agents and cheaper databases
AWS’s big conference is in full swing, with a relentless focus on AI agents that can operate autonomously. The company also announced new AI chips and, to many customers’ relief, long-awaited database discounts.
Waymo’s Big Expansion Push: Three New Cities and a Key Uber Deal
Waymo is aggressively expanding its robotaxi footprint, announcing manual test drives in three new cities and a partnership with Uber. This comes as competition with Amazon’s Zoox and Tesla heats up in the autonomous vehicle space. The moves signal growing confidence in handling diverse climates and
NASA and Startups Just Taught a Satellite to Dodge Clouds
A collaborative experiment called Dynamic Targeting has proven that satellites can use onboard AI to look ahead for clouds and autonomously reposition their sensors to capture clear imagery. This breakthrough in “satellite autonomy” promises to make Earth observation far more efficient and flexible
HPE Bets Big on AMD’s Helios for an AI Rack in 2026
HPE is building a turnkey AI rack system based on AMD’s Helios architecture, set for a 2026 release. It will pack 72 next-gen AMD GPUs and use a unique Ethernet-based fabric to challenge Nvidia’s high-end offerings.
PickleScan’s Critical Flaws Show AI Security Is Still a Mess
Cybersecurity researchers found three critical vulnerabilities in the widely used PickleScan tool, each with a severity score of 9.3. The flaws, patched in September 2025, allowed attackers to bypass security scans and upload malicious machine learning models.
Windows 11’s Latest Preview Update Puts AI in the Driver’s Seat
Microsoft is rolling out a new preview update for Windows 11 that supercharges Copilot+ PCs. It makes AI features faster and more integrated into everyday tasks like search and camera controls. This feels like Microsoft finally starting to deliver on its AI-first PC promise.
Nvidia’s $2B Synopsys Deal Is About Way More Than Chips
Nvidia is investing $2 billion to expand its partnership with chip design software giant Synopsys. The goal is to use Nvidia’s AI platform to revolutionize industrial design, moving costly physical prototyping into the digital world. CEO Jensen Huang says this “industrial AI” represents the company’
Let It Die sequel uses AI for voices and music, fans are not happy
Let It Die: Inferno, the sequel to the 2016 hack-and-slash game, is set to launch on December 3. According to its Steam page, the game uses AI for “some parts” of its voices, music, and graphics, sparking immediate backlash from players.
HSBC Bets on Mistral AI to Build Its Own In-House LLMs
HSBC has signed a multi-year deal with French AI firm Mistral AI to enhance its internal generative AI capabilities. The bank plans to use self-hosted models to streamline tasks like client communications and complex financial analysis. This move is part of a broader, multi-billion dollar trend of m