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Cloudflare plans a public CA and has agreed to acquire GlobalSign root CA key material. It targets production MTC issuance in Q1 2027.

Instinct has raised $1bn in Series C, led by Sequoia Capital, Coatue, and Benchmark Capital, bringing the startup's valuation to $10bn.

Anthropic issued a rare warning in its IPO prospectus, stating that its AI systems could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity".

AMD to acquire World Labs, the AI research lab co-founded by Dr Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock transaction valued at roughly $8.2bn.

Nscale has raised $3.36bn through a pre-initial public offering (IPO) convertible loan note round led by investment firm Third Point.

US-based NetApp has announced its intention to acquire PEAK:AIO, a UK-based developer of software-defined storage for AI applications.

Speciality foundry JV VSMC has officially opened its first 12-in (300mm) wafer fabrication plant in Tampines, Singapore.

US-based enterprise cybersecurity startup Island has raised $400m through a Series F funding round, leading to a valuation of $6.4bn.

Akamai entered into a multi-year agreement with Anthropic, valued at $11.6bn, to provide cloud infrastructure and software services over seven years.

Project Suncatcher is exploring whether low Earth orbit could eventually host scalable AI computing powered by near-constant sunlight.