Mistral raises 3 billion, Samsung leads round
In a Series D funding round, Mistral has raised 3 billion euros. The company is now valued at 21 billion euro...
Applications
Everyone uses applications on a daily basis. Building, integrating and running them requires quite a bit from people and systems. Application development has recently undergone a huge metamorphosis. In particular, the emergence of cloud-native application development has caused fundamental changes. AI, especially GenAI, has also caused a major shift. Finally, the world’s largest OS, Microsoft Windows, also makes regular appearances on this page. You will stay up to date on all relevant application developments here.
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Microsoft tests Windows 11 26H1 update with new features
Microsoft has made a new test version of Windows 11 available to participants in the Canary channel of the Wi...
Nvidia acquires SchedMD, developer of workload manager Slurm
Nvidia has acquired SchedMD, the company behind the development and maintenance of Slurm, an open-source work...
ServiceNow seals Moveworks deal to fuel its agentic ambitions
ServiceNow has completed its acquisition of AI company Moveworks. It paid $2.85 billion for the startup, whic...
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Appian focuses on ‘serious AI’ in back-office processes
According to Appian, AI must and can do much better. Many companies have now completed pilots and implementat...
Google enhances Gemini Deep Research with Interactions API
Google has released a new version of Gemini Deep Research. This is an agent designed to automate complex rese...
GPT-5.2 launched, OpenAI’s answer to Gemini 3 Pro
A new focus on knowledge work
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The state of AI in 2026 – part 2
AI is changing. The market for artificial intelligence is spiralling through various stages of adolescence an...
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The state of AI in 2026 – part 1
AI is changing. The market for artificial intelligence is spiralling through various stages of adolescence an...
OpenAI partners with Disney and receives a $1B investment
AI video platform Sora can now generate over 200 Disney characters. However, the deal between The Walt Disney...
Agentic AI browser Opera Neon now generally available
Opera has made Opera Neon, its new AI browser with agentic features, publicly available. Users pay $19.90 per...