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(Reuters) -Cloud security firm Datadog raised its annual revenue forecast and beat the estimate for quarterly sales on Tuesday, thanks to growth in large customers and AI-driven workloads. The company has benefited significantly from the increased adoption of artificial intelligence technologies, which has driven strong demand for its cloud monitoring and security platform. On Monday, Datadog acquired Eppo, a feature flagging and experimentation platform, to expand its AI and product analytics offerings, aiming to help customers build products faster and with less risk. “We are innovating rapidly across the Datadog platform, to help customers observe, secure, and act to solve…

(Reuters) -IBM on Tuesday made a play for more sales in the crowded artificial intelligence field, touting tools that could help customers manage a fleet of AI agents for their key business applications. In an interview, Chief Executive Arvind Krishna said he saw an opening to provide software that integrates customers’ AI agents from other providers — among them Salesforce, Workday and Adobe — and lets them build their own agents for untapped use cases, with IBM’s help. “We help our clients integrate. We want to meet them where they are,” he said, ahead of IBM’s annual Think conference sessions…

By Nupur Anand NEW YORK (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase’s artificial-intelligence tools enabled it to boost sales to wealthy clients and manage scores of requests from worried customers even during April’s market rout, the bank’s CEO of asset and wealth management said. The largest U.S. lender has been ramping up its use of AI, along with its peers. Goldman Sachs is rolling out a generative AI assistant to its bankers, traders and asset managers, while Morgan Stanley developed a chatbot for its financial advisers with OpenAI. JPMorgan’s AI tools supercharged the speed at which its bankers could provide research and investment advice…

By Abhinav Parmar (Reuters) -AI-powered defense startup Anduril Industries (ANIN.PVT) on Monday said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ireland-based tactical communications systems maker Klas. Anduril, along with software maker Palantir (PLTR)and Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shield, Reuters reported last month citing people familiar with the matter. Exterior view of the Anduril headquarters building with its bold logo prominently displayed on a modern concrete facade under a bright blue sky. A tree in the foreground adds a touch of greenery, contrasting…

By Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) -Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday rejected a resolution requiring the company to report on risks from its subsidiaries’ race-based initiatives, one of seven proposals tied to diversity, artificial intelligence and other issues that were voted down. Shareholders also voted against a resolution that Berkshire report on how its business practices affect employees based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin and political views. Also voted down were proposals requiring Berkshire’s board of directors to create a committee to oversee diversity and inclusion, having independent directors oversee AI-related risks, and requiring a report on “voluntary”…

(Reuters) -Apple is partnering with Amazon-backed startup Anthropic on a new “vibe-coding” software platform that will use artificial intelligence to write, edit, and test code on behalf of programmers, Bloomberg News reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. “Vibe coding” refers to a programming method where AI agents generate code, a concept gaining popularity in the AI landscape. The new AI coding system is an updated version of Apple’s programming software, Xcode, and will integrate Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet AI model, the report said. Anthropic declined to comment, while Apple did not immediately respond to a Reuters requests for comment.…

By Akash Sriram (Reuters) – Language learning app Duolingo forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates and lifted its annual sales expectations on Thursday, as more users pay for subscriptions featuring AI features, sending its shares up 13% in extended trading. Duolingo operates on a “freemium” model, offering a basic set of features for free to all users, with additional capabilities available through the Super and AI-powered Max subscriptions. Users with the Max tier can practice conversations through video calls with a chatbot, as well as get access to error analysis and feedback. After a phased roll-out, Duolingo’s AI features…

(Reuters) -Microsoft is getting ready to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI model, The Verge reported on Thursday citing a source familiar with the plans. The tech giant has been in discussions with Musk’s AI startup xAI in recent weeks to host the Grok model and make it available to customers, as well as Microsoft’s own product teams through its Azure cloud service, the report said. Grok will be available on Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft’s platform for developers that provides access to AI tools and models that help them host, run and manage AI-driven applications, according to the report. Microsoft and…

By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang discussed concerns about Huawei Technologies Co.’s growing artificial intelligence capabilities with U.S. lawmakers, according to a senior congressional committee staff source. The issues were raised during a closed-door meeting between Nvidia executives and the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday. Among the topics discussed were Huawei’s artificial intelligence chips and how restrictions on Nvidia’s chips in China could make Huawei’s chips more competitive. “If DeepSeek R1 had been trained on (Huawei chips) or a future open-source Chinese model had been trained to be highly optimized to Huawei…

By Arsheeya Bajwa and Kritika Lamba (Reuters) -AI server maker Super Micro Computer on Tuesday cut its third-quarter revenue and profit expectations due to delays in customer spending, amplifying worries of a pullback in AI-linked investments and pushing its shares down 16%. The dour projections come after months of accounting issues had prompted a potential delisting, damaging customer and investor confidence in a company that had emerged as one of the biggest winners of the AI trade. Investor jitters around AI spending have also heightened as U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on trading partners have sparked fears of a…