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27 January 2026

Energy Summit Data Centre Focus

The BloombergNEF Energy Summit now frames clean tech and US politics through data centres, tightening dependency on their operational insights. This increases exposure for strategic planners and raises the oversight burden for infrastructure operators.

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27 January 2026

SpotDraft Contract AI Scaling

Qualcomm's backing enables SpotDraft's AI to process over one million contracts annually, a 173% increase. This scales its on-device contract AI capabilities, doubling its valuation towards $400 million.

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27 January 2026

Google Voice Assistant Privacy

Google settled a $68 million class-action lawsuit over its voice assistant, accused of unlawfully intercepting and disclosing user communications without consent. This highlights significant operational risks for data handling and privacy compliance in voice-activated systems.

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27 January 2026

Ricursive AI Chip Valuation

AI chip startup Ricursive Intelligence achieved a $4 billion valuation just two months after launch, securing $300 million in Series A funding. This rapid emergence introduces a new, highly capitalised player into the critical AI hardware supply chain, impacting procurement and IT strategy.

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26 January 2026

Snap AI Data Use Lawsuit

YouTubers are suing Snap, alleging the company used AI datasets intended for academic research to train its commercial AI models. This legal action highlights a growing challenge regarding the permissible use of data for AI development.

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26 January 2026

CVector Industrial AI Funding

Industrial AI startup CVector secured $5 million in funding for its 'industrial nervous system' technology. This capital infusion expands the company's capacity to develop and deploy its AI system, designed as a comprehensive brain for large-scale industrial operations.

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26 January 2026

Anthropic Claude Workplace Integration

Anthropic has integrated interactive applications, including workplace tools like Slack, directly into its Claude chatbot. This expands Claude's functionality beyond conversational AI, allowing users to execute tasks and interact with other services directly from the chatbot interface.

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26 January 2026

Microsoft Maia AI Chip Launch

Microsoft has launched its Maia chip, featuring over 100 billion transistors and delivering significant AI inference performance. This expands Microsoft's internal AI capabilities, establishing a new performance benchmark for proprietary workloads.

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26 January 2026

Nvidia CoreWeave Data Centre Investment

Nvidia's $2 billion investment in CoreWeave for new data centres tightens their financial dependency and expands CoreWeave's AI infrastructure capacity. This alters operational scale and competitive dynamics in the AI compute market.

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26 January 2026

Nvidia AI Weather Tools

Nvidia introduced three new AI weather tools, including Earth-2 Medium Range, which significantly improves forecast accuracy for up to 15 days. This expands access to advanced atmospheric prediction, tightening operational dependencies and increasing oversight burdens for data integrity and model validation.

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