All articles by Anwesha Pattanaik

Anwesha Pattanaik

IBM to buy HRL Laboratories to enhance quantum computing

IBM aims to strengthen its quantum technology capabilities with the planned purchase of R&D firm.

Paul Weiss, Kirkland & Ellis top TMT legal advisory for H1 2026

Kirkland & Ellis led by deal volume by advising on 81 TMT transactions.

Anthropic selects AMD Helios for 2GW GPU AI infrastructure

AMD has also committed to a strategic equity investment of up to $5bn in Anthropic as part of the agreement.

Morgan Stanley leads TMT M&A advisory by deal value in H1 2026

Houlihan Lokey led by deal volume in H1 2026, advising on 34 transactions across the TMT sector.

Humanoid raises $152m Series A at $1.35bn valuation

The proceeds will accelerate rollout of its next-generation humanoid robotics platform and start mass production of wheel-based humanoid robots.

Microsoft, Mistral expand partnership for enterprise AI deployment

Under the agreement, Microsoft will integrate Mistral’s latest AI models, including Medium 3.5 and OCR 4, into its enterprise platforms.

Microsoft to roll out AMD Helios for AI inference on Azure

Microsoft plans to use Helios as the basis for AI workloads, including those involving frontier models and customer-specific applications.

CuspAI launches AI Materials Foundry, raises $450m Series B

The AI Materials Foundry combines data, lab access, computing power and expertise on one platform for new materials design.

GAPVelocity AI launches VELO for PowerBuilder modernisation

The new AI-powered tool aims to help organisations modernise ageing PowerBuilder systems and reduce risks and costs.

Meta weighs up to $10bn AI compute deal with Anthropic

The proposal, initiated by Anthropic in June, would see the AI company pay Meta in monthly instalments for access to its infrastructure.