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• Anthropic has named UST as its second Global Premier Partner, aiming to help enterprises transition AI projects from proof-of-concept to full production scale. • Databricks shared insights from its 5th Genie hackathon, detailing how its AI agents manage natural language queries and multi-step workflows for data analytics.

• ThreatLocker released a series of cybersecurity research highlights focusing on emerging threat analysis, industry commentary, and community outreach. • The report examines how China’s GLM-5.2 demonstrates the impact of open-source AI on the threat landscape and details the LLMShare campaign's use of ChatGPT to distribute malware.

• Vermilion Cliffs Ventures, a U.S.-based venture firm founded by solo GP Ashley Smith, has successfully raised $25 million for its second fund. • The firm focuses on investing in technical founders who are developing AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and developer tools.

• Approximately 12 data centre developers are targeting the Northern Territory (NT) for expansion due to the region's strategic advantages. • The NT is attractive to AI companies because of its abundant sunny skies for solar power, significant natural gas reserves, and geographic proximity to Asian markets.

• Water-related spending for European data centers is projected to reach €6.8 billion by 2036, driven primarily by the rapid expansion of AI technologies. • Growth is shifting toward new markets, including Spain, Italy, Poland, and the Nordic countries, each presenting unique regional constraints and opportunities.

• Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced plans to increase India's AI compute capacity to keep pace with rapid global technological advancements. • The initiative focuses on fostering strategic collaborations between the IT industry and educational institutions to drive innovation and continuous learning.

• Tech funding in Southeast Asia more than doubled to $7.4 billion, marking a 130% increase despite a decline in the total number of investment rounds. • Singapore continues to dominate as the primary regional hub, attracting $6.9 billion, which represents 94% of all funding, followed by Bangkok ($116 million) and Kuala Lumpur ($104 million).

• Tech giants are engaging in a historic borrowing spree, issuing roughly $250 billion in bonds to fund the massive infrastructure requirements of artificial intelligence. • This surge in supply is weighing down bond prices as the market struggles to absorb the sheer volume of new debt.

• Zhipu AI, the developer of GLM-5.2, maintained its stability on Monday while other AI-related stocks in Hong Kong and mainland China experienced a broad plunge. • The market downturn significantly impacted the sector, with rival AI firm MiniMax seeing its value slump by nearly 20 per cent.

• Investors are monitoring whether AI-driven earnings reports from companies like Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) and ASML will overshadow the upcoming financial results from major banks. • The market is looking to these semiconductor giants for critical clues regarding the current global demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure.

• In Q2 2026, 80 startups focused on AI and its infrastructure raised over $6 billion in funding. • London-based Fractile, founded in 2022, is developing frontier LLM inference chips that interleave memory and compute to enable longer context windows and high token throughput.