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Siemens Invests $200M in US Manufacturing to Power AI Data Centers Aug. 7, 2026 — Siemens will invest more than $200 million in two new U.S. manufacturing facilities in Pendergrass, Georgia, and Grand Prairie, Texas. These investments will expand Siemens’ production capacity to deliver the critical electrical infrastructure required to power the next wave of AI. Siemens will create more than 1,500 jobs and strengthen its ability to serve the rapidly growing demand for AI-ready data centers.

Broadcom Expands VMware Security Portfolio with AI-Powered Cyber Defense Updates PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 7, 2026 — Broadcom Inc. has announced new updates to VMware vDefend and VMware Avi Load Balancer to deliver a rapidly deployed, intelligently operated, and high performance multi-layer cyber defense. These enhancements expand private cloud security capabilities, optimize infrastructure costs, and use AI-powered automation to simplify operations for overextended IT teams.

IBM Apptio Introduces AI Value & ROI to Help Enterprises Measure AI ROI BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 6, 2026 — Apptio, an IBM company, has announced the public preview of IBM Apptio AI Value & ROI, a new set of capabilities developed to give technology and finance executives, AI governance teams and business leaders a single view of AI spending, including token costs, and its connection to measurable business results.

SolidRun and Leopard Imaging Collaborate to Accelerate Edge AI Vision Development ACRE, Israel and FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 6, 2026 — SolidRun, a leading developer of embedded computing and edge AI solutions, and Leopard Imaging Inc., a global leader in embedded vision and camera technology, today announced a technology collaboration to simplify and accelerate the development of next-generation edge AI vision applications.

Celestica Announces $3B Equity Offering to Accelerate Growth Across Global AI Infrastructure TORONTO, Aug. 6, 2026 — Celestica Inc., a global leader in data center infrastructure and advanced technology solutions, has announced an equity offering totaling $3 billion, in order to fund investments in its business to support unprecedented multi-year demand from its customer base. Proposed Offering Celestica today announced a $3 billion treasury offering of common shares.

Cerebras Brings Wafer-Scale AI Inference to Lovable Platform STOCKHOLM and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 5, 2026 — Lovable and Cerebras Systems today announced a partnership to power Lovable’s software creation platform by Cerebras. Under the agreement, Lovable will run selected latency-sensitive workloads on dedicated Cerebras capacity, and the two companies will explore product experiences that faster inference makes possible.

It’s 2 a.m. Do You Know Where Your AI Models Are? by Alex Woodie | August 5, 2026 Anthropic and OpenAI are two of the leading AI model labs, developing what are widely considered to be planet Earth’s most capable AI models. So it was a little bit concerning when both companies recently announced that AI models undergoing cybersecurity testing in supposedly secure labs broke out of their sandboxes and attacked innocent third-parties on the Internet.

O’Reilly to Host 4th AI Codecon on Building with Open Source AI Free Virtual Conference Explores How to Own, Inspect, and Run Models on Your Own Terms BOSTON, Aug. 5, 2026 — O’Reilly today announced the fourth virtual conference in the AI Codecon series. Building with Open Source AI will take place on Monday, August 31, 2026, from 11:00am to 3:00pm ET, and is free for all attendees.

Texas A&M to Build 1st National Self-Driving Lab for Metals, Open to Researchers Nationwide Researchers have received a $24.9M grant to develop an NSF Materials Innovation Platform where universities, national laboratories and industry members can run alloy-discovery campaigns using robotic systems and artificial intelligence. BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug.

Linux Foundation Forms Tokenomics Foundation for AI Cost and Value Standards SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5, 2026 — The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, has launched the Tokenomics Foundation to focus on establishing open industry standards, benchmarks and best practices for the economics of AI.