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26.08.26 - 16:09
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Agentrys Raises $24.5 Million to Build Agentic Design Automation for Chipmakers (Business Wire)
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Platform from Mark Ren, who pioneered AI for chip design at NVIDIA, enables engineering teams to build and own a self-improving agentic workforce for chip design.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agentrys, a startup focused on automating and continuously improving chip design, today announced that it has raised $24.5 million in funding. The total comprises an oversubscribed $19.1 million seed round led by Etna Labs, following a $5.4 million pre-seed led by MediaTek, the company's first strategic backer. The new funding will go toward recruiting, agent-native tooling, and expanding customer engagements across verification and physical design.
Chip design has never been more economically important, yet much of the work still depends on scarce experts and thousands of manual engineering hours per chip. Founded by Mark Ren, who brings nearly three decades of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and AI R&D experience spanning NVIDIA Research and IBM Research—including leading ChipNeMo, the first industrial l...
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25.08.26 - 03:06
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IBM unveils dual-architecture mainframe chip to run Arm, z/OS, Linux workloads (Digitimes)
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In an August 24 press release, IBM announced that it is developing the first dual-architecture mainframe processor, a move that could let global enterprises run Arm-native and IBM workloads on the same future systems. The milestone may broaden software choices, accelerate AI adoption, and reshape mission-critical computing for banks, governments, and large cloud operators worldwide....
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23.08.26 - 19:42
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Bloomberg This Weekend 8/23/2026 (Bloomberg)
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The news doesn't stop when markets close. Hosts David Gura, Christina Ruffini and Alexis Christoforous bring clarity, context and a bit of humor to the weekend's biggest headlines, LIVE from New York. Joined by Former Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, RUV Defense and Security Correspondent Ingólfur Sigfússon, PIMCO Executive Vice President, Market Strategist and Generalist Portfolio Manager Tony Crescenzi, “London Falling” Author Patrick Radden Keefe, Ohio Rep. Greg Landsman, Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick, Veda Partners Director of Economic Policy Henrietta Treyz, IBM Senior Vice President and Chief Global Affairs Officer Jonathan Adashek, and Retired Tennis Player and “Nothing Major” Co-Host Sam Querrey. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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23.08.26 - 17:06
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AI Takes Center Court at the US Open (Bloomberg)
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IBM and the US Open are expanding their use of AI to give fans real-time match insights, including personalized updates, an AI assistant and win probabilities that change after every point. IBM Senior Vice President Jonathan Adashek and former tennis player Sam Querrey are on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini how the technology also gives players and coaches deeper data to analyze opponents and match strategy while helping more than 14 million digital users follow the tournament. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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22.08.26 - 16:06
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Study Shows AI Hitting Paychecks, Not Payrolls (Bloomberg)
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Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok says early labor-market data suggest AI's first impact is appearing more in wages than employment. In a study of hundreds of occupations, Slok found that jobs with higher exposure to AI have seen weaker wage growth, while the employment effect remains relatively small. But the picture is still coming into focus: Slok says AI is also helping fuel record business formation, which could create new jobs and make the economy more dynamic. Former IBM HR chief Diane Gherson says companies are already deciding which work can be automated, which employees can be retrained and whether AI savings come through layoffs, slower hiring or reskilling. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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22.08.26 - 01:48
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Wall Street Week | AI Hits Wages, USMCA Under Pressure, Colorado River Crisis (Bloomberg)
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This week, Former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano discusses why companies may benefit from having a “Plan B” for AI implementation. And, AI may not be causing mass layoffs yet, but early data suggest it is already slowing wage growth in exposed occupations.
Plus, Canada may have dodged Trump's newest tariffs, but the deal could leave lasting damage to USMCA, North American manufacturing and trust between two longtime allies. Later, who pays when the Colorado River can no longer meet the West's demand?
(Source: Bloomberg)...
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