TikTok parent ByteDance has teamed with Singapore‑based Aolani Cloud to acquire NVIDIA's B200 AI processors for use in Malaysia, bypassing U.S. export restrictions. The partnership will provide roughly 36,000 chips and involves a hardware investment exceeding $2.5 billion, aimed at expanding AI research and development beyond China. NVIDIA says the arrangement complies with export rules, while Aolani asserts it follows all regulations and will serve multiple customers across Asia and the globe. Read more →

Anthropic announced a $100 million investment in the Claude Partner Network, a program that offers training, technical support, joint go‑to‑market initiatives and certification to consulting firms such as Accenture, Deloitte, Cognizant and Infosys. The network, launched in March 2026, aims to embed Claude, Anthropic’s flagship AI model, across large enterprises while the company fights a Pentagon‑led legal dispute over national‑security designations. Cloud providers including AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft will continue to host Claude for non‑defense workloads, positioning the partner program as the core of Anthropic’s commercial strategy. Read more →

Perplexity announced Personal Computer, software that turns a Mac mini into an always‑on AI agent that links local files, apps and cloud services. The product is limited to Perplexity Max subscribers at $200 per month with 10,000 compute credits and includes audit trails and a kill switch. At the same event the company unveiled an enterprise version with SOC 2 Type II compliance, SAML single sign‑on, audit logs and sandboxing, and native integrations with Snowflake, Salesforce, HubSpot and other platforms. Finance data tools were expanded, and new developer APIs were introduced, underscoring Perplexity’s push to sell AI orchestration rather than a single model. Read more →

NVIDIA is preparing an open-source AI agent platform named NemoClaw, aimed at enterprise software users. The chipmaker is reaching out to companies such as Salesforce, Cisco and Google to explore partnerships before its upcoming developer conference. NemoClaw will let users dispatch autonomous AI agents for a range of tasks, even on systems that do not run NVIDIA hardware. To address security concerns, NVIDIA plans to add extra safeguards for enterprise customers. The move signals NVIDIA’s push to broaden AI capabilities beyond its traditional chip business. Read more →