Couchbase Announces GA of AI Platform with NVIDIA Integration for Agentic AI

SAN JOSE – Dec 10, 2025 – AI database developer platform company Couchbase today announced the general availability of Couchbase AI Services, a suite of capabilities for building and deploying agentic AI applications. By bringing together data and models in a single unified platform, Couchbase said it eliminates the complexity and fragmentation that has kept AI […]

IBM in $11B Acquisition of Confluent

ARMONK, N.Y. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 8, 2025 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and data streaming company Confluent today announced they have entered into an agreement under which IBM will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Confluent for $31 per share, representing an enterprise value of $11 billion. Confluent provides an […]

The Infrastructure Revolution for AI Factories

Organizations risk being held back not by their compute power but by access to the data needed to fuel it. When input/output performance falls short or data orchestration can’t keep GPUs continuously supplied with data ….

HPC News Bytes 20251117: SC25 Starts!, Conflicting Tales of China AI Chip Bans, Quantum in the News, NSF Supercomputing Centers Hit 40

A happy Supercomputing Conference week to you from St. Louis! Here’s a fast (9:50) rundown of recent HPC and AI developments: China feeling the bite of AI chip export ….

HPE Cray Announces Expanded Supercomputing Portfolio for AI and HPC

HPE today announced additions to its supercomputing portfolio feaguring higher compute density[1], three multi-partner, multi-workload compute blades, unified management software and high-performance interconnect support for converged AI and HPC workloads.

Sumitomo Riko Using Ansys AI for Automotive Component Design and Manufacturing

PITTSBURGH, PA – Sumitomo Riko is implementing Ansys, part of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) AI technology with the goal of accelerating time-to-solution and improve efficiency during the design and manufacturing of automotive components. SimAI analyzes new or legacy simulation data to generate AI models that predict performance. Sumitomo Riko is using SimAI to accelerate computation-heavy […]

CIQ: Rocky Linux Is Authorized Linux Distribution for NVIDIA AI Stack

RENO, Nev., Nov. 06, 2025 – CIQ today announced expanded capabilities, adding NVIDIA DOCA OFED support to Rocky Linux from CIQ (RLC) alongside the previously announced NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit integration. CIQ said this makes RLC the first Linux distribution licensed to deliver the NVIDIA AI and networking software stack, including CUDA Toolkit and DOCA OFED, ready to […]

VAST Data Federal and Leidos Introduce Agentic Cybersecurity with NVIDIA AI

VIENNA, Va. & WASHINGTON – October 28, 2025 – VAST Data Federal, a VAST Data subsidiary, today announced a partnership with Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) to deliver a scalable model for cyber defense, which will be shown at NVIDIA GTC DC. Leidos, powered by NVIDIA AI Enterprise software and the VAST AI Operating System, is designed […]

Altair Announces HPCWorks 2026

TROY, Mich., Oct. 21, 2025 — Altair today announced upgrades to the Altair HPCWorks high-performance computing and cloud platform. Altair HPCWorks 2026 is intended to delivere faster discovery with new features, including GPU integration and utilization, expanded AI and machine learning tools and support, and extended reporting so users can understand, tune, and optimize their HPC environments. […]

Wall Street and the Impact of Agentic AI

As enterprise AI systems become more advanced, they are moving beyond task automation toward workflow intelligence. On Wall Street, this evolution is playing out where milliseconds can mean millions and decisions can ripple across markets. Financial institutions are beginning to embed agentic AI into core operations to surface insights and accelerate decision-making.