Microsoft has introduced Agent 365, a management platform for businesses to oversee artificial intelligence agents – automated programs that are expected to reach 1.3bn in use by 2028. The tool allows IT staff to monitor, secure, and control AI agents across platforms including Microsoft and Salesforce. Agents can be quarantined if they misbehave or pose…

Amazon has raised $15bn in its first U.S. dollar bond offering in three years, with the proceeds to be used on capital expenditures, debt repayments, acquisitions, and share buybacks. Amazon has been spending more on artificial intelligence, with its expenditures expected to total $125bn this year.

Cloud costs are rising faster than most finance teams can explain. Traditional FinOps focuses on dashboards and savings targets, but it often misses the bigger question: why is the money being spent in the first place? Intent-aware FinOps reframes cost control around business value. It pushes CFOs to examine architectural promises – speed, resilience, security…

Walmart has announced that chief executive Doug McMillon is retiring and will be replaced by John Furner, the head of the group’s U.S. division, on February 1st. Mr. McMillon will continue to serve as a director on the board until the June 2026 annual meeting and would continue to be employed as an associate of…

Anthropic has announced a $50bn partnership with Fluidstack to build data centers in Texas and New York, set to launch in 2026. Chief executive Dario Amodei stated: “Realizing that potential requires infrastructure that can support continued development at the frontier.” The investment aligns with Anthropic’s revenue projections of $70bn by 2028. Fluidstack, a rising neocloud…

Qcells, the U.S. solar manufacturing division of Hanwha, has announced the furlough of 1,000 workers at its Georgia factories due to ongoing delays in shipments caused by U.S. customs checks. The company’s components, primarily sourced from Malaysia and South Korea, have faced routine detention under a 2021 law aimed at preventing imports linked to forced…