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• [New] IBM Consulting plans to bring Red Hat AI Factory with NVIDIA to clients through IBM Consulting Advantage - an IBM enterprise AI platform that helps clients build and scale AI across their technology environments. IBM Newsroom
• [New] Uber will invest $1.25 billion in Rivian through 2031, subject to the achievement of certain autonomous milestones by specific dates, building towards a scaled, fully autonomous fleet of Rivian R2 robotaxis, which will be available exclusively through the Uber platform. Go Local Prov
• [New] Bolt will get access to Nvidia's Level 4 robotaxi platform, which is capable of operating without human intervention. Euronews
• [New] SEI will leverage IBM's Enterprise Advantage platform as a strategic enabler to accelerate operating model transformation, fuel operational excellence, and enhance employee and client experiences-strengthening decision-making and positioning the company for a future powered by AI and data. IBM Newsroom
• [New] By 2030, 50% of AI agent deployment failures will be due to insufficient AI governance platform runtime enforcement for capabilities and multisystem interoperability. Gartner
• [New] Zoox is moving closer to mainstream ride-hailing distribution through a new partnership with a popular ridesharing company that would place Zoox robotaxis on the platform beginning in Las Vegas, with Los Angeles expected to follow. Driverless Commute
• [New] By 2026, natural gas technology will have transformed from a basic fuel source to a pivotal platform supporting efficient energy, emissions reduction, and system resilience - across agriculture, mining, forestry, minerals, gemstones, infrastructure, and defence. Farmonaut
• [New] Novo Nordisk declared that it is pursuing an Ozempic lawsuit against telemedicine platform Hims & Hers for purportedly deceiving patients and putting their health at risk by marketing and distributing compounded knockoff versions of Ozempic and Wegovy drugs. Slepkow Law
• [New] JD.com will use the Joybuy platform to provide German brands with new sales channels and retail infrastructure to connect with a broader range of European consumers. EqualOcean
• [New] Lucid is working on a Midsize platform that will underpin at least three new EVs, including the Lucid Cosmos and Lucid Earth, with a price below $50,000. EV Charging Stations With Tom Moloughney
• [New] OpenAI is building a code repository platform to rival Microsoft-owned GitHub, prompted by a series of service disruptions that left OpenAI engineers unable to modify or coordinate code. NeuralBuddies
• [New] Nvidia will spend $26 billion over the next five years to build open source artificial intelligence models. Wired
• [New] As global operators pursue capacity expansion, drilling demand outside the United States could provide a more stable growth platform. Yahoo Finance
• [New] Payments-orchestration platform Spreedly Inc. announced it has made agentic commerce available in its open-payments channel, a move it says will allow merchants to process agent-initiated transactions within their existing payments services. Digital Transactions
• [New] Nvidia plans open source platform for enterprise AI agents as competition around agents accelerates. MarketingProfs
• [New] OpenAI will acquire Promptfoo, an AI security platform. The Verge
• [New] Spotify Technology is seeing mixed institutional activity, with some large holders reducing stakes and others initiating new positions based on long-term platform potential. Yahoo Finance
• [New] OnePlus bets that Google's AI improvements will benefit all Android devices equally, making platform-specific features a temporary advantage at best. o-mega
• [New] Samsung's entry, backed by Google's platform development and multiple manufacturer participation, could provide the catalyst that makes wearable AI feel inevitable rather than experimental. Next Reality

Last updated: 22 March 2026