At the RSAC 2026 cybersecurity conference, major vendors like CrowdStrike and Microsoft introduced new frameworks to manage the growing identity risks of AI agents.

Sycamore, a new agentic AI operating system founded by former Atlassian CTO Sri Viswanath, launched with a massive $65 million seed round led by Coatue.

ScaleOps secured $130 million to help companies tackle GPU shortages and soaring AI cloud costs by autonomously optimizing Kubernetes environments in real time.

South Korean fabless AI chip startup Rebellions secured $400 million in pre-IPO funding to expand its operations in the US and challenge Nvidia's dominance.

Microsoft unveiled Copilot Cowork, a new research assistant feature that allows users to simultaneously utilize models from OpenAI and Anthropic for complex tasks.

Meta Platforms saw a historic 19% drop in its stock this month, erasing $310 billion in value following a major legal ruling and growing investor fears over AI risks.

French AI startup Mistral has raised $830 million in debt financing to build a new Nvidia-powered data center near Paris, set to open in Q2 2026.

AI infrastructure firm Nebius Group announced a massive $10 billion investment to build a 310-megawatt AI data center in Finland to meet European compute demand.

Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order requiring safety and privacy guardrails for AI companies contracting with California, defying federal pushback.