Microsoft Foundry’s hosted agents hit general availability, and the AI infrastructure race just got more interesting

SK hynix's Nasdaq debut highlights the escalating demand for AI infrastructure, potentially reshaping global tech investment dynamics. The post SK hynix surges to $170 on Nasdaq debut, topping SpaceX’s opening day pop appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Another Publicly Traded Company Just Cut Bitcoin Holdings by 48% appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Empery Digital has sold 1,400 Bitcoin (BTC) since early May, cutting its Bitcoin holdings by roughly 48%. The sale raised about $87.1 million as the Nasdaq-listed firm pivots toward AI infrastructure. The company sold at an average price of $62,200 per token, according to a securities filing. It joins a growing list of treasury firms trimming Bitcoin to fund other priorities. Empery Digital Cuts Bitcoin Holdings to Repay Debt Empery Digital disclosed the sales in a July 10 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company began selling after May 7. It repaid $10 million of debt on July 7. Empery set aside the rest for a planned property deal and legal costs tied to shareholder litigation. As of July 10, the firm held 1,514 BTC and roughly $73.9 million in cash. It still owes $45 million on its debt facility. Empery Digital BTC Holdings. Source: Bitcoin Treasuries

SK Group's MaaS strategy could redefine AI infrastructure, driving a shift from hardware sales to service-based models, impacting industry dynamics. The post SK Group chairman outlines pivot to memory as a service, signaling seismic shift for AI infrastructure appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post MARA and Bitdeer Stocks Rally Thanks to U.S. Operations Expansion appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key highlights: Bitdeer jumped 14% after announcing a $36 million manufacturing facility in Nevada MARA gained more than 10% following a major Texas land acquisition Both companies are now working towards building AI infrastructure Shares of MARA Holdings and Bitdeer Technologies pumped Thursday after both Bitcoin mining companies and data center operators  announced separate U.S. expansion plans on the same day. MARA stock rallied by 13% to $13.87 before retracing to $13.22 at the close of trading hours. Bitdeer also jumped 14.1% to $14.33. Bitcoin miner MARA buys 1,200-Acre Texas site  Before the stock rallies, MARA shared that it had agreed to purchase 1,200 acres of land in Matagorda County, Texas. This would provide the company with access to a considerable amount of electrical grid capacity in that area. The location can produce a capacity of up to 1 gigawatt by October

Vector databases are a temporary bridge. Discover why the next AI infrastructure revolution relies on persistent neural state and strict latency budgets, not on vector databases. The post RAG Was Always a Temporary Workaround. What is Next? appeared first on Towards Data Science.

SK Hynix's record US share sale highlights the escalating demand for AI infrastructure, underscoring the strategic importance of HBM chips. The post SK Hynix raises $26.5 billion in record-breaking US share sale, surpassing Alibaba appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Meta has unveiled Muse Spark 1.1, saying the frontier AI model rivals leading LLMs on coding, computer use, and agentic AI benchmarks while undercutting OpenAI and Anthropic on API pricing, potentially lowering the cost of deploying AI agents in enterprises. Meta unveiled Muse Spark 1.1 on Thursday, pairing frontier-model performance with aggressive pricing in a move that analysts say could pressure rivals such as OpenAI and Anthropic and reshape enterprise AI procurement decisions. Meta is betting that lower inference costs can help it gain ground in the enterprise AI market with the launch of Muse Spark 1.1, a frontier model that rivals top competitors on key benchmarks while costing a fraction as much to deploy. The latest model, which was teased last week, matched or was competitive with leading models, such as Claude Opus 4.8, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and GPT 5.5, across several agentic AI, coding, and computer-use benchmarks, including SWE-bench Verified, Terminal-bench, BrowseComp, Sprea

Meta has unveiled Muse Spark 1.1, saying the frontier AI model rivals leading LLMs on coding, computer use, and agentic AI benchmarks while undercutting OpenAI and Anthropic on API pricing, potentially lowering the cost of deploying AI agents in enterprises. Meta unveiled Muse Spark 1.1 on Thursday, pairing frontier-model performance with aggressive pricing in a move that analysts say could pressure rivals such as OpenAI and Anthropic and reshape enterprise AI procurement decisions. Meta is betting that lower inference costs can help it gain ground in the enterprise AI market with the launch of Muse Spark 1.1, a frontier model that rivals top competitors on key benchmarks while costing a fraction as much to deploy. The latest model, which was teased last week, matched or was competitive with leading models, such as Claude Opus 4.8, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and GPT 5.5, across several agentic AI, coding, and computer-use benchmarks, including SWE-bench Verified, Terminal-bench, BrowseComp, Sprea