According to a report by Bloomberg, Tencent Holdings Limited and Honor Device Co., Ltd. announced on Friday that they will engage in a long-term strategic cooperation in the fields of cloud computing and artificial intelligence. The two parties will collaborate extensively, leveraging Honor's capabilities in terminals, AI, and ecosystem development, and combining these with Tencent's resources in cloud computing, content platforms, and gaming technology. In this partnership, Honor will utilize Tencent's big data analysis and search tools, which will greatly enhance Honor's data processing capabilities. Additionally, both sides plan to jointly develop a coding assistant aimed at benefiting Honor's workforce.

Databricks, a startup based in San Francisco, USA, recently announced it has successfully raised $10 billion in funding, bringing the company's valuation to $62 billion. This news reflects strong investor interest in the field of artificial intelligence, particularly in the growing demand for investments in generative AI. Founded in 2013 by students from the University of California, Berkeley, Databricks focuses on providing cloud computing platforms to help enterprises manage data using artificial intelligence technologies.

Cloud computing giant Salesforce recently announced plans to hire 2,000 sales representatives specifically for selling its artificial intelligence tools. This decision was revealed by CEO Marc Benioff during a recent event, highlighting Salesforce's commitment and investment in the AI sector. Notably, Benioff had previously shared his hiring plans with Bloomberg last month, and this recruitment number is double the previous figure.

Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, has announced a comprehensive partnership with Meizu. The two parties will work together to promote the application of cloud computing and large model technologies across multiple fields, including smartphones, smart wearable devices, and smart cars. This collaboration aims to deepen technological integration and expand the boundaries of products and services.

The world's largest technical professional organization, IEEE, recently released a research report titled 'Technology Impact Beyond 2025'. This report surveyed 355 technology leaders from Brazil, China, India, the UK, and the US to explore future technology development trends. The survey revealed that 58% of respondents believe that smart technologies will be the most influential technology area in 2025, marking its second consecutive year at the top. Following closely are cloud computing (26%) and robotics (24%). Other noteworthy fields include extended reality.

In Google's latest quarterly earnings call, CEO Sundar Pichai conveyed a clear message: Gemini is rapidly expanding its influence. Data shows that the API call volume for Gemini has experienced a staggering 14-fold increase over the past six months, confirming the strong market demand for its services. In terms of product integration, Google has already begun incorporating Gemini's capabilities into its core application matrix. Currently, major applications such as Google Maps and Google Search are being enhanced.

Recently, Google’s parent company Alphabet released its financial report for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, and the results are encouraging. The company’s total revenue reached $88.3 billion, a 15% year-over-year increase. Among this, revenue from Google services amounted to $76.5 billion, a growth of 13%; while Google Cloud's revenue surged by 35%, reaching $11.4 billion. In this financial report, the contribution of artificial intelligence is particularly notable, with Google CEO Sundar Pichai stating that the company’s commitment to innovation and long-term investment in AI is continuously benefiting the company.

Against the backdrop of growing global demand for advanced artificial intelligence infrastructure, Silicon Valley's GPU cloud computing provider GMI Cloud announced the completion of $82 million in Series A funding. The funding was led by Headline Asia and supported by notable partners such as Banpu Next and Wistron. Following this round of funding, GMI Cloud's total capital has exceeded $93 million, with the funds aimed at opening a new data center in Colorado.

Apple is set to launch its first AI feature - Apple Intelligence, for iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. However, with the advancement of AI technology, privacy concerns have become increasingly important. So, how does Apple Intelligence protect user privacy? Apple's privacy protection strategy prioritizes on-device processing, followed by private cloud computing. This approach has two main advantages: first, on-device processing is faster.

According to O'Reilly's '2024 Security State' report, security teams are facing a significant skills gap in artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud implementation. The report indicates that nearly 39% of security team respondents reported that cloud computing is a field requiring more skills that are difficult to find. Cloud security is a complex domain that requires the adoption of concepts like access control and the principle of least privilege, applied to the APIs provided by cloud vendors for control. Any errors in services can jeopardize the entire infrastructure, hence Infrastructure as Code.

Chinese Academy of Engineering academician Wang Jian shared his in-depth thoughts on AI, AI+, and AI infrastructure at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Bund Conference. He emphasized that AI+ is not merely a simple integration of AI and industry, but rather the integration of data, models, and computing power, with cloud computing serving as the infrastructure of the AI era. Wang Jian pointed out that although artificial intelligence has a long history, it has only truly impacted industries for the past 7 years, with the critical turning point being Google’s introduction of the Transformer in 2017. Under the logic of AI+, ChatGPT is not just an application, but a broader application platform.

Salesforce has acquired the AI voice assistant startup Tenyx to enhance the interactivity of its customer service system and meet user needs through a natural and smooth conversational experience. Tenyx's technology has been applied in various fields such as e-commerce, healthcare, and hospitality, and will become an essential part of Salesforce's customer service system. The transaction is expected to be completed by October 31, 2024, with the Tenyx team joining Salesforce to continue product development. The acquisition aims to leverage AI fully.

Alibaba's cloud computing division has released the new AI model Qwen2-VL, which possesses strong capabilities to understand visual content. It can analyze videos lasting up to 20 minutes in real-time, summarize the video content, answer related questions, and provide online chat support. In third-party benchmark tests, Qwen2-VL surpassed several metrics including Meta's Llama 3.1, OpenAI's GPT-4o, Anthropic's Claude 3 Haiku, and Google's Gemini 1.5 Flash.

Amidst the widespread adoption of cloud computing and SaaS in the digital transformation of enterprises, startup Opkey has announced the completion of a $47 million Series B funding round, aimed at accelerating the development of its AI-driven ERP testing platform. Developed by Pankaj Goel and his team, the platform addresses functionality issues that may arise from frequent updates to ERP systems. Opkey has collaborated with over 200 major companies, covering well-known platforms such as Oracle, Workday, Salesforce, and SAP, through automated testing.

Alibaba Group recently released its financial report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, highlighting the outstanding performance of Alibaba Cloud. The report shows that Alibaba Cloud's revenue grew by 6% year-on-year, reaching 26.549 billion yuan, with AI-related product revenue achieving triple-digit growth and public cloud business also realizing double-digit growth. Adjusted EBITA profit increased by 155% year-on-year, reaching 2.337 billion yuan.

The 'Cloud Pulse' report released by Wipro reveals that cloud computing is developing at an astonishing pace, with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as a key driver. Based on a survey of over 500 senior leaders in North America and Europe, the report indicates a substantial increase in cloud investment, particularly in hybrid and public cloud solutions. Industries such as manufacturing and banking plan to ramp up their investments in hybrid cloud, focusing on public cloud. AI-driven solutions are essential for modernizing IT infrastructure, and companies prefer to adopt hybrid cloud to avoid vendor lock-in, optimize costs, and enhance integration.

AI Agent platform DevRev announced it has completed a $100 million Series A funding round, reaching a valuation of $1.15 billion, with investors including Khosla Ventures and Mayfield Fund. Founder Dheeraj Pandey is gaining attention for his successful experience in the cloud computing sector. The core product, the AgentOS platform, can extract data from traditional systems and easily build AI agents, achieving real-time data connections through knowledge graphs that integrate customer, product, and employee relationships to capture business insights.

TikTok pays Microsoft nearly $20 million monthly to access OpenAI's artificial intelligence models via Microsoft's cloud services, bringing approximately $1 billion in annual revenue to Microsoft's cloud division and highlighting the value of AI services in the tech industry. Should TikTok develop its own large language model, it may reduce its reliance on Microsoft's services. OpenAI previously suspended ByteDance's account to investigate whether it violated developer agreements. As OpenAI's exclusive cloud service provider, Microsoft has invested significant resources to support its models, such as ChatGPT.