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NVIDIA's board of directors announced today that co-founder Jensen Huang has resigned from his positions as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director, effective immediately. The company's current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress will serve as interim CEO while continuing to manage the company as CFO. The board has initiated the selection process for a new CEO, considering both internal and external candidates.The 58-year-old Kress joined NVIDIA in September 2013 and has been with the company for over 13 years, being one of the core management members who accompanied NVIDIA's growth from a graphics chip manufacturer to a global AI chip giant. During her tenure, NVIDIA's annual revenue grew from approximately $4.1 billion in fiscal year 2013 to $21.59 billion in fiscal year 2026.Before joining NVIDIA, Kress worked at Cisco for 3 years and spent 13 years at Microsoft, where she served as the financial leader of the Server and Tools division, and also worked at Texas Instruments for 8 years. She has long been responsible for NVIDIA's financial strategy, capital allocation, performance disclosure, and investor relations, serving as an important representative for the company in communications with Wall Street, and has participated in the company's quarterly earnings call multiple times.

According to a report by Zhitong Finance, market research firm Omdia's latest "AI Software Market Forecast" indicates that global AI software revenue will exceed 200 billion USD by 2026, doubling in scale compared to 2024.Omdia pointed out that the demand for generative AI and agent AI is accelerating simultaneously, with generative AI revenue growth expected to reach 139% by 2026, significantly higher than previously anticipated.

According to The New York Times, German industrial robot company Agile Robots has raised $500 million in a new round of financing led by SoftBank, with investors including Nvidia, bringing its valuation to $8.5 billion. Agile Robots founder Zhaopeng Chen stated that the funds will be used for expansion in the United States, increasing production in Germany, and entering new markets, preparing for a potential IPO in the future.The company is collaborating with partners such as Google DeepMind, with total financing reaching $2 billion. Agile Robots was founded in 2018 and is dedicated to combining artificial intelligence with robotics to help factories increase productivity and reduce costs. Zhaopeng Chen mentioned that physical AI is one of the solutions for Europe to close the gap with AI in the United States and China and to revitalize its industry.

Binance co-founder He Yi posted that in recent days, the internet has been filled with scandalous rumors about Asian women and spies, and many female professionals in the industry have been passively drawn into various scandals, which makes her feel complicated. She believes that equality should be pursued, meaning that one should evaluate a person's achievements without regard to gender.She pointed out that opportunities for women in the workplace are not equal, and workplace harassment is also common. Female managers who can stand on their own often have to invest more time and effort than others.He Yi mentioned that accounts that create rumors by exploiting gender should be cleared from the industry. The legal department will provide legal protection for Binance's female employees, and she welcomes ambitious and down-to-earth women to join Binance, where the company will provide a fair and transparent workplace environment.

AI localization software startup General Translation has completed a total of $27 million in funding, with this round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Upfront Ventures. The specific round and valuation have not been disclosed.

According to a report by Reuters, three informed sources stated that Microsoft and other companies and industry groups are urging the Trump administration to stop plans to ban the import of key components for AI data centers from China. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is advancing a related ban involving new optical modules from China, which are used to transmit data via fiber optics within data centers and connect servers, routers, and switches. Microsoft has met with officials from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Security Council to explain the supply chain challenges that the ban could bring.John Miller, Vice President of Policy and General Counsel at the Information Technology Industry Council, stated that many cloud service providers have procured AI chips, and without optical modules, these chips will not be able to interconnect. According to Cleanview data, Microsoft currently has 35 data centers under construction in the United States, with another 134 planned. Counterpoint Research data shows that Chinese companies account for about two-thirds of the global optical module market, with Eoptolink and Zhongji Xuchuang as major suppliers.

The cryptocurrency venture capital firm Multicoin Capital's co-head of venture capital, Spencer Applebaum, pointed out that AI has greatly lowered the threshold for protocol development, leading to rapid homogenization of pure software, while the core barriers of financial services remain outside of code.Applebaum believes that the relevant barriers mainly include three aspects: first, distribution channels centered around sticky customer relationships and order flow; second, balance sheets and capital scales that AI cannot create out of thin air, such as cross-currency prime brokers with risk resistance capabilities, and reserves backed by the protocol; third, proprietary data underwriting involving offline proprietary data and non-public risk control, such as OnRe reinsurance or GPU collateralized loans.He also stated that underlying general L1 and L2 are losing their native distribution and capital monopoly advantages. The key for startup teams to break through lies in entering high-risk tolerance markets that traditional giants are unwilling to touch due to compliance or reputation concerns, and gradually building the aforementioned barriers.

Market news reports that Anthropic has launched office tools ahead of its IPO, competing with Microsoft (MSFT.O).

Microsoft (MSFT.O) has surpassed Nvidia (NVDA.O) in market value for the first time since June 2025.

IBM and Microsoft announced the launch of a brand new artificial intelligence agent platform aimed at driving transformation in specific industries.

Anthropic officially stated that it plans to issue 825 million Class A common shares through an initial public offering (IPO). The expected IPO price is between $70 and $78 per share. Selling shareholders will additionally sell 23,648,646 Class A common shares.Anthropic's investors include Micron Technology, Microsoft, TSMC, and NVIDIA.

SoftBank announced its first net loss in nearly two years. Previously, concerns about spending and demand in the artificial intelligence sector impacted the tech investment giant's major holdings. SoftBank recorded a loss of 1.12 trillion yen (approximately 7.1 billion dollars) in the second fiscal quarter, a significant reversal from a profit during the same period last year.The stock prices of chip manufacturers Arm and Intel, as well as South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang, dragged down SoftBank's overall performance. The Vision Fund division, responsible for managing stakes in hundreds of tech startups, recorded a loss of 81.6 billion yen. SoftBank is increasingly seen as a barometer for sentiment towards OpenAI and the broader AI sector.Since hitting an all-time high in June, SoftBank's stock price has plummeted by more than 50%. This is due to market concerns about its debt for large-scale AI investments, as well as worries that a comprehensive victory for the Democratic Party in the U.S. midterm elections could lead to many projects under Masayoshi Son being stalled.

The security research team Socket disclosed that malicious code was implanted in the Ethersphere's bee-js software package and Swarm Desktop application, targeting wallet keys.

According to a report by Decrypt, the blockchain data project Space and Time, supported by Microsoft, announced the launch of the Space and Time Enterprise platform, which allows enterprises to use private data for AI tools without relinquishing the underlying records. The platform can prove that computations based on private data are correct, enabling AI applications, auditors, and other relevant parties to verify results without accessing the database itself.The first batch of partners includes on-chain asset management firm Maple Finance, Indonesian automotive manufacturer and distributor Indomobil, Oracle software consulting company Trenez, and The Data Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on government data based in Washington, D.C.Nate Holiday, CEO of the original developer of Space and Time, MakeInfinite Labs, stated that enterprises want AI agents to utilize this information to execute workflows, but the agents do not need unrestricted access to the records behind every computation.He mentioned that granting unrestricted data access to AI tools would create new exposure channels. The company is collaborating with clients in construction, engineering, and manufacturing to enable agents, reporting tools, and compliance teams to work based on the same set of business records and verify the computations they rely on.The platform is based on Space and Time's patented technology, Proof of SQL, which is used to prove that database queries are computed correctly and is currently compatible with Google Cloud's BigQuery. Enterprises can run it on their own servers without needing to operate a blockchain, purchase dedicated hardware, or rely on external proof services.With GPU acceleration, supported queries on millions of rows of data can be completed in one second and generate proofs. This technology can only prove that computations are correctly executed on given records and cannot determine whether the records themselves are accurate. Space and Time completed a $20 million strategic financing round led by Microsoft's venture fund M12 in 2022, and Grayscale previously launched a trust product for the SXT token.

Slow Fog confirmed that a Windows software impersonating a cracked version of TradingView Premium will steal browser credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and Telegram data.