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Large enterprises are embedding AI assistants directly into cloud-based workplace tools, signaling a shift from simple cloud migration to workflow orchestration. Companies such as Thomson Reuters and RBC Wealth Management are connecting AI models to platforms like Gmail and Slack to streamline research, compliance, and internal search. The move underscores how enterprise cloud environments are becoming control layers for automated business processes.

Backblaze secured its largest contract to date—an eight-figure neocloud agreement exceeding $15 million—as it pivots toward AI-driven and GPU-as-a-Service customers. Quarterly revenue rose 12 percent year over year to $37.8 million, with improved cash flow and narrowing losses. The company is positioning its B2 Cloud Storage as infrastructure for emerging AI cloud providers shifting from on-premises systems.

Palantir and Rackspace Technology have formed a partnership to run AI platforms in regulated and sovereign cloud environments. Rackspace will manage hosting, migration, and operations for Palantir Foundry and its AI Platform across private and UK sovereign data centers. The collaboration focuses on production-grade AI deployments with strict data residency, governance, and compliance controls built into the infrastructure.

SWI Stoneweg Icona Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in German cloud provider Polarise, valuing the Nvidia Cloud Preferred Partner at €500 million. The investment brings GPU-as-a-Service capabilities onto SWI’s AiOnX platform, supporting expansion of AI factories across Europe. The move reflects growing investor focus on scalable AI cloud infrastructure and sovereign compute capacity.

Radiant, backed by Brookfield’s AI Infrastructure Fund, has merged with UK-based Ori Industries to accelerate buildout of AI cloud capacity. The combined operation will pair Radiant’s capital-backed expansion plans with Ori’s global GPU-as-a-Service footprint across more than 20 data centers. The move signals continued consolidation as demand for Nvidia-powered AI infrastructure intensifies worldwide.

Bytek has joined the Google Cloud Ready – BigQuery program, validating its warehouse-native prediction platform for enterprise BI and AI workloads. The company’s technology operates directly within BigQuery, turning first-party data into predictive signals without moving or duplicating datasets. The designation underscores growing demand for scalable, cloud-based analytics built natively on Google Cloud infrastructure.