AI & Data · Week of Oct 26, 2026
GPU deals and AI data controls: the week in AI releases
GPU capacity deals and AI infrastructure plans led the week, alongside new controls on how enterprise and consumer AI agents use data.
AI compute capacity was the clearest common thread. Forum Markets says its Forum Edge AI joint venture signed a $94.4 million, 36-month agreement with Fireworks for Nvidia B300 GPU capacity in Dallas, and Freedom Holding Corp. says it is advancing a $2 billion Sovereign AI Hub in Kazakhstan, with a first public GPU cloud planned for 2027.
A second theme was control over what AI agents can see and do. Oracle says new Autonomous AI Lakehouse capabilities ground agents in business context and govern data without costly data movement, while Norton says its new Safe AI protections in Norton 360 let users decide what AI can access. Other releases covered an index-data collaboration between S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kalshi, an investor event from FF EAI Robotics Ecosystem, a Forbes ranking for Jack Henry and a new CIO at Avantor.
FF EAI Robotics Ecosystem Inc.
FFR to Hold Listing Ceremony and Investor Day on October 26; FFAI Announces Rescheduling of YT Jia's Investor Weekly Report to October 26
Faraday Future says YT Jia's Investor Weekly Report has been rescheduled to October 26, the same day FF EAI Robotics Ecosystem Inc. (NASDAQ: FFR) holds its Listing Ceremony and Investor Day. FFR management is set to outline the company's plans at the event.
Oracle
Oracle Advances Autonomous AI Lakehouse with Business Semantic Layer and Expanded Support for Iceberg Data
Oracle announced a business semantic layer and expanded Iceberg data support for its Autonomous AI Lakehouse at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas. The company says the capabilities ground AI agents in business context, enable multidimensional simulations and govern data consistently across the enterprise data estate without costly data movement.
FORUM MARKETS Inc
Forum Edge AI Announces $94.4 Million Definitive AI Cloud Services Compute Agreement with Fireworks
Forum Markets says its joint venture Forum Edge AI LLC signed a definitive agreement with Fireworks for a 36-month reservation of Nvidia B300 GPU capacity at its Dallas data center, with a total contract value of approximately $94.4 million. Fireworks has provided a substantial prepayment deposit, and the GPUs are expected to be deployed in late December or early January.
Norton
Norton Launches Safe AI to Help You Use AI Without Giving Up Control
Norton, a brand of Gen (NASDAQ: GEN), announced Safe AI, a new set of protections inside Norton 360. The company says the features block unwanted actions and let users decide what AI can see and do.
S&P Dow Jones Indices
S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kalshi Announce Collaboration to Bring the World's Most Trusted Benchmarks to Prediction Markets
S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kalshi announced a strategic collaboration that makes Kalshi a preferred prediction market platform for S&P DJI index contracts. Under the agreement, S&P DJI also becomes a preferred index provider for Kalshi event contract data.
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
Forbes Names Jack Henry One of America's Most Trusted Companies
Jack Henry says it was named to Forbes' Most Trusted Companies in America 2027 list. The company ranked No. 113 among U.S. public companies with more than 5,000 employees.
Freedom Holding Corp.
Freedom Holding Corp. Advances AI Infrastructure Development in Kazakhstan
Freedom Holding Corp. says it is advancing AI infrastructure plans in Kazakhstan, including a $2 billion Sovereign AI Hub. The plans include a first public GPU cloud planned for 2027.
Avantor and Financial News
Avantor appoints new Chief Information Officer
Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR) named Mikey Santiago as its new Chief Information Officer. Avantor supplies products and services to the life sciences and advanced technology industries.
This roundup is written with AI assistance from the press releases listed above, using only what they state. The releases are the companies' own announcements, not AppsTrends reporting.