# ai & cloud (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover ai & cloud. Page: Feed: --- ## [Impact.com’s Dave Yovanno Wants Brands to Stop Shouting](https://theaisoftwarereport.com/impact-coms-dave-yovanno-wants-brands-to-stop-shouting/) _2026-08-21 · Rizzabelle@marketinsightmedia.com · The AI & Software Report_ Dave Yovanno believes that many brands keep shouting when they should be listening. "People no longer trust ads—they trust communities," he says, and the brands winning today are those partnering with the creators, advocates, and publishers who shape what communities see, share, and believe. As CEO of impact.com since 2017, he has spent nearly a decade building the around that idea. The numbers… ## [Anthropic Hires Former California Supreme Court Justice Tino Cuéllar to Lead Global Policy](https://theaisoftwarereport.com/anthropic-hires-former-california-supreme-court-justice-tino-cuellar-to-lead-global-policy/) _2026-08-21 · Rizzabelle@marketinsightmedia.com · The AI & Software Report_ Anthropic is hiring former California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino “Tino” Cuéllar as its first Chief Global Affairs Officer. Cuéllar will oversee the Claude developer’s public policy work, international strategy, and relationships with governments as countries develop rules for increasingly capable AI systems. Anthropic has not disclosed when he will formally begin the role. Cuéllar… ## [OpenAI Hit Pause on Frontier Training](https://saiyampathak.substack.com/p/openai-hit-pause-on-frontier-training) _2026-08-20 · Saiyam Pathak · Cloud native with Saiyam_ A model crossed a red line and the lab stopped scaling. Also: Go’s biggest release in years, and a Rust crate with 245 million downloads got booby-trapped. ## [JPMorganChase Aims to Finance 1 Million Affordable Homes by 2035](https://theaisoftwarereport.com/jpmorganchase-aims-to-finance-1-million-affordable-homes-by-2035/) _2026-08-20 · Rizzabelle@marketinsightmedia.com · The AI & Software Report_ JPMorganChase plans to deploy more than $750 billion through 2035 to help build or preserve 1 million affordable homes and assist 500,000 people with buying a house. The commitment represents a nearly 40% increase from the housing capital the bank deployed during the previous decade. Through its American Dream Initiative, the bank will increase mortgage lending by more than 40% and hire 850 Home… ## [Foundation Software’s Mike Ode Asks the Right Questions](https://theaisoftwarereport.com/foundation-softwares-mike-ode-asks-the-right-questions/) _2026-08-20 · Rizzabelle@marketinsightmedia.com · The AI & Software Report_ When Mike Ode walked into Foundation Software in 1996, someone handed him seven three-ring binders and told him to learn the software. He did not know what a chart of accounts was, and this being the days before Google, he could not look it up. "I wouldn't ask anybody," he recalled. "So ask more questions. Don't be afraid to ask questions." Nearly 30 years later, it is still the advice he gives… ## [Finastra’s Chris Walters Found a Better Business Than People Thought](https://theaisoftwarereport.com/finastras-chris-walters-found-a-better-business-than-people-thought/) _2026-08-20 · Rizzabelle@marketinsightmedia.com · The AI & Software Report_ Most executives arrive at a new company armed with a list of things to fix. When Chris Walters took over as CEO of Finastra a little over a year ago, he found something rarer: a business whose reputation had not caught up to its results. "The financial and operating profile of the business was actually much stronger than the market perception," he said. Because a good leader always has ideas for… ## [Raj De Datta joined fellow CEOs and founders at the 2026 Jackson Hole Forum for a candid conversation about leadership, market change, and AI.](https://theaisoftwarereport.com/raj-de-datta-joined-fellow-ceos-and-founders-at-the-2026-jackson-hole-forum-for-a-candid-conversation-about-leadership-market-change-and-ai/) _2026-08-20 · Rizzabelle@marketinsightmedia.com · The AI & Software Report_ Raj also took part in the Jackson Hole Classic’s mountain hiking challenge, a 3.8-mile course with more than 2,700 feet of elevation gain. Raj co-founded Bloomreach in 2009 with the idea that online experiences could adapt to each customer’s interests and intent. Today, the company’s agentic platform, Loomi, uses real-time customer and product data to personalize experiences across email,… ## [AI Cloud Startup Volta Emerges From Stealth at $2.4 Billion Valuation](https://theaisoftwarereport.com/ai-cloud-startup-volta-emerges-from-stealth-at-2-4-billion-valuation/) _2026-08-20 · Rizzabelle@marketinsightmedia.com · The AI & Software Report_ Seven-month-old AI infrastructure startup Volta has emerged from stealth with $300 million in funding, a $2.4 billion valuation, and a six-year compute contract worth $10 billion. The seed and Series A rounds were backed by Azora, Andreessen Horowitz, Altimeter, Nvidia, Michael Dell’s family office, and Matter Venture Partners, according to Reuters... The post AI Cloud Startup Volta Emerges From… ## [Stripe Just Bought the AI Gateway Layer](https://saiyampathak.substack.com/p/stripe-just-bought-the-ai-gateway) _2026-08-19 · Saiyam Pathak · Cloud native with Saiyam_ Wednesday, August 19, 2026. Two big ones I missed yesterday, and a compiler that went open source overnight. ## [SmartBear Names Dave Phillips Chief Revenue Officer](https://theaisoftwarereport.com/smartbear-names-dave-phillips-chief-revenue-officer/) _2026-08-19 · Rizzabelle@marketinsightmedia.com · The AI & Software Report_ SmartBear has promoted Dave Phillips to Chief Revenue Officer, expanding his responsibilities from customer success and renewals to the company’s entire global revenue organization. Phillips will oversee sales, customer success, renewals, channel partnerships, and commercial strategy. He joined SmartBear nearly two years ago and most recently served as senior vice president of customer success and… ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DfZzI0tbXvZW) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [Cyera Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Oasis Security for $1 Billion](https://theaisoftwarereport.com/cyera-signs-letter-of-intent-to-acquire-oasis-security-for-1-billion/) _2026-08-19 · Rizzabelle@marketinsightmedia.com · The AI & Software Report_ Data security startup Cyera has signed a letter of intent to acquire non-human identity specialist Oasis Security for approximately $1 billion, TechCrunch reported. The proposed transaction would be paid primarily in cash, with the remainder in Cyera shares. Because the companies have signed a letter of intent, the acquisition remains subject to a definitive agreement and other closing… ## [kiac Joins the CNCF Landscape, Local AI Got Crazy](https://saiyampathak.substack.com/p/kiac-joins-the-cncf-landscape-local) _2026-08-18 · Saiyam Pathak · Cloud native with Saiyam_ Four weeks away, one very loud month of AI and cloud native. ## [Druva Appoints Anthony Anzevino Chief Commercial and Partner Officer](https://theaisoftwarereport.com/druva-appoints-anthony-anzevino-chief-commercial-and-partner-officer/) _2026-08-18 · Rizzabelle@marketinsightmedia.com · The AI & Software Report_ Druva has appointed former Kaseya executive Anthony Anzevino as Chief Commercial and Partner Officer, placing him in charge of global sales, commercial strategy, and partner distribution. Anzevino joins Druva from IT management software company Kaseya, where he served as chief revenue officer and led its global go-to-market organization. He has more than 20 years of experience across enterprise… ## [Freshworks Appoints Ryan Manning Chief Product and Technology Officer](https://theaisoftwarereport.com/freshworks-appoints-ryan-manning-chief-product-and-technology-officer/) _2026-08-18 · Rizzabelle@marketinsightmedia.com · The AI & Software Report_ Freshworks has appointed Ryan Manning as Chief Product and Technology Officer, combining oversight of its product roadmap and global engineering organization under one executive. Manning began the role August 10 and reports to CEO Dennis Woodside. He succeeds Srini Raghavan, who is leaving Freshworks to pursue an entrepreneurial venture. Murali Swaminathan will remain Chief Technology Officer and… ## [Amazon Broadens Agentic AI Chief Swami Sivasubramanian’s Mandate](https://theaisoftwarereport.com/amazon-broadens-agentic-ai-chief-swami-sivasubramanians-mandate/) _2026-08-17 · Rizzabelle@marketinsightmedia.com · The AI & Software Report_ Amazon has expanded the role of AWS agentic AI leader Swami Sivasubramanian, giving him a broader mandate over emerging technologies and the cloud division’s technical direction, according to GeekWire. Sivasubramanian will lead a renamed Agentic AI & Emerging Technologies organization. He will continue overseeing teams behind developer tool Kiro, Amazon Quick Suite, and AWS Transform while adding… ## [Pediatric Moonshot July 2026 Update](https://pediatricmoonshot.substack.com/p/pediatric-moonshot-july-2026-update) _2026-08-11 · Pediatric Moonshot · Pediatric Moonshot_ In this update, our progress with disease-precise AI, patient registries, fundraising, rural healthcare partnerships, and advocacy for pediatric-specific research and care. ## [OpenAI’s Models Broke Out and Breached Hugging Face](https://saiyampathak.substack.com/p/openais-models-broke-out-and-breached) _2026-07-22 · Saiyam Pathak · Cloud native with Saiyam_ KubeSimplify Diaries. Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Your daily dose of AI, Cloud Native & Tech. ## [AI Gateway](https://hatnes.no/posts/ai-gateway/) _2026-07-21 · Hatnes.no on Hatnes.no - Blog about AI, Cloud, and Security_ Let us dig into the AI gateway from microsoft ## [AI Is Finally Moving Into the Enterprise](https://hatnes.no/posts/ai-moving-into-the-enterprise/) _2026-07-20 · Hatnes.no on Hatnes.no - Blog about AI, Cloud, and Security_ Why enterprise AI is moving from impressive demos to governable production infrastructure. ## [Kimi K3 and Inkling: The Frontier Got Crowded](https://saiyampathak.substack.com/p/kimi-k3-and-inkling-the-frontier) _2026-07-16 · Saiyam Pathak · Cloud native with Saiyam_ KubeSimplify Diaries. Thursday, July 16, 2026. Your daily dose of AI, Cloud Native & Tech. ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pNPxGn9l0xWQ) _2026-07-16 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Bonsai: A 27B Model That Fits on Your Phone](https://saiyampathak.substack.com/p/bonsai-a-27b-model-that-fits-on-your) _2026-07-15 · Saiyam Pathak · Cloud native with Saiyam_ KubeSimplify Diaries. Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Your daily dose of AI, Cloud Native & Tech. ## [Nadella: You Are Paying for Intelligence Twice](https://saiyampathak.substack.com/p/nadella-you-are-paying-for-intelligence) _2026-07-14 · Saiyam Pathak · Cloud native with Saiyam_ KubeSimplify Diaries. Tuesday, July 14, 2026. Your daily dose of AI, Cloud Native & Tech. ## [The Local AI Factory Is Funded: 8 Blackwell GPUs](https://saiyampathak.substack.com/p/the-local-ai-factory-is-funded-8) _2026-07-10 · Saiyam Pathak · Cloud native with Saiyam_ KubeSimplify Diaries. Friday, July 10, 2026. Your daily dose of AI, Cloud Native & Tech. ## [GPT-5.6 Sol Lands, and ChatGPT Goes to Work](https://saiyampathak.substack.com/p/gpt-56-sol-lands-and-chatgpt-goes) _2026-07-09 · Saiyam Pathak · Cloud native with Saiyam_ KubeSimplify Diaries. Thursday, July 9, 2026. Your daily dose of AI, Cloud Native & Tech. ## [SRELens: An MCP-Native Kubernetes IDE](https://saiyampathak.substack.com/p/srelens-an-mcp-native-kubernetes) _2026-07-08 · Saiyam Pathak · Cloud native with Saiyam_ KubeSimplify Diaries. Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Your daily dose of AI, Cloud Native & Tech. ## [Your Own AI Factory Just Got Practical](https://saiyampathak.substack.com/p/your-own-ai-factory-just-got-practical) _2026-07-07 · Saiyam Pathak · Cloud native with Saiyam_ KubeSimplify Diaries. Tuesday, July 7, 2026. Your daily dose of AI, Cloud Native & Tech. ## [Pediatric Moonshot: May 2026 Update](https://pediatricmoonshot.substack.com/p/pediatric-moonshot-may-2026-update) _2026-06-09 · Pediatric Moonshot_ Every Child deserves the best specialist - everywhere ## [Pediatric Moonshot March 2026 Update](https://pediatricmoonshot.substack.com/p/pediatric-moonshot-march-2026-update) _2026-04-08 · Pediatric Moonshot · Pediatric Moonshot_ It’s been a while since we’ve updated everyone! ## [Computable Diagnosis as a Moral Imperative](https://pediatricmoonshot.substack.com/p/computable-diagnosis-as-a-moral-imperative) _2026-03-16 · Pediatric Moonshot · Pediatric Moonshot_ From reactive medicine to real-time care: advancing computable diagnosis and AI-powered health equity for every child, everywhere. ## [Getting Started with Microsoft Agent Framework](https://johanrin.com/posts/getting-started-microsoft-agent-framework/) _2026-03-04 · AI & Cloud Architect | Microsoft Foundry on Johan Rin_ You want to build an AI agent with code. You search “Microsoft agent framework” and find Semantic Kernel. Then AutoGen. Then you realize both are from Microsoft. Two frameworks, same company. Which one do you pick? Here’s the thing: you don’t have to choose anymore. Microsoft merged both projects into a single framework called Microsoft Agent Framework . In my previous post… ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/W0qzHI9IgwH4) _2026-03-03 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [4. Privacy-preserving, real-time AI Cloud Infrastructure for Healthcare and Life Sciences](https://pediatricmoonshot.substack.com/p/4-privacy-preserving-real-time-ai) _2026-02-23 · Pediatric Moonshot · Pediatric Moonshot_ Move the application to the data ## [How to Use Model Router on Microsoft Foundry](https://johanrin.com/posts/model-router-microsoft-foundry/) _2026-02-15 · AI & Cloud Architect | Microsoft Foundry on Johan Rin_ Imagine you’re building an app that calls an LLM. You default to Claude Opus 4.6 for everything. It works great. Until you see the bill. Here’s the thing: not every prompt needs the most powerful model. A simple “summarize this email” doesn’t require the same firepower as “analyze this entire codebase and suggest improvements.” What if the system could… ## [3.Centralized AI Cloud Infrastructure will NOT work for AI in healthcare and life sciences](https://pediatricmoonshot.substack.com/p/3centralized-ai-cloud-infrastructure) _2026-02-04 · Pediatric Moonshot · Pediatric Moonshot_ Artificial intelligence (AI) agents, not building more medical schools, hold the key to eliminating healthcare inequality locally and globally. ## [Deploy Your First MCP Server and Use it on Microsoft Foundry](https://johanrin.com/posts/deploy-mcp-server-microsoft-foundry/) _2026-02-01 · AI & Cloud Architect | Microsoft Foundry on Johan Rin_ Have you ever asked your Copilot, ChatGPT, or Gemini for information it simply couldn’t access? This is a common limitation of LLMs. They only know what they were trained on. Yesterday’s news? Tomorrow’s weather? They can’t help you there. But what if we could supercharge our LLMs with these powers? That’s exactly what MCP (Model Context Protocol) enables. Curious to… ## [Congenital Heart Disease AI Agents at the beside - rurally, locally, globally](https://pediatricmoonshot.substack.com/p/congenital-heart-disease-ai-agents) _2026-01-26 · Pediatric Moonshot · Pediatric Moonshot_ From the Research Bench to the Bedside ## [How to Build Your First AI Agent in Microsoft Foundry](https://johanrin.com/posts/build-ai-agent-microsoft-foundry/) _2026-01-25 · AI & Cloud Architect | Microsoft Foundry on Johan Rin_ Last time, we explored what Microsoft Foundry is and why it matters. Today, we are going hands-on with something more concrete. You will learn how to build your first agent in Microsoft Foundry and see the different possibilities the platform puts at your fingertips. Let’s begin. What is an agent Before going further, it is important to clarify what an agent actually is. The term appears… ## [2. Why have we seen rapid advances in consumer AI?](https://pediatricmoonshot.substack.com/p/2-why-have-we-seen-rapid-advances) _2026-01-19 · Pediatric Moonshot · Pediatric Moonshot_ In the first chapter we make the case that AI agents could transform children’s healthcare globally and locally. ## [Getting Started with Microsoft Foundry](https://johanrin.com/posts/getting-started-with-microsoft-foundry/) _2026-01-18 · AI & Cloud Architect | Microsoft Foundry on Johan Rin_ At the beginning of this year, I announced that I wanted to focus on Microsoft Foundry. Today, we’re diving into what Microsoft Foundry is and how you can use it to build AI agent, step-by-step. In this post, I’ll give you an overview of the platform, and together we’ll deploy a simple agent. Let’s get started. Overview Microsoft Foundry is a Platform as a Service (PaaS)… ## [1. Why AI for Children's Medicine?](https://pediatricmoonshot.substack.com/p/1-why-ai-for-childrens-medicine) _2026-01-07 · Pediatric Moonshot · Pediatric Moonshot_ Our story begins in a cloud computing class at Stanford University, and involves what at first glance might seem like an unlikely student — a board certified pediatric cardiologist named Dr. ## [Why I'm Focusing on Microsoft Foundry in 2026](https://johanrin.com/posts/why-focus-on-microsoft-foundry/) _2026-01-05 · AI & Cloud Architect | Microsoft Foundry on Johan Rin_ The Changing Technology Landscape Technology isn’t just evolving — it’s accelerating at a pace that demands bold choices. The way we work is transforming, and I believe the future will be adaptive: designed not only to boost productivity but to unlock new possibilities. After more than a decade working with different cloud providers, I see AI as the missing piece — the bridge between… ## [Smart Use of NGFWs in Azure](https://hatnes.no/posts/ngfws-azure/) _2025-11-29 · Hatnes.no on Hatnes.no - Blog about AI, Cloud, and Security_ How to use NGFWs in Azure the right way ## [Should we use Azure Firewall?](https://hatnes.no/posts/firewalls/) _2025-11-16 · Hatnes.no on Hatnes.no - Blog about AI, Cloud, and Security_ Should we use Azure Firewall? ## [Pediatric Moonshot October 2025 Update](https://pediatricmoonshot.substack.com/p/pediatric-moonshot-october-2025-update) _2025-10-20 · Pediatric Moonshot · Pediatric Moonshot_ Announcing our $50M campaign to keep building our distributed privacy-preserving AI supercomputer for pediatric healthcare. ## [Why you want a WAAP](https://hatnes.no/posts/waap/) _2025-09-19 · Hatnes.no on Hatnes.no - Blog about AI, Cloud, and Security_ Why use a WAAP solution ## [CloudNetDraw Now Live – SaaS and Self-Hosted Network Diagrams for Azure](https://hatnes.no/posts/cloudnetdraw-saas/) _2025-06-25 · Hatnes.no on Hatnes.no - Blog about AI, Cloud, and Security_ CloudNetDraw now offers a hosted web version and an Azure Function for secure, automated self-hosting – visualize your Azure network in minutes. ## [Kristoffer Hatland](https://hatnes.no/about/kristoffer/) _2025-04-20 · Hatnes.no on Hatnes.no - Blog about AI, Cloud, and Security_ About Kristoffer ## [Visualize Your Azure Network Topology with CloudNetDraw](https://hatnes.no/posts/cloudnetdraw/) _2025-04-20 · Hatnes.no on Hatnes.no - Blog about AI, Cloud, and Security_ CloudNetDraw is an open-source tool for automatically generating Draw.io diagrams of your Azure network topology using the Azure SDK and Python. ## [Introduction to Network Security in Azure Landing Zones](https://hatnes.no/posts/azure-networking-1/) _2025-04-14 · Hatnes.no on Hatnes.no - Blog about AI, Cloud, and Security_ Introducton to Network Security in Azure ## [Help Me Kick Off 3D Printing for the Merch Store!](https://moikas.substack.com/p/help-me-kick-off-3d-printing-for) _2025-04-09 · Moikapy · BLOG.MOIKAS_ Link: gofund.me/e0c7dc56 ## [Create a Project with NextJS, ElysiaJS, and Bun](https://moikas.substack.com/p/create-a-project-with-nextjs-elysiajs) _2024-10-21 · Moikapy · BLOG.MOIKAS_ Another Devlog \<3