Artificial Intelligence News for the Week of July 11; Updates from Capgemini, Cerebras, Cloudian & More
Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable artificial intelligence news for the week of July 11, 2025.
Keeping tabs on all the most relevant artificial intelligence news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last week in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy artificial intelligence news items.
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Artificial Intelligence News for the Week of July 11, 2025
Accenture and Microsoft Expand Cybersecurity Partnership with GenAI Solutions
Accenture and Microsoft have deepened their partnership to deliver generative AI-powered cybersecurity solutions. The collaboration focuses on modernizing security operations, automating data protection, and enhancing identity and access management. By combining Accenture’s cybersecurity expertise with Microsoft’s security technologies, the alliance aims to help organizations tackle advanced threats, optimize security tools, and reduce operational costs.
Read the full article: Accenture & Microsoft Cyber Collaboration
Capgemini to Acquire WNS, Creating a Global Agentic AI Powerhouse
Capgemini has announced its acquisition of WNS for $3.3 billion, aiming to become a global leader in agentic AI-powered intelligent operations. The deal will combine Capgemini’s and WNS’s strengths in digital business process services (BPS), blending vertical sector expertise with scale to address the rapidly growing demand for AI-driven transformation.
Read the full press release: Capgemini to acquire WNS
Cerebras Launches Qwen3-235B: The World’s Fastest Frontier AI Model with 131K Context
Cerebras has unveiled Qwen3-235B, a groundbreaking AI reasoning model now available on the Cerebras Inference Cloud. Boasting a massive 131,000-token context window, Qwen3-235B delivers code generation and reasoning at 30 times the speed and one-tenth the cost of leading closed-source alternatives.
Read the full press release: Cerebras Launches Qwen3-235B
CapStorm Launches CapStorm:AI for Secure, Self-Hosted Data Insights
CapStorm has unveiled CapStorm:AI, a self-hosted AI solution that allows organizations to interact with their Salesforce and SQL data using natural language. The platform delivers real-time dashboards and insights without coding, keeping all data within the organization’s environment for maximum security and control. CapStorm:AI works with leading SQL databases and cloud data warehouses, empowering users to unlock actionable intelligence from complex datasets.
Read the full press release: CapStorm Launches CapStorm:AI
Cloudian Unveils Unified AI Inferencing and Data Storage Platform
Cloudian has launched a breakthrough platform that integrates high-performance object storage with AI inferencing capabilities, dramatically simplifying enterprise AI infrastructure. The new solution combines Cloudian HyperStore’s industry-leading storage—delivering up to 35GB/s per node—with integrated support for the Milvus vector database, enabling real-time, low-latency AI inferencing on petabyte-scale datasets.
Read the full press release: Cloudian Delivers Integrated AI Inferencing and Data Storage Solution
Cognizant Debuts Agent Foundry to Scale Agentic AI Across Enterprises
Cognizant has launched Agent Foundry, a new framework designed to help enterprises deploy and orchestrate autonomous AI agents at scale. The offering combines modular design, reusable assets, and multi-platform interoperability, enabling organizations to embed agentic capabilities into their workflows for adaptive operations and real-time decision-making. Agent Foundry supports the full lifecycle of agent deployment, from discovery to enterprise-wide scaling.
Read the full press release: Cognizant Introduces Agent Foundry
AI-Driven Cloud Demand Powers Record Q2 Growth in Global IT and Business Services
The latest ISG Index™ reveals that surging demand for cloud services—driven by enterprise AI initiatives—propelled the global IT and business services market to a record $29.2 billion in Q2, up 17% year-over-year. Cloud-based “as-a-service” (XaaS) offerings soared 28%, fueled by infrastructure investments from major hyperscalers, while managed services saw steady growth.
Read the full press release: AI-Driven Cloud Demand Fuels Q2 Growth in Global IT and Business Services Market: ISG Index
ManageEngine Report: Shadow AI as a Strategic Advantage
A new report from ManageEngine reveals that while 97 percent of IT leaders see significant risks in “shadow AI” (unauthorized AI tool use), 91 percent of employees believe the risks are minimal or outweighed by rewards. The report highlights the rapid adoption of unapproved AI tools—60 percent of employees use them more than a year ago—and identifies data leakage as a primary concern.
Read the full report summary: ManageEngine Shadow AI Report
National Academy for AI Instruction Launches with Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and AFT
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), with support from Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic, is launching the National Academy for AI Instruction in Manhattan. This $23 million initiative will train educators to harness AI technology in the classroom, with OpenAI contributing $10 million, Microsoft $12.5 million, and Anthropic $500,000 in the first year.
Read the full press release: AFT to launch National Academy for AI Instruction
SambaNova Launches First Turnkey AI Inference Solution for Data Centers
SambaNova has introduced SambaManaged, a turnkey AI inference solution for data centers that can be deployed in just 90 days—far faster than the industry norm. The modular system, powered by SambaNova’s SN40L AI chips, enables existing data centers to offer high-performance AI inference services with minimal infrastructure changes. This innovation addresses the growing demand for rapid, scalable AI infrastructure and is already being adopted by major public companies.
Read the full press release: SambaNova Launches Turnkey AI Inference Solution
WEKA Debuts NeuralMesh Axon for Exascale AI Deployments
WEKA has introduced NeuralMesh Axon, a breakthrough storage system designed for exascale AI workloads. Leveraging a fusion architecture, NeuralMesh Axon delivers up to 20x faster AI performance and 90 percent GPU utilization, addressing the challenges of large-scale AI training and inference. The system integrates seamlessly with GPU servers and AI factories, enabling organizations to accelerate AI model development, reduce costs, and maximize infrastructure efficiency.
Read the full press release: WEKA Debuts NeuralMesh Axon
Expert Insights
Watch this space each week as our editors will share upcoming events, new thought leadership, and the best resources from Insight Jam, Solutions Review’s enterprise tech community where the human conversation around AI is happening. The goal? To help you gain a forward-thinking analysis and remain on-trend through expert advice, best practices, predictions, and vendor-neutral software evaluation tools.
The Digital Analyst with John Santaferraro Featuring IBM’s Bruno Aziza: Deep Blue, Deep Learning & the Future of AI
Bruno reveals why only 16 percent of organizations have achieved enterprise-scale AI adoption, shares battle-tested strategies from companies like PepsiCo and NatWest, and explains why the future belongs to leaders who can orchestrate agents at scale rather than just build them.
NEW Episode of Insight AI Featuring Doug Shannon: AGI on the Horizon
They break down what this means for knowledge workers, consultants, and anyone who thought their job was safe from automation. The conversation gets real about the five stages of AI grief most people are experiencing, why Apple is flailing while Meta throws $100 million at talent, and how to find your uniquely human value before the machines come for your paycheck.
Understanding & Preparing for the 7 Levels of AI Agents by Douglas Laney
The following framework for agentic AI stems from a computer science base with theoretical psychology and theoretical philosophy perspectives. Each of the seven levels represents a step-change in technology, capability, and autonomy. The framework shows how organizations gain more potential to innovate and thrive while transforming through data-powered and AI-based digital economic systems.
GLEWs Views: AI Transparency Moves Beyond Moratorium by Gregory Lewandowski
Following the Senate’s removal of a proposed AI development moratorium from major legislation in July 2025, Anthropic announced a targeted transparency framework for frontier AI companies. Their framework targets only the largest AI developers while establishing specific disclosure obligations around safety practices. This represents a significant shift in how the AI industry approaches self-regulation in the absence of comprehensive federal legislation.
6 Must-Have Human-Centric Skills for the AI Age by Tim King
Yet despite this shift, most organizations are not prepared. A proprietary study of over 200 senior tech professionals (get the research by my team and I here)—including AI practitioners, cybersecurity leaders, and IT executives—reveals a stark disconnect: while nearly all respondents believe human-centered skills are vital for the AI age, the vast majority admit their organizations lack the structure, time, or training mechanisms to develop them.
The AI Era Soft Skills to Prioritize for Career Growth by William Jepma
A proprietary study of over 200 senior tech professionals across markets and roles (you can check out the Solutions Review team’s research here) reveals a disconnect. While 94 percent of tech leaders agree that soft skills are more critical than ever, most admit their organizations lack the structure, time, or training mechanisms to develop them.
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Mini Jam Highlights: Has AI Completely Replaced Process Automation?
Our AI industry experts debate whether AI agents have completely replaced traditional process automation (RPA) or if the future lies in a hybrid approach combining both technologies. This panel discussion reveals the hidden costs of AI implementation, the importance of solving real business problems over chasing use cases, and how the shift from SaaS to “Agent as a Service” is reshaping enterprise technology strategies.
Mini Jam Highlights: Best Cybersecurity Use Cases for AI Agents
Our cybersecurity experts reveal the most effective AI agent use cases transforming enterprise security operations, from compliance automation to vulnerability management and threat detection. They cover real-world implementations including CIS control optimization, SOC analyst assessment systems, and proactive vulnerability identification, while addressing the critical balance between AI autonomy and human oversight in security operations. Essential viewing for security leaders evaluating AI agent deployment strategies.
Mini Jam Highlights: Building and Deploying AI Agent Systems at Scale
Our AI and data experts dive deep into the architecture and infrastructure powering enterprise AI agent systems at scale, from low-latency decision making to vector databases and real-time streaming. This comprehensive technical discussion reveals the challenges of building reliable, traceable, and scalable agentic AI systems, including the critical role of human feedback loops and the current limitations preventing full AI agent autonomy. Essential viewing for technical leaders architecting AI agent deployments.
Mini Jam Highlights On-Demand: How AI Agents Will Transform Business Culture Forever
Our AI industry experts explore how agentic AI will fundamentally reshape business culture, workforce dynamics, and professional roles in the coming years. They discuss the shift from traditional employment to collaborative business partnerships, the rise of new AI-focused roles, and how companies must adapt their culture as AI agents automate routine tasks.
For consideration in future artificial intelligence news roundups, send your announcements to the editor: tking@solutionsreview.com.
Tim King
Executive Editor
Tim is Solutions Review's Executive Editor and leads coverage on data management and analytics. A 2017 and 2018 Most Influential Business Journalist and 2021 "Who's Who" in Data Management, Tim is a recognized industry thought leader and changemaker. Story? Reach him via email at tking@solutionsreview dot com.
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