German enterprise software leader SAP has announced strategic partnerships with US-based AI search startup Perplexity and data analytics firm Palantir, aiming to advance its business AI offerings and build a more interconnected ecosystem of AI agents.

According to an official press release, Deca Technologies has signed an agreement with IBM to deploy its M-Series and Adaptive Patterning technologies at IBM’s advanced packaging plant in Bromont, Quebec. Under the deal, IBM will establish a high-volume manufacturing line centered on Deca’s fan-out interposer technology, known as MFIT.

As OpenAI CEO Sam Altman toured the Middle East with Donald Trump, promoting a regional “Stargate Project,” a quieter but equally profound AI revolution was unfolding in China. At its center is not a headline-chasing and media-hungry founder, but a reclusive, soft-spoken engineer: Liang Wenfeng.

US President Donald Trump’s recent visit to the Middle East has emerged as a significant catalyst for the global AI industry, sparking new partnerships and investments aimed at addressing key infrastructure bottlenecks in the US. Amid growing challenges related to power grids and escalating capital requirements, the trip has helped align North American AI giants—including Nvidia, AMD, and Micron—with Middle Eastern capital and energy resources.