Amazon, Cursor, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Vercel unite on a shared
Amazon, Cursor, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Vercel unite on a shared standard for AI agent plugins
Amazon, Cursor, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Vercel have jointly created Agent Plugins, an open standard that defines a single package format for AI agent extensions. Version 1.0.0 uses a plugin.json manifest file and supports both agent skills and MCP servers. The article Amazon,…

Sydney-based AI data center company Firmus raised $2B in funding
Firmus said on Friday it had raised $2 billion in equity in its latest funding round to speed up the build-out of AI factories …

DARPA Selects IonQ to Produce Next-Generation Atomic Clocks
Insider Brief Press release – IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) announced today that it has been awarded a $28 million contract extension through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) It’s About Time program. Under the program, IonQ will advance its scalable clock production…