AI Trading Tools & Quant Analysis Applications

AI wearable startup Plaud opened its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore on September 16, doubling its regional investment commitment to at least S$20 million (US$15.7 million) from an earlier S$10 million pledge. The 15,000 sq ft office at Marina Bay Financial Centre will serve as the regional b

Alibaba Cloud announced that starting September 20, 2026, its Cloud Marketplace will be officially upgraded to AI Application Marketplace. The change is a platform name adjustment only; platform functions and services remain unchanged. Existing agreements continue to be valid with all rights and

Snap announced on Sept. 16 that it had established partnerships with Salesforce, Nvidia, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Trifork, and Hololight to integrate workplace tools into its Specs augmented reality (AR) glasses, positioning them as a hands-free computing solution for enterprise workplaces. Salesforce, Nvidia, and AWS Integrations The integrations with the three major enterprise software partners in Snap’s announcement are as follows: Salesforce Agentforce: Salesforce will integrate its Agentf

According to an official announcement, Alpharc launched on Arc on September 17. Alpharc is a trading terminal and marketplace designed for traders, publishers, and AI agents, integrating alpha publishing, tiered access, reputation systems, and trading features in one

Snap Inc. unveiled its Specs Intelligence AI assistant and Specs augmented reality glasses at an event Wednesday, positioning the wearable as a computing device rather than smart glasses. SNAP stock rose 2% in overnight trading after closing 1.9% lower in Wednesday's regular session. The company

Foodpanda, the food-delivery platform owned by Berlin-based Delivery Hero, has launched a Singapore plugin enabling ChatGPT and Claude users to discover restaurants and meal options through AI-powered prompts based on real-time availability. Users can request suggestions by cuisine type, budget,

According to Bloomberg, Blackstone and Alphabet's Crux AI secured a $22 billion loan from 10 banks last week to purchase Google tensor processing units (TPUs) for AI infrastructure. The financing is backed by the chips and Crux AI's customer contracts, with banks also providing an additional $1 bill

According to Amazon, the company began offering Alexa+ Early Access in India on September 17 through eligible Echo and Fire TV devices as well as the Alexa app. The service supports English, Hindi, and Hinglish, with capabilities for shopping, music, schedule management, email, and smart-home

Snap is partnering with Nvidia, Amazon Web Services, and Salesforce to bring its Specs augmented reality glasses to the enterprise market. The company revealed the $2,000 AR glasses in June with a $2,195 price tag and $200 refundable deposit, initially pitched to the public rather than developers.

According to CNBC, Snap partnered with Nvidia, Amazon Web Services, and Salesforce on June 16, 2026, to bring its $2,195 Specs augmented reality glasses to the enterprise market. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel characterized the initiative as repositioning Specs as "a computer, not a pair of smart glasses for

Meta plans to release a camera-free smart glasses model, internally code-named Luna, as soon as October, The Information reported Tuesday. The move follows a year of lawsuits, government probes, and police memos targeting Meta's camera-equipped Ray-Ban glasses, which have been nicknamed 'pervert gla

Filecoin announced a new warm storage layer designed to enhance the functionality of agents who produce content and manage daily tasks. The initiative, highlighted in a tweet from the @Filecoin handle, aims to address challenges agents face when transitioning between tasks. As organizations

Chipotle is partnering with Palantir to develop a food safety risk platform hosted on Foundry, Palantir's flagship data platform. The system combines restaurant-level data—including health inspection results, pest incidents, and employee illnesses—to flag locations where risks may be increasing. The

Yesterday, Chipotle and Palantir launched a food safety risk platform hosted on Foundry, Palantir's data flagship. The system combines restaurant-level health inspection results, pest incidents and employee illness data

TS Imagine launched TSIQ, an artificial intelligence platform designed for trading, risk management, portfolios, wealth management and prime brokerage operations. The release follows five years and $100 million of investment in data infrastructure and financial context development. The platform inte

According to ChainCatcher, B.AI launched AI image generation functionality on September 16, integrating GPT-Image-2 model. The feature supports both text-to-image and image-to-image modes, offering multiple styles including 3D, comics, photography-level portraits, and ink-wash aesthetics. Users

Bitcoin miners shifted toward artificial intelligence compute infrastructure in Q2 2026 as mining profitability collapsed below cash breakeven, according to CoinShares quarterly analysis. AI compute generates approximately $1.5 million in annualized profit per megawatt for miners, roughly three

According to CoinShares' Q2 2026 analysis, Bitcoin miners are rapidly shifting to artificial intelligence compute infrastructure as mining profitability collapses. The average ex-tax cash cost to produce one Bitcoin reached $75,500 in Q2, while Bitcoin traded at $58,400, pushing the sector below cas

South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) under the Financial Services Commission announced on the 16th the introduction of digital asset tracking solutions to combat the expanding use of virtual assets in illegal financial transactions. The agency cited the proliferation of fraud as a

According to reports, Nubia's NaviX Ultra, the first mass-produced device powered by Baibao phone assistant, launches today starting at 5,999 yuan for the 12GB+512GB model, with the 16GB+1TB variant priced at 7,499 yuan. The AI phone operation feature achieves over 80% end-to-end task success rate a