AMD Acquires Taalas for AI Inference Hardware, Cloudflare Launches AI Agent Platform

AMD has acquired Taalas, a company specializing in silicon-etched model inference, a move that signals a new and intensified phase in the AI inference hardware arms race. Concurrently, Cloudflare is positioning itself as a major contender in the AI agent runtime space with the introduction of 'Cloudflare OS' for agents and the Kitesurf agent-first browser, expanding its role beyond traditional infrastructure.