Oracle is stepping up efforts to expand the role of its database platform as it seeks a bigger stake in the AI agent era. At its AIWorld 2026 event in Las Vegas, it outlined a strategy centered on running and managing AI agents through Fusion Cloud across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure-based applications. Oracle said it offers 25 prebuilt agentic applications across its Fusion Cloud suite and will support customer-built agents, while also introducing its Deep Trust AI Architecture focused on security and controls.

Datadog is pursuing an acquisition of Israeli cloud security startup Upwind Security, The Information reported on Oct. 22 local time. Datadog recently offered nearly $4 billion as acquisition terms, the report said. Upwind has received acquisition approaches from several companies in recent months but has not accepted any, it added. Upwind is raising $300 million at about a $3.8 billion valuation, and its annual recurring revenue grew to more than $50 million from about $20 million by end-2025.