AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoUtah AI infrastructure politics: A new report and interview revisit Kevin O’Leary’s “Wonder Valley/Stratos” plan for a massive Utah AI data center, arguing local democracy and transparency issues helped derail the project. Autonomous mining in Utah: Dyno Nobel unveiled an autonomous blasting system, with a prototype trial planned at Mariana Minerals’ Copper One site in southeastern Utah. Grid-edge batteries in Utah: Pila Energy won GridFWD 2026’s innovation pitch competition in Snowbird, aiming to modernize home power with plug-in battery-and-compute nodes. Defense drones partnership: Red Cat’s Blue Ops expanded maritime defense operations via a strategic partnership with Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. Digital trust expansion: DigiCert launched a new Partner Network to push certificate lifecycle management, PKI modernization, and post-quantum readiness. Contact center AI deal: TCN acquired Abstrakt to bring real-time agent assist and automated QA into its platform. Space science: A study suggests Jupiter helped “filter” dust that shaped asteroid Bennu, using NASA sample data. Privacy and surveillance: A Florida case highlights unauthorized Flock Safety license-plate readers, raising questions about who installed them and what data access looks like.
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