ALGERIATECH Editorial
Infrastructure & Cloud
Kenya’s “Bridge” to Faster Internet: Inside the Daraja Subsea Cable Meta and Safaricom Are Building
Meta and Safaricom are building the 4,108km Daraja cable linking Kenya to Oman, Safaricom's first international cable under its direct control.
AI & Automation
The Agentic AI Foundation Bet: Why A2A and MCP Now Share One Neutral Home
Google's A2A protocol joined the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation on Aug 17, 2026, alongside MCP under neutral governance.
Cybersecurity & Risk
RingCentral’s 1.6M-Account Breach: When a Phone Call Beats Your MFA
ShinyHunters vished a RingCentral employee, exfiltrated 623GB, and dumped data on 1.6M accounts after the company refused to pay.
Policy & Regulation
The Reversal Beijing Ignored: Washington Cleared the H200 for China, and China Slowed It to a Trickle
The US shifted to case-by-case H200 licensing with a 25% tariff, but Beijing's informal customs block turned the bottleneck upside down.
Startups
Visa and Bridge Are Taking Stablecoin Cards to 100+ Countries — But the Hard Part Is Adoption
Visa and Stripe-owned Bridge are expanding stablecoin cards from 18 markets to 100+ countries by 2026, spendable at 175M merchants worldwide.
Startups
A Debt-Fueled Rebound: MENA Startups Raised $172.6M in July as Saudi Arabia Reclaimed the Lead
MENA startups raised $172.6M across 45 deals in July 2026 as Saudi Arabia reclaimed the lead — but debt made up 56% and funding sat 78% below July 2025. What the numbers really say.
AI & Automation
Avatar Robotics’ $6.5M Seed: Teleoperated Humanoids as a Path to Warehouse Autonomy
Avatar Robotics raised a $6.5M seed led by AlleyCorp for teleoperated humanoids that shipped 900,000+ products since December 2025 — a data-first path to autonomy.
AI & Automation
June AI’s $20M Pre-Seed: Betting AI Can Fix the AI-Deployment Bottleneck
June AI emerged from stealth with a $20M pre-seed led by Marc Benioff's TIME Ventures to automate the messy enterprise integration work that blocks AI adoption.
Infrastructure & Cloud
The Gas Turbine Has Become AI’s Hardest Bottleneck: Order One Today, Get It in 2031
GE Vernova's gas turbine backlog hit 116 GW in the second quarter of 2026 and a turbine ordered today arrives around 2031. Why power hardware now gates AI data centers.
Infrastructure & Cloud
Nvidia Bets on Powered Land: Inside the Lancium Deal and the New Rules of AI Infrastructure
Nvidia partnered with Lancium on August 24, 2026 to build gigawatt-scale AI factories across a 15+ GW powered-land pipeline. What it means for cloud buyers.
AI & Automation
Gemini 3.7 Flash: Google’s Cheapest Coding Model Jumps 16 Points in Three Weeks
⚡ Key Takeaways Google launched Gemini 3.7 Flash on August 13, 2026 — three weeks after its predecessor — with...
