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Investing.com -- Blaize Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:BZAI) stock jumped 21.8% in premarket trading Tuesday after the AI computing company announced a strategic partnership with Nokia (NYSE:NOK) focused on AI deployment across Asia Pacific markets.

The programmable AI computing firm signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nokia Solutions and Networks Singapore to jointly develop and deploy Practical AI and Physical AI systems for real-world applications. The collaboration aims to combine Nokia’s networking expertise with Blaize’s AI inference platform to enable AI solutions that operate efficiently at the edge and in hybrid environments.

Under the non-binding agreement, the companies will work together on edge and hybrid AI inference use cases, reference architectures, joint validation of AI deployments, and go-to-market initiatives. The partnership will target telecom, industrial, and smart infrastructure environments where latency, power efficiency, and operational resilience are critical factors.

"Our collaboration with Nokia marks an important step forward in delivering Practical AI and Physical AI at scale," said Dinakar Munagala, Co-Founder and CEO of Blaize. The companies are pursuing what they describe as a "Hybrid AI approach" that deploys inference capabilities where most needed while integrating with cloud infrastructure.

Sang Xulei, Senior Vice President and Head of Network Infrastructure, Asia Pacific at Nokia, noted that the partnership is "accelerating" as demand grows for AI systems that operate in real-world environments.

The MOU outlines a cooperative framework for potential future definitive agreements, with both companies focusing on enabling secure, scalable, and energy-efficient AI inference deployments across the Asia Pacific region.

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Investing.com -- Richtech Robotics Inc (NASDAQ:RR) stock jumped 14.2% in premarket trading Tuesday after the company announced a collaboration with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) through the Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Labs to develop and deploy agentic artificial intelligence capabilities in real-world robotic systems.

The partnership has enhanced Richtech’s ADAM robot with adaptive intelligence powered by Azure AI, focusing on applying vision, voice, and autonomous reasoning to physical environments. This allows the robots to move beyond basic task execution to support more contextual and operationally aware interactions.

Through the collaboration, ADAM has been equipped with additional layers of context awareness, enabling it to incorporate signals such as time of day, weather, and promotions. The robot can now respond more naturally to customer preferences and apply vision-based models to maintain performance during peak demand periods.

"Our collaboration with Microsoft reflects a shared focus on applying advanced AI to practical, real-world use cases," said Wayne Huang, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Richtech Robotics. "By working closely with the Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Labs, our teams were able to jointly develop and deploy intelligent capabilities that strengthen reliability, enhance customer interactions, and support scalable automation across physical environments."

While ADAM serves as the flagship example, the collaboration demonstrates how agentic AI capabilities can be applied across various physical environments, including logistics, hospitality, and manufacturing settings where real-time perception and reliability are essential.

The U.S.-based provider of AI-driven robots noted that by combining physical robotics with cloud-based AI models, it can apply software-driven intelligence across its portfolio without requiring extensive new hardware investments.

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