Accenture Plc agreed to buy Faculty, a British artificial intelligence startup that’s worked closely with the government, as part of the consultancy’s effort to recast itself as a leader in the technology.

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, in the last of our look at tech themes to watch in 2026, Spencer Soper writes about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on e-commerce and how it may change depending upon a pending US Supreme Court decision.

The world’s most valuable company is on shaky stock market footing as 2026 gets underway.

JPMorgan strategist Hugh Gimber says the AI trade is “intact” but favors a “more diversified” investment approach which includes Chinese technology firms. “It’s about spreading where you want to take your risk in portfolios,” Gimber tells Bloomberg Television.

Delcy Rodríguez has been sworn in as acting president of Venezuela, as Nicolas Maduro and his wife plead not guilty in the US to drug violence and weapons charges. Also on the show: Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang, says the company's highly-anticipated Rubin data center chips are nearing release; Ethiopia says it has reached an agreement in principle with bondholders on a restructuring; we speak exclusively to Amer Bisat, Lebanon's Economy and Trade Minister as the cabinet passes its long-awaited […]

Nvidia Corp.’s highly anticipated Rubin data center processors are in production and customers will soon be able to try out the technology, according to Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang. Meanwhile, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. announced a new chip for corporate data center use and talked up the attributes of a future generation of products for that market. Bloomberg Intelligence’s Masahiro Wakasugi breaks down the situation.

Analyst on AMD's New Tech, AI Demand DEK: Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su touted the attributes of a future generation of products, saying the pace of AI innovation has been incredible. Constellation Research founder Ray Wang provides context. (Source: Bloomberg)

As investors pile into the AI boom, Australia is attracting massive bets from global tech firms. Legora, a Swedish AI startup, aims to tackle legal grunt work by automating tasks such as contract review and due diligence. Heather Paterson, the company's lead for Asia Pacific and Japan, discusses the expansion into the Australian market and the adoption of AI for legal tasks on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade". (Source: Bloomberg)