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📢 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍: Rackspace Unveils AI Growth Strategy, Expands Palantir Partnership - $Rackspace Tech(RXT.US) $Palantir Tech(PLTR.US) $AMD(AMD.US) $Rubrik(RBRK.US)

👉 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:

➤ 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 outlined its strategy to become the operator of the 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤.

➤ 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫 named Rackspace a 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 for regulated and sovereign markets.

➤ Rackspace highlighted AI partnerships with 𝐀𝐌𝐃, 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫, 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐤, 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 and VMware.

➤ Partnership has grown to 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝟒𝟎𝟎 Palantir certifications across sales, engineering and operations.

➤ First joint deployment delivered a 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟗𝟒% reduction in customer quote cycle time.

➤ Rackspace lowered 𝐅𝐘𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 revenue outlook to 𝟐.𝟒𝟓-𝟐.𝟓𝟓 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 from 𝟐.𝟔𝟎-𝟐.𝟕𝟎 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧.

➤ FY2026 𝐀𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐃𝐀 outlook reduced to 𝟐𝟖𝟓-𝟐𝟗𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧.

➤ Q2 2026 revenue expected at 𝟔𝟒𝟏-𝟔𝟒𝟗 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 with Adjusted EBITDA of 𝟓𝟖-𝟔𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧.

➤ Rackspace targets 𝟑𝟎𝐌𝐖 AI capacity by 2028, generating 𝟒𝟓𝟎-𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 annual revenue.

👉 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:

➤ Palantir partnership strengthens Rackspace's position in the 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐈 market.

➤ AI infrastructure expansion targets a 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧 growth business beginning in 2027.

➤ Lower near-term guidance reflects a strategic shift toward 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐀𝐈 investments.

👉 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭:

➤ "The best-of-breed partnerships we have signed during 2026 – with AMD, Palantir, Rubrik, Uniphore and VMware by Broadcom – combined with the data center capacity and 25+ years of expertise that Rackspace brings to the table, represent a unique positional advantage for Rackspace. Today's capital raise announcement is meaningful because it will enable us to expedite our AI Enterprise strategy and unlock a meaningful revenue and EBITDA growth vector for Rackspace, starting in 2027." — 𝐆𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐡, Chief Executive Officer of Rackspace Technology.

➤ "Apollo remains highly supportive of Rackspace's strategy and believes the Company is taking the right steps to fund its next phase of growth. We are excited about the opportunity ahead and remain aligned with Rackspace as it builds a differentiated platform for Enterprise AI." — 𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐥, Partner at Apollo Global Management and Member of Rackspace Technology's Board of Directors.

📢 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍: Rubrik Plans Integration of Agent Cloud With Amazon Bedrock AgentCore - $Rubrik(RBRK.US) $Amazon(AMZN.US)

👉 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:

➤ 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐤 announced a planned integration between Agent Cloud and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore.

➤ Announcement was made at the 𝐀𝐖𝐒 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 in New York.

➤ Integration would connect Rubrik's 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 security controls to AgentCore.

➤ AgentCore enforces real-time controls across 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐭𝐨-𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥, agent-to-LLM, and agent-to-agent interactions.

➤ Security enforcement decisions would occur at the 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐲, outside the agent reasoning loop.

➤ Users would gain 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 discovery and visibility into risks and permissions.

➤ Platform would enable organizations to 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 destructive AI agent actions.

➤ Integration includes a 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 control panel for AI security policy management.

➤ Existing Rubrik Agent Cloud customers can connect current policies upon launch.

➤ Rubrik did not disclose a 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 release date for the integration.

👉 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:

➤ Addresses growing security concerns around 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐈 deployments.

➤ Could strengthen governance and oversight of 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 ecosystems.

➤ Expands Rubrik's presence in the emerging 𝐀𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 market.

👉 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭:

➤ "Cybersecurity leaders estimate that in the next year, half or more of attacks they face will be driven by agentic AI." — 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐯𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢, General Manager of AI at Rubrik.

📢 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍: $Rubrik(RBRK.US) Rubrik Launches Agent Cloud for Anthropic Claude AI Agents

👉 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:

➤ Rubrik launches 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 for Anthropic's 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞 AI agents.

➤ Platform provides 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 and 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 of AI agents at scale.

➤ New 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 feature reverses unintended AI agent actions.

➤ Includes 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐮𝐩 and 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 for agent configurations.

➤ Addresses risks from agents 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, and 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 code autonomously.

➤ Rubrik unveils 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 for cloud applications.

➤ Uses 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 to map application dependencies.

➤ 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐤 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐬: 88% of leaders worry about recovery objectives.

➤ System restores 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐕𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 after cyber incidents.

➤ Recovery covers 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞, 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚, 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, and 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 systems.

🚨 Pre-market buzz!

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$Rubrik(RBRK.US) | 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐤: BMO raises 𝐏𝐓 𝐭𝐨 $𝟔𝟒, reiterates 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦

Analyst sees upside to ARR growth driven by data expansion and new products, with usage-based pricing as a key advantage.

Source: Hardik Shah

Here’s a good note as we wrap up the trading week that suggests AI’s impact is broadening into cybersecurity. Rubrik, a $17B data-protection and cybersecurity company, is up 24% today. They reported EPS of $0.10 vs. the Street’s -$0.17 and revenue of $350M vs. $319M expected. They also raised their 2026 revenue outlook by 4%.

$Rubrik(RBRK.US) is in our $LOUP ETF, which focuses on frontier tech companies below $500B in market cap.

Source: Gene Munster