MAI-Thinking-1 in Microsoft Foundry

The August 2026 What's new in Microsoft Foundry update adds a new article: Deploy and use MAI-Thinking-1 in Microsoft Foundry.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/how-to/use-foundry-models-mai-thinking

FivetranFivetran·August 2026

Fivetran adds in-dashboard annual contract renewal

Eligible accounts can renew their annual contract from the Billing page in the Fivetran dashboard within 90 days of the current contract's end.

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Google CloudGemini Enterprise·Aug 1, 2026

Gemini Enterprise: Pay for what you consume with the Pay-as-you-go edition

The Gemini Enterprise Pay-as-you-go edition is generally available. With this edition, you pay for the feature usage your project consumes without pooled user license quotas. To get started, you need an invoiced Cloud Billing account with a one-seat minimum. You can monitor feature usage and set monthly spend limits in the Google Cloud console.

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AnthropicClaude Platform·Aug 1, 2026

Dreams research preview adds support for Claude Opus 5

Dreams, in research preview, now supports Claude Opus 5.

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MongoDBMongoDB Atlas·August 2026

FOCUS 1.3 Cost and Usage Report for Atlas billing

Adds a FOCUS Cost and Usage Report presenting billing cost and usage data in FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification 1.3 format for FinOps and cross-vendor cost tools.

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dbt Labsdbt Core·August 2026

dbt Core 2.0 available in beta

dbt Core 2.0 is available in beta.

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dbt Labsdbt platform·August 2026

Analyst read permission set GA for Enterprise plans

Analyst read is a project-level permission set providing read-only access to analyze dbt models and project resources, and read-only users can connect to features such as the dbt MCP server. It is GA for Enterprise plans.

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