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Stream Processing at the Edge: Why Embracing Failure is the Winning Strategy

As a former network and storage systems administrator, it’s been amazing to watch the cloud abstract away the complexity of infrastructure. Managed services today allow enterprises to scale systems without needing to g Read more…

Agentic AI Spurs Data Stack Updates at Snowflake Summit

How do you move, store, access, and track data in the age of AI? It sounds like a simple question, but it has complex implications for the companies that are actually doing it. This challenge was front and center at the Read more…

dbt Labs Cranks the Performance Dial with New Fusion Engine

Dbt became one of the most used data tools thanks to its extensibility and simplicity. Now the folks behind dbt are taking the tool to the next level with the launch of a new Rust-powered Fusion engine, which dbt Labs CE Read more…

How MongoDB’s In-Database Tech Simplifies and Speeds RAG Workloads

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is now an accepted part of the generative AI (GenAI) workflow and is widely used to feed custom data into foundation AI models. While RAG works, calls to outside tools can add complex Read more…

News In Brief

Databricks Is Making a Long-Term Play to Fix AI’s Biggest Constraint

At this week’s Databricks Data + AI Summit in San Francisco, the company announced two closely linked initiatives: a $100 million investment in global data and AI education, and the launch of Databricks Free Edition, a Read more…

Databricks One Reimagines How Enterprises Work with Data and AI

For all the progress in data infrastructure, most enterprises are still struggling with the last mile: enabling business users to work directly with data and AI without relying on technical teams.  In his keynote at Read more…

Inside Kumo’s Plan to Scale Predictive AI Across Business Data

As enterprise GenAI adoption continues to surge, another equally transformative, but often less visible shift is happening - the rise of predictable AI built on structured data. While much of the recent innovation has fo Read more…

Hex Raises $70M to Power Its Ambition for a Virtuous Cycle of Data Work

Hex, an AI-driven data science and analytics startup, has secured $70 million in a Series C funding round. In a data space crowded with dashboards, notebooks, and business intelligence (BI) tools, Hex is betting the futu Read more…

Who Is AI Inference Pipeline Builder Chalk?

Data platform giants like Databricks and Snowflake do great when it comes to building data pipelines and running low-latency analytics to generate AI features, but they don’t solve the need for fresh data and complex c Read more…

This Just In

Datavault AI and Kove Unveil Secure Data Monetization Solution at IBM Think 2025

May 5, 2025 |

BEAVERTON, Ore., May 5, 2025 — Datavault AI Inc., a leader in AI-driven data valuation and monetization, today announced a partnership with Kove, a high-performance computing innovator, to launch a secure, tokenized data vending solution. Read more…

Booz Allen Selected by NGA to Enhance Geospatial Intelligence Capabilities with Commercially Available Data

May 5, 2025 |

MCLEAN, Va., May 5, 2025–Booz Allen Hamilton today announced it was selected by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to deliver high-quality commercial geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) data and analytics. Selected as a vendor for both the Luno A and Luno B commercial data indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts, Booz Allen will deliver outcome-oriented and scalable data science and analytics built upon advanced commercial technology to meet unclassified challenges at speed and scale. Read more…

Database Management System Market Projected to Reach $225.17 Billion by 2032, Driven by Data Growth and Cloud Adoption, SNS Insider Says

May 5, 2025 |

PUNE, India, May 5, 2025 — The global Database Management System (DBMS) market was valued at USD $85.48 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow to $225.17 billion by 2032, expanding at a CAGR of 11.41% from 2024 to 2032, SNS Insider announced today. Read more…

Datadog Acquires Eppo to Expand Its AI, Product Analytics, Experimentation and Feature Flag Capabilities

May 5, 2025 |

NEW YORK, N.Y., May 5, 2025 –Datadog Inc., the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, today announced it has acquired Eppo, a feature flagging and experimentation platform, which will tightly integrate with Datadog’s existing Product Analytics suite. Read more…

Patronus AI Launches Industry-First Multimodal LLM-as-a-Judge for Image Evaluation

Mar 14, 2025 |

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 14, 2025 — Patronus AI today announced the launch of the industry’s first Multimodal LLM-as-a-Judge (MLLM-as-a-Judge), a groundbreaking evaluation capability that enables developers to score and optimize multimodal AI systems for image-to-text applications. Read more…

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