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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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…