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AtScale Likes Its Odds in Race to Build Universal Semantic Layer

Semantic layers are suddenly a hot commodity thanks to their capability to make private business data make sense to AI models. Databricks and Snowflake are both building their own semantic layers, but if broad industry s Read more…

Why Your New AI Tools (and the Companies Making Them) Are Failing You

The initial euphoria surrounding generative AI is officially over. It has been replaced by a simmering, and in many cases boiling, frustration from the very users these platforms are meant to serve. The recent rollout of Read more…

The Rise of Vibe Coding and What It Means for Developer Creativity

Spend enough time writing code and you start to develop a sixth sense, not just for logic or syntax, but for rhythm. There’s a creative cadence to software development that, when you're in it, feels a lot like flow. Th Read more…

How Much Docker Should a Data Scientist Know?

The best answers are obviously “some”, “depends”, or begin with “Well…”. Let’s do a deeper dive and attempt to understand where and how Docker is being shoehorned (read shoved) into a data scientist’s d Read more…

Cube Ready to Become the Standard for Universal Semantic Layer, If Needed

Artyom Keydunov created the Cube semantic layer as a side project back in 2018 to ensure consistent answers to queries generated by the new Slack chatbot he had built. Fast forward seven eventful years, and semantic laye Read more…

News In Brief

Anaconda Report Links AI Slowdown to Gaps in Data Governance

The push to scale AI across the enterprise is running into an old but familiar problem: governance. As organizations experiment with increasingly complex model pipelines, the risks tied to oversight gaps are starting to Read more…

From Logs to Dashboards: Grafana Assistant Adds AI Across the Workflow

Grafana Labs, the open observability platform, says it wants to make monitoring systems easier for everyone, not just experts. This week, the company launched a public preview of Grafana Assistant, a new AI tool built in Read more…

GigaOm Rates the Object Stores

Thanks to their infinite scalability, object stores are the software medium of choice for today’s big data and AI projects. But how do the various object stores compare? GigaOm shed some light on the question with its Read more…

Can $156M Help Observe Redefine Observability for the AI Era?

The gold rush for AI has created an invisible side effect: an explosion of telemetry data that threatens to overwhelm the very systems built to keep applications running smoothly. Every new service and model generates mo Read more…

This Just In

Accenture Invests in OPAQUE to Advance Confidential AI and Data Solutions

Mar 13, 2025 |

NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO– Accenture has made a strategic investment in OPAQUE, a provider of a confidential AI platform that empowers organizations to run cloud-scale, general purpose AI workloads using encrypted data and governed data sharing, with a focus on privacy, sovereignty and compliance. Read more…

SoftServe Survey Finds 58 Percent of Leaders Report Using Inaccurate Data

Feb 6, 2025 |

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 6, 2025 — SoftServe, a premier IT consulting and digital services provider, today released survey results on the state of data management in 2025, unveiling significant benefits of strong data foundations while exposing the widespread deficits in data maturity affecting most businesses. Read more…

Cognida.ai Secures $15M Series A from Nexus Venture Partners

Feb 6, 2025 |

CHICAGO, Feb. 6, 2025 — Cognida.ai, a leader in practical AI solutions for enterprises, today announced the successful close of its $15 million Series A funding round, led by Nexus Venture Partners. Read more…

TrueFoundry Secures $19 Million Series A Funding to Transform AI Deployment

Feb 6, 2025 |

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6, 2025 — TrueFoundry, an AI deployment and scaling platform, today announced it raised $19 million in Series A funding, led by Intel Capital. Existing investors Eniac Ventures and Peak XV’s Surge (formerly Sequoia Capital India & Read more…

Observo AI Secures $15M to Tackle Data Overload

Jan 31, 2025 |

FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 31, 2025 — Observo AI, an AI-native data pipeline company solving data sprawl and exponentially rising costs in observability and security, has announced it raised $15 million in a seed funding round led by Felicis and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Read more…

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