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Exclusive: Panzura updates global file system to cut storage costs and prepare for agentic AI
Panzura LLC is updating its CloudFS hybrid cloud file platform with features aimed at lowering storage infrastructure costs, simplifying operations and preparing enterprise file data for emerging agentic artificial intelligence workloads. Released today, Version 8.7 focuses on reducing the operational burden of large-scale file environments while giving information technology teams greater control over distributed file ...
Databricks launches data engineering copilot and acquires agent evaluation startup Quotient AI
Databricks Inc. today introduced Genie Code, an artificial intelligence agent designed to automate complex data engineering and analytics tasks. The move extends the rapid evolution of agents from software engineering into enterprise data workflows. The data science platform maker also announced the acquisition of Quotient AI Inc., an early-stage startup focused on evaluating and diagnosing ...
New memory architecture targets AI inference bottlenecks
Lightbits Labs Ltd. today is introducing a new architecture aimed at addressing one of the most stubborn bottlenecks in large-scale artificial intelligence inference: the growing mismatch between the memory demands of large language models and the limited memory capacity of graphics processing units. The company announced a collaborative design with ScaleFlux Inc. and FarmGPU Inc. ...
Exclusive: Virtana customizes its observability platform for AI workloads
Virtana today introduced a new application observability capability designed to track performance problems across the full technology stack from application code to infrastructure, networks, storage and artificial intelligence workloads, an approach the company says addresses gaps in other application performance monitoring tools. The San Jose-based company, whose legal name is Virtual Instruments USA Inc., said ...
CData expands Connect AI platform with agent-specific tooling and governance
CData Software Inc. is expanding its Connect AI platform with new tooling and governance features designed to help enterprises move artificial intelligence systems from experimental pilots into production environments. The announcement at Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Orlando adds new capabilities across connectivity, contextual intelligence and security controls. The company says those three elements ...
Exclusive: LucidLink enables collaboration directly on object storage
LucidLink Corp., provider of a cloud network-attached storage system based on object storage technology, today is introducing LucidLink Connect, a new capability that makes object storage an active workspace where teams can collaborate without migrating or duplicating data. The San Francisco-based company said the feature, now generally available, extends its file streaming platform by enabling ...
TransUnion unveils AI agent to accelerate financial analytics workflows
Credit reporting giant TransUnion LLC today is introducing a new artificial intelligence capability designed to accelerate complex credit analytics workflows and make them accessible to a broader range of users across the financial services sector. The Chicago-based company’s AI Analytics Orchestrator Agent is built on top of its TruIQ software and the underlying OneTru data ...
Unleash raises $35M to rein in AI-driven software risk
Unleash, the business name of Bricks Software AS, said today it has raised $35 million in a Series B funding to help enterprises manage the operational risks that come with artificial intelligence-accelerated software development. The Oslo-based firm sells a commercial version of its namesake open-source feature management platform developed by Chief Technology Officer Ivar Østhus. ...
Exclusive: American Express partners with and invests in AI operations startup Traversal
American Express Co. is deepening its relationship with site reliability engineering startup Traversal Inc., making a strategic investment through Amex Ventures while deploying Traversal’s artificial intelligence-driven site reliability engineering platform across its global technology infrastructure. The partnership reflects growing interest among large financial institutions in using AI to automate the complex work of diagnosing and ...
Krisp launches listener-side, real-time accent conversion
Krisp Technologies Inc., a developer of software for noise cancellation, transcription and summarization of live meetings, today is introducing a real-time voice technology that improves the understanding of accented English in live conversations. The Berkeley, California-based company’s Listener-Side Accent Conversion system adapts incoming speech for individual listeners without altering how the speaker sounds to others. ...