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Martian debuts novel AI model mapping technology for apps to leverage multiple LLMs at once
Martian Learning Inc. today debuted a new artificial intelligence model mapping technology that it says can achieve better performance at lower costs than any single large language model. The startup said it has also raised $9 million in a seed funding round led by NEA, Prosus Ventures, Carya Venture Partners and General Catalyst. The company ...
Microsoft turbocharges AI development with Fabric, Azure AI Studio and database updates
Microsoft Corp. is raising its game for artificial intelligence developers with a host of updates to its Azure cloud computing platform. At its annual Ignite 2023 conference, the company explained that the success of any AI initiative is limited by the data that’s available to it, so one of the main focuses is on the ...
First dedicated AI accelerators and in-house Arm processors unveiled for Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Corp. is looking to fuel the artificial intelligence and cloud computing ambitions of its customers with the launch of new, dedicated silicon for AI and other workloads. The new chips announced today at Ignite 2023 include Microsoft’s first custom AI accelerator available on Azure, called Azure Maia, which is designed to support workloads such ...
Microsoft brings generative AI copilots to sales and service teams
Microsoft Corp. is building on the launch of its Copilot for Dynamics 365 artificial intelligence tool with the launch of dedicated, generative AI-powered assistants for services and sales teams. Announced at Microsoft Ignite 2023 today, Microsoft Copilot for Service offers AI-powered assistance that’s tailored to the needs of employees at the frontline of customer experiences, ...
Salesforce adds more generative AI features to Sales Cloud
Salesforce Inc. today said it’s infusing its Sales Cloud platform with yet more artificial intelligence capabilities as part of its ongoing push to use the technology to help sales teams sell their products faster and more efficiently and boost their productivity. The new innovations are being delivered to sales representatives, leaders and operations teams, the ...
Dell partners with Hugging Face to help enterprises deploy generative AI on-premises
Dell Technologies Inc. said today it’s partnering with Hugging Face Inc. to help enterprises deploy generative AI models on-premises and get their proof-of-concepts up and running in production more easily. Until now, big cloud providers such as Microsoft Corp. and Google Cloud have largely dominated the generative AI industry, because they provide easy access to ...
Grafana Labs acquires AI startup Asserts.ai to ease application observability headaches
The information technology monitoring startup Grafana Labs said today it’s beefing up its platform through the acquisition of an artificial intelligence firm called Asserts.ai Inc., which has developed technology to help users better understand their observability data. The acquisition of Asserts for undisclosed terms was announced at Grafana Labs’ annual ObservabilityCON event in London, and ...
CoreView acquires Simeon Cloud to simplify Microsoft 365 setup and management, appoints new CEO
CoreView S.r.l., which helps enterprises manage their Microsoft 365 deployments, said it’s acquiring a startup called Simeon Cloud LLC to improve its capabilities in tenant configuration management. It also announced a new chief executive. Announced today, the acquisition will provide enterprises with a simplified, holistic approach to satisfy all of their information technology and business ...
Arcitecta debuts universal data platform to enable global information accessibility at lower costs
Arcitecta IP Pty Ltd., said today it’s launching a new enterprise-focused data system that converges data management, orchestration, multiprotocol access and storage within a single platform. The idea is that enterprises can manage their entire data estates across on-premises and cloud environments through a single platform that offers globally distributed access, with high performance, scalability ...
Synaptics’ stock makes strong gains on easy earnings and revenue beats
Shares of the computer interface technology firm Synaptics Inc. made significant gains in late trading today after it posted fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street’s expectations. The company reported a net loss of $55.6 million in the quarter, down from a net income of $64.6 million one year earlier. Earnings before certain ...