Mike Wheatley

Mike Wheatley is a senior staff writer at SiliconANGLE. He loves to write about Big Data and the Internet of Things, and explore how these technologies are evolving and helping businesses to become more agile. Before joining SiliconANGLE, Mike was an editor at Argophilia Travel News, an occassional contributer to The Epoch Times, and has also dabbled in SEO and social media marketing. He usually bases himself in Bangkok, Thailand, though he can often be found roaming through the jungles or chilling on a beach. Got a news story or tip? Email Mike@SiliconANGLE.com.

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Gravitee raises $60M to help developers tame API complexity

Digital traffic pipeline management startup Gravitee Topco Ltd. said today it has closed on a $60 million Series C funding round, bringing its total amount raised to date to more than $125 million. The latest round was led by Sixth Street Growth and saw participation from previous investors Riverside Acceleration Capital and Albion VC. The company ...

With a flurry of new model features, Google outlines plan to build a universal AI assistant

Google LLC wants to combine the emerging “agentic” capabilities of its Gemini artificial intelligence assistant with advances in areas such as robotics and physics to create a new kind of “world model” that can imagine things in the same way as humans can. That vision of a universal AI assistant that can make plans by ...

New AI Mode promises to make Google Search, and Shopping, much more intelligent

Google Search is building on the generative artificial intelligence search experiences introduced with AI Overviews last year, as part of a broader effort that will ultimately see it go beyond simply providing information. The enhanced search capabilities were announced at Google’s annual developer conference I/O near its Mountain View headquarters. They’re centered on a new ...

AI agents unleashed in Windows with Model Context Protocol

Microsoft Corp. believes we’re headed toward a future where artificial intelligence-powered agents will become pervasive in enterprise computing environments, so today it’s making it easier for those agents to communicate with the third-party tools they must use to accomplish various tasks on behalf of their human users. At its annual developer conference, Microsoft Build 2025, ...

Microsoft debuts Windows AI Foundry for local model development on AI PCs

Microsoft Corp. said today it’s advancing the local artificial intelligence development capabilities of Windows, as part of an effort to help developers build and experiment and reach new users with sophisticated AI experiences. At Microsoft Build 2025 running this week in Seattle, the company said it has evolved Windows Copilot Runtime into a new service ...

NLWeb is Microsoft’s new, open-source tool that integrates generative AI search into any website

With the launch of a new, open-source project called NLWeb, Microsoft Corp. says it can transform any existing website into an artificial intelligence-powered application by integrating natural language capabilities. The project, announced at Microsoft Build 2025 today, is meant to simplify the creation of natural language interfaces that can be embedded into any website. NLWeb, ...

Cerebras Systems blazes a trail for AI inference, powering advanced reasoning in real time

Artificial intelligence chip startup Cerebras Systems Inc. is heralding the launch of Qwen3-32B, one of the most advanced and powerful open-weight large language models in the world, as proof of its ability to outcompete Nvidia Corp. in AI inference. The company said its inference platform has achieved the previously impossible — enabling advanced AI reasoning ...

Applied Materials’ chips are down following revenue miss and light guidance

Semiconductor industry giant Applied Materials Inc. delivered mixed results in its latest quarter and offered guidance that came in just shy of expectations, sending its stock lower in extended trading today. The chip manufacturing equipment maker reported second-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $2.39 per share, beating Wall Street’s consensus estimate ...

Meta to postpone release of Llama 4 Behemoth model, report claims

Meta Platforms Inc. is likely to delay the release of its upcoming Llama 4 Behemoth artificial intelligence model, in a move that could have serious implications for the broader AI industry. In an exclusive report, the Wall Street Journal cites people with knowledge of the matter as saying Llama 4 Behemoth’s debut is being pushed ...

Google updates its Cloud Marketplace economics to boost value for partners and customers

Google Cloud said today it wants to transform its Cloud Marketplace into a “growth engine” for its customers and partners with a new economic model, simplified purchases and more incentives for everyone. In a blog post, Google Cloud Marketplace Managing Director Dai Vu said the platform is an integral part of the go-to-market strategy of ...