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

Google’s first Project Suncatcher AI satellite set to blast off into orbit next week

EMERGING TECH By MIKE WHEATLEY4 WEEKS AGO

Google LLC’s plan to put artificial intelligence data centers into low-Earth orbit is taking shape, as it prepares to launch its first satellite on a SpaceX Corp. rocket next week. In a blog post today, the company said Project Suncatcher will launch …

Oracle issues ‘force majeure’ notice to New Mexico data center developer on energy delays

INFRA By MIKE WHEATLEY4 WEEKS AGO

Oracle Corp. has sent a notice of force majeure to the developer of Project Jupiter, a data center campus that’s currently under construction in New Mexico, according to a report by Bloomberg. Force majeure is a kind of clause that’s often inserted …

Pat Gelsinger-backed startup PicoJool raises $27.5M to boost bandwidth for AI clusters

INFRA By MIKE WHEATLEY4 WEEKS AGO

A startup called PicoJool that’s backed by former Intel Corp. Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger says it’s ready to help ease the strain on artificial intelligence data centers after raising $27.5 million in early-stage funding today. The Series A round was led by …

Meta tries to resurrect the metaverse with its new VR Glasses

EMERGING TECH By MIKE WHEATLEY4 WEEKS AGO

Meta Platforms Inc. founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has reignited his metaverse ambitions with the arrival today of the Meta VR Glasses, a much smaller, lighter and slimmer virtual reality device than the company’s existing Quest-branded VR headsets. The Meta VR …

Amazon’s new plugin lets sellers manage their entire e-commerce business with AI

AI By MIKE WHEATLEY4 WEEKS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. said today it’s trying to make life easier for independent sellers using its ecommerce platform with new tools including a plugin that allows them to run their businesses via artificial intelligence assistants. The new tools, announced at Amazon’s annual seller …

Ema raises $77M in funding to deploy AI employees across enterprise HR, IT and finance departments

AI By MIKE WHEATLEY1 MONTH AGO

Agentic artificial intelligence employee startup Ema Unlimited Inc. is prepping for a massive expansion of its autonomous workers in the enterprise after raising $77 million in funding today. The Series B round was led by Creagis and saw the participation of existing …

Known Systems AI spins out of Identity Digital to make AI agents accountable to their owners

AI By MIKE WHEATLEY1 MONTH AGO

The domain name registrar company Identity Digital Inc. thinks it knows how to make artificial intelligence agents more accountable, and to do that it’s creating an entirely new company called Known Systems AI Inc. Known is a spinout of Identity Digital’s nascent …

Machine vision company Cognex buys Intel robotics spinoff RealSense for $600M

EMERGING TECH By MIKE WHEATLEY1 MONTH AGO

U.S. machine vision company Cognex Corp. said today that it intends to buy RealSense Inc., the robotics and computer vision startup that was spun out of Intel Corp. 14 months earlier in a deal valued at around $600 million. Nasdaq-listed Cognex will …

Nexstrom bags $12M to help chipmakers replace silicon with more efficient semiconductor wafers

INFRA By MIKE WHEATLEY1 MONTH AGO

Singapore-based startup Nexstrom Pte. Ltd. said today it has raised $12 million in seed funding to drag the chipmaking industry into the “post-silicon era” by commercializing its proprietary wafer-scale platform for 2D semiconductor materials. Today’s round was led by Xora Innovation and …

With $35M in early funding, Baselayer is building the trust layer for the agentic economy

AI By MIKE WHEATLEY1 MONTH AGO

Business identity and risk infrastructure startup Baselayer is shifting its attention to artificial intelligence agents after raising $35 million in early-stage funding today. Alongside the Series A round, it’s announcing the launch of its Agentic Identity Suite, which it says is the …

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Mike Wheatley

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Google’s first Project Suncatcher AI satellite set to blast off into orbit next week

Pat Gelsinger-backed startup PicoJool raises $27.5M to boost bandwidth for AI clusters

Meta tries to resurrect the metaverse with its new VR Glasses

Amazon’s new plugin lets sellers manage their entire e-commerce business with AI

Ema raises $77M in funding to deploy AI employees across enterprise HR, IT and finance departments

Known Systems AI spins out of Identity Digital to make AI agents accountable to their owners

Machine vision company Cognex buys Intel robotics spinoff RealSense for $600M

Nexstrom bags $12M to help chipmakers replace silicon with more efficient semiconductor wafers

With $35M in early funding, Baselayer is building the trust layer for the agentic economy

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