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Dremio Corp., the developer of a data lakehouse platform based on the Apache Iceberg table format, today is throwing its support behind the Polaris data catalog that cloud data warehousing firm Snowflake Inc. released to open source in June. The move is …
IBM revenue misses, but execs say AI will drive future growth
IBM Corp. kicked off the tech sector’s quarterly earnings season with results that indicated that the artificial intelligence dividend has yet to pay off for the big infrastructure players. Third-quarter earnings of $2.30 per share, excluding nonrecurring items, were eight cents better …
Qpoint bags $4M to improve visibility into external app services
Qpoint Inc., a startup focused on providing visibility into applications’ external services and traffic for improved performance and security, said Tuesday it has closed a $4 million pre-seed funding round. Qpoint uses extended Berkeley Packet Filter technology, a feature of the Linux …
IBM releases new Granite foundation models under ‘permissive’ Apache license
Furthering its drive to build a distinctive position in enterprise artificial intelligence, IBM Corp. today is rolling out a series of new language models and tools to ensure their responsible use. The company is also unveiling a new generation of its watsonx …
Big-data dust-up: Why two AI giants are at war over who’s more open
The battle for supremacy in the emerging market for platforms that best support the coming boom in artificial intelligence development may ultimately come down to a geeky storage format that even its inventor says only 20 people should care about. Apache Iceberg, …
Clerk Chat raises $7M to simplify business text messaging
Clerk Chat Inc., a startup building a messaging platform that integrates with major telecommunications carriers, today said it has raised $7 million in seed funding. The San Francisco-based firm plans to use the cash to improve its messaging capabilities and strengthen relationships …
Nvidia aims to boost Blackwell GPUs by donating platform design to the Open Compute Project
Nvidia Corp. today said it has contributed parts of its Blackwell accelerated computing platform design to the Open Compute Project and broadened support for OCP standards in its Spectrum-X networking fabric. Nvidia hopes the move will help solidify its new line of …
Domino Data Lab seeks to embed governance in AI development
Data science startup Domino Data Lab Inc. has become the latest company to introduce a platform for automating governance in artificial intelligence development, saying its extensive experience with large organizations and federal government agencies gives it a unique advantage. Domino Governance is …
Dell introduces AMD-based AI servers and tightens Hugging Face ties
Dell Technologies Inc. today launched five new PowerEdge servers using Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s 5th Generation EPYC processors and targeted at artificial intelligence development and model deployment. The announcements represent “a massive expansion of our partnership with the AMD,” said Varun Chhabra, …
Relyance AI raises $32M to make AI data governance more transparent
Relyance AI Inc., developer of a governance platform that provides visibility and control over enterprise-wide data, today announced a $32.1 million Series B funding round. The four-year-old startup, which secured a $30 million funding round in 2021, plans to use the money …