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Canonical announces availability of Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’ release

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:00:40 +0000

Linux software developer Canonical Ltd. has announced a major update to the Ubuntu operating system that runs in thousands of data center servers and on millions of personal computers around the world. Today’s update beefs up Ubuntu’s security and introduces a refreshed App Store, among other new capabilities. Ubuntu is one of the most widely used […]

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Alation debuts AI copilot and analytics cloud to help enterprises wrangle data

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:24:31 +0000

Enterprise data intelligence startup Alation Inc. is jumping on the artificial intelligence bandwagon today, announcing a new copilot called ALLIE AI that’s intended to increase the productivity of anyone who regularly works with large datasets. It’s said to be able to automate the documentation and curation of data assets at large scale, making it easier […]

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Microsoft vows to fight after IRS slaps it with $29B tax bill

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:45:20 +0000

Microsoft Corp. is bracing itself for a lengthy battle with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service over billions of dollars in back taxes that it’s said to owe. In a securities filing and blog post today, Microsoft revealed it’s planning to contest an IRS request to pay an additional $28.9 billion in taxes, plus interest and […]

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Kubiya debuts enhanced ChatGPT-like assistant for DevOps processes

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:00:44 +0000

Artificial intelligence startup Kubiya Inc., which powers an intelligent, ChatGPT-like assistant for DevOps teams, has announced a new generation of its domain-specific copilot tools. Announced today, Kubiya’s new copilots now have the unique ability to interact natively with any DevOps tool, the company said. In addition, users can now chain together multiple purpose-built agents, each […]

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Box announces Hubs feature with integrated AI to combat content sprawl across every department

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:00:01 +0000

Cloud content management software provider Box Inc. today announced a new feature launching early next year called Box Hubs, intelligent portals that will make it easier for teams to organize, curate and publish content with internal teams and external partners. One of the best things about Box Hubs is that it will be deeply integrated with […]

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Pulumi expands automation beyond cloud infrastructure to application environments and their secrets

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 12:00:37 +0000

Infrastructure-as-code provider Pulumi Corp. today announced a new service called Pulumi ESC for managing the configurations and secrets of modern application environments, similar to how it automates cloud infrastructure management. Pulumi is a leader in the emerging IaC market, selling tools to help companies automate the management of their cloud computing infrastructure. More specifically, Pulumi’s […]

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Samsung forecasts 78% drop in profit, but its stock rises as investors see signs of recovery

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 03:03:50 +0000

South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said late today it’s expecting its third-quarter operating profit to fall 78% from the same period last year. The forecast would mean Samsung misses analysts’ expectations, at a time when its flagship semiconductor business continues to struggle with the chipmaking industry downturn. The company said in its preliminary […]

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Adobe’s Firefly image generator tool adds photorealistic images, vector graphics and design templates

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 23:55:23 +0000

The creative software company Adobe Inc. today announced some major updates to its Firefly image generation tool, which is powered by advanced generative artificial intelligence models. At the Adobe MAX conference in Los Angeles today, Adobe announced a new, more powerful Firefly Image 2 mode that’s said to be able to generate higher-quality images than […]

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Hitachi Vantara debuts unified data control plane spanning cloud, block, file and object storage

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:00:33 +0000

Enterprise storage infrastructure provider Hitachi Ventura LLC today unveiled what it says is a single, hybrid cloud data platform that caters to both structured and unstructured information across the full range of storage types. By creating a common data plane across block, file and object storage, Hitachi said, it’s providing a way for enterprises to […]

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UiPath launches Autopilot, an AI assistant for every business worker

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:00:47 +0000

UiPath Inc.’s business automation platform is getting a boost with the integration of new generative artificial intelligence, specialized AI and automation capabilities that will make it simple to automate almost any business task using natural language. The new features were announced today at UiPath’s annual user conference FORWARD VI, where the company unveiled its Autopilot […]

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Pure Storage beefs up Evergreen subscription service with cost and data resiliency guarantees

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:00:51 +0000

Flash storage pioneer Pure Storage Inc. said today it’s once again disrupting the storage-as-a-service industry with its Evergreen portfolio, introducing what it says is a first-of-its-kind commitment to pay for customers’ power and rack space costs. At the same time, it announced expanded energy efficiency, capacity density and zero-data loss guarantees, plus flexible upgrades, across […]

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Thread raises $15M to automate asset inspection for energy and utilities providers

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:00:26 +0000

Autonomous data collection startup Thread, which aims to transform asset inspection in the energy and utilities industries, said today it has closed on a $15 million early-stage funding round. Today’s Series A investment was led by Badlands Capital and saw participation from Minnkota Power Cooperative, Generational Partners, Rosecliff Ventures, Excell Partners, Homegrown Capital and Kevin […]

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Multimodal database startup TileDB raises $34M in Series B funding

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:00:16 +0000

Database startup TileDB Inc. said today it has closed on a $34 million Series B funding round, which will help it to advance its vision of becoming the “modern database” for enterprises, developers and data scientists alike. Today’s round was notably led by AlleyCorp, a venture capital firm founded by the MongoDB database creator Kevin […]

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Report: Big tech firms still struggling to make money from generative AI services

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:13:45 +0000

The rise of ChatGPT late last year sparked a surge of interest in new generative artificial intelligence technologies, and nowadays almost every big software provider has jumped on the bandwagon. Yet despite the massive enthusiasm for generative AI from technology providers and customers alike, no one has figured out yet how to make money from […]

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Anthropic announces key breakthrough in understanding behavior of artificial neural networks

Mike Wheatley — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:47:21 +0000

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC says it has come up with a way to get a better understanding of the behavior of the neural networks that power its AI algorithms. The research could have big implications for the safety and reliability of next-generation AI, giving researchers and developers greater control over the actions their models […]

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In wake of CEO departure controversy, Flexport announces another round of layoffs

Mike Wheatley — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 03:02:37 +0000

Yet more turmoil was announced by the beleaguered freight logistics software startup Flexport Inc. today, as it revealed plans to cut up to 30% of its workforce. The layoffs are being made to shore up Flexport’s financial situation, which has been hit by a big decline in revenue, unnamed sources told The Wall Street Journal. According […]

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Docker debuts GenAI developer stack and its first AI coding assistant

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 16:00:34 +0000

Container development tooling provider Docker Inc. said today it’s working with multiple partners to offer a new generative artificial intelligence development stack for developers to get started on building AI applications in minutes. Docker’s GenAI Stack was unveiled alongside the company’s first generative AI-powered coding assistant, which aims to boost developer productivity. Announced at DockerCon […]

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Observe raises $50M and integrates generative AI to simplify application observability

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 13:00:45 +0000

Software-as-a-service observability specialist Observe Inc. said today it has closed on a $50 million early-stage round of funding led by Sutter Hill Ventures, bringing its total amount raised to date to $164.5 million. The Series A round was announced alongside the launch of Hubble, a new version of its main observability suite that’s said to […]

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Live SaaS sales demo automation platform Saleo raises $13M in funding

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 13:00:02 +0000

Saleo Inc., creator of what it says is the first live demo automation platform for software-as-a-service providers, announced today it has closed on a $13 million fundraising. Today’s round was led by Emergence Capital and Tech Square Ventures. Saleo said the money will help expand its product and engineering efforts, grow its go-to-market teams and […]

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Alteryx launches no-code AI Studio to simplify the development of generative AI applications

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Big-data company Alteryx Inc. is trying to increase its relevance at a time when its stock has come under significant pressure, introducing new artificial intelligence innovations today that include what it says is the industry’s first deployment-agnostic AI studio designed for no-code users. Uniquely, Alteryx’s AI studio leverages generative AI to aid nonskilled workers in […]

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Dell enhances its generative AI hardware and software portfolio to cover more extensive use cases

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:00:58 +0000

Dell Technologies Inc. said today it’s expanding its suite of generative artificial intelligence infrastructure and services. The computer giant’s generative AI hardware now supports additional use cases, including model tuning and inferencing, allowing customers to deploy their latest models on specialized infrastructure within their own data centers. In addition, Dell announced an expansion of its […]

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Intel to spin out programmable chip business, with IPO slated for 2-3 years later

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:36:49 +0000

Intel Corp. today announced plans to spin out its programmable chip unit as a standalone business, and will treat it as a separate entity going forward. Ultimately, the chip giant aims to hold an initial public offering for the unit, at which point it would become an independent company. Intel’s Programmable Solutions Group will henceforth have […]

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Anthropic seeks huge investment from Google just days after Amazon invested billions

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:00:58 +0000

Anthropic has emerged as one of the best-funded rivals to OpenAI LP in generative artificial intelligence, but despite raising billions of dollars already, it’s still seeking more. According to a report today in The Information, Anthropic is now holding talks with investors, including Google LLC, about a new $2 billion funding round. It comes after […]

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Asana leans on AI to boost productivity and help companies benchmark their performance

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 13:00:26 +0000

Asana Inc. announced today that it’s integrating artificial intelligence into multiple aspects of its work management platform, taking advantage of its Work Graph architecture to maximize the impact, clarity, accountability and scale of various work-related projects. The company is the creator of a popular freemium work management platform that’s used by thousands of companies to […]

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Pulumi raises $41M in funding to grow infrastructure-as-code automation in the cloud

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 12:00:15 +0000

Infrastructure-as-code startup Pulumi Corp. said today it has closed on a $41 million round of funding. Today’s Series C round was led by Madrona and saw participation from NEA, Tola Capital and Strike Capital. It’s the first time Pulumi has sought outside funding since raising $37.5 million back in October 2020. All told, Pulumi has […]

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AI startup Cohere takes on OpenAI with new Chat API and Coral demo chatbot

Mike Wheatley — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:28:03 +0000

Generative artificial intelligence startup Cohere Inc. is looking to take on rivals such as OpenAI LP more directly with the launch of a new application programming interface that allows developers to integrate its Command large language model into their own applications. In a blog post, Cohere said the Chat API can be used to build […]

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Chinese AI chipmaker Enflame raises $237M in late-stage funding round

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 23:43:25 +0000

Chinese artificial intelligence chipmaker Enflame Technology Co. Ltd. has reportedly closed on a bumper 2 billion yuan ($237.7 million) late-stage funding round. Today’s Series D round, first reported by Reuters, is said to be led by a subsidiary of Shanghai International Group Co. Ltd., and saw participation from Tencent Holdings Ltd., the creator of the […]

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API connectivity king Kong announces dedicated cloud infrastructure and AI developer tooling

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:30:35 +0000

Kong Inc., the creator of application programming interface connectivity platform, today announced a new version of its popular API gateway, Kong Gateways. Kong Konnect Dedicated Cloud Gateways provides customers with a simpler and more cost-effective way to run the platform, fully managed and as-a-service, on dedicated cloud infrastructure. The announcement, made at the company’s 2023 API Summit […]

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OpenAI lets ChatGPT loose on the internet to search for up-to-date information

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:28:43 +0000

OpenAI LP announced today that its powerful chatbot ChatGPT has regained access to the internet to “provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources.” The new capability has been made available through an integration with Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine, the company said. Prior to today, ChatGPT had been restricted […]

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Soft guidance and lackluster demand weigh on Micron’s stock

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 23:35:59 +0000

Memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. delivered fiscal fourth-quarter results today that surpassed Walll Street’s expectations, but its forecast for its first quarter came up light, sending its stock lower in extended trading. During the quarter just gone, Micron said it racked up a net loss of $1.43 billion. It reported a loss before certain costs […]

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