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Amazon Invests Another $2.75 Billion Into Anthropic

The GenAI boom last year triggered a desperate scramble among tech companies to adopt the new technology. With such immense potential on the line, an AI arms race is underway. Amazon is spending billions as it looks to g Read more…

MicroStrategy Fleshes Out AI-for-BI Strategy, Bets Big On Bitcoin

MicroStrategy this week unveiled a new customizable AI bot called Auto that lets business users interact with MicroStrategy’s data analytics offerings through natural language. But investors in the publicly traded Virg Read more…

Kinetica Elevates RAG with Fast Access to Real-Time Data

Kinetica got its start building a GPU-powered database to serve fast SQL queries and visualizations for US government and military clients. But with a pair of announcements at Nvidia’s GTC show last week, the company i Read more…

GoodData Unveils Major Update to Redefine the Landscape for BI Practitioners

In the realm of business intelligence (BI) and analytic platforms, artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a behind-the-scenes force for a while. However, the advent of GenAI has revolutionized the way organizations levera Read more…

Redis Acquires Speedb, Expanding Its Data Platform Capabilities Beyond DRAM

In a strategic move to cater to the escalating demands of real-time and generative AI applications, Redis has announced the acquisition of data storage engine Speedb. This acquisition will boost Redis's capabilities in d Read more…

Zilliz Unveils Game-Changing Features for Vector Search

Vector databases have emerged to become an integral component of many AI applications. However, as AI applications continue to grow, vector databases are presented with more complicated use cases. This requires vector da Read more…

AI Evolution: Challenges Persist Despite Growing Optimism

The majority of business leaders and technical analysts believe that AI is an essential tool for business sustainability. Nearly 3 in 4 decision-makers believe that not investing in AI puts their business at risk of fail Read more…

Nvidia Introduces New Blackwell GPU for Trillion-Parameter AI Models

Nvidia’s latest and fastest GPU, code-named Blackwell, is here and will underpin the company’s AI plans this year. The chip offers performance improvements from its predecessors, including the red-hot H100 and A100 Read more…

DDN Cranks the Data Throughput with AI400X2 Turbo

DDN today launched a new version of its high-end storage solution for AI and high-performance computing, which Nvidia uses to power its massive Eos supercomputer. The AI400X2 Turbo features a 30% performance boost compar Read more…

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang to Deliver Keynote at GTC 2024

Few companies have ever enjoyed the hot streak that NVIDIA is going through. With the booming GenAI market, NVIDIA shares have tripled in 2023, and continue to rise sharply this year. The meteoric rise of the “kingpin� Read more…

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