AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI isn’t going anywhere: raises $6.6B at $157B valuation

October 3, 2024
Despite a wave of executive departures in recent months, OpenAI has today announced an expected new funding round. It was always expected to be a whopper, but the amount it raised — $6.6 billion at a $157 billion total company valuation  — now makes it the largest venture capital round in history to date, according to Axios. The round was led by Thrive Capital, according to Bloomberg, while…
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From cost center to competitive edge: The strategic value of custom AI Infrastructure

September 27, 2024
AI is no longer just a buzzword — it’s a business imperative. As enterprises across industries continue to adopt AI, the conversation around AI infrastructure has evolved dramatically. Once viewed as a necessary but costly investment, custom AI infrastructure is now seen as a strategic asset that can provide a critical competitive edge. Mike Gualtieri, vice president and principal analyst at…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman anticipates superintelligence soon, defends AI in rare personal blog post

September 25, 2024
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman penned a rare note on his website today spelling out more of his vision of the AI-powered future, or as he calls it (and his blog post is titled): “The Intelligence Age.“ Specifically, Sam Altman argues that “deep learning works,” and can generalize across a range of domains and difficult problem sets based on its training data, allowing people to “solve hard…
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DataStax CEO: 2025 will be the year we see true AI transformation

September 24, 2024
As enterprise leaders grapple with the complexities of implementing generative AI, DataStax CEO Chet Kapoor offers a reassuring perspective: the current challenges are a normal part of technological revolutions, and 2025 will be the year when AI truly transforms business operations. Kapoor is on the front lines of how enterprise companies are implementing AI, because DataStax offers an operational…
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