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Quantum computing vendors IonQ and D-Wave Quantum touted strong bookings for 2024 and the fourth quarter and said systems are showing near-term usefulness and commercial potential. The disclosures were timed to counter Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's take that useful quantum computing systems were 15- to 30-years away.
Huang made the quantum computing comments at CES 2025 in a Q&A with analysts. Specifically, Huang said:
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Cohere launched an early access program for North, an AI platform designed to make daily work more efficient. The aim for Cohere North is to combine large language models, search and agents in one secure enterprise work and collaboration platform that can run anywhere.
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Retailers are about to get swamped with AI agents that are designed to boost efficiency and enhance customer experiences if news out of NRF 2025 is any indicator.
NRF 2025 in New York has a heavy dose of AI across the supply chain to distribution to customer experiences. Adobe in its holiday shopping report noted that consumers embraced generative AI chat bots as customer assistants and led to a 1,300% increase in traffic to retail sites.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said useful quantum computers are more than a decade away, Project Digits fills a big void for data scientists and developers and serves as a personal AI cloud, and human robotics will develop faster than expected.
Huang fielded financial analyst questions at CES 2025 and generated a few headlines worth noting. From a stock market perspective, Huang managed to tank quantum computing stocks, which have had a torrid run over the last two months.
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Why is Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) so important?
Listen to Constellation analyst Holger Mueller's take on ABAP's critical role within the SAP landscape. As the core programming language used to build much of SAP's software over the past several decades, ABAP has evolved into a modern, flexible language that remains essential to the SAP ecosystem.
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Paychex said it will acquire Paycor HCM in an all-cash deal valued at $4.1 billion.
Under the terms of the deal, Paycor shareholders will get $22.50 a share. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2025.
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The launch of Nvidia's Project Digits, a desktop AI supercomputer starting at $3,000 for data scientists and AI researchers, is just one example of a broader theme: AI training and inferencing is going to be decentralized to some degree.
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Nvidia is launching a desktop AI supercomputer called Project Digits aimed at AI researchers, data scientists and students. Systems, available in May, will start at $3,000 and include a Nvidia Grace Blackwell Superchip that is capable of running 200B parameter models.
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Nvidia launched new models for agentic AI called Nemotron, expanded its set of blueprints and expanded its ecosystem for orchestration.
The news, part of a barrage of items at CES 2025, was announced by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Nvidia's CES news featured Project Digits, a desktop AI supercomputer, and a broad effort to tackle physical AI use cases, but the company continues to build on its AI agent strategy.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company is aiming to expand use cases for physical AI including next-generation robots and autonomous vehicles with the launch of world foundation models called Cosmos.
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In this interview, CR Insights editor-in-chief Larry Dignan sits down with Matt Lewis, CEO of LLMental a company on a mission to transform #mentalhealth and wellness through the power of #generativeAI. LLMental has evolved from a venture studio, focused on accelerating AI-driven mental health #innovation to a full-fledged firm with a dual-pronged approach. On the consumer side, their Rhythm Mental platform uses personalized, AI-generated recommendations to guide individuals from diagnosis to recovery, empowering them to build a life worth living.
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Matt Lewis is on a mission to make mental health more actionable with a big assist from generative artificial intelligence.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said "we may see the first AI agents 'join the workforce' and materially change the output of companies in 2025 and that the company's ChatGPT Pro plan, which runs $200 a month, is unprofitable.
Yes, Altman was feeling a bit reflective entering 2025 and provided a few thoughts on OpenAI's evolution in a blog post and on X. Here are some of the key points from Altman.
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GenAI will fade in 2025 as a core topic as we get off the treadmill that is large language model innovation and start looking at returns. With agentic AI all the rage going into 2025, it’s safe to say it’ll be a key theme for at least the first half, but like every technology development disillusionment isn’t far behind.
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Microsoft said it will spend $80 billion on AI data centers to train models and deploy applications in what amounts to a concentrated bet on generative and agentic AI. But there are multiple takeaways to note in Microsoft's missive about its AI plans.
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Tesla reported production and delivery numbers and missed analysts estimates of 504,770 units delivered versus 495,570 estimated for the fourth quarter of 2024. This was the first ever drop in delivery numbers reported by the EV pioneer. While 9200 may not seem like a lot, the market perception of demand based on delivery numbers led to a 7% drop in stock price for the first day of trading in 2025.
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Lowe's has laid the groundwork and is starting to leverage artificial intelligence throughout its operations including store experiences across multiple channels and backend supply chain processes. The plan is to invest in an uncertain market to reap the awards when the home improvement market improves.
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GenAI and agentic AI were key themes in 2024, but there was plenty of nuance to note as well as common best practices that provide enterprise value.
Here's a look at some of the key takeaways in 2024 from the CXOs in the BT150 based on our numerous interviews and monthly calls.
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With 2025 days away, it’s worth soaking in various outlooks and technology themes that may play out in the year ahead. Here’s a list of reads from Constellation Research and around the web.
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With 2024 ending it’s worth checking in on everything we’ve learned from the CxOs, buyers and sellers of enterprise technology.
Here's everything we learned in 2024:
Some predictions don't quite work out. Yes, I went back into the archive to look at the trends to watch for 2024 published in January. Here's the breakdown:
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DisrupTV’s Top 24 Books of 2024: A Curated List of Influential Reads
In DisrupTV Episode 385, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar unveiled their highly anticipated list of the Top 24 Books of 2024. This elite selection highlights authors who are making a significant impact through exceptional leadership, innovative thinking, and transformative ideas.
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