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Databricks said it has raised $4 billion in a Series L investment for a $134 billion valuation and topped a $4.8 billion annual revenue run rate in the third quarter. For comparison, Snowflake’s annual revenue run rate exiting its third quarter was $4.84 billion.
Costco is weaving artificial intelligence throughout its operations but doing it in what CEO Ron Vachris calls a "very Costco way."
Nvidia launched its Nemotron 3 family of open models as it aims to provide an efficient set of large language models that can be used by enterprises to customize and deploy in multi-agent systems.
Freshworks said it will acquire FireHydrant in a move that will build out its IT service and operations management efforts.
Rimini Street's first act took 20 years, but the second one will move much faster as the company aims to layer agentic AI over legacy enterprise research planning systems. The strategy: Enable enterprises to accelerate their automation and AI plans while relegating reliable yet legacy systems to plumbing.
AI-powered ERP, continuous improvement, and people-first leadership are redefining how organizations adapt to exponential change.
Salesforce buyers are quietly raising the bar as Agentforce 360 moves from promise to practice. TCS’ acquisition of Coastal Cloud offers a clue into how GSIs are repositioning to meet those expectations.
The companies that are looking to leverage artificial intelligence for competitive advantage are increasingly choosing to go custom. It's build over buy at massive scale...for now.
AI is forcing security teams to confront a long-standing blind spot: most enterprises do not truly understand their data. Veeam’s acquisition of Securiti highlights why data trust is moving to the center of security strategy as organizations try to move faster with AI.
Rivian's vertically integrated approach to autonomous driving and AI is enabled by its data flywheel that it uses to train its models and optimize.
Broadcom reported better-than-expected fourth quarter results as it continued to see a revenue surge due to custom AI chips.
OpenAI launched GPT-5.2 in what appears to be its answer to Google's Gemini 3.0. According to OpenAI GPT-5.2 is its most advanced mode for work and long-running agents.
