An interview with Salesforce Founder and CEO Marc Benioff about founding Salesforce, building an enterprise platform, and why that puts Salesforce in the best position to build AI agents.
AMD Acquires ZT Systems, AMD’s Integration, Substack In-App Purchases
AMD is acquiring ZT Systems in a bid to integrate AI system design and AI chips; then, more on Apple’s creator tax
AWS:reInvent Continued, AI PaaS and SaaS, Nvidia and AI IaaS
More on AWS:reInvent, as the day’s second keynote focused primarily on AI. Plus, how Nvidia successfully pushed DGX Cloud onto every major cloud provider.
AWS:reInvent, Serverless and the Smiling Curve, AI Services
The opening keynote at AWS:reInvent was about serverless, which is a technical manifestation of how the Internet leads to smiling curves. Plus, AWS’s CEO comments on OpenAI.
Microsoft Office AI, Copilot and Tech’s Two Philosophies, Business Chat and Appropriate Fear
Microsoft just delivered the most compelling AI demo yet with its Office Copilots and Business Chat; Silicon Valley should wake up to the threat this new Microsoft represents.
Microsoft Earnings, Azure’s Slowdown, Office Strikes Back
Microsoft’s earnings were down: the news about PCs was encouraging, while Azure unsurprisingly felt the pain later than AWS. Anyone competing with Office 365, though, is in worse shape.
An Interview With Brex Co-Founder and Co-CEO Pedro Franceschi
An interview with Brex co-founder and co-CEO Pedro Franceschi about what makes Brex unique, why it is pushing into software, and what drove its decision to cut off a big portion of its customer base.
An Interview with Okta CEO Todd McKinnon About Security in Supply Chains
Good morning, I have long been very focused on identity; it’s one of the reasons I was a very early Facebook bull in the consumer space, but the concept is equally if not more important in the enterprise space. Owning identity was one of the keys to Microsoft’s dominance, but the shift to cloud apps,Subscribe […]
Thin Platforms
The Microsoft and Stripe developer keynotes were both examples of the rise of Thin Platforms
Cloudflare’s Disruption
Cloudflare’s new storage offering is potentially disruptive both economically and strategically.