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Agentic AI Spurs Data Stack Updates at Snowflake Summit
How do you move, store, access, and track data in the age of AI? It sounds like a simple question, but it has complex implications for the companies that are actually doing it. This challenge was front and center at the Read more…
Why Snowflake Bought Crunchy Data
Monday brought the first surprise from Snowflake Summit 25: the acquisition of Crunchy Data for a reported $250 million. Crunchy Data is an established South Carolina company that has been running and building upon the o Read more…
Snowflake Widens Analytics and AI Reach at Summit 25
Snowflake unleashed a torrent of news today at its annual user conference, ranging from a new adaptive compute capability and Openflow data integration to new analytic capabilities and AI enhancements, such as AI SQL and Read more…
ClickHouse Secures $350 Million to Build the Data Backbone for the AI Era
ClickHouse, known for its high-performance columnar database technology, has secured $350 million in Series C funding to address the growing demand for real-time and scalable analytics in the AI era. In a market whe Read more…
Itâs Snowflake Vs. Databricks in Dueling Big Data Conferences
Snowflake and Databricks have emerged as the two data warehousing behemoths of the cloud era, slugging away at each other to attract customers and their big data workloads. Perhaps itâs not a coincidence, then, that th Read more…
News In Brief
Inside Kumoâs Plan to Scale Predictive AI Across Business Data
As enterprise GenAI adoption continues to surge, another equally transformative, but often less visible shift is happening - the rise of predictable AI built on structured data. While much of the recent innovation has fo Read more…
AI Agents To Drive Scientific Discovery Within a Year, Altman Predicts
At the current pace of AI development, AI agents will be able to drive scientific discovery and solve tough technical and engineering problems within a year, OpenAI CEO and Founder Sam Altman said at the Snowflake Summit Read more…
In Conversation With LandingAI CEO Dan Maloney: Visual AI, Agentic Reasoning, and Whatâs Ahead
LandingAI, the visual AI company founded by Andrew Ng, recently made two major product developments: a partnership with Snowflake Cortex AI to bring real-time visual inspection to automotive manufacturers and upgrades to Read more…
Big Data Career Notes for May 2025
Itâs that time of month againâtime for Big Data Career Notes, a monthly feature where we keep you up-to-date on the latest career developments for individuals in the big data community. Whether itâs a promotion, ne Read more…
Hex Raises $70M to Power Its Ambition for a Virtuous Cycle of Data Work
Hex, an AI-driven data science and analytics startup, has secured $70 million in a Series C funding round. In a data space crowded with dashboards, notebooks, and business intelligence (BI) tools, Hex is betting the futu Read more…
This Just In
SILICON SLOPES, Utah, June 6, 2025 —Â Domo today announced it will showcase its AI and data products platform as an Icon Sponsor at the 2025 Databricks Data + AI Summit, taking place June 9-12 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Read more…
New Built on Databricks solution will enable customers to streamline and secure workflows using database objects, files, and DABS deployment with guardrails
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5, 2025 — Read more…
Cloudera to participate in new âData for AI-RANâ alliance with Dell, NVIDIA, Softbank, and T-Mobile, advancing real-time data management, edge AI, and hybrid MLOps for telecom networks
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 6, 2025 — Read more…
NEW YORK, June 6, 2025 — Thread AI, a leader in composable AI infrastructure, announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Greycroft, with participation from Index Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Plug-and-Play, Meritech Capital, and Homebrew. Read more…
NEW YORK and BRUSSELS, June 5, 2025 — Collibra has announced new product innovations to empower every data team to more easily govern data and AI. In addition, Collibra has announced the acquisition of Raito, a company specializing in data access governance. Read more…