Databricks unifies OLTP and OLAP, depending on what counts as a copy

When Databricks claimed to have cracked an age-old database problem, it came with a clear marketing message: "One data, zero compromises, zero copies." Inevitably, that led engineers to search for ...

AI agents need context everywhere they run, even where the cloud can't follow

Couchbase AI Data Plane combines persistent agent memory, vector search and an enterprise MCP server that runs on-device when ...
InfoQ

AWS Launches Lambda MicroVMs for Isolated Agent and User Code Execution

AWS launched Lambda MicroVMs, a new serverless compute primitive that runs each user session or AI agent in its own ...

Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x

Un-0 is an image-generation system tool that shows for the first time how the company's technology can replicate conventional ...

Databricks says it solved the decades-old data pipeline problem that's been slowing AI agents

Databricks says new products LTAP and Lakehouse//RT unify transactional and analytical data for AI agents, delivering sub-100ms latency and no ETL pipelines.

Databricks CEO Says He’s Cracked A 40-Year-Old Database Problem With LTAP

At Data + AI Summit, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi unveiled LTAP, a new architecture that collapses the 40-year unification ...
Inc

Databricks Is Eyeing a $175 Billion Valuation. Its CRO Says They’re Building a Trillion-Dollar Company

As it eyes its next funding round, the management software company Databricks is aiming to net a valuation of up to $175 billion. Last week, Ali Ghodsi, the startup’s co-founder and CEO, said that ...
Reuters

Databricks in talks to raise funds at over $165 billion, The Information reports

June 8 (Reuters) - Data analytics software firm Databricks has discussed raising funds in a round that could begin next month and value it ‌at between $165 billion and $175 billion, The Information ...
MacRumors

Apple's Private AI Will Run on Google's Servers

Apple today said it is expanding Private Cloud Compute (PCC) beyond its data centers, partnering with Google and NVIDIA to run Apple Intelligence workloads on Google Cloud. Private Cloud Compute is ...
The New York Times

SpaceX Has $30 Billion Deal to Provide Google With A.I. Computing Power

Elon Musk’s rocket company said Google would pay it $920 million a month, as it prepared for its initial public offering. By Kate Conger Reporting from San Francisco SpaceX revealed in a regulatory ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Databricks CEO Plans to Avoid IPO During Year of Huge Offerings

Databricks, a data software company, plans to sell shares to the public at some point, but won’t tap the public markets this year amid a flurry of planned tech IPOs. The company wants to sell shares ...
Seeking Alpha

Will Compute Futures Compute?

CME, ICE, and Architect Financial Technologies are launching compute futures, driven by surging AI demand and rising compute costs. Most of the recent angst about compute cost is its direction, not ...