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Databricks Genie and Partners Target Enterprise AI's Real Bottleneck: Cross-Functional Intelligence
June 4, 2026

Databricks Genie and Partners Target Enterprise AI’s Real Bottleneck: Cross-Functional Intelligence

Databricks Genie launches production-grade conversational AI to address enterprises' top challenge: AI reliability. Governed, context-aware insights help overcome critical adoption barriers across business functions....
Can ADI Hot Swap Controllers De-Risk NVIDIA’s 800 VDC Transition?
June 3, 2026

Can ADI Hot Swap Controllers De-Risk NVIDIA’s 800 VDC Transition?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines how 800 VDC power architecture is emerging as a critical requirement for future AI factories as infrastructure constraints increasingly shift from silicon to...
IBM and Red Hat Bet $5B on Curating the Open Source Supply Chain
June 3, 2026

IBM and Red Hat Bet $5B on Curating the Open Source Supply Chain

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on IBM and Red Hat's $5 billion Project Lightwell and what a curated open source...
Will Anthropic’s Draft S-1 Ignite a New Phase in the AI Platform Race?
June 3, 2026

Will Anthropic’s Draft S-1 Ignite a New Phase in the AI Platform Race?

Anthropic's draft S-1 filing marks a pivotal moment for AI, with a $965 billion valuation and $30 billion revenue run rate that could redefine enterprise vendor evaluation in generative AI....
Is Liquid Clustering the End of Partitioning for Data Lakehouses?
June 3, 2026

Is Liquid Clustering the End of Partitioning for Data Lakehouses?

Databricks' Liquid Clustering challenges traditional data partitioning, promising superior speed, scalability, and efficiency—potentially reshaping how enterprises manage petabyte-scale analytics and AI workloads....
Can DataRobot and Chevron Prove Agentic AI Is Ready for Critical Edge Operations?
June 3, 2026

Can DataRobot and Chevron Prove Agentic AI Is Ready for Critical Edge Operations?

DataRobot and Chevron's collaboration demonstrates edge AI's potential to transform industrial operations through autonomous inspections and real-time assessments, marking a pivotal moment in enterprise AI adoption....
Can Anyscale on Azure Redefine Enterprise AI Control and Scale for Regulated Data?
June 3, 2026

Can Anyscale on Azure Redefine Enterprise AI Control and Scale for Regulated Data?

Anyscale's Azure preview enables enterprises to develop custom AI models with sovereign control, audit capabilities, and compliance alignment—shifting from API dependency to proprietary infrastructure....
June 2, 2026

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June 2, 2026

Intel Xeon 6+ Targets Agentic AI Density With 288 E-Cores on Intel 18A

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines how Intel Xeon 6+ on Intel 18A with Foveros Direct 3D leverages captive manufacturing and 288 E-cores to target agentic AI orchestration....
Anthropic Files For IPO, Looking to Beat OpenAI to the Punch
June 2, 2026

Anthropic Files For IPO, Looking to Beat OpenAI to the Punch

Nick Patience, VP & Practice Lead at Futurum, examines Anthropic’s confidential IPO filing — what the financial data available so far tells us, and what public investors will need to...
Curing Agentic Hallucinations: DataHub’s Answer to the AI Context Gap
June 2, 2026

Curing Agentic Hallucinations: DataHub’s Answer to the AI Context Gap

Brad Shimmin breaks down the release of DataHub Cloud v1 and explores how its automated context platform cures AI analytics hallucinations by feeding agents pre-validated, expert-approved business logic....
Starburst’s Intelligence Platform Sets Out to Tame the Multi-Cloud AI Wilderness
June 2, 2026

Starburst’s Intelligence Platform Sets Out to Tame the Multi-Cloud AI Wilderness

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on Starburst's new Enterprise Intelligence Platform, exploring how federated data access and Managed Icehouse are solving the unpredictable cloud...

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