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DuckLake Makes a Splash in the Lakehouse Stack – But Can It Break Through?
DuckDB, the creators of the embedded analytics engine of the same name, have stirred the data world with a bold rethink of lakehouse architecture. The company has unveiled DuckLake, a new open table format designed to si Read more…
Inside Kumo’s 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 What’s 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
It’s that time of month again–time 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 it’s 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…
Who Is AI Inference Pipeline Builder Chalk?
Data platform giants like Databricks and Snowflake do great when it comes to building data pipelines and running low-latency analytics to generate AI features, but they don’t solve the need for fresh data and complex c Read more…
It’s Official: Informatica Agrees to Be Bought by Salesforce for $8 Billion
It’s been 13 months since Salesforce and Informatica called off their first attempt at an acquisition. But the second time appears to be the charm, as Informatica today announced that Salesforce will buy it for $8 bill Read more…
Can You Really Trust Your Data? Ataccama Thinks You Should
With data spread across more systems than ever, and regulations tightening, organizations are under pressure to understand how their data moves - and whether it can be trusted. Recognizing the critical need for enhanced Read more…
Confluent Unifies Batch and Stream to Power Agentic AI at Scale
Data streaming platform Confluent has introduced new improvements to Confluent Cloud, its fully managed service built on Apache Kafka. A key upgrade is the introduction of Snapshot queries that allow users to query both Read more…
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