Another cloud native SQL database unicorn: Yugabyte raises $188M Series C funding at $1.3B valuation
A number of successive funding rounds have given Yugabyte unicorn status while positioning the company to aim for a big piece of a growing pie in the shape-shifting database market.
Read More →Cloud, microservices, and data mess? Graph, ontology, and application fabric to the rescue.
Knowledge graphs are probably the best technology we have for data integration. But what about application integration? Knowledge graphs can help there, too, argues EnterpriseWeb.
Read More →The State of AI in 2021: Language models, healthcare, ethics, and AI agnosticism
Takeaways from an action-packed 2021 for AI: Healthcare is just getting started with its AI moment, bigger language models mean bigger complications, and there may now be a third pole for AGI.
Read More →IOTA is bringing smart contracts with zero fees, Ethereum interoperability, and compatibility for next-gen distributed apps
IOTA is unveiling its smart contracts, with a clear onboarding path and many interesting features for developers.
Read More →The state of AI in 2021: Machine learning in production, MLOps and data-centric AI
With lessons learned from operationalizing AI, the emphasis is shifting from shiny new models to perhaps more mundane, but practical aspects such as data quality and data pipeline management
Read More →DeepMind is developing one algorithm to rule them all
DeepMind wants to enable neural networks to emulate algorithms to get the best of both worlds, and it’s using Google Maps as a testbed.
Read More →Open source backend as a service Appwrite gets $10M seed funding to commercialize traction
Appwrite, an open source platform that offers a slew of features to developers, aims to capitalize on its grass-roots popularity
Read More →An AI-powered revenue operating system for aviation and beyond: FLYR Labs Lands $150 Million in Series C Funding
A multi-trillion dollar business in crisis, upending incumbents, unfettered ambition, and pragmatic deep learning. FLYR's story has it all.
Read More →Machine learning at the edge: A hardware and software ecosystem
Being able to deploy machine learning applications at the edge bears the promise of unlocking a multi-billion dollar market. For that to happen, hardware and software must work in tandem. Arm's partner ecosystem exemplifies this, with hardware and software vendors like Alif and Neuton working together.
Read More →DeepMind aims to marry deep learning and classic algorithms
Will deep learning really live up to its promise? We don’t actually know. But if it’s going to, it will have to assimilate how classical computer science algorithms work. This is what DeepMind is working on, and its success is important to the eventual uptake of neural networks in wider commercial applications.
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