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MOSTLY AI Launches Open Source Toolkit for Synthetic Data Creation

Austrian synthetic data startup MOSTLY AI is releasing an open source toolkit for producing synthetic data from real customer data. The toolkit is freely available now.

Quantinuum Unveils Generative Quantum AI Framework that Harnesses Unique Quantum-Generated Data

Quantinuum announced a groundbreaking Generative Quantum AI framework (Gen QAI) that leverages unique quantum-generated data to enable commercial applications in areas ranging from the development of new medicines, precise predictive modeling of financial markets, and real-time optimization of global logistics and supply chains.

Alluxio Enterprise AI 3.5 Heralds Performance Efficiencies for AI Workloads

Alluxio is debuting a series of enhancements to Alluxio Enterprise AI, the company's high-performance distributed cache optimized to accelerate AI. Aiming to tackle the most common challenges in driving AI success, Alluxio's latest updates streamline the complexities of AI infrastructure operations.

Postman Debuts AI Agent Builder for Creating Functional Agents

Postman, a leading API collaboration platform, is launching Postman AI Agent Builder, a streamlined suite empowering developers to quickly design, test, and deploy intelligent agents by combining LLMs, APIs, and workflows into a unified solution.

CloudZero Optimizes Costs for AI-Powered Growth Throughout the Enterprise

CloudZero, a global leader in cloud cost efficiency, is providing organizations with an unparalleled visibility into their AI spending, a critical need as AI adoption continues to expand.

The Clarifai Platform Offers Access to DeepSeek Models

Clarifai, a global leader in AI and pioneer of the full-stack AI platform, announced that several distilled versions of DeepSeek models are available on the Clarifai platform, allowing users to try them for free for a limited time.

Bluwhale Secures $100M to Decentralize AI and Rival DeepSeek

Bluwhale, an AI Web3 start-up, announced that it has topped its funding to $100 million, enabling the company to further expand its Web3 intelligence layer across multiple L1 and L2 blockchains.

DeepSeek Makes a Splash by Overtaking OpenAI

The DeepSeek app, which was launched last week by a Chinese startup, has overtaken rivals including ChatGPT to become the most downloaded free app in the United States.

C3 AI and McKinsey & Company Collaborate to Spur Enterprise-Scale AI Transformations

C3 AI, a leading Enterprise AI software application company, is forming an alliance with McKinsey & Company, a preeminent global management consulting firm.

Galileo Provides Agentic Evaluations to Spur Developers to Build Reliable AI Agents

Galileo, a leading AI Evaluation Platform, is introducing Agentic Evaluations, a transformative solution for evaluating the performance of AI agents powered by large language models (LLMs).

Plotly Reimagines Data Science Workflows with AI-Assisted Development

Plotly is unveiling Dash Enterprise (DE) 5.6, the latest iteration of its Data App Platform for Python that enables users to more easily build data apps with Plotly AI.

Tech Titans form the Stargate Project, Aimed at Accelerating AI Initiatives

OpenAI is partnering with Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Oracle to form the Stargate Project—a new company which intends to invest $500 billion over the next four years building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States.

ThoughtSpot’s Analyst Studio Makes AI-Ready Data Easy and Scalable

ThoughtSpot is debuting Analyst Studio, a creator space designed to help data teams accelerate their data readiness for AI and analytics.

Red Hat Powers an Efficient, Open Source AI Future with Neural Magic Acquisition

Red Hat, Inc., is announcing that it has completed its acquisition of Neural Magic, with the goal of leveraging Neural Magic's expertise in inference performance engineering and model optimization to amplify Red Hat's mission of supporting high-performing, use case-specific AI workloads.

KNIME and DataCamp Partner to Offer Intuitive Education for Data and AI Skills

KNIME, the open-source data analytics and AI company, is partnering with DataCamp, an online learning platform for data science and AI education, to offer access to high-quality and easy-to-use learning resources.

President Biden Issues Executive Order to Support Energy Needs for AI Data Centers

President Joe Biden issued an executive order to provide federal support to address massive energy needs for fast-growing advanced artificial intelligence data centers, calling for leasing federal sites owned by Defense and Energy departments to host gigawatt-scale AI data centers and new clean power facilities.

Top AI Highlights from CES 2025

CES 2025—one of the most powerful tech events in the world produced by Consumer Technology Association (CTA)—is a test bed for the latest and greatest in technological innovations. Described as showcasing the entire tech landscape within a single event, CES 2025 continued this momentum while highlighting the latest advancements in the AI world.

Code Intelligence Unveils Spark, Its AI Test Agent

Code Intelligence, a pioneer in AI-automated software testing, is launching Spark, an AI test agent that autonomously identifies bugs in unknown code without human interaction.

Blitzy Platform Radically Accelerates Software Development with AI-Powered Autonomous Batch Building

Blitzy, the emerging leader in System 2 AI, is announcing the launch of the Blitzy Platform, the company's agentic solution that promises to revolutionize the way enterprises build software applications. Capable of autonomously batch building up to 80% of software applications, the Blitzy Platform dramatically reimagines the workflows of software engineering teams by enabling them to meet software demands faster. 

KNIME Releases AI Companion to Foster Intelligent Collaboration with AI

KNIME, the open source data analytics and AI company, is releasing its AI companion, K-AI, enabling users to co-create powerful data workflows with AI.