VAST Data’s $30B Moment Comes as Its AI Architecture Bet Pays OffVAST Data closes ~$1B Series F at a $30B valuation, backed by strong ARR and a decade-long AI infrastructure architecture that's now paying off. Apr 22 26April 22, 2026Article at techarena.ai
MLPerf Inference 6.0 Sets New Records Across an Expanded SuiteMLPerf Inference 6.0: New Records, Benchmarks, and Scale MLPerf Inference 6.0 adds five new data center benchmarks, reaches 72-node scale, and signals where enterprise AI deployments are heading. Here's what the results mean. Apr 10 26April 10, 2026Article at techarena.ai
VAST Data Accelerates Agentic AI at VAST Forward 2026 - ArticleAt VAST Forward 2026, VAST Data expanded the view of its ambitions for its AI operating system. The company dropped five major announcements in a single day: new agentic AI capabilities, a fully accelerated hardware stack built with NVIDIA, a global infrastructure control plane, a video intelligence partnership, and a formalized partner ecosystem. Taken together, they represent a vision of what enterprise AI infrastructure looks like when it stops being a collection of components and starts beha Feb 26 26February 26, 2026Article at techarena.ai
Brookfield Bets on Sovereign AI With Radiant and Ori Deal - ArticleBrookfield Asset Management has officially launched Radiant, a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company, through its acquisition of Ori Industries, a UK-based distributed AI cloud provider. The announcement marks the transition of Radiant Feb 25 26February 25, 2026Article at techarena.ai
AI Benchmarking Hits New Heights with MLPerf Inference 5.1 ReleaseThree groundbreaking inference benchmarks debut reasoning models, speech recognition, and ultra-low latency scenarios as 27 organizations deliver record results. Sep 09 25September 09, 2025Article at techarena.ai
Synopsys Accelerates Chip Design with AI Copilot ReleaseNew Synopsys.ai Copilot capabilities deliver 30% faster engineer onboarding and 35% productivity gains, while Microsoft partnership reveals autonomous design agents on the horizon. Sep 04 25September 04, 2025Article at techarena.ai
Am I an AI Champion? — DRO EditorialRecently, a friend gave me a compliment for being an AI champion, and that gave me pause. Jul 28 25July 28, 2025Article at droeditorial.com
Becoming an AI Editor: Editing a Mythomaniac — DRO EditorialHow do you edit a writer that has no sense of truth? For editors throughout history, this hasn’t generally been a problem. Except for the unlucky editor working with a mythomaniac or someone truly desperate, there’s been a “trust but verify” Jul 21 25July 21, 2025Article at droeditorial.com
"The Clause" and Why the OpenAI-Microsoft Fight Is a Distraction — DRO EditorialEver since I learned about “The Clause,” it felt like my eyes were opened to what on earth is going on over at OpenAI. For those who aren’t familiar, the CEOs of OpenAI and Microsoft have been having a public disagreement about how close we are to Jul 16 25July 16, 2025Article at droeditorial.com
Becoming an AI Editor: Part I — DRO EditorialSo you’ve taken the generative AI plunge as an AI editor . You’ve written a detailed prompt, maybe even with sources you provided, or at least vetted after asking the large language model (LLM) to do some research. Now you want to do the right Jul 14 25July 14, 2025Article at droeditorial.com
Mid-Year Report: Semiconductor Shakeout Reshapes Auto TechRobert Bielby assesses his 2025 predictions for the automotive industry and examines Intel’s exit, China’s BYD beating Tesla, German market woes, and 8K display adoption. Jul 09 25July 09, 2025Article at techarena.ai
Silicon Shakeups & More: Allyson Klein's 2025 Predictions ScorecardFrom AI scandals to quantum breakthroughs, Allyson Klein shares what’s tracking with her 2025 tech forecast — and what caught her off guard halfway through the year. Jul 09 25July 09, 2025Article at techarena.ai
AI Proliferation and Black Hat Content StrategyAs if we didn’t have enough to consider with AI content proliferation, here’s something new: how it’s enabling black hat content strategists. Jul 05 25July 05, 2025Post at linkedin.com/in/deannao
Mid-Year Report: How Our 2025 ESG Predictions Are Playing OutDespite regulatory confusion slowing innovation, AI-driven ESG tools are gaining traction as corporations race to meet evolving compliance demands and data transparency expectations. Jul 02 25July 02, 2025Article at techarena.ai
Clio Acquires vLex for $1B in Legal Tech’s AI Data Arms RaceA bold $1B move unites Clio and vLex to build the first AI-native platform connecting legal practice with firm management — signaling a new era of AI-driven legal transformation. Jul 01 25July 01, 2025Article at techarena.ai
Change Mandates and AI Adoption — DRO EditorialCan a corporate mandate help clear the AI trust chasm? That’s the question prompted by a leaked report late last week that Microsoft is addressing lagging internal adoption of its own AI tools by making their use mandatory . It’s an interesting Jun 29 25June 29, 2025Article at droeditorial.com
Google’s AlphaGenome Shines a Light on DNA ‘Dark Matter’Google DeepMind's AlphaGenome uses AI to decode the mysteries of non-coding DNA — a leap that could transform how we understand disease, evolution, and what it means to be human. Jun 26 25June 26, 2025Article at techarena.ai
Demystifying AI AgentsReferences to AI agents are all over the web these days. And they can seem kind of...scary. Like, some of the hype makes them sound all-powerful already. Jun 23 25June 23, 2025Post at linkedin.com/in/deannao
WEKA Unveils NeuralMesh for Microsecond AI ResponsePurpose-built for agentic AI, WEKA’s NeuralMesh delivers microsecond data access, self-healing resilience, and exabyte-scale performance for the next generation of real-time AI workloads. Jun 18 25June 18, 2025Article at techarena.ai
The Creation of AI EditorsAfter reading about 22 new jobs that AI might create, I’ve found at least 1 more. And if you’re using AI, you’re probably already doing it. Jun 16 25June 16, 2025Post at linkedin.com/in/deannao