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The startup behind open source tool Polars raises $21M from Accel
Polars, the Amsterdam-based company behind the popular open source project by the same name, has raised an €18 million Series A led by Accel.
Microsoft cuts cloud services to Israeli military unit over Palestinian surveillance
The investigation was sparked by a story in The Guardian that reported that Unit 8200, the elite Israel military intelligence unit, was using Azure cloud storage to house data on phone calls obtained through the surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Databricks will bake OpenAI models into its products in $100M bet to spur enterprise adoption
Databricks is on the hook to pay at least $100 million to OpenAI in this deal, even if customer usage falls short. It’s a bet, but one that Databricks has already hedged.
Oracle is reportedly looking to raise $15B in corporate bond sale
This news comes just a few weeks after Oracle allegedly inked a $300 billion compute deal with OpenAI that surprised the market.
Oracle promotes two presidents to co-CEO role
Safra Catz will become the executive vice chair of Oracle’s board of directors after 11 years as the company’s CEO.
Earthmover wants to become the Snowflake of weather and geospatial data
Earthmover found new customers when it started building tools for companies to analyze the output of weather models. The startup has now raised a $7.2 million seed round.
Huawei announces new AI infrastructure as Nvidia gets locked out of China
Huawei’s SuperPoD interconnect technology creates clusters of chips, including AI chips, to increase compute.
How AI startups are fueling Google’s booming cloud business
Google Cloud is one of the company’s fastest-growing business lines, and continues to rack up new customers.