Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation.

This scenario recently played out with AI big-data company Databricks and its latest $5 billion raiseannouncedThursday, co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi (pictured above) told TechCrunch. “We wanted to raise $1 billion, but then The Information printed this article saying that Databricks is doing a big fundraise. They did that in the middle of our conference. … Devamını oku

Donkey.bas is 45 Years Old – 131 line of Glory

DONKEY.BASshipped with early IBM PC DOS as a demo of color graphics and sound in BASICA. It was written by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Neil Konzen in 1981 (version 1.10 in 1982). You only switch lanes — avoid the donkey, or BOOM. This page recreates the original CGA gameplay in JavaScript with some liberties. … Devamını oku

IBM partners with OpenAI to bolster enterprise AI push

IBM on Thursday announced its partnership with OpenAI to bring the AI company’s models and tools to more enterprise customers, opening another avenue for OpenAI to connect with some of the world’s largest companies through IBM’s global consulting business as competition for corporate AI spending intensifies. The deal, terms of which were not disclosed,comesless than … Devamını oku

Choose Boring Technology (2015)

Probably the single best thing to happen to me in my career was having hadKellanplaced in charge of me. I stuck around long enough to see Kellan’s technical decisionmaking start to bear fruit. I learned a great dealfromthis, but I also learned a great deal as aresultof this. I would not have been free to … Devamını oku

Accelerating GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast

OpenAI’s GPT-5.6-Sol-Ultrafast: The World’s Fastest Frontier Model. Learn more >> Today, Cerebras and OpenAI are sharing an early look atUltrafast Mode, a new service tier launching first in the OpenAI API and powered by Cerebras. Ultrafast is available initially to a select group of customers, with access expanding over time. Cerebras powers GPT-5.6 Sol on … Devamını oku

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Our most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents. Senior Director, Product Management, on behalf of the Gemini team Your browser does not support the audio element. Today, we’re building on the progress of our widely used Flash series by introducing Gemini 3.7 Flash, our most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents. … Devamını oku

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the next iteration in the Gemini 3 series of highly-capable, natively multimodal, reasoning models. Visit theLatest modelpage for full coverage of features and capabilities. Note:minimalis not supported and returns an error. Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under theCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples … Devamını oku

DeepSeek Harness developer preview

DeepSeek Harness is now in developer preview for agent harness developers worldwide — source code included. Every capability is a plugin that can be swapped or recomposed: models, tools, skills, sessions, sandboxes, storage, loops, scheduling, and the UI. A harness lets an agent understand its environment, use tools, and keep working in real-world settings. The … Devamını oku