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AI in November: Embeddings take off and consumption models bounce back
The most consequential tech story in decades could spark an even bigger race among startups to chart the future of AI.
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Matthew Lynley
November 2023
29 startups in AI I'm watching closely after OpenAI's meltdown
On the eve of ChatGPT's birthday, there's a whole new class of billion-dollar-plus companies. Plus, Together AI makes a big splash with a round led by…
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Matthew Lynley
The Observability Game
No, not just about board observers—we're talking about the software. Plus, OpenAI's colossal pending headache in the enterprise.
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Matthew Lynley
Satya Nadella is, once again, altering the trajectory of AI
The OpenAI story still seems to have plenty of room to change. But we shouldn't be surprised that Microsoft's grand dealmaker got Sam Altman in the…
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Matthew Lynley
With Sam Altman out, where does OpenAI go from here?
Altman was cut from the classic Silicon Valley cloth. In that sense, OpenAI's leadership was an anomaly in AI.
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Matthew Lynley
How Notion is tackling one of AI's biggest looming problems
If RAG is the solution to hallucinations, how do you determine who gets to see what? Plus: another technique to improve performance emerges in the wild.
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Matthew Lynley
Is OpenAI about to replace a bunch of startups? It's complicated
OpenAI has to build a go-to-market strategy for both an enterprise and consumer business. And its biggest potential achilles heel could be its lack of…
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Matthew Lynley
OpenAI clears out some developer debt
Plus: a big move for text-to-speech startup ElevenLabs as OpenAI enters the race.
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Matthew Lynley
OpenAI clears out some developer debt
Plus: a big move for text-to-speech startup ElevenLabs as OpenAI enters the race.
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Matthew Lynley
Snowflake plunges into AI and OpenAI faces a new embedding challenger
Plus: Hugging Face seemingly gets closer to being a creator hub in AI.
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Matthew Lynley
October 2023
The embedding model market is heating up
Plus: investors face an old foe in next-generation AI startups, and Dbt formalizes the semantic layer into something production-grade.
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Matthew Lynley
How AI could change the work of data engineers
A conversation with Snowflake's Torsten Grabs on the need for the people managing the pipes for AI models.
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Matthew Lynley
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