The AI startup Perplexity AI is reportedly in late-stage talks to raise $500 million at a staggering $14 billion valuation. That figure – first highlighted by The Wall Street Journal – would mark a meteoric rise for a company barely three years old, valuing it on…
AI: Flattening Engineering Bureaucracy and Accelerating Innovation
As engineering organizations scale, they inevitably accumulate layers of processes that slow down development. Any engineering leader who has grown an organization beyond a certain size knows the pattern: first comes basic Scrum, soon cross-team dependencies require coordination meetings, and eventually, you find yourself considering frameworks…
Cognichip Emerges from Stealth with $33M to Launch “Artificial Chip Intelligence” and Reinvent Semiconductor Design
In a bold leap forward for semiconductor technology, Cognichip has launched out of stealth with $33 million in seed funding to build what it calls Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI®) — a foundational shift in how chips are designed, developed, and brought to market. The funding round…
How AI Is Reshaping M&A Strategy Amid Trade Tensions and Global Volatility
As we head into summer 2025, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) stands at a crossroads. Geopolitical tensions, economic headwinds, and rapid advances in technology are forcing dealmakers to rethink how they source, structure, and close transactions. Trade policy is emerging as a major variable. Unpredictable tariffs, shifting…
Tom Dunlop, CEO and Founder of Summize – Interview Series
Tom Dunlop, CEO & Founder at Summize is an accomplished commercial and technology lawyer, Tom’s experience with reviewing contracts was the catalyst that led to Summize. Prior to this, he worked as a Global Legal Director for several fast-growth technology companies. Summize is transforming Contract Lifecycle Management…
How Walled Gardens in Public Safety Are Exposing America’s Data Privacy Crisis
The Expanding Frontier of AI and the Data It Demands Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how we live, work and govern. In public health and public services, AI tools promise more efficiency and faster decision-making. But beneath the surface of this transformation is a growing imbalance: our…
Quantum leaps: Transforming data centers & energy
Take a look at how quantum computing is reshaping data centers and the energy grid, with insights on solar, nuclear, and decentralized tech….
AI tool speeds up government feedback, experts urge caution
An AI tool aims to wade through mountains of government feedback and understand what the public is trying to say. UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said: “No one should be wasting time on something AI can do quicker and better, let alone wasting millions of taxpayer…
The Sequence Opinion #542 : Some Ideas About the Future of MCP
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Alibaba Wan2.1-VACE: Open-source AI video tool for all
Alibaba has unveiled Wan2.1-VACE, an open-source AI model designed to shake up how we create and edit videos. VACE isn’t appearing out of thin air; it’s part of Alibaba’s broader Wan2.1 family of video AI models. And they’re making a rather bold claim for it, stating…