In a landmark announcement for the open-source AI community, Anaconda Inc., a long-time leader in Python-based data science, has launched the Anaconda AI Platform — the first unified AI development platform tailored specifically to open source. Aimed at streamlining and securing the end-to-end AI lifecycle, this…
How AI is Changing the Game in Sports Marketing
Sports marketing has always relied on the power of great visuals. A perfectly timed photo of a game-winning goal or the raw emotion in the moment of victory can create a lasting connection between fans and their favorite teams. But today, the stakes are higher. Audiences…
Evolving from Bots to Brainpower: The Ascendancy of Agentic AI
What truly separates us from machines? Free will, creativity and intelligence? But think about it. Our brains aren’t singular, monolithic processors. The magic isn’t in one “thinking part,” but rather in countless specialized agents—neurons—that synchronize perfectly. Some neurons catalog facts, others process logic or govern emotion,…
Rick Hammell, Founder and CEO of Helios – Interview Series
Rick Hammell, SPHR, Founder & CEO of Helios, launched the company after identifying a critical gap in how businesses manage global expansion. With a background in founding a successful Employer of Record (EOR) services company—a model where a third-party legally employs workers on behalf of a…
Harnessing AI for a Healthier World: Ensuring AI Enhances, Not Undermines, Patient Care
For centuries, medicine has been shaped by new technologies. From the stethoscope to MRI machines, innovation has transformed the way we diagnose, treat, and care for patients. Yet, every leap forward has been met with questions: Will this technology truly serve patients? Can it be trusted?…
Stackpack Secures $6.3M to Reinvent Vendor Management in an AI-Driven Business Landscape
In a world where third-party tools, services, and contractors form the operational backbone of modern companies, Stackpack has raised $6.3 million to bring order to the growing complexity. Led by Freestyle Capital, the funding round includes support from Elefund, Upside Partnership, Nomad Ventures, Layout Ventures, MSIV…
Google’s AI Futures Fund may have to tread carefully
Google’s recent announcement of an AI Futures Fund shows the company wants to invest in AI startups. It sees itself as providing capital, early access to AI models yet to reach production, and support for startups from experts at the company. This is not Google’s first…
The Sequence Knowledge #540 : Learning About Instruction Following Benchmarks
How to evaluate one of most widely used capabilities of LLMs?…
Theom Secures $20M Series A to Revolutionize Data Governance in the AI Era
Theom, the company redefining data governance and security for the AI era, announced today it has raised $20 million in Series A funding to accelerate its mission of securing sensitive enterprise data across cloud, SaaS, and generative AI platforms. The funding round was led by Wing…
Beyond Benchmarks: Why AI Evaluation Needs a Reality Check
If you have been following AI these days, you have likely seen headlines reporting the breakthrough achievements of AI models achieving benchmark records. From ImageNet image recognition tasks to achieving superhuman scores in translation and medical image diagnostics, benchmarks have long been the gold standard for…