Databricks may keep refusing to go public, but this week it wasn’t shy about proclaiming its intentions to be a central player in artificial intelligence.
At its annual Data + AI conference in San Francisco this week, it made the case that AI agents can become the next-generation system of record for enterprises, which software-as-a-service applications serve as now, but only if there’s a solid data platform to provide useful context for enterprise work. “What does future SaaS stack look like? An agent system of record that taps into all the apps,” said Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi. “So what does the agent system of record look like? It’s actually the data and AI platform.”
Part of Databricks’ bid for dominance, especially vs. rival Snowflake, which held its conference two weeks ago, is, naturally, a new set of agents, called Genie One, that it styles as an “agentic coworker.” There’s a lot more, so check out our stories below.
Anthropic ran into a Trump administration buzzsaw as its latest models were banned for foreign use, forcing the AI model maker to shut down access entirely. No telling what happens next — it’s the Trump administration, after all — but it’s a sudden reversal of Anthropic’s recent good fortune.
No surprise, but SpaceX moved quickly this week to use some of its IPO haul to bag the AI vibe coding creation phenom Cursor.
You know spending on AI infrastructure is getting a little stretched when even Nvidia feels the need to raise $20 billion in debt.
It looks like Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff is back on the acquisition hunt, this week buying customer service automation startup Fin for $3.6 billion.
Quantum computing continues to heat up, as EigenQ went public through a SPAC, Atom Computing raised $300 million and Amazon Web Services and QuEra issued a roadmap to fault-tolerant quantum computing in next two years.
Here’s all the enterprise and emerging tech news and analysis this week from SiliconANGLE and beyond:
SpaceX is worth more than Amazon now As Cautious Optimism’s Alex Wilhelm succinctly puts it: “One of the prices is wrong.”
PWC: AI reshapes global labor market into two distinct paths, rewarding human skills Let’s hope so.
Hell freezes over: Microsoft forced to turn to AWS to boost GitHub cloud capacity following AI demand surge
Perhaps self-serving, but Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella suggests that a world run by a few AI model overlords would not be good: A frontier without an ecosystem is not stable “Think about what happened in the first phase of globalization where entire industrial economies were hollowed out by outsourcing. The GDP numbers looked fine on the surface, but the displacement was real and the consequences are still being felt. Let us not bring that dynamic into the AI era, with a small number of AI systems capturing all the economic returns, while entire industries find their knowledge commoditized right out from underneath them.”
Gartner has timely advice: 10 best practices for optimizing generative and agentic AI costs
White House forces Anthropic to disable new frontier models following abrupt export ban
Coverage from Databricks’ Data + AI conference:
Databricks declares the end of pipelines with a unified platform for operational and analytical data
The AGI moment? Databricks’ new releases zero in on support and deployment of AI agents
Databricks’ new agentic coworker Genie One brings AI automation to every part of the business
Databricks acquires cyberattack detection startup Panther
Key takeaways from day two of the Databricks Data + AI Summit
And from Pure Accelerate:
Everpure accelerates AI workloads with Data Stream and unveils data-primacy architectural vision
And elsewhere:
Startup pioneers early-stage ticker reservation model aimed at reviving the public-company mindset
Exclusive: Mindbeam touts dramatic performance improvements in CPU-based AI inference
Mozilla Data Collective seeks to build AI’s data economy around trust
Fabrix.ai demonstrates production-grade agentic operations at Cisco Live
Vercel launches a new framework and enterprise controls for agentic AI infrastructure
SiMa.ai cuts physical AI deployment from months to days with agentic developer tooling
CYGNVS launches command center for crises caused by a company’s own AI
From postponed tour to platform: Nkenne’s Zoom-fueled mission to preserve African languages
Okta expands Google Cloud partnership to secure AI agents and the browser
SpaceX to acquire vibe coding startup Cursor for $60B
China’s DeepSeek reportedly raises $7.4B in funding at $50B+ valuation
Even Nvidia is joining the AI borrowing spree, with a historic $20B bond deal
AI inference provider Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B in funding
AI material discovery startup CuspAI reportedly raising $400M round
Odyssey raises $310M at $1.45B valuation to transform AI model simulationAI agent authorization startup Arcade nabs $60M investment
Game-clip AI startup General Intuition in talks to raise $300M at $2B valuation
Prem seeks $100M Series A as export bans boost sovereign AI demand
Robotic teleoperation data startup XDOF launches with $70M in funding
Agentic marketing AI startup Gradial grabs $65M in fresh funding
Conduct raises $60M to speed up software modernization projects
Radical Numerics launches with $50M to build general biological intelligence
Bland raises $50M to automate complex, high-stakes phone calls
Convey closes on $38M round to help companies automate repetitive work with AI teammates
Undo lands $37M to give AI agents the runtime context to fix bugs
Pramaana Labs raises $27M to make AI prove its answers
Architect Labs nabs $24M to speed up chip design projects with AI
Limitless Labs lands $20M to build AI agents for precision manufacturing
Devplan raises $2.5M to build an intelligence coordination layer for product development
Salesforce to acquire customer service automation startup Fin for $3.6B
GPU infrastructure management startup Hydra Host raises $100M
AMD buys data center memory optimization startup Mext
Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed DeductiveAI for up to $85M (per TechCrunch)
Commerce Department awards SandboxAQ $500M for R&D
BoolSi raises $6M to compile ordinary code into custom chips
Coverage from HPE Discover:
HPE expands self-driving networking strategy as AI moves into production
HPE expands Private Cloud AI factory portfolio to support next-gen autonomous agents
Architecting for AI: Five things Antonio Neri told the enterprise at HPE Discover
And elsewhere:
Qualcomm takes spatial computing into the AI era with Snapdragon Reality Elite
Sweeping Android 17 update brings new AI capabilities and features to Pixel smartphones
HP debuts AI-powered collaboration lineup at InfoComm 2026
Ex-Cisco researchers launch Tenet Security to lock down rogue AI agents
Beyond Identity launches Ceros AI agent security platform
AppViewX targets ungoverned AI agents with new identity security product
AWS launches Continuum to find and fix code vulnerabilities at machine speed
SentinelOne turns Purple AI loose to investigate threats on its own
Gigamon-Zscaler integration adds application visibility to zero-trust access
1Password debuts Credential Broker to release secrets only when needed
BlackFog launches ADX Vision for macOS to curb shadow AI leaks
AWS and QuEra lay out roadmap to fault-tolerant quantum computing in next two years
EigenQ to go public through SPAC merger in $3B deal
Xreal unveils Aura, its lightweight smart glasses powered by Android XR
NASA picks Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX
Fox to buy Roku streaming service in $25B deal
Google DeepMind researcher and Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer is leaving Google to join OpenAI as lead for architecture research. Also reportedly joining OpenAI: former Trump AI official Dean Ball. And finally (per The Verge), Barret Zoph, OpenAI’s head of enterprise AI sales has departed five months after returning to the company from Thinking Machines.
Zoph returned to OpenAI in mid-January after a stint as co-founder and CTO of Thinking Machines Lab, the competing AI company founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati.
Intel appointed Seok-Hee Lee EVP of Intel Foundry, cementing its intention to be a bigger contract manufacturer.
Software delivery provider CloudBees named former Immuta Chief Product Officer Moritz Plassnig CEO, succeeding Anuj Kapur.
Axonius, an asset intelligence platform for unified security operations and exposure management, appointed former Fortinet exec Moshe Ben Simon chief product officer.
Enterprise data automation platform Adeptia named Tim Bond CPO, Jill Ransome VP of marketing, and John Moore VP of revenue operations.
EV startup Rivian laid off hundreds of workers.
Wednesday, June 24: Micron
Thursday, June 25: Blackberry
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