AI
Highlights
VDURA Debuts V-ScaleFlow Tech, Cuts AI Storage Costs 60%
Updated data platform combines hyperscale capacity with reduced flash requirements while adding native Kubernetes support and end-to-end encryption for enterprise customers.
Google's AI Ultra Plan Promises Creative Superpowers – For a Price
Google launches AI Ultra, a $249.99/month plan bundling its top AI tools – but the high price and full-stack consolidation raise questions about accessibility and hyperscaler ecosystem lock-in.
Start-Ups Stake Their Claim in Humanoid Robot Rush
As tech giants and nations race for dominance, agile innovators focus on human needs to redefine the future of human-robot relationships.
Understanding Agentic AI and Multi-Agent Systems
From self-organizing drones to software managing supply chains, agentic AI is creating systems that are reshaping industries. We break down the latest developments and what you can do to prepare.
Scaling Data Center Infrastructure for AI
Industry experts from Avayla, Perpetual Intelligence and the Liquid Cooling Coalition discuss liquid cooling, thermal design, and policy blind spots as rack power for AI workloads surges past 600kW.
VAST Data Launches AI Operating System
VAST Data unveils a unified AI Operating System built to run agentic workloads at scale – combining data, compute, and orchestration into a single platform for the era of the thinking machine.
Sometimes We Wonder What Intelligence is Artificial
Jim Fister writes that AI's success relies on careful data management and strategic application rather than simply relying on AI to solve problems. He stresses the importance of data structure and veracity in generating meaningful insights.
Taboola Taps AI to MicroTarget Advertising
Allyson Klein recaps an insightful conversation with co-host Jeniece Wnorowski and Ariel Pisetzky, VP of information technology and cyber at Taboola, about the transformative impact of data and AI on ad placement.
Catching Up with Urban Machine and AI Fueled Construction Reclamation
Urban Machine, featured on the TechArena podcast, uses AI and robotics to repurpose lumber, reducing construction waste. Recognized at SXSW, they won the 2024 Mighty Materials Award and seek $20M in EPA funding. Listen to our podcast with CTO Andrew Gillies.
How Health Technology Innovations, Inc. is using AI to accelerate pharma research
Discover how AI is transforming pharma research, accelerating drug development, and reducing costs. This blog highlights key innovations like Health Technology Innovations, Inc.'s Cryo-FAST platform, which speeds up early-stage research. Learn about AI's impact through real-world examples of collaboration and implementation.
Sema4.ai Delivers Agents of Change
The pace of AI innovation is accelerating, and Sema4.ai’s vision goes beyond large language models (LLMs) to the transformative potential of AI agents. These agents, unlike traditional software, complete tasks autonomously, acting as knowledge workers that can reason, collaborate, and deliver work products. Sema4 pioneers this technology, offering AI agents optimized for specific industries, enhancing productivity significantly.
Cornelis Networks Aims for AI Fabric Growth with Lisa Spelman at the Helm
Lisa Spelman introduced as new CEO of Cornelis Networks
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Podcasts
Achieving Sustainable Building Construction with Urban Machine
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Urban Machine CTO Andrew Gillies about how his company is achieving a breakthrough in sustainable construction through the AI and Robotics powered Machine.
Real-Time Supply Chain Control with Oii
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Oii CEO Bob Rogers about his team’s AI-based solution for real-time modeling and management of supply chains and the opportunity for AI to drive actionable solutions for business and society.
Futurecasting Technology, Society and You
TechArena host Allyson Klein talks with futurist Brian David Johnson about future and threatcasting, and how taking agency to envision our future places us in the drivers seat to shape it.
Fantasy Football Supremacy with WalterPicks’ Sam Factor
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with WalterPicks co-founder Sam Factor about how AI helps deliver 17% superior recommendations to fantasy football lineups vs. the major recommendation sites.
AI Assisted Therapy with Lyssn’s Zac Imel
TechArena host Allyson Klein talks with Lyssn co-founder Zac Imel about how his company intends to change the shape of mental health using artificial intelligence.
Dell on Storage Innovation in the AI-Driven Enterprise
Dell and Solidigm leaders explore how modern storage—flash, SSDs, and flexible architectures—enables AI, accelerates performance, and helps enterprises manage data across edge to cloud.
State Street’s Vision for Agentic AI in FinTech
State Street’s Anusha Nerella explores AI-driven FinTech infrastructure—scalability, governance and agentic computing. Interested in finding out more about the AI Infra Summit and seeing Anusha Nerella live? Find out more here.
Scaling AI and Biotech for Global Health Impact
In this episode of In the Arena, hear how cross-border collaboration, sustainability, and tech are shaping the future of patient care and innovation.
How Verge.io is Rethinking Compute, Storage & AI Readiness
Tune in to our latest episode of In the Arena to discover how Verge.io’s unified infrastructure platform simplifies IT management, boosts efficiency, & prepares data centers for the AI-driven future.
How AI-Optimized Storage is Eliminating Data Bottlenecks
Join us on Data Insights as Mark Klarzynski from PEAK:AIO explores how high-performance AI storage is driving innovation in conservation, healthcare, and edge computing for a sustainable future.
Unpacking AI Inference at the Edge with Untether AI
Untether AI's Bob Beachler explores the future of AI inference, from energy-efficient silicon to edge computing challenges, MLPerf benchmarks, and the evolving enterprise AI landscape.
