Even companies eager to jump on the GenAI bandwagon have struggled to organize their data and get past deployment hurdles, and nobody likes to spend all that time, effort, and money to build technology that can't be shipped because it can't be trusted.
Happy New Year! Today: after years of hype and investment, enterprise generative AI applications are still awaiting their breakout moment, the data-center investment boom continues, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
This year marked a turning point for enterprise tech as spending recovered and the economy stabilized following years of rising interest rates and supply-chain disruption. While no one knows what lies ahead, here are five things we thought summed up a pivotal year.
Today: a look back at the stories that shaped Runtime's first year covering enterprise tech and the quote of the week.
Today: As security threats skyrocket and regulations pile up, an already difficult job is getting harder, an Australian Google Cloud customer suffers an outage blamed on an "unprecedented sequence of events," and the latest enterprise moves.
Today: Figma's Abhi Mathur explains how the company created its collaboration tool and overhauled its databases for scale, Red Hat outlines an open-source AI platform strategy, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Figma's collaboration tools are a hit with designers thanks to its decision to take a page from the gaming software playbook and rebuild its databases for "infinite scale."
Today: how Microsoft plans to rebuild trust in its security culture, Big Tech engineers are burning out on the AI hype cycle, and the quote of the week.
Today: A pair of security incidents show why corporate attention on magical AI solutions should wait, why CoreWeave's latest funding round shows that it probably won't, and the latest moves in enterprise tech.
Today: why AWS growth is "reaccelerating" after a rough year, GitHub is ready to find out if developers want a new AI-centric place to write code, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Several familiar names from the current enterprise AI push made the Department of Homeland Security's "safe" AI advisory board, but there were also some notable omissions from a group that will put a lot of trust in AI companies.
Today: The Department of Homeland Security announces a new set of AI advisors focused on critical infrastructure, Microsoft quietly takes aim at the infrastructure-as-code market, and the quote of the week.
Today: why both Microsoft and Google are enjoying renewed cloud growth, HashiCorp's short ride as a public company comes to an end, and the latest enterprise moves.
Today: C3 AI chairman and CEO Tom Siebel on the good sides and bad sides of AI, Microsoft introduces a small large-language model, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Certainly, the generative AI craze has been good for C3 AI, but according to chairman and CEO Tom Siebel, it also has the potential to go to a really dark place.
