"There are just not very many humans who are capable of that."While thousands of tech workers and engineers are qualified to work on AI, identifying the best — and convincing them to jump ship — remains a challenge for companies leading the AI race.

For my last issue of the year, I’m focusing on the AI talent war, which is a theme I’ve been covering since this newsletter launched almost two years ago. And keep reading for the latest from inside Google and Meta this week.

The $10 billion investment (which included OpenAI investors Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz) is one of the largest venture rounds in history, and is equal to the largest single investment in the AI space—Microsoft’s $10 billion investment in OpenAI early last year.

Databricks has secured a $62 billion valuation after raising a whopping $10 billion in one of the largest venture capital funding rounds in history, underscoring the unprecedented appetite for fast-growing private companies that have seen accelerated growth due to AI.

Databricks just closed one of the largest funding rounds ever, raising a staggering $10 billion in fresh capital. Naturally, technology investors were

The hyperscalers, cloud builders, HPC centers control the design and manufacturing of own AI infrastructure. They have big bucks, and they can afford to

Meanwhile, Perplexity raised $500 million for its AI search and immediately bought AI startup Carbon. And continuing the AI funding bubble boom, Sandbox AQ raised $300 million. But the business is real, as AI is expected to drive enterprise tech upside next year.

One of the most widely used techniques to make AI models more efficient, quantization, has limits — and the industry could be fast approaching them. In

Andy Konwinski is offering the hefty prize to anyone who can get an open source AI model to score up to 90% on a benchmark that tests coding ability.

Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company by the Public Investment Fund, PIF, recognised Databrick’s potential to contribute to the Saudi Arabia’s vibrant technology ecosystem and participated in Databricks’ greater than $500 million Series I funding round in 2023.

As the AI industry continues to evolve, Databricks is poised to play a central role in enabling organizations to adopt AI-driven strategies and achieve transformational outcomes. Its record-setting valuation and successful funding round serve as a strong vote of confidence from investors and highlight the company’s immense potential.

Cloud data platform provider Databricks Inc. today announced that it’s raising a very late-stage $10 billion funding round at a $62 billion valuation.