This Week in Enterprise Tech, Week 34

This Week in Enterprise Tech

For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:

1. OpenAI Raises a Record $6.6 Billion
2. Microsoft Digs Deep on AI CapEx Bling
3. Who Are The “True” AI Leaders in the S&P 500?
4. Augmented Intelligence Raises $44M to Access Symbolic AI
5. AI, You Don’t Know Tiger Woods!
6. Two Weird Tips for Making AI Work
7. Gartner IDs AI Challenges, Skimps on Solutions
8. Is This the End of Enterprise SaaS?
9. Goodnight, Sweet Hololens

Sources:
OpenAI Raises a Record $6.6 Billion

Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-closes-66-billion-funding-haul-valuation-157-billion-with-investment-2024-10-02/

Microsoft Digs Deep on AI CapEx Bling

Wall Street Journal:
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsofts-ai-story-is-getting-complicated-ebe63ac9?mod=tech_lead_pos1

Who Are The “True” AI Leaders in the S&P 500?

Semafor: https://www.semafor.com/article/10/02/2024/americas-emerging-ai-leaders-amazon-walmart-and-wells-fargo

Augmented Intelligence Raises $44M to Access Symbolic AI

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/30/augmented-intelligence-claims-its-symbolic-ai-can-make-chatbots-more-useful/

AI, You Don’t Know Tiger Woods!

Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-doesnt-know-much-about-golf-or-farming-or-mortgages-or-ae296774?mc_cid=b6ab7c6eb8&mod=tech_lead_pos2

Two Weird Tips for Making AI Work

CIO.com: https://www.cio.com/article/3541409/how-ai-is-transforming-business-today.html

Gartner IDs AI Challenges, Skimps on Solutions

Gartner: https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/cio-challenges

Is This End of Enterprise SaaS?

Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/josipamajic/2024/09/30/the-end-of-the-saas-era-rethinking-softwares-role-in-business/

Goodnight, Sweet Hololens

The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/1/24259369/microsoft-hololens-2-discontinuation-support?mod=djemCIO

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:
Charles Araujo of The DX Report and
Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights