Databricks $134Bvaluation and $4B fundraise

The Information’s Kevin McLaughlin breaks down Databricks’ massive $4 billion funding round and the growing liability of corporate chatbots. We also talk with Crypto Reporter Yueqi Yang about Lead Bank tightening its grip on the stablecoin industry and Sapphire Ventures’ Rajeev Dham about his enterprise AI predictions for 2026. Finally, we look at whether NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang will fund AI-powered alien hunting with AI Reporter Rocket Drew and discuss the future of humanoid robots and their role in the AI boom with Centific SVP Prithivi Pradeep.

Articles discussed on this episode: 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/small-bank-critical-stablecoin-payments-tightens-risk-controls

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/corporate-chatbots-gone-wild

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/alien-hunters-want-jensen-huang-fund-ai-telescope

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/servicenow-sell-highlights-jittery-market

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