AI model release tracker: GPT-5.6 rivals Fable 5, Muse Spark 1.1 pursues 'personal intelligence'

AI Model Release Tracker: GPT-5.6 rivals Fable 5, Muse Spark 1.1 pursues 'personal intelligence' ...

Open-source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M to grow its platform

Ollama Inc., the largest artificial intelligence platform connecting developers to open models, today announced it has raised ...
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Oracle partners with IMSA Labs

Global technology giant Oracle will serve as the Founding Partner of IMSA Labs, the sanctioning body’s formalized platform ...
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Oracle’s Mark Hura: your AI advantage is your data, not the model

At RAISE Summit, Oracle's Mark Hura argued the AI advantage is your own private data and business outcomes, not the model you buy.
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Ollama raises $65M as its open-model runner hits nearly 9M developers

Ollama has raised a $65M Series B led by Theory Ventures, taking total funding to $88M, as its open-model runner reaches nearly 9 million developers.

Meta debuts Muse Spark 1.1 model with preview open to developers

Meta Platforms on Thursday released long-awaited developer access to its Muse Spark AI alongside ​an upgraded version, ...

Digital-native startups are ditching rigid databases for their agentic stacks

The data layer underneath an agentic system must handle variable schemas, vector embeddings, real-time retrieval, and ...

Modern Data & Knowledge Platforms: The Foundation Every AI Strategy Actually Runs On: SD Times 100

Part of the SD Times 100 2026 series. See the full SD Times 100 2026 list for every category and honoree. Every conversation ...

Madhava Rao Thota Leads AI, Cloud & Database Innovation in 2026

Explore how Madhava Rao Thota is driving innovation in AI, cloud computing, and enterprise database transformation in 2026, helping organizations accelerate digital transformation, scalability, ...