Kevin McLaughlin

San Francisco

Senior Reporter at The Information

Reporter at The Information covering enterprise AI companies, [email protected]

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Databricks in Talks to Acquire Database Startup Neon

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Kevin McLaughlin

Source: Upstarts Databricks is in talks to acquire startup Neon, which rents access to a cloud database service that’s designed for AI agents and applications, for around $1 billion, the technology news site Upstarts reported. The talks are the latest sign of Databricks’ push to get customers to build AI agents that can handle multi-step tasks like planning trips and organizing product returns.
Report: Databricks in Talks to Acquire Database Startup Neon

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Kevin McLaughlin

6 hours agoWith the Nyrius Orion Prime Wireless USB-C to HDMI Video Transmitter & Receiver, you don’t need a cable to connect your MacBook, iPad or iPhone to your TV. It can send video up to 150 feet, offers HD resolution, and doesn’t require a Wi-Fi network. The product launched on Monday. A Mac, iPad or …
Apple Teams Up With Anthropic in AI Coding Push

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Kevin McLaughlin

Source: BloombergApple is working with Anthropic to incorporate the AI startup’s Claude Sonnet model into the next version of its Xcode programming tool, in a move to help its internal developers write and edit code faster and more efficiently, Bloomberg reported. This is the latest sign that large companies are looking to tap into the surging interest from developers in AI-powered coding tools, which has been stoked by startups Anysphere, which makes Cursor, and Windsurf.
Amazon Takes Aim at Cursor With New AI Coding Service

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Kevin McLaughlin

Artificial intelligence–assisted coding firms are some of the hottest startups in Silicon Valley right now, drawing attention from OpenAI, among others. Amazon Web Services sees an opportunity. AWS is working on its own AI-assisted coding service that offers features similar to those from startups Anysphere, which makes Cursor, and Windsurf, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Snowflake Sets $100 Million Target in AI Sales Push

2 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Kevin McLaughlin

Snowflake and other enterprise software firms whose success predates the rise of ChatGPT are trying to recast themselves as artificial intelligence companies. They’ll have to persuade corporate customers to choose their offerings in what has become a very crowded field. The pressure is particularly acute for Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy, who took the reins of the data analytics firm just over a year ago to turbocharge its AI efforts.
New Intel CEO’s Turnaround Plan Includes Layoffs, Fewer Meetings

2 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Kevin McLaughlin

Source: The InformationIntel shares dipped 7% in after-hours trading after Lip-Bu Tan, a former Intel board member who took over as CEO in March, said on an earnings call that the chip firm expects revenue and gross margin to decline in its current quarter due to an uncertain macroeconomic environment.
Dataiku Brings AI Agent Creation and Control to The Universal AI Platform™

2 weeks ago | morningstar.com | Kevin McLaughlin

NEW YORK, NY, April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 24, 2025: Dataiku, The Universal AI Platform™, today announced the launch of AI Agents with Dataiku. This new set of capabilities is designed to create and control AI agents at scale, delivering a new class of AI applications powered by analytics, predictive models, and agents. Dataiku has witnessed rapid acceleration of GenAI and AI agent adoption over the past year.
Northrop Grumman Taps Ex-Microsoft Manager to Lead AI Programs

3 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Kevin McLaughlin

Source: The InformationFahad Khan, a former Microsoft Research manager, is joining aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman as director of strategic AI programs, he announced in a LinkedIn post. Khan’s hiring shows how firms that work with government agencies are increasingly looking for experienced AI talent.
Opinion: Tax fraud and wage theft is an epidemic in construction

3 weeks ago | chicagobusiness.com | Kevin McLaughlin

With tax season here, the construction industry is sounding the alarm on a billion-dollar scheme that allows crimes to go unchecked and the guilty unpunished. Tax fraud and misclassification of workers is robbing federal, state and local governments of much-needed revenue, while ripping off vulnerable construction workers who are paid meager wages, and sometimes not paid at all, for their work. We know who the bad apples are.
Amazon’s Anthropic Challenges Spell Opportunity for Google

3 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Kevin McLaughlin

Source: The InformationSome customers of Amazon Bedrock, a cloud service for building applications that tap into AI models from a variety of providers, have grown frustrated in recent months because they’ve been unable to get a steady level of performance when accessing Anthropic’s Claude models, as we reported earlier today.