Robert Hof

2 weeks ago | siliconangle.com | Robert Hof

Given the impact of tariffs on a wide variety of technology companies, it was big news this week that the U.S. Court of International Trade blocked President Trump’s wildly varying tariffs — but an appeals court put a temporary hold on that ruling. Who knows what happens next, but the case could be headed for the Supreme Court. You need to know about vector databases, and now you have a great place to find out why they’re so critical to the dawning AI era.

3 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Robert Hof

It was all about AI at all the big events this week — Microsoft Build, Google I/O, Dell Tech World, Red Hat Summit and even Computex. This time at I/O, Google appeared to get the upper hand, vibe-wise, with a flurry of new models and features, a vision of a universal AI assistant, and even plans for AI-powered AR glasses. Safe to say, it’s well behind the pack no longer. But Microsoft also unleashed a raft of new AI features and agents as well at Build.

3 weeks ago | siliconangle.com | Robert Hof

It was all about AI at all the big events this week — Microsoft Build, Google I/O, Dell Tech World, Red Hat Summit and even Computex. This time at I/O, Google appeared to get the upper hand, vibe-wise, with a flurry of new models and features, a vision of a universal AI assistant, and even plans for AI-powered AR glasses. Safe to say, it’s well behind the pack no longer. But Microsoft also unleashed a raft of new AI features and agents as well at Build.

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Robert Hof

Initial public offerings of stock inched back this week as eToro’s IPO soared 29% over its initial price, Chime filed and Pony AI in China filed confidentially. But don’t expect a full-scale return in this choppy economy. Herald the coming of the software-only cloud hyperscaler — starting with Salesforce. AI leaders suddenly are confronting reality — excessive hype and high expense, not to mention diverging interests and doubts about the headroom for cutting-edge AI such as reasoning models.

1 month ago | siliconangle.com | Robert Hof

Initial public offerings of stock inched back this week as eToro’s IPO soared 29% over its initial price, Chime filed and Pony AI in China filed confidentially. But don’t expect a full-scale return in this choppy economy. Herald the coming of the software-only cloud hyperscaler — starting with Salesforce. AI leaders suddenly are confronting reality — excessive hype and high expense, not to mention diverging interests and doubts about the headroom for cutting-edge AI such as reasoning models.