Steve Sobel

Dec 11, 2024 | databricks.com | Andrew Ferguson |Steve Sobel |Patrick Wendell |Naveen Rao

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Databricks Generative AI Startup Challenge, a competition held in collaboration with AWS to showcase the most innovative early-stage startups leveraging Generative AI on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Our winners emerged from a strong group of applicants following a rigorous evaluation process by our panel of judges.

Nov 20, 2024 | databricks.com | Andrew Ferguson |Steve Sobel |Patrick Wendell |Naveen Rao

We are thrilled to unveil the finalists for the Databricks Generative AI Startup Challenge, a competition designed to spotlight innovative early-stage startups harnessing the power of Generative AI on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. In collaboration with AWS, this challenge has attracted an impressive array of participants, all striving to push the boundaries of technology and solve real-world problems.

Sep 18, 2024 | databricks.com | Andrew Ferguson |Steve Sobel |Naveen Rao |Prem Prakash

Are you an entrepreneur or startup with a groundbreaking Generative AI use case built on Databricks? Then we have a Challenge for you! Databricks is thrilled to introduce the Databricks Generative AI Startup Challenge – a competition with over $1M in prizes for early-stage startups who are using the power of Generative AI to build innovative products that solve real-world customer problems, while leveraging the power of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.

Sep 15, 2024 | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Steve Sobel

Continued from Part 2:Claim: The IDF is the Most Moral Army in the World. Argument:Israel insists it follows international law in the ways it conducts its military operations. It claims that civilians are treated respectfully, and prisoners of war are treated humanely. The Israeli Defense Forces have frequently taken measures to avoid civilian casualties which go beyond what most militaries have done historically.

Sep 14, 2024 | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Steve Sobel

Continued from Part 1 of Debating the Conflict:Claim: Israel is the only liberal democracy in the Middle East. Argument:Israel has numerous, diverse political parties and conducts democratic elections. It has a robustly free press (though just recently, the Israeli government shut down “Al Jazeera,”  which could signal the typical first step of cracking down on a free press by an emerging authoritarian regime). Passionate public debates about policies occur routinely.