InfoWorld

How to build an AI agent that actually works

Success with agents starts with embedding them in workflows, not letting them run amok. Context, skills, models, and tools are key. There’s more.

POMA AI Achieves Best-in-Class RAG Chunking and Document Ingestion With 77% Token Reduction vs. Conventional Models

Out of the box,POMA PrimeCut uses 77% fewer tokens than conventional models. The figure rises to 83% when used in customized ...
WinBuzzer

New Databricks KARL RAG Agent Promises 33% Cost Reduction vs. Claude Opus 4.6

Databricks has released KARL, an RL-trained RAG agent that it says handles all six enterprise search categories at 33% lower ...
IMD Business School

Your data strategy won’t create competitive advantage. These four moves will

Data strategy competitive advantage depends on a proprietary knowledge base of internal and external data powering predictive models.

Databricks built a RAG agent it says can handle every kind of enterprise search

Databricks' KARL agent uses reinforcement learning to generalize across six enterprise search behaviors — the problem that breaks most RAG pipelines.
Edutopia

Making Use of a Worked Example to Improve Learning

It’s a familiar moment in math class—students are asked to solve a problem, and some jump in confidently while others freeze, unsure where to begin. When students don’t yet have a clear mental model ...
The Next Web

Databricks hits $5.4B revenue run rate and banks a $134B valuation in a rare software surge

Databricks is having one of those years that most enterprise software companies would quietly envy. The data and AI platform says it has reached a $5.4bn annual revenue run rate, growing 65% year over ...
SiliconANGLE

Databricks closes $7B+ financing round at $134B valuation

Databricks Inc. today announced that it has raised more than $7 billion in equity and debt financing to accelerate its growth efforts. The company first disclosed the investment late last year when it ...
CNBC

Databricks completes $5 billion funding round at $134 billion valuation

Databricks said it raised $5 billion in funding and $2 billion in new debt capacity at a $134 billion valuation. The company also said its annualized revenue exceeded $5.4 billion for the January ...
IEEE

Assessing RAG: A Comprehensive Review of Evaluation Frameworks

Abstract: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, which combine retrieval and generative AI components, are becoming crucial for accurate context-aware text generation in a variety of ...
Forbes

Databricks Says AI Agents Now Build 80% Of Enterprise Databases

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Victor Dey is an analyst and writer covering AI and emerging tech. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
dbta

Databricks Lakebase is Now Generally Available, Delivering Reliability, Performance, and Governance

Databricks announced the Databricks Lakebase is now generally available on AWS—introducing a new class of operational database that treats infrastructure as a flexible, on-demand service. According to ...