Trump kneecaps Anthropic, SpaceX bags Cursor and Databricks debuts AI agent coworker
Databricks may keep refusing to go public, but this week it wasn't shy about proclaiming its intentions to be a central player in artificial intelligence. At its annual Data + AI conference in San Francisco this week, it made the case that AI agents can become the next-generation system of record for enterprises, which software-as-a-service [... ] The post Trump kneecaps Anthropic, SpaceX bags Cursor and Databricks debuts AI agent coworker appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
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- SiliconANGLE UPDATED 10:00 EDT / JUNE 19 2026 AI Trump kneecaps Anthropic, SpaceX bags Cursor and Databricks debuts AI agent coworker THIS WEEK IN ENTERPRISE by Robert Hof Databricks may keep refusing to go public, but this week it wasn't shy about proclaiming its intentions to be a central player in artificial intelligence.
- It's actually the data and AI platform.
- No telling what happens next - it's the Trump administration, after all - but it's a sudden reversal of Anthropic's recent good fortune.
No surprise, but SpaceX moved quickly this week to use some of its IPO haul to bag the AI vibe coding creation phenom Cursor.
- Quantum computing continues to heat up, as EigenQ went public through a SPAC, Atom Computing raised $300 million and Amazon Web Services and QuEra issued a roadmap to fault-tolerant quantum computing in next two years.
- " Gartner has timely advice: 10 best practices for optimizing generative and agentic AI costs Policy White House forces Anthropic to disable new frontier models following abrupt export ban New models and services Coverage from Databricks' Data + AI conference: Databricks declares the end of pipelines with a unified platform for operational and analytical data The AGI moment?
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- #You know spending on AI infrastructure is getting a little stretched when even Nvidia feels the need to raise $20 billion in debt.
- #It looks like Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff is back on the acquisition hunt, this week buying customer service automation startup Fin for $3.
- #Quantum computing continues to heat up, as EigenQ went public through a SPAC, Atom Computing raised $300 million and Amazon Web Services and QuEra issued a roadmap to fault-tolerant quantum computing in next two years.
- #" Gartner has timely advice: 10 best practices for optimizing generative and agentic AI costs Policy White House forces Anthropic to disable new frontier models following abrupt export ban New models and services Coverage from Databricks' Data + AI conference: Databricks declares the end of pipelines with a unified platform for operational and analytical data The AGI moment?
SiliconANGLE UPDATED 10:00 EDT / JUNE 19 2026 AI Trump kneecaps Anthropic, SpaceX bags Cursor and Databricks debuts AI agent coworker THIS WEEK IN ENTERPRISE by Robert Hof Databricks may keep refusing to go public, but this week it wasn't shy about proclaiming its intentions to be a central player in artificial intelligence. At its annual Data + AI conference in San Francisco this week, it made the case that AI agents can become the next-generation system of record for enterprises, which software-as-a-service applications serve as now, but only if there's a solid data platform to provide useful context for enterprise work. "W hat does future SaaS stack look like?
An agent system of record that taps into all the apps," said Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi. "So what does the agent system of record look like? It's actually the data and AI platform.
" Part of Databricks' bid for dominance, especially vs. rival Snowflake, which held its conference two weeks ago, is, naturally, a new set of agents , called Genie One, that it styles as an "agentic coworker. " There's a lot more, so check out our stories below.
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