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SAP to acquire Prior Labs, Dremio; says TFM beats LLM for predicting structured data
SAP said on May 4 it will acquire AI research lab Prior Labs and data lakehouse platform Dremio, with both deals subject to regulatory approval. It plans to invest more than 1 billion euros over four years to develop Prior Labs into a global AI research institute for structured business data, while keeping it independent. SAP says table foundation models are better than large language models for tabular data. It will deploy TFM via SAP AI Core and SAP Business Data Cloud, with Joule coordinating.
AI & Enterprise
Removing data complexity key to making enterprise AI work properly
As enterprise computing vendors move faster to pair AI agents with both hardware and software, Oracle is stepping up efforts to optimise its core database technology for AI. Its strategy focuses on bringing AI to where data resides so it can be used securely, easily and without lock-in. Oracle has unveiled Oracle AI Database 26ai, which it says places AI at the heart of data management and integrates vector search and an agentic AI framework.
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Snowflake expands open data architecture to build AI environment without data movement
Snowflake on Tuesday announced a \"data autonomy\" strategy to strengthen interoperability aimed at minimising data movement, simplifying governance and improving enterprise AI systems\' access to data. The company is expanding support for Apache Iceberg version 3, including new data types and features, and boosting governance portability using Apache Polaris. The update also includes pg_lake, an open-source PostgreSQL extension, and support for new standards such as OpenLineage and Open Semantic Interchange.
