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Mid-Year Report: AI’s Biggest 2025 Surprises Revealed
Market share shakeups, pricing shocks, and a tectonic shift in the open internet: Intel’s Lynn Comp unpacks developments in AI trends in 2025 that no one could have predicted.
MLPerf Storage v2.0 Eclipses Records in AI Benchmarking
Global surge in submissions reveals the pivotal role of storage in scaling AI training, with new checkpoint tests tackling failure resilience in massive accelerator clusters.
MLCommons Raises the Bar for AI PCs with MLPerf Client v1.0
MLCommons launches industry-standard benchmarks for LLM performance on PCs, cutting through marketing hype and giving developers and enterprises the transparent metrics they need.
AI’s New Canvas: The Visual Creators in the Zoo
From Midjourney to Firefly, Part 2 of our ‘AI Zoo’ series breaks down how today’s top image models work—and how TechArena uses them to create powerful, responsible visuals.
The Lamb Lays Down with the Lion to Avoid Being Eaten by the Wolf
As Chinese EV giants like BYD rise, German automakers are forging an unlikely alliance, but history shows such partnerships often crumble within months.
AI Chip Design Hits Crossroads in Agentic Era
As AI reshapes compute, memory, and networking, chipmakers are racing to rethink design workflows, embrace agentic AI, and overcome the next wave of data, power, and talent constraints.
Peak:AIO Optimizes AI Infrastructure to Scale Enterprise Adoption
Peak:AIO’s strategies for maximizing node efficiency and intelligent storage solutions offer scalable, cost-effective AI infrastructure, driving innovation from data collection to inference.
Synopsys Accelerates AI Innovation With Microsoft, NVIDIA
Chip design just got smarter. Synopsys partnered with Microsoft and NVIDIA to reimagine semiconductor workflows, pushing the boundaries of AI infrastructure and next-gen compute.
Databricks to Acquire Neon and Boost AI Agent Capabilities
Databricks is acquiring Neon to bring serverless Postgres to AI agents — accelerating the future of agentic applications with open, high-speed, pay-as-you-go data infrastructure.
Insights on AI and Data Management from Intercontinental Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) leverages AI and optimized storage solutions to handle massive data sets, enhance real-time analysis and prevent fraud across its financial networks.
Dell’s Project Lightning: A Game-Changer for AI-Optimized Storage
Dell’s parallel file system promises unmatched speed and efficiency, offering a significant leap forward in storage technology that addresses the extreme performance needs of AI workloads.
Insights with Intel on Navigating Agentic AI Transformation
Agentic AI is set to disrupt how enterprises manage their workflows, data and IT infrastructure. Lynn Comp, Head of Intel’s AI Center of Excellence, outlines how to prepare for the transformation.
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Podcasts
How Axelera Scales Inference From Edge to Data Center
In the Arena: Allyson Klein with Axelera CMO Alexis Crowell on inference-first AI silicon, a customer-driven SDK, and what recent tapeouts reveal about the roadmap.
Data Insights: AI in Healthcare with Dr. Rohith Vangalla
In this episode of Data Insights, host Allyson Klein and co-host Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Dr. Rohith Vangalla of Optum to discuss the future of AI in healthcare.
Metrum AI’s Steen Graham on Multi-Agent AI and Smarter Storage
From OCP Summit, Metrum AI CEO Steen Graham unpacks multi-agent infrastructure, SSD-accelerated RAG, and the memory-to-storage shift—plus a 2026 roadmap to boost GPU utilization, uptime, and time-to-value.
AI in Finance: Governance, Compliance, and Innovation
Anusha Nerella joins hosts Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski to explore responsible AI in financial services, emphasizing compliance, collaboration, and ROI-driven adoption strategies.
Cerebras Scales Real-Time AI with Wafer-Scale Innovation
At AI Infra Summit, CTO Sean Lie shares how Cerebras is delivering instant inference, scaling cloud and on-prem systems, and pushing reasoning models into the open-source community.
AI, Flash, and Data Protection: Scality’s Vision with Paul Speciale
Scality CMO Paul Speciale joins Data Insights to discuss the future of storage—AI-driven resilience, the rise of all-flash deployments, and why object storage is becoming central to enterprise strategy.
Ayar Labs' Mark Wade on Optical I/O Boosting AI Performance
Mark Wade, CEO of Ayar Labs, explains how optical I/O technology is enhancing AI infrastructure, improving data movement, reducing bottlenecks, and driving efficiency in large-scale AI systems.
AI Innovation, Energy Efficiency & Future Trends with Neeraj Kumar
Neeraj Kumar, Chief Data Scientist at PNNL, discusses AI's role in scientific discovery, energy-efficient computing, and collaboration with Micron to advance memory systems for AI and high-performance computing.
Exploring AI Innovation with Hitachi Ventures' Gayathri Radhakrishnan
Guest Gayathri “G” Radhakrishnan, Partner at Hitachi Ventures, joins host Allyson Klein on the eve of the AIHW and Edge Summit to discuss innovation in the AI space, future adoption of AI, and more.
Privacy, AI, and the Future of Cloud Computing with Rita Kozlov
Join Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski as they chat with Rita Kozlov from Cloudflare about their innovative cloud solutions, AI integration, and commitment to privacy and sustainability.
AI, Analytics, and Innovation: Insights from Unilever’s Arun Nandi
Arun Nandi of Unilever joins host Allyson Klein to discuss AI's role in modern data analytics, the importance of sustainable innovation, and the future of enterprise data architecture.
Uncovering the Future of AI Agents with Sema4
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Sema4.ai co-founder Antti Karjalainen about his vision for AI agents and how he sees these powerful tools surpassing even what current AI models deliver today.
