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• January 07, 2026 07 Jan'26

  Snowflake boosts Google partnership, integrates Gemini 3

  By making the tech giant's LLM natively available in Cortex AI, the data cloud vendor is adding yet another significant tool to its evolving development suite.

• December 29, 2025 29 Dec'25

  4 trends that will shape data management and AI in 2026

  The tendencies that influence the next 12 months build on what began last year, including rising mergers and acquisitions and the need to simplify developing and deploying agents.

• December 22, 2025 22 Dec'25

  4 trends that shaped data management, analytics in 2025

  With each relating to agentic AI development, tendencies included nearly universal support for MCP and rising emphasis on semantic modeling, among others.

• December 16, 2025 16 Dec'25

  Databricks adds $4B funding round; IPO could be next

  With a valuation well over $100 billion and strong revenue growth from both data management and AI, the vendor could be preparing to go public.

• December 16, 2025 16 Dec'25

  EnterpriseDB updates WarehousePG with features that fuel AI

  The PostgreSQL database specialist's data warehouse update targets AI development by adding predictable pricing, real-time data processing and improved governance capabilities.

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• December 10, 2025 10 Dec'25

  ThoughtSpot automates full platform with new Spotter agents

  With agents for data modeling, dashboard development and embedding applications, the vendor is simplifying processes that have historically slowed analytics workflows.

• December 10, 2025 10 Dec'25

  Couchbase adds agentic AI development suite to Capella DBaaS

  AI Services, which includes an integration with Nvidia and governance capabilities -- among other features -- represents the vendor's growth beyond its database roots.

• December 08, 2025 08 Dec'25

  IBM acquiring Confluent to boost AI development capabilities

  The purchase of a streaming data platform complements the tech giant's existing tools by enabling developers to build agents using real-time information.

• December 04, 2025 04 Dec'25

  Snowflake, Anthropic boost partnership with $200M commitment

  After first partnering in 2024 to make Claude models available in Cortex AI, the companies plan to collaborate on agentic AI development and marketing strategies.

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  Informatica tightens bond with AWS's AI development tools

  New features optimized for joint customers include MCP servers to connect governed data with foundation models and a framework for developing agents on the tech giant's platform.

• December 02, 2025 02 Dec'25

  Latest AWS data management features target cost control

  As the volume and complexity of enterprise data estates increase, and the size of data workloads grows due to AI development, the tech giant aims to help users reduce spending.

• November 25, 2025 25 Nov'25

  One year of MCP: Support a must for data management vendors

  With most AI development initiatives focused on agentic AI, failure to provide the framework for easily connecting agents with relevant data is now a competitive disadvantage.

• November 24, 2025 24 Nov'25

  Microsoft helps Premier League fuel fan experience with AI

  A new app built by England's top soccer division using the tech giant's data management and development capabilities draws on decades of data to deliver personalized insights.

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  Precisely intros AI capabilities to simplify data quality

  The data integrity specialist's new features, including a conversational interface and a fabric for connecting governed assets, address the growing emphasis on high-quality data.

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  Snowflake integrates with Nvidia to speed AI/ML workloads

  Adding data science libraries featuring GPUs to the vendor's development suite aims to exponentially improve the performance of application workloads.

• November 18, 2025 18 Nov'25

  New Microsoft tools connect AI agents with proper data

  Semantic modeling to unite enterprise data and automated pipeline capabilities to feed applications with relevant information aim to give autonomous tools appropriate context.

• November 14, 2025 14 Nov'25

  Ng: Biggest benefit of AI may be unlocking unstructured data

  Tech entrepreneur Andrew Ng says that in addition to autonomous action, one of the most beneficial applications of AI is enabling easy access to valuable unstructured data.

• November 13, 2025 13 Nov'25

  Alation unveils agentic AI suite for governing critical data

  CDE Manager includes agents that set standards and establish rules to help enterprises to connect data to key operations and govern such data to ensure it can be trusted.

• November 13, 2025 13 Nov'25

  Dremio Cloud: An autonomous lakehouse powered by AI agents

  The new platform automates complex data preparation and pipeline management tasks that fuel AI development and could be a differentiator for the vendor.

• November 06, 2025 06 Nov'25

  Ataccama automates data quality with agentic AI-fueled suite

  The new version of the vendor's platform automates tasks previously performed by humans to substantially reduce the time it takes to ensure that data can be trusted.

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  Snowflake delivers slew of AI tools, introduces new ones

  The newly released tools simplify access to enterprise data and enable deeper analysis through natural language to address challenges in AI development and data utilization.

• November 03, 2025 03 Nov'25

  New Databricks tools target successful agentic AI development

  With enterprises struggling to build agents, new Agent Bricks features address accuracy and governance to help move development projects from pilot to production.

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Streaming specialist Confluent unveils AI development suite

  In addition to a unified environment for building and deploying agents, the vendor launched a private cloud version of its platform and integrations that simplify data preparation.

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Informatica launches agents, adds new AI development tools

  Prebuilt agents for data quality and other data management tasks and a development framework featuring MCP support highlight the vendor's Fall 2025 platform update.

• October 28, 2025 28 Oct'25

  Streaming vendor Redpanda buys SQL engine, unveils AI suite

  With the Agent Data Plane, which features newly acquired SQL database capabilities, the specialist is expanding beyond its roots and adding tools to train and govern AI agents.

• October 21, 2025 21 Oct'25

  Immuta adds provisioning prowess to speed insight generation

  Featuring automation capabilities, the new tools dramatically reduce the time it takes to operationalize governed data and could help differentiate the vendor from its peers.

• October 21, 2025 21 Oct'25

  Couchbase ups database vector search, indexing capabilities

  The vendor's update takes a three-pronged approach to storing and searching vectorized data to make building AI tools trained on massive amounts of relevant information faster.

• October 16, 2025 16 Oct'25

  Snowflake, Palantir team to simplify AI, insight generation

  Native integration between the vendors' platforms aims to simplify and speed development of AI and analytics tools for current joint customers -- and to attract new ones.

• October 15, 2025 15 Oct'25

  6 essential data engineer skills for modern data environments

  As AI automates more tasks handled by data engineers, the role is shifting from pipeline building to strategic skills that keep modern architectures adaptable.

• October 15, 2025 15 Oct'25

  Data contracts help build trustworthy data products for AI

  Data contracts establish clear expectations between data producers and consumers, turning governance into a continuous, automated process that builds trust for AI.

• October 14, 2025 14 Oct'25

  Oracle launches new platform to streamline AI development

  The suite, which combines capabilities from OCI and other platforms, will help Oracle compete with rivals providing similar feature sets for building agents and other AI tools.

• October 14, 2025 14 Oct'25

  DBT Labs targets costs with data engine, adds AI agents

  The new capabilities, revealed amid news that the vendor is merging with Fivetran, include an updated engine that lowers data transformation expenses and task-specific agents.

• October 13, 2025 13 Oct'25

  Fivetran, DBT Labs merge to add complementary capabilities

  The deal brings together data movement and data transformation platforms that help developers build AI and analytics applications.

• October 09, 2025 09 Oct'25

  Starburst's latest targets agentic AI development

  The data lakehouse vendor continues to expand beyond its roots in data mesh, adding features such as an MCP server and access to vector stores that enable users to build agents.

• October 07, 2025 07 Oct'25

  New AI-powered suite boosts Teradata's CX capabilities

  Autonomous Customer Intelligence features agents and other tools aimed at enabling the vendor's users to gain greater insight into their own customers to improve business outcomes.

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  Mooncake acquisition boosts Databricks database capabilities

  Five months after purchasing PostgreSQL specialist Neon and turning its tech into Lakebase, the data platform vendor is adding new database capabilities to aid AI development.

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  Best practices for using simulation models in business

  Simulation models provide businesses with a framework for forecasting and strategy through tested practices in finance, healthcare and logistics.

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  Databricks boosts data security with AI-powered suite

  With cyberattacks becoming more sophisticated, the vendor's new set of features includes agents, AI-powered dashboards and integrations with specialists.

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  Development suite continues Alation's foray into agentic AI

  Once a metadata management specialist, the vendor is keeping up with the competition by adding an environment for developing agents.

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  Snowflake's AI capabilities fueling music data specialist

  Luminate, which provides the data for Billboard's music charts and informs other entertainment industry clients, is developing agents using the data platform vendor's tools.

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Databricks partners with OpenAI to boost AI development

  GPT-5 is now the primary model for the data platform vendor's users. In addition, the partners will collaborate to improve model performance for real-world applications.

• September 24, 2025 24 Sep'25

  Incorta unveils features as part of new focus on AI

  The vendor's new AI-focused features include a Model Context Protocol layer for developing agents and prebuilt agentic AI capabilities to assist with specific tasks.

• September 23, 2025 23 Sep'25

  New consortium to aid AI by standardizing semantic modeling

  An open standard for defining data would simplify data integration and discovery to reduce one of the barriers preventing organizations from successfully developing AI tools.

• September 23, 2025 23 Sep'25

  5 knowledge graph use cases in data fabric architecture

  Knowledge graphs in data fabrics enable semantic layers, cross-domain modeling, operational intelligence, enterprise search and intelligent metadata management.

• September 23, 2025 23 Sep'25

  Teradata unveils AgentBuilder to aid agentic AI development

  Like many of its competitors, the longtime data management and analytics vendor is adding tools, such as an MCP server, to help customers build advanced applications.

• September 22, 2025 22 Sep'25

  Cisco and Splunk are teaching AI to anticipate system failures

  Cisco and Splunk use machine data to train a new time-series foundation model that surfaces hidden issues and creates a durable competitive edge.

• September 18, 2025 18 Sep'25

  Vector database vendor Pinecone eyes future under new CEO

  After establishing the value of its technology under founder Edo Liberty, Ash Ashutosh takes over to lead the vendor as it enters a phase focused on growing the business.

• September 17, 2025 17 Sep'25

  MongoDB adds MCP server, expands AI development capabilities

  While the database vendor isn't breaking new ground with its updated features, they combine to provide customers with valuable tools that will help to build modern applications.

• September 16, 2025 16 Sep'25

  Microsoft adds new AI development, OneLake tools to Fabric

  New features such as MCP support and simplified access to data stored across multiple clouds simplify developing agents and keep the tech giant's platform competitive.

• September 11, 2025 11 Sep'25

  Sigma Computing intros array of new AI, analytics tools

  The new features, most of which are not yet generally available, are aimed at enabling more nontechnical employees within enterprises to work with data to inform decisions.

• September 10, 2025 10 Sep'25

  SingleStore agrees to growth buyout by private equity firm

  The database specialist's management team will remain, with the investment from Vector Capital Management potentially enabling growth beyond what was previously possible.

• September 10, 2025 10 Sep'25

  ThoughtSpot Embedded update boosts agentic AI capabilities

  The new release lets customers, including ISVs, embed the latest version of the analytics vendor's Spotter agent, which now enables access to unstructured data.

• September 09, 2025 09 Sep'25

  Monte Carlo's Agent Observability targets reliability of AI

  The vendor's new feature enables users to define acceptable AI outputs and trace outputs that don't meet organizational standards back to source data so they can be addressed.

• September 05, 2025 05 Sep'25

  Fivetran's Tobiko Data acquisition aids data transformation

  The purchase provides the data integration vendor with its own data transformation framework to augment capabilities it provides through integrations with third-party specialists.

• September 04, 2025 04 Sep'25

  Neo4j's latest targets graph database performance at scale

  Infinigraph enables the vendor's platform to handle the scale of hybrid transactional/analytical processing workloads used to help inform AI and analytics applications.

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  AI in sports: Agents and the future of analytics

  Pragmatic advances such as improved data integration and streamlined information delivery will aid teams, as will transformative gains including agent-driven game strategies.

• August 27, 2025 27 Aug'25

  AI in sports: How modern tools are changing analytics

  With recent technological advances making it easier to access and operationalize data, advanced analysis is now the norm for teams when evaluating players and plotting strategy.

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  AI in sports: A look back at the analytics pioneers

  Where once baseball's Oakland A's gained a strategic edge by discovering undervalued statistics, teams across all sports are now using emerging technologies to inform decisions.

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  Latest from Vast Data aims to simplify, speed AI development

  SyncEngine has the potential to be a differentiator for the vendor, combining capabilities usually performed by specialized tools to provide pipelines with relevant information.

• August 19, 2025 19 Aug'25

  Alation unveils agentic AI-powered query capabilities

  By accessing a knowledge layer consisting of curated data products and metadata, Chat with Your Data provides more accurate responses than the vendor's previous capabilities.

• August 19, 2025 19 Aug'25

  Confluent joins agentic AI fray with Streaming Agents

  The vendor's new environment for developing agents includes tool calling via model context protocol and connections with key sources such as LLMs and vector databases.

• August 15, 2025 15 Aug'25

  Modern architecture, high-quality data key to AI development

  An expert explains how components such as a shared foundation and protocols that ensure quality help foster real-time insights and AI-driven analysis.

• August 13, 2025 13 Aug'25

  MongoDB launches enterprise-focused AI models

  The vendor's new models enhance document context capture and enable developers to guide the reranking process with instructions, while improving accuracy.

• August 12, 2025 12 Aug'25

  Aerospike update aims to improve database performance

  With the addition of expression indexes that enable users to streamline the data discovery process, the vendor is providing capabilities that could force competitors to respond.

• August 05, 2025 05 Aug'25

  Cloud Software Group to buy data protection vendor Arctera

  Cloud Software Group, a company formed after the 2022 merger of Citrix Systems and Tibco Software, is set to acquire Arctera, which formed after the Cohesity and Veritas merger.

• August 05, 2025 05 Aug'25

  HPE Zerto, storage, networking prioritizing cybersecurity

  Updates for HPE Zerto, storage and networking offerings all aim to increase cyber resiliency and recovery without significant enterprise interruptions.

• July 31, 2025 31 Jul'25

  Informatica adds MCP support, spate of AI-fueled features

  With Model Context Protocol helping standardize how enterprises develop and deploy agents, support for the open standard is valuable for customers building advanced applications.

• July 29, 2025 29 Jul'25

  Arctera Insight Platform now includes LLM data protection

  The latest update to Arctera's data auditing software supports public LLM usage for organizations with features like masking, logging and message summaries.

• July 25, 2025 25 Jul'25

  Commvault to acquire Satori Cyber for GenAI data security

  Satori Cyber, the third acquisition eyed by data backup vendor Commvault in less than two years, would add security technologies for generative AI to Commvault's platform.

• July 24, 2025 24 Jul'25

  Collibra's acquisition of Deasy targets unstructured data

  With AI development on the rise, the vendor's latest purchase better enables customers to combine the complete array of relevant data to inform advanced applications.

• July 23, 2025 23 Jul'25

  StarTree adding Iceberg support to simplify, speed analysis

  With open table data storage formats gaining popularity, the vendor's pending support for Apache Iceberg promotes flexibility while also making analysis more efficient.

• July 21, 2025 21 Jul'25

  Oracle adds MCP support to advance agentic AI development

  Given that the open standard simplifies the complex process of connecting systems during agentic AI development, the tech giant's integration with MCP stands to benefit users.

• July 17, 2025 17 Jul'25

  Ataccama targets business users with latest AI capabilities

  The vendor's latest update makes data lineage accessible to business users, enabling them to trust their data and make decisions without consulting trained experts for assistance.

• July 15, 2025 15 Jul'25

  Microsoft, Databricks simplify synchronizing, sharing data

  A new integration designed by the tech giant and data platform vendor eliminates the need for users to move or copy data to join it across platforms for better-informed analysis.

• July 15, 2025 15 Jul'25

  SnapLogic adds MCP support to aid agentic AI deployment

  Following the launch of AgentCreator in 2024, the data integration vendor is adding support for the open standard to better enable customers to build and manage agentic tools.

• July 15, 2025 15 Jul'25

  Qdrant lowers vector database complexity to aid development

  The vendor now provides an integrated environment for operationalizing unstructured data to aid enterprises struggling with a profusion of tools to generate and manage vectors.

• July 08, 2025 08 Jul'25

  Knime updates framework for agentic AI development

  The open source analytics vendor is keeping up with competitors by providing features aimed at enabling users to create cutting-edge applications capable of autonomous action.

• July 08, 2025 08 Jul'25

  Denodo unveils DeepQuery to provide AI-powered deep analysis

  The data virtualization specialist's new GenAI feature lets users dig deep into their data to discover the reasons underlying what's happening within their organization.

• July 02, 2025 02 Jul'25

  Qlik adds trust score to aid data prep for AI development

  By measuring dimensions such as diversity and timeliness, the vendor's new tool helps users understand if their data is properly prepared to inform advanced applications.

• July 01, 2025 01 Jul'25

  Agents, semantic layers among top data, analytics trends

  The top 10 predictions for the next few years are all influenced by the increasing deployment of AI to help make business decisions and take action.

• July 01, 2025 01 Jul'25

  Rubrik pivots to generative AI with Predibase acquisition

  Data stored within Rubrik's backup platform could soon be another data lake for customers to tap into as the vendor looks to acquire AI specialists Predibase.

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Confluent platform update targets performance, simplicity

  The vendor's latest release replaces its coordinating technology to make its tools easier to use and updates its Control Center for more efficient streaming data workloads.

• June 24, 2025 24 Jun'25

  New Actian features target data discoverability, reliability

  Automatically embedded data governance, data product registration on a data marketplace platform and a natural language interface aim to make trusted data easier to discover.

• June 24, 2025 24 Jun'25

  Teradata extends AI development to on-premises environments

  For enterprises concerned about cloud cost control and data sovereignty, the longtime vendor's new platform enables users to build advanced AI tools in their own systems.

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  As Ocient matures, vendor names new CEO to drive growth

  As the vendor moves from its startup to growth phase, John Morris, who has significant experience leading companies as they mature, is taking over to guide its evolution.

• June 17, 2025 17 Jun'25

  EnterpriseDB targets AI development with latest update

  A low-code/no-code interface and data observability across hybrid environments address the challenges enterprises face moving AI projects beyond development and into production.

• June 17, 2025 17 Jun'25

  SingleStore boosts database performance to meet AI needs

  With AI development and deployment imposing greater workload demands on data management systems than traditional analytics, the vendor's latest update targets efficiency at scale.

• June 13, 2025 13 Jun'25

  ThoughtSpot evolving as BI becomes driven by AI

  Recent releases, including the Agentic Analytics Platform and Agentic Semantic Layer, demonstrate that the vendor continues to be creative amid the changing analytics industry.

• June 11, 2025 11 Jun'25

  Whoop pushing AI limits powered by Snowflake

  The wearable health and fitness technology vendor has already put advanced applications into production for its workers, with plans to dramatically expand over the next year.

• June 11, 2025 11 Jun'25

  Latest Databricks tools use AI to simplify AI development

  Fueled by user feedback, the vendor's newest features include a framework that automates building agents and a no-code interface for creating the pipelines that feed applications.

• June 06, 2025 06 Jun'25

  More reasoning, interoperability key to future of agentic AI

  As agents evolve from hype to reality, research and industry must collaborate to improve agents' recall and ability to work together so that they can realize their full potential.

• June 05, 2025 05 Jun'25

  Rubrik expands cloud databases and Oracle Cloud protection

  Backup vendor Rubrik will protect numerous new workloads in the platform this year, but cybersecurity experts warn customers to continue prepping for threats.

• June 05, 2025 05 Jun'25

  Customers pleased with Snowflake plans for AI

  Features including a multimodal data ingestion and integration service that enables access to unstructured data demonstrate the vendor's move toward enabling app development.

• June 04, 2025 04 Jun'25

  Snowflake continues to add AI, boost Cortex capabilities

  Features that enable users to develop agents, coupled with the integration of agentic capabilities into the vendor's own platform, show the vendor's growth beyond data management.

• June 03, 2025 03 Jun'25

  Snowflake acquisition of Crunchy Data adds Postgres database

  The deal, which comes shortly after rival Databricks also purchased a PostgreSQL database vendor, adds open source capabilities aimed at better enabling AI development.

• June 03, 2025 03 Jun'25

  AI tools highlight latest swath of Snowflake capabilities

  The vendor is developing a natural language interface that unites disparate data types and an agent that makes data scientists more efficient, among other features.

• June 03, 2025 03 Jun'25

  AI tools highlight latest swath of Snowflake capabilities

  The vendor is developing a natural language interface that unites disparate data types and an agent that makes data scientists more efficient, among other features.

• May 29, 2025 29 May'25

  Monte Carlo adds observability for unstructured data

  With AI tools requiring large amounts of high-quality input to be accurate, the vendor is making it easier to monitor all types of information as users build modern applications.

• May 28, 2025 28 May'25

  Sisense unveils new suite of AI-powered capabilities

  Featuring a natural language interface and autonomous capabilities to augment human analysis, the vendor's toolkit simplifies developing and embedding advanced applications.

• May 20, 2025 20 May'25

  New Microsoft database, analytics tools target agentic AI

  New features across the tech giant's broad array of BI and data management offerings, including Fabric and OneLake, provide developers with tools for agentic AI development.