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Alation bags $123M at a $1.7B valuation for its data-cataloging software

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

That’s why Satyen Sangani, a former Oracle VP, co-founded Redwood City–based Alation , a startup that helps crawl a company’s databases in order to build data search catalogs. And if a recent poll by Oracle is to be believed, 95% of people say they’re overwhelmed by the amount of data available to them in the workplace.

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The need for true equity in equity compensation

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2020

I began my career at Oracle in the mid-1980s and have since been around the proverbial block, particularly in Silicon Valley working for and with companies ranging from the Fortune 50 to global consulting companies to leading a number of startups, including the SaaS company I presently lead. Carine Schneider. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Preference learning with automated feedback for cache eviction

Google Research AI blog

JUNE 23, 2023

The reward model is a lightweight neural network that is continuously trained with ongoing automated feedback on preference comparisons designed to mimic the offline oracle. This is similar to the oracle optimal policy, which, at any given time, evicts an item with the farthest future access from all the items in the cache.

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Cast AI raises $20M to help companies reduce cloud spend

TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Founded by Yuri Frayman, Leon Kuperman and Laurent Gil in 2019, Cast AI — powered by AI, as the name implies — analyzes a company’s cloud usage to attempt to find the optimal cost-performance ratio.

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Facebook’s big QAnon crackdown might have come too late

The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2020

President Trump said he supports Oracle buying TikTok. Oracle has closer ties to the White House than most other parties involved in the bidding, including Microsoft. So this feels like useful context to share. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg).

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Mark Zuckerberg on why he doesn’t want to “put an Apple Watch on your face”

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Oracle’s deal with TikTok could be worth more than $1 billion in annual revenue for Oracle’s cloud business in the coming years. Oracle pushed Section 230 reform for years, in an effort to harm rivals like Amazon and Google. Ben Thompson wrote a widely read post on why he thought VR would be smaller than AR in 2018.

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What ‘The Social Dilemma’ misunderstands about social networks

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

TikTok is set to become a standalone company as part of the Oracle deal. How did Oracle position itself to become TikTok’s trusted tech partner? Zhang opted for a sale of only a stake to Oracle, rather than an outright divestment. And they deserve better answers than Sophie Zhang has gotten to date. Justine Calma / The Verge ).

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Why TikTok may not survive being sold

The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

That said, a Microsoft-Walmart pairing still seems preferable to me (and reportedly to Zhang) than the other big player in the hunt: Larry Ellison’s Oracle, which has spent the entire Trump Administration flattering the president’s ego and may now be poised to reap the rewards. TikTok has surprised me with its cleverness before.

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Cynicism suggests that the TikTok deal will go through

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Everyone agrees that Oracle and Walmart have bought a combined 20 percent of TikTok. Early Monday, Oracle issued a statement seeming to contradict that. Last week, I wrote that TikTok’s deal with Oracle was a bet that Trump would cave on concerns over China. On Sunday, everyone involved took a well deserved rest.

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Kevin Systrom probably won’t take over TikTok, but it’s fun to dream

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Oracle will also own a minority stake that will be less than 20% of the new global TikTok, two of the people said. Here are Alex Sherman and Lauren Feiner at CNBC : President Donald Trump is expect to decide on TikTok’s fate in the U.S. in the next 24-36 hours, sources told CNBC’s David Faber. But I sure am glad he took the call.

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How a fake “Real Oversight Board” is putting pressure on Facebook

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The move gives ByteDance more time to get approval from authorities in the US and China for a pending deal with Oracle and Walmart. “The problem with ‘civil’ is it’s a word that’s used by powerful people to silence less powerful people,” he said. I still think the Telepath founders have a lot of good ideas.

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Trump’s latest attack on Section 230 is really about censoring speech

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Oracle’s closeness with the Trump administration could prove helpful in its bid to buy TikTok. Oracle founder Larry Ellison is a prominent Trump supporter. Moscow Mitch will continue to have to take his lumps. But the platforms — at last — will have to take theirs, too. Makena Kelly / The Verge ). David McCabe / The New York Times ).

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Telepath is a buzzy new social network trying to fix what’s broken on Twitter

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Oracle’s proposed deal with TikTok would see the company “completely rebuild” the TikTok app, with Oracle rewriting millions of lines of code. Today, Oracle has little experience in building and maintaining software for consumers. Chinese state media is blasting Oracle’s proposed deal with TikTok.

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Platforms successfully stopped a lame COVID conspiracy video from going viral

The Verge

AUGUST 19, 2020

Oracle is in talks to acquire TikTok , a move that would challenge Microsoft. It’s notable because Oracle founder Larry Ellison has spent much of the past four years sucking up to Trump. Alex Sherman at CNBC has the scoop: Oracle doesn’t have a consumer-facing social media or video business. Jennifer Elias / CNBC). Industry. ?

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Alation bags $123M at a $1.7B valuation for its data-cataloging software

The need for true equity in equity compensation

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Preference learning with automated feedback for cache eviction

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Cast AI raises $20M to help companies reduce cloud spend

Facebook’s big QAnon crackdown might have come too late

Mark Zuckerberg on why he doesn’t want to “put an Apple Watch on your face”

What ‘The Social Dilemma’ misunderstands about social networks

Why TikTok may not survive being sold

Cynicism suggests that the TikTok deal will go through

Kevin Systrom probably won’t take over TikTok, but it’s fun to dream

How a fake “Real Oversight Board” is putting pressure on Facebook

Trump’s latest attack on Section 230 is really about censoring speech

Telepath is a buzzy new social network trying to fix what’s broken on Twitter

Platforms successfully stopped a lame COVID conspiracy video from going viral

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