EP-175 Databricks’ $10b Funding Round 💰, Salesforce’s Ai Hiring Surge 🤖, Google’s Antitrust Battle 🔍

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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for wednesday, december 18th! stay updated with today's top tech and business highlights:

• databricks' mega funding: secures $10 billion in latest venture round, skyrocketing valuation to $62 billion as it gears up for an ipo. ai and big data analytics remain at the company's core.
• salesforce expansion: plans to recruit 2,000 more salespeople to amplify its ai offerings. ceo marc benioff anticipates deploying over a billion ai agents in the coming year.
• google's antitrust battle: doj intensifies its case, calling on insights from perplexity's chief business officer amid the investigation into google's search monopoly and the role of generative ai.
• market challenges: nvidia and broadcom experience share declines; nvidia down more than 1% and broadcom closing 4% lower despite positive fourth-quarter outlook and analyst support.
• u.k.'s ai regulation review: evaluating ai model training with copyrighted content, exploring global precedents against u.s. practices, impacting how companies like openai might operate.

tune in tomorrow for more tech updates!

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