Google’s Gemma 4 shines on local systems – both big and small

Google’s Gemma 4 comes touted as the latest evolution of Google’s multi-modal model offerings. Gemma 4 not only offers reasoning and tool use, but vision and audio functionality, and it’s available in a range of model sizes that target servers and local devices. What’s striking about Gemma 4 is that even at the higher end…

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Forbes AI 50 List Shows Data Emerging as the Core of AI Value

Forbes recently released its 2026 AI 50 list that showcases the most influential and fast-growing AI startups right now. If you look at this year’s list, you would notice that the focus is no longer just on building the most powerful models. Many of the companies making headway are solving for deployment, data access, and…

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Snowflake offers help to users and builders of AI agents

Snowflake is enhancing Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code to create a unified experience connecting enterprise systems, data sources, and AI models with Snowflake data. It’s part of the company’s vision to become the control plane for the agentic enterprise, enabling enterprises to align data, tools, and workflows with AI agents built on its platform. With…

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