Databricks' Instructed Retriever beats traditional RAG data retrieval by 70% — enterprise metadata was the missing link

Instructed Retriever leverages contextual memory for system-level specifications while using retrieval to access the broader ...
InfoWorld

Databricks says its Instructed Retriever offers better AI answers than RAG in the enterprise

Databricks says Instructed Retriever outperforms RAG and could move AI pilots to production faster, but analysts warn it ...
TechCrunch

Databricks raises $4B at $134B valuation as its AI business heats up

The IPO window may have cracked open, but it seems some former startups have no intention of going public. Makes sense, in a way: IPOs were traditionally a way to raise money, and if you can manage to ...
Reuters

Databricks in talks to raise capital at $134 billion valuation, The Information reports

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Data analytics firm Databricks is in talks to raise $5 billion at a valuation of $134 billion, which is roughly 32 times this year's expected sales of about $4.1 billion, The ...
Wall Street Journal

South African Reserve Bank Lowers Main Repo Rate to 6.75%

JOHANNESBURG—The South African Reserve Bank cut its main repo rate to 6.75% on Thursday, on the back of expectations for inflation to tick lower amid higher growth. The decision restarts a cutting ...
Seeking Alpha

U.S. Money Markets: Repo Tight Enough For The Fed To Build Bills

The Federal Reserve now plans to buy T-bills more actively as a means of adjusting reserves. This makes sense and aligns with our thinking. Fed officials will allow the MBS roll-off to continue, ...
MarketWatch

Ex-Googlers Create an Agentic Lakehouse for Databricks

NEW YORK, Oct. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Espresso AI, the LLM-driven optimization platform for data warehouses, today launched a new solution that turns Databricks into an agentic lakehouse.
SD Times

Ex-Googlers Create an Agentic Lakehouse for Databricks

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...
Wall Street Journal

We Spent the Night Shift With the Repo Man, Who Is Busier Than Ever

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—From the cab of his tow truck, George Dowdy clicked a remote control to slide the boom under a parked Chevy Trax and grab its front tires. In seconds, the veteran repo man dragged the ...
Marine Link

Maritime and Coastguard Agency Advances Marine Safety with Multiverse Data Upskilling

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has saved more than three thousand hours following the successful rollout of a data upskilling program in partnership with Multiverse. The training of the ...
Bloomberg L.P.

EU Starts Pumping Excess Cash Into Europe’s Bond Repo Market

The European Union has started lending out its excess cash in the repo market in exchange for bonds, providing a fresh injection of euros to investors grappling with increasing debt supply. The ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

U.S. banks borrowed record $18.5B from Fed’s repo facility

NEW YORK >> U.S. banks borrowed a record $18.5 billion from the Federal Reserve’s Standing Repo Facility on Monday, the deadline for quarterly corporate tax payments and Treasury debt settlements, Fed ...