This Week in Enterprise Tech, Week 51

This Week in Enterprise Tech

In the audio recording of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office:

1. Microsoft Quantum Takes a Majorana Step Forward
2. Alibaba and Apple Both Commit $50B to AI
3. Avaya Cuts Off Customers with <200 Seats
4. Gitlab Being Sued For Providing Believable AI Hype
5. TMobile Wins NYC 911 Contract with Network Slicing
6. Ready for a Personalized AI Agent? PIN AI thinks so
7. Codeium Raises at Near-$3 Billion Valuation to Assist Coders
8. Is Your Most Important Customer AI
9. xAI Plays Fast and Loose with Grok 3 Benchmarks

Sources:

Microsoft Quantum Takes a Majorana Step Forward

Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-just-claimed-a-quantum-breakthrough-a-quantum-physicist-explains-what-it-means/

Alibaba Commits Over $50B to AI, while Apple Goes Further

Morningstar: https://www.morningstar.com/news/dow-jones/20250224715/alibaba-to-spend-more-than-52-billion-in-ai-cloud-over-next-three-years

The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/23/asia_tech_news_roundup/

The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/news/618172/apple-500-billion-us-investment-tariffs-trump

Avaya Cuts Off Customers with <200 Seats

Avaya: https://news.avaya.com/axp-evolution-update-partners

Gitlab Being Sued For Providing Believable AI Hype

The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/gitlab_thrice_sued/

T-Mobile Wins NYC 911 Contract with Network Slicing

Fierce Network: https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/t-mobile-pushes-network-slicing-major-nyc-deal-announced

Ready for a Personalized AI Agent? PIN AI Thinks So

Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/91278338/pin-ai-encrypted-assistant-app-launch-llm

Codeium Raises at Near-$3 Billion Valuation to Assist Coders

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/19/ai-coding-startup-codeium-in-talks-to-raise-at-an-almost-3b-valuation-sources-say/

Your Most Important Customer May Be AI

Scott Mulligan, MIT Technology Review: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/19/1112076/your-most-important-customer-may-be-ai/

xAI Plays Fast and Loose with Grok 3 Benchmarks

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/22/did-xai-lie-about-grok-3s-benchmarks/

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:
Charles Araujo of The DX Report and
Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights