AI 2025 trends

Moving from VCF 9.0 to VCF 9.0.1 looks small on paper. It is not a platform redesign, not a brownfield conversion, and not the same class of change as a major-version upgrade. That is exactly why it deserves discipline. Maintenance upgrades are where teams are tempted to move too quickly. The release appears incremental, the

Most private AI conversations start too low in the stack. The first question is usually some version of, “Can we run the model on-prem?” That is not a bad question, but it is not the architecture question. Running a model on-premises proves that you can place compute near data. It does not prove that you

By James Norman and Sean Green In 2026, conversations about Black founders and venture capital have focused on access to funding. But as AI reshapes startup economics, the bigger challenge is no longer simply getting a first check, it’s raising enough capital at the seed stage to successfully reach Series A. AI has fundamentally lowered

Daniel Docter, managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, began his career as a technologist. He holds degrees in electrical engineering and computer science, as well as a Ph.D., but early on found himself gravitating away from purely technical work toward translating technology into business and commercial use cases. Docter also proved adept at securing funding

The UK utility company is investing $1.75bn in a developer focused on supplying power to data centres

Fast fashion and mall brands used to look to the runways for inspiration. Now, much of their output has been run through an algorithm.

The president has had the government take shares in all sorts of corporations. This approach would be particularly bad for the A.I. industry.

The New York Times found hundreds of A.I.-generated doctors, healers and wellness influencers on social media touting the health benefits of supplements to American consumers. Many of these hyperrealistic looking ads promise medical miracles, and appear to be targeting older women, while making misleading health claims for a profit.

US specialist venture firm Dimension Capital raises $800mn fund to back AI-designed medicines

Beijing consults companies on ways to stop west acquiring its advanced technologies and star start-ups