Now in preview, Google's BigQuery Studio brings generative AI to unstructured enterprise data

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Today’s top story is from our coverage of this week’s Google Cloud Next 2023 conference. It just started, but our team has been busy. The news that got you all clicking involves the launch of BigQuery Studio, which is Google’s new way to work with data. Here’s a taste of what else debuted:

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From today’s “pod” files

Today’s episode of Found dives into the mind of Ida Josefiina, the co-founder and CEO of Sane, a social knowledge sharing platform. Josefiina talked about how her foray into existentialist ideas and the power of collective intelligence put her on a journey to start this company. She revealed how she thinks about hiring for the mission-driven company and how it could scale. Plus, she talked about why she doesn’t consider Sane to be a social media platform.

7 founders explain what fusion power needs to go mainstream

Previously, climate reporter Tim De Chant interviewed several CEOs and founders of fusion startups to learn more about the challenges facing an industry that could literally transform human civilization.

For part two, he asked seven entrepreneurs about what it will take to make this tech commercially viable:

Kieran Furlong, co-founder and CEO, Realta Fusion
Robin Langtry, co-founder and CEO, Avalanche Energy
Christofer Mowry, CEO, Type One Energy
Benj Conway, co-founder and president, Zap Energy
Taka Nagao, co-founder and CEO, Kyoto Fusioneering
Greg Twinney, CEO, General Fusion
Thomas Forner, co-founder and CEO, Focused Energy

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