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Microsoft and Databricks Expand Partnership: Full Azure Migration with Cobalt 200 ARM, Locking AI Agent Control Plane
Databricks will fully migrate to Azure, using Microsoft Cobalt 200 ARM chips for data and AI workloads, with deep integration of Genie and Unity AI Gateway into Microsoft products, locking in long-term partnership. Databricks raises $18.8B valuation.
OpenAI Launches Presence Agent Platform, Shifts Control Plane to Lock Enterprise AI Deployment
OpenAI launches Presence, an enterprise agent deployment platform integrating model inference, permissions, policies, evaluation, and escalation tools, shifting the control plane from models to the platform. ChatGPT Health is now fully available to US users 18+, integrating Apple Health, accelerating consumer AI agent adoption.
OpenAI Pivots to Codex: From Chatbot to Agentic Control Plane for Enterprise Automation
OpenAI plans its biggest ChatGPT overhaul, integrating Codex, AI agents, and third-party apps into a super-app. This marks a strategic pivot from a Q&A chatbot to an agentic execution platform, with Codex as the new control plane, aiming to boost enterprise monetization and counter Anthropic's competitive threat.
OpenAI Launches Enterprise AI Agent Platform Frontier
OpenAI introduces Frontier, an enterprise platform for building, deploying, and managing AI agents with shared context, permissions, and governance capabilities.