Models, margins and the business decisions behind applied AI. Reporting and analysis from Fathom Tech.
As open models advance and frontier APIs evolve, AI startup founders are no longer locked into single-model decisions. TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will explore how builders navigate multi-model architectures, ownership decisions, and the hardware layer underneath.
Equs X pairs a personal AI assistant with private data storage that users control themselves, letting them grant or revoke file-by-file access to the model without surrendering ownership to a provider.
Nearly 44,000 attendees gathered at Dreamforce 2026 to discuss the enterprise AI agent boom—and the governance challenges that come with deploying thousands of autonomous systems across organizations.
Autonomous AI agents are forcing organizations to rethink how they manage access and permissions at machine speed. SailPoint's Navigate conference will explore how identity security must evolve to handle this expanding population of non-human actors.