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Melissa Incera Tech M&A

Melissa Incera is a Research Analyst with 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, covering technology M&A.

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Sep 2024

Research

Powering AI – Opportunities, tensions in datacenter and energy markets

Generative artificial intelligence is experiencing explosive growth. Its rapid adoption, however, comes at a cost. Training and running these complex AI models requires massive amounts of processing muscle, putting a significant strain on the datacenter, infrastructure and energy resources needed to keep them operational. This creates a crucial challenge — how can the sustainab...

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Aug 2024

Research

Generative AI Digest: The debate over open-source vs. closed-source models

The past month has brought an explosion of new large language models from OpenAI LLC, Mistral AI SAS, Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Runway AI Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., among others, alongside a demo of Apple Inc.'s 4M model. In particular, Meta has drawn significant attention with Llama 3.1, its 405 billion-parameter flagship open-source release that is said to have performance c...

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Jul 2024

Research

Generative AI Digest: Apple's long-awaited move, OpenAI acquires Rockset

Apple Inc.'s long-awaited jump into the generative AI frenzy dominated headlines in June. We also saw a raft of announcements from players expanding beyond their core disciplines into new modalities and extending support to make generative AI more practical, safe and accessible for everyday use. This includes a significant acquisition from OpenAI LLC and a new venture from Open...

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