Weekly DaaS Roundup October 16

Welcome to the latest edition of the World of DaaS Roundup. This week, the importance of clean and unified data, the rise of seamless AI-driven experiences, and the push for transparent, accountable autonomous systems.

 📰 NEWS AND READS

Powering the AI Surge: Energy Strains Threaten Data Growth Big Data Wire

• AI promises unprecedented insights and efficiency, yet its hunger for power could slow progress unless energy infrastructure evolves fast enough.

Building Trust in Generative AI Through Entity Resolution Senzing

• Enterprises can unlock truly reliable generative AI by cleaning and unifying their data, ensuring insights are accurate, trustworthy, and fully auditable across every operation.

Walmart Lets Customers Shop Through ChatGPT TechCrunch

• Customers will soon be able to browse, get personalized recommendations, and complete purchases directly through ChatGPT, creating a seamless, AI-driven shopping experience.

The Rise of Accountable AI Agents Data Science Central

• Knowledge graphs are enabling AI agents to make transparent, traceable, and reliable decisions, helping enterprises deploy autonomous systems responsibly.

🎧 THE LATEST WORLD OF DAAS PODCAST

Why Cutting-Edge GTM Teams Are Moving Away From Traditional CRMs

Varun Anand is the co-founder and Head of Operations at Clay, a GTM platform that helps over 10,000 companies with data enrichment and sales outreach. Clay recently raised a $100M Series C funding at a $3.1B valuation.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Varun and Auren discuss:

• The shift from seat-based to usage-based pricing

• Why LinkedIn's data remains underutilized

• How AI agents are replacing traditional SDR work

• Building contributory data networks at scaleEnergy is the job o

🔥 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…

M&A Funding Roundup

• S&P Global- The financial data giant agrees to acquire With Intelligence for $1.8 billion to deepen its alternative / private markets data capabilities.

• Reducto- The AI document intelligence platform raises $75 million in Series B funding.

• Bee Maps- The decentralized AI mapping platform, powered by Hivemapper, raises $32M to scale its global contributor network.

• Datacurve- The YC-backed data labeling startup has raised $15 million in Series A funding to take on Scale AI with its crowdsourced approach to high-quality training data.

• Matters.AI- The AI-native data security startup raises $6.25M to launch an autonomous “AI Security Engineer” that protects sensitive data across cloud, SaaS, and on premises environments.

 💼 WORLD OF DAAS JOB BOARD

Showcasing open roles at companies led by members of our community. A few standout opportunities this week:

• Data and Engineering Project Manager at RTW Investments, LP

• Data Scientist at Antenna

• Director of Engineering at Sentilink

Looking to showcase an open role? The World of DaaS job board highlights opportunities from members across our community. Apply to join and get access to exclusive perks including job board postings, curated introductions, private events, and more.

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🤖🎨 MACHINE-MADE MASTERPIECE

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Till next time,

The World of DaaS Team