Weekly DaaS Roundup September 25

Welcome to the latest edition of the World of DaaS Roundup. This week, AI saw moves to make data more reliable, reduce hidden errors, and expand capabilities into the physical world.

 📰 NEWS AND READS

Snowflake and Partners Launch Open Semantic Interchange to Standardize AI Data BusinessWire

• Snowflake, Salesforce, dbt Labs, and other industry leaders launched the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI) initiative to create a vendor-neutral standard for semantic metadata, ensuring metrics and definitions are consistent across tools and accelerating reliable AI adoption.

Google Makes Real-World Data More Accessible to AI TechCrunch

• Google’s new MCP Server lets AI access structured real-world datasets, including census and climate data, via natural language prompts, helping models train more accurately, reduce hallucinations, and integrate seamlessly with platforms like Gemini and OpenAI.

When AI Gets Entities Wrong You Won’t Believe the Ripple Effect Senzing

• AI mistakes in identifying customers, transactions, or products can quietly spread errors across entire systems. These hidden missteps can lead to surprising operational failures and flawed insights that most teams never see coming.

Why Physical AI Could Be the Next Big Thing in Venture Capital Crunchbase

• AI is attracting massive venture funding but experts say the next wave will focus on systems that combine AI with robotics and hardware. This approach could unlock capabilities that software alone cannot and reshape how AI is applied in the real world.

🎧 THE LATEST WORLD OF DAAS PODCAST

Power, Policy and the Race to Scale

Jason Kwon is the Chief Strategy Officer at OpenAI. In this episode of World of DaaS, Jason and Auren discuss:

• Compute bottlenecks and power infrastructure challenges

• User expectations vs AI capabilities

• Geopolitical competition in AI development

• Bringing top AI talent to the United States

🔥 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…

M&A Funding Roundup

• Culmen International– The government services firm acquired Premise Data, expanding its global development and monitoring capabilities with access to a network of 5M+ contributors across 140 countries.

• Axtria- The AI-driven data analytics and cloud software company raised a $240M investment from Kedaara Capital to expand its life sciences-focused analytics platform globally.

• Distyl AI- The generative and multimodal AI company raised a $175M Series B round, pushing it toward unicorn status as it builds infrastructure and model capabilities.

• Signal AI- The UK-based media monitoring and risk analysis startup secured $165M from Battery Ventures to accelerate its international expansion and AI-driven insights platform.

• AmplifAI- The AI-driven contact-center and workforce optimization platform secured a $33.7M Series B to scale its product and enterprise go-to-market efforts.

• Superpanel- The AI-driven legal intake platform raised a $5.3M seed round co-led by Outlander VC and Field Ventures to automate client onboarding for plaintiff law firms.

💼 WORLD OF DAAS JOB BOARD

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

• Senior Software Engineer at Moore

• Senior Research Director at Morning Consult

• Director of Product Marketing at Redica Systems

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.

🔍 SPONSORSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE FOR 2026 WORLD OF DAAS SUMMIT

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🤖🎨 MACHINE-MADE MASTERPIECE

prompt: Cheers to the Jewish New Year.

Till next time,

The World of DaaS Team