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Business Wire
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
USA TODAY Network Joins Snowflake Marketplace
New York, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) today announced an agreement with Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, to join Snowflake Marketplace. Snowflake Marketplace enables enterprises to enrich their AI apps and agents with proprietary unstructured data from third-party providers, while allowing providers to protect their intellectual property and ensure proper attribution. This includes real-time news and content from USA TODAY and the USA TODAY Network of over 200 local publications across the country. 'We are excited to be part of Snowflake Marketplace, a pioneering ecosystem that empowers publishers to monetize their content for enterprise AI applications under just and transparent licensing terms,' said Michael Reed, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gannett. 'As we all navigate the same challenges around unauthorized AI use of content, Snowflake offers a proactive solution that prioritizes both attribution and fair compensation.' Through Snowflake Marketplace, enterprises can further contextualize their AI-powered apps and agents in Snowflake Cortex AI, including Cortex Agents (generally available soon), Cortex Search, and Snowflake Intelligence (public preview soon). This allows enterprises to harness real-time insights across news, research, and publications to enrich their AI outputs, alongside the wealth of proprietary knowledge in their own organization's documents. 'The USA TODAY Network is the largest local-to-national publishing and digital media organization in the country, with 195 million average monthly unique visitors relying on our trusted content to stay connected to the stories and cultural moments happening in their communities,' said Renn Turiano, Chief Consumer and Product Officer, Gannett. 'We are thrilled to join Snowflake Marketplace among the first news publishers to provide our trusted content for enterprise AI use in an equitable manner that respects our intellectual property rights while ensuring compensation for the value created for end users. This marks an important step forward in establishing a mutually beneficial ecosystem for AI companies, enterprises, content owners, and publishers to strategically partner, while driving innovation forward.' Organizations interested in learning how Gannett | USA TODAY Network can support their AI strategic efforts in areas including marketing analysis, targeted advertising, consumer research, and advanced analytics should contact gannettinfo@ ABOUT GANNETT Gannett Co., Inc. is a diversified media company with expansive reach at the national and local level dedicated to empowering and enriching communities. We seek to inspire, inform, and connect audiences as a sustainable, growth focused media and digital marketing solutions company. Through our trusted brands, including the USA TODAY NETWORK, comprised of the national publication, USA TODAY, and local media organizations, including our network of local properties, in the United States, and Newsquest, a wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom, we provide essential journalism, local content, and digital experiences to audiences and businesses. We deliver high-quality, trusted content with a commitment to balanced, unbiased journalism, where and when consumers want to engage. Our digital marketing solutions brand, LocaliQ, supports small and medium-sized businesses with innovative digital marketing products and solutions. ABOUT USA TODAY Since its introduction in 1982, USA TODAY has been a cornerstone of the national media landscape under its recognizable and respected brand. It also serves as the foundation for our newsroom network which allows for content sharing capabilities across our local and national markets. Through USA TODAY, we deliver high-quality, trusted content with a commitment to balanced, unbiased journalism, where and when consumers want to engage. Across our digital platforms we reach an audience of approximately 73 million unique visitors each month (based on December 2024 Comscore Media Metrix ®). USA TODAY NETWORK USA TODAY NETWORK, part of Gannett Co, Inc. (NYSE: GCI), is the leading news media publisher in the U.S. in terms of circulation and has the largest digital audience in the News and Information category, excluding news aggregators, based on the December 2024 Comscore Media Metrix ® Desktop + Mobile. Our Domestic Gannett Media segment is comprised of USA TODAY, daily and weekly content brands in approximately 220 local U.S. markets across 43 states and our community events business, USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures. With deep roots in local communities spanning the U.S., we engage approximately 140 million monthly unique visitors, on average, through a diverse portfolio of multi-platform content offerings and experiences. For more information, visit Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that relate to our current expectations and views of future events, which may include but not be limited to all statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release, including statements relating to the collaboration and our , beliefs, intentions, estimates or strategies regarding the future, which may not be realized. 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Techday NZ
4 days ago
- Business
- Techday NZ
Matillion launches Maia to automate & simplify data engineering
Matillion has introduced Maia, a suite of artificial intelligence-powered data agents designed to streamline data engineering workflows and enhance productivity for data professionals. Maia acts as a team of AI data engineers that supports the work of existing data professionals, spanning the entire spectrum of data engineering activities. The tool is positioned to ease the manual work typically associated with data pipeline creation, while also making these processes more accessible to users without deep technical expertise. According to Matillion, Maia agents enable the rapid development of complex, end-to-end data pipelines from natural language prompts. This capability is intended to accelerate project timelines and empower a broader range of users to engage directly in data engineering tasks. Matthew Scullion, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Matillion, commented: "Data engineering is centered on repetitive work that is important, but often gritty and sometimes boring. Imagine what could be achieved if the heavy-lifting of that gritty work was taken away so data engineers could focus instead on driving real business value and impact. That is exactly what Maia does - data engineering at the speed of thought." He added: "Maia takes AI capabilities in data engineering far beyond generating code, working end-to-end across the full workflow of data engineering, including ingestion, transformation, orchestration, data quality, DataOps, management and beyond." Building on Matillion's Data Productivity Cloud, Maia has been designed with cloud-based data and AI architectures in mind, with the aim of providing trust, speed, and scalability. The forthcoming availability of Maia through the Snowflake Marketplace is expected to expand access for users already utilising the Snowflake data ecosystem. Kieran Kennedy, Vice President, Data Cloud Products at Snowflake, said: "Maia allows joint Matillon and Snowflake users to do more with their data and AI, regardless of their technical capabilities. Its architecture means that the technology is trusted by design, providing users peace of mind alongside significant productivity gains. We look forward to seeing how users harness Maia to boost data productivity and free up data engineers to innovate and ideate." Beyond supporting human data teams, Maia also enables collaboration with other AI agents, which can independently request the creation of data pipelines for particular business objectives. This feature is intended to further reduce workflow bottlenecks and facilitate agile data management across various departments and business cases. Matillion has established a record of integrating AI functionalities into its platform, with Maia following a series of previous AI-focused releases. Earlier offerings began in 2023, with ongoing product efforts in 2024 encompassing integrations with Snowflake Cortex AI and Snowpark Container Services. The company is currently making Maia available by invitation, allowing selected users to request exclusive access and provide feedback during the early phase of roll-out. Matillion plans to gradually extend access to Maia for its broader user community as development progresses. Matillion's platform is used globally by enterprises across sectors including technology, finance, energy, and communications for a wide range of data-driven needs, from business analytics to machine learning and AI use cases. Maia is expected to expand these capabilities by automating repetitive work and broadening participation in data engineering.
Business Wire
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Informatica Expands Collaboration with Snowflake Partnership, Enabling Trusted AI-Ready Data Through Snowflake Apache Polaris and Cortex AI Integration
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a leader in enterprise AI-powered cloud data management, today announced new product innovations at Snowflake Summit, Snowflake's annual user conference, including expansion of its support for Apache Iceberg ™. These updates help joint customers use both companies' Generative AI (GenAI) technologies to build reliable, enterprise-level AI applications. New Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud Application Integration Capabilities for Snowflake Cortex AI (now Generally Available globally): New Cortex AI Connectivity: New connectors for Cortex AI, Cortex Search, Cortex Analyst and Cortex Agents Simplified RAG and Agent Use Case Development: Simplify GenAI application creation for data professionals with no-code development and deployment with Snowflake Cortex AI Informatica is enhancing its Open Table Connector (Apache Iceberg) to support Apache Polaris: New Apache Iceberg Open Table Connector for Snowflake with support for Snowflake Apache Polaris (Private Preview): Informatica Cloud Data Integration's no-code/low-code data pipelines can now load data into Snowflake from over 300 sources using the Iceberg table format. All tables are automatically registered in Snowflake Apache Polaris, enabling seamless interoperability across Snowflake and other query engines (Planned release in July 2025). Informatica Master Data Management Extension for Snowflake: Informatica is launching its Master Data Management (MDM) SaaS Extension for the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, allowing customers to consolidate master and transaction data across multiple sources. The seamless integration between Informatica MDM and the Snowflake platform enables customers to easily load their trusted master data assets from Informatica's MDM SaaS including customer, supplier, product, patient, provider and other domains directly into the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. The integration brings together data from disparate domains, so data practitioners can power their analytics and AI use cases. 'Informatica continues to be at the forefront of Generative AI and Apache Iceberg innovation with Snowflake enabling our joint customers to build for the future with a trusted, AI-ready data foundation,' said Rik Tamm-Daniels, Group Vice President of Strategic Ecosystems and Technology at Informatica. 'Today's announcement underscores our relentless commitment to innovating and leading with Snowflake to deliver greater value for customers through deep product roadmap and partnership alignment.' 'Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud and Generative AI blueprint for Cortex AI provide a rich foundation of trusted data and metadata intelligence that has enabled us to accelerate innovation with Cortex Analyst and deliver GenAI experiences for our end users leveraging Snowflake data,' said Moli Thomas, Senior Director of Enterprise Data and Analytics at HMH Education Company. 'Snowflake and Informatica continue to collaborate and innovate across product development and engineering to support enterprise customers,' said Saptarshi Mukherjee, Director of Product, Data Engineering at Snowflake. 'Informatica's expanded capabilities with the Cortex AI platform and private preview of its support for Snowflake Apache Polaris showcase our shared commitment to deliver an enhanced and seamless experience for enterprise customers using Snowflake to power their AI initiatives.' Join us at booth #1509 and breakout session #AI212 at Snowflake Summit 2025 as we build the future of AI and enterprise applications, empowering organizations to harness the capabilities of advanced data management and GenAI applications. About Informatica Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a leader in AI-powered enterprise cloud data management, helps businesses unlock the full value of their data and AI. As data grows in complexity and volume, only Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ delivers a complete, end-to-end platform with a suite of industry-leading, integrated solutions to connect, manage and unify data across any cloud, hybrid or multi-cloud environment. Powered by CLAIRE® AI, Informatica's platform integrates natively with all major cloud providers, data warehouses and analytics tools— giving organizations the freedom of choice, avoiding vendor lock-in and delivering better ROI by enabling access governed data, simplify operations and scale with confidence. Trusted by 5,000+ customers in nearly 100 countries—including over 80 of the Fortune 100—Informatica is the backbone of platform-agnostic, cloud data-driven transformation.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Matillion Unveils Agentic Data Team to Supercharge Productivity
Matillion's Maia eliminates grit from data engineering, accelerating time to value from AI and analytics MANCHESTER, England and DENVER, June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelligent data integration platform Matillion today announced the launch of Maia, a team of agentic AI data engineers, bringing an end to data engineering frustrations by handing off the hard manual work while also opening data work up to new users with less technical skills. Maia is a team of agentic AI data engineers that augment the work of data professionals today, covering the entire data engineering workflow. Launched at Snowflake's annual user conference, Snowflake Summit 2025, Maia agents quickly and easily create complex end-to-end data pipelines from natural language prompts, simultaneously enabling less technical users and accelerating data engineering projects. "Data engineering is centered on repetitive work that is important, but often gritty and sometimes boring. Imagine what could be achieved if the heavy-lifting of that gritty work was taken away so data engineers could focus instead on driving real business value and impact. That is exactly what Maia does – data engineering at the speed of thought," said Matthew Scullion, co-founder and CEO, Matillion. "Maia takes AI capabilities in data engineering far beyond generating code, working end-to-end across the full workflow of data engineering, including ingestion, transformation, orchestration, data quality, DataOps, management and beyond." Like Matillion's flagship Data Productivity Cloud, Maia is built for cloud data and AI, ensuring trust, speed and scale. Soon to be available through Snowflake Marketplace, Maia and Data Productivity Cloud deliver the easy, trusted and connected experience of Snowflake within the cloud giant's ecosystem. "Maia allows joint Matillon and Snowflake users to do more with their data and AI, regardless of their technical capabilities," said Kieran Kennedy, VP, Data Cloud Products, Snowflake. "Its architecture means that the technology is trusted by design, providing users peace of mind alongside significant productivity gains. We look forward to seeing how users harness Maia to boost data productivity and free up data engineers to innovate and ideate." Alongside giving data teams their own team of AI data engineers, Maia goes a stage further, enabling other agents to automatically request data pipelines for specific business needs. Matillion first introduced its AI offering in 2023, with further launches throughout 2024, including integrations with Snowflake Cortex AI and Snowpark Container Services. Maia is currently available by invitation only, visit to request exclusive access. Media contact: Alice Gibson, press@ / +44 7825 381125 About Matillion Matillion is the intelligent data integration platform that empowers data teams to build and manage pipelines faster for AI and analytics - at scale. Matillion enables data teams and data professionals to take advantage of their data, AI and the cloud to build valuable data assets that can be used across a wide variety of applications from analytics to AI use cases. Its unified, AI-powered data integration platform enables data teams to spend less time on manual, repetitive, gritty data engineering work, and more time creating business impact. By removing data friction from data integration workflows, the platform empowers data teams to supercharge productivity. Thousands of enterprises including Cisco, London Stock Exchange Group, EDF and Slack trust Matillion for a wide range of use cases from insights and operational analytics, to data science, machine learning and AI. See Matillion for yourself. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Matillion Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Informatica Expands Collaboration with Snowflake Partnership, Enabling Trusted AI-Ready Data Through Snowflake Apache Polaris and Cortex AI Integration
New capabilities in cloud application and data integration with Snowflake New Apache Iceberg™ Open Table connector for Snowflake with support for Apache Polaris™ Release of Informatica's Master Data Management SaaS Extension for the Snowflake AI Data Cloud SAN FRANCISCO, June 03, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a leader in enterprise AI-powered cloud data management, today announced new product innovations at Snowflake Summit, Snowflake's annual user conference, including expansion of its support for Apache Iceberg™. These updates help joint customers use both companies' Generative AI (GenAI) technologies to build reliable, enterprise-level AI applications. New Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud Application Integration Capabilities for Snowflake Cortex AI (now Generally Available globally): New Cortex AI Connectivity: New connectors for Cortex AI, Cortex Search, Cortex Analyst and Cortex Agents Simplified RAG and Agent Use Case Development: Simplify GenAI application creation for data professionals with no-code development and deployment with Snowflake Cortex AI Informatica is enhancing its Open Table Connector (Apache Iceberg) to support Apache Polaris: New Apache Iceberg Open Table Connector for Snowflake with support for Snowflake Apache Polaris (Private Preview): Informatica Cloud Data Integration's no-code/low-code data pipelines can now load data into Snowflake from over 300 sources using the Iceberg table format. All tables are automatically registered in Snowflake Apache Polaris, enabling seamless interoperability across Snowflake and other query engines (Planned release in July 2025). Informatica Master Data Management Extension for Snowflake: Informatica is launching its Master Data Management (MDM) SaaS Extension for the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, allowing customers to consolidate master and transaction data across multiple sources. The seamless integration between Informatica MDM and the Snowflake platform enables customers to easily load their trusted master data assets from Informatica's MDM SaaS including customer, supplier, product, patient, provider and other domains directly into the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. The integration brings together data from disparate domains, so data practitioners can power their analytics and AI use cases. "Informatica continues to be at the forefront of Generative AI and Apache Iceberg innovation with Snowflake enabling our joint customers to build for the future with a trusted, AI-ready data foundation," said Rik Tamm-Daniels, Group Vice President of Strategic Ecosystems and Technology at Informatica. "Today's announcement underscores our relentless commitment to innovating and leading with Snowflake to deliver greater value for customers through deep product roadmap and partnership alignment." "Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud and Generative AI blueprint for Cortex AI provide a rich foundation of trusted data and metadata intelligence that has enabled us to accelerate innovation with Cortex Analyst and deliver GenAI experiences for our end users leveraging Snowflake data," said Moli Thomas, Senior Director of Enterprise Data and Analytics at HMH Education Company. "Snowflake and Informatica continue to collaborate and innovate across product development and engineering to support enterprise customers," said Saptarshi Mukherjee, Director of Product, Data Engineering at Snowflake. "Informatica's expanded capabilities with the Cortex AI platform and private preview of its support for Snowflake Apache Polaris showcase our shared commitment to deliver an enhanced and seamless experience for enterprise customers using Snowflake to power their AI initiatives." Join us at booth #1509 and breakout session #AI212 at Snowflake Summit 2025 as we build the future of AI and enterprise applications, empowering organizations to harness the capabilities of advanced data management and GenAI applications. About Informatica Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a leader in AI-powered enterprise cloud data management, helps businesses unlock the full value of their data and AI. As data grows in complexity and volume, only Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ delivers a complete, end-to-end platform with a suite of industry-leading, integrated solutions to connect, manage and unify data across any cloud, hybrid or multi-cloud environment. Powered by CLAIRE® AI, Informatica's platform integrates natively with all major cloud providers, data warehouses and analytics tools— giving organizations the freedom of choice, avoiding vendor lock-in and delivering better ROI by enabling access governed data, simplify operations and scale with confidence. Trusted by 5,000+ customers in nearly 100 countries—including over 80 of the Fortune 100—Informatica is the backbone of platform-agnostic, cloud data-driven transformation. Informatica. Where data and AI come to life.™ View source version on Contacts Media Contact: Informatica Public Relationspr@
