Meta’s $200 AI Agent ‘Hatch’, Sam Altman-back Helion Valuation Hits $15.5B, Snowflake’s New AI Tools

About this episode

The episode discusses Meta's AI agent, Helion Energy's funding, and new AI tools from Snowflake, along with insights on the shift in AI research.

The Information’s San Francisco Bureau Chief Jason Dean talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about Meta's internal plans to charge up to $200 a month for its premium AI agent, Hatch. We also talk with Helion Energy Founder and CEO David Kirtley about the nuclear fusion company's new $465 million funding round at a $15.5 billion valuation, Netskope CEO Sanjay Beri about the cybersecurity market's growth deceleration and using Anthropic’s Mythos model to spot code vulnerabilities, and Snowflake Chief Data and AI Officer Anahita Tafvizi about the enterprise launch of its newly rebranded CoWork and CoCo tools. Finally, we get into the systemic shift from open academic research to closed frontier AI laboratories with our Applied AI reporter Laura Bratton. Articles discussed on this episode: https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/ai-agenda/billionaire-databricks-perplexity-co-founder-pitches-ai-researchers-work-big-tech https://www.theinformation.com/articles/fusion-startup-helion-nearly-triples-valuation-15-5-billion-thrive-led-round https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-looks-charge-200-month-planned-hatch-ai-agent Subscribe: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theinformation…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason Dean, Akash Pasricha

Guests: David Kirtley, Sanjay Beri, Anahita Tafvizi

Topics covered

• AI agents
• nuclear fusion
• cybersecurity
• AI tools
• academic research
• venture capital

Keywords

• Meta
• AI agent
• Helion Energy
• nuclear fusion
• Snowflake
• cybersecurity
• AI tools
• venture capital
• academic research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, Helion Energy, Netskope, Anthropic, Snowflake

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