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Palantir and Lumen forge $200M AI partnership for enterprises
Palantir enters $200M partnership with telco Lumen to offer enterprise AI services
Data analytics giant Palantir Technologies announced Thursday a significant strategic partnership with telecommunications company Lumen Technologies, marking a major expansion into enterprise AI services. While both companies describe it as a "multi-year, multi-million-dollar strategic partnership," Bloomberg sources indicate Lumen will invest over $200 million in Palantir's technology stack over several years.
The collaboration combines Palantir's flagship products – its Foundry data platform and Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) – with Lumen's edge computing infrastructure, broadband capabilities, and digital service offerings. This integration aims to create a comprehensive enterprise AI solution that leverages both companies' technological strengths.
For Lumen, this partnership represents a crucial pivot in its corporate transformation strategy. The telecommunications company is actively reshaping itself from a traditional telecom provider into a modern technology infrastructure player. This shift reflects broader industry trends as legacy telecom companies seek new revenue streams and competitive advantages in the digital economy.
The partnership builds on an existing collaboration that began in September, when Lumen first integrated Palantir's software into its internal operations across finance and technology functions. This initial implementation focused on transforming Lumen's network operations and service delivery capabilities with enhanced speed and efficiency.
The results of this internal deployment have been impressive. Joe Goode, Lumen's spokesperson, confirmed that Palantir's technology served as a "material contributor" to achieving $350 million in cost reductions during 2025. This success story informed the companies' decision to expand their collaboration into the broader enterprise market. Lumen has committed to an ambitious goal of reducing operational expenses by $1 billion by 2027, and company officials indicate they're already ahead of schedule.
"Palantir demonstrated that its Foundry and AIP platforms could unlock Lumen's data faster and cheaper than traditional data-lake migrations, and together we're pursuing solutions to help large enterprises do the same," Goode explained. This approach addresses a common pain point for large organizations struggling with data migration and AI implementation challenges.
For Palantir, this partnership represents the 19th strategic alliance formed in 2025 alone, demonstrating the company's aggressive expansion strategy across multiple sectors. These partnerships span diverse industries including aviation, healthcare, telecommunications, contract management, data management, and defense sectors, showcasing Palantir's versatility in applying its AI and data analytics capabilities.
The collaboration strategy allows Palantir to rapidly scale its market presence by leveraging partners' existing customer relationships and industry expertise, rather than building these capabilities from scratch. This approach has proven particularly effective in penetrating enterprise markets where established relationships and industry-specific knowledge are crucial.
"By bringing AI into real-world operations through a connected ecosystem, we're empowering businesses to reinvent how they operate, compete, and grow," stated Kate Johnson, CEO of Lumen Technologies. This vision aligns with current market trends where enterprises increasingly seek integrated AI solutions that can be deployed quickly and cost-effectively.
The partnership timing appears strategic, as enterprises across industries face mounting pressure to implement AI capabilities while managing costs and operational efficiency. The combination of Palantir's advanced analytics platform with Lumen's infrastructure capabilities offers enterprises a potentially compelling alternative to building AI capabilities internally or working with multiple vendors.
This collaboration may signal broader industry consolidation trends, where technology companies increasingly partner to offer comprehensive solutions rather than competing purely on individual product capabilities. The success of this partnership could influence similar collaborations across the enterprise AI landscape.
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Tensormesh secures funding to optimize AI inference efficiency
Tensormesh raises $4.5M to squeeze more inference out of AI server loads
Tensormesh emerged from stealth with $4.5M in seed funding led by Laude Ventures to commercialize their AI inference optimization technology. The startup builds on the open-source LMCache utility, which can reduce inference costs by up to 10x by preserving and reusing key-value cache data between queries instead of discarding it.
Traditional AI systems forget processed information after each query, creating inefficiencies. Tensormesh's approach maintains this cache across multiple storage layers, particularly benefiting chat interfaces and agentic systems that require continuous context.
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The Future of Human + AI Collaboration | What are The Smarter Ways to Use AI
I sat down with Dimitriy Wolf — social engineer, psycholinguist, and advisor to presidents, sheikhs, and TEDx speakers — to break down why most people use AI wrong.
We covered how to think *with* AI (not just prompt it), how to build authentic brand voices, and what yachts have to do with artificial intelligence.
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⚡ Trends for the Future
Wonder Studios, backed by OpenAI, DeepMind execs, raised $12M to bring AI content to Hollywood
Wonder Studios raises $12M to scale AI-generated entertainment content production.
London-based AI creative studio Wonder Studios has secured $12 million in seed funding to accelerate its mission of bringing AI-generated content to the entertainment industry. The funding round was led by Atomico, with participation from existing investors LocalGlobe and Blackbird, building on previous investments from executives at ElevenLabs, Google DeepMind, and OpenAI.
The fresh capital will enable Wonder to double its engineering team and expand into IP ownership and original content production. The studio has already demonstrated its capabilities through notable collaborations, including an AI music video for Lewis Capaldi's "Something in the Heavens" created with DeepMind, YouTube, and Universal Music Group. Additionally, Wonder released its debut original production, the "Beyond the Loop" anthology series.
Wonder has several commercial and original projects planned for next year, including a documentary collaboration with Campfire Studios, the production company behind Netflix hits "The Menendez Brothers" and "America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders." Notably, Campfire's CEO Ross Dinerstein is also an investor in the startup.
The studio's focus on IP ownership comes amid increasing legal tensions in Hollywood, with major studios like Disney and Universal pursuing lawsuits against AI companies for training models on copyrighted content and generating outputs featuring protected characters. Chinese company MiniMax and AI image generator Midjourney have faced such legal challenges.
Despite controversy surrounding AI in entertainment, with artists concerned about tools trained on their work without consent threatening livelihoods, Wonder positions itself as "Hollywood without borders." The company aims to make AI storytelling tools accessible to all creators through its app, which connects creators with opportunities, collaborators, and resources.
"The next decade will define what creativity looks like in the age of AI," said Justin Hackney, Wonder Studios' chief commercial officer and co-founder. "Our mission is to ensure that this future belongs to the storytellers."
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Where Are You Holding Back— On Purpose?
Every smart operator has something they’re intentionally avoiding.
Not because they’re lazy — but because it’s risky, unknown, or just... a bit *uncomfortable*.
So what’s that thing for you?
That one decision, move, or experiment you know would push you forward — but you’ve been choosing not to do it.
Tell us — and we’ll share a tactical POV or tool to help you rethink it.
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AI represents our greatest opportunity to unlock human ingenuity and create a world where technology amplifies our compassion, creativity, and capacity for solving the challenges of our time.
Julie Sweet is the Chair and CEO of Accenture, one of the world's largest consulting and professional services firms, where she has led major digital transformation initiatives for clients across industries. Her leadership in helping organizations adopt AI and cloud technologies has shaped how businesses operate globally, and she continues to advocate for responsible technology implementation that creates value for all stakeholders while promoting diversity, inclusion, and sustainable business practices.
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Episode 1: AI Education Without Limits
I sat down with Dr. José Fernández from the Miami Dade College AI Center to explore how AI is transforming education.
We discussed how students today can access world-class AI training with almost zero student loan debt — making innovation more accessible than ever.
Episode 2: What if your story were your sales strategy?
I sat down with Maury Rogow, a Hollywood producer and branding mastermind behind $2.5B in brand growth.
We talked about why the brands that feel effortless aren’t the loudest — they’re just the most aligned.
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