For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:

1. DOGE is Not a Department. It’s a Service.
2. Can OpenAI Influence America’s AI Policy?
3. Google Gemini Wants 500 Million Users
4. Microsoft Restructures to Support Agents
5. ServiceNow Acquires CueIn for Conversation Analysis
6. ContextualAI Launches for Custom RAG

Sources:

DOGE is Not a Department. It’s a Service.

The White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency/

Can OpenAI Influence America’s AI Policy?

New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/technology/openai-economic-blueprint.html

Google Gemini Wants 500 Million Users

Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-gemini-2025-chatgpt-openai-b6eb595d

Microsoft Restructures to Emphasize Agents

Microsoft: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/01/13/introducing-core-ai-platform-and-tools/

The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344214/microsoft-365-copilot-chat-agents-pricing-availability

ServiceNow Acquires CueIn for Conversation Analysis

ServiceNow: https://www.servicenow.com/company/media/press-room/servicenow-to-acquire-cuein.html?ref=runtime.news

ContextualAI Launches for Custom RAG

Contextual.ai: https://contextual.ai/blog/contextual-ai-platform-generally-available/

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Report and

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights