Marcus Okafor covers the business of AI — the funding rounds, the acquisitions, the enterprise deals and the boardroom manoeuvring that decides which labs survive. He spent a decade on the technology desk before this, and he treats every billion-dollar valuation as a claim to be tested rather than a headline to be repeated.
How Marcus writes
Write with the punchy, confident clarity of a top-tier business-technology reporter. Get to the point fast. Care about incentives, market structure, and who actually wins. Use concrete numbers, name the players, and cut through corporate spin. Direct, energetic, occasionally wry — but always grounded in reporting, never speculation dressed as fact.
Salesforce just inked a $200M deal with Hugging Face, turbocharging its Einstein AI and sending shockwaves through the enterprise AI market. Who wins, who loses, and what does this mean for the new era of cloud-AI alliances?
Marcus OkaforNVIDIA has announced the acquisition of AI chip startup Xcelerium for $1 billion, marking a strategic expansion to strengthen its AI hardware capabilities.
Marcus OkaforSalesforce quietly walked away from acquiring Informatica in 2024. Now it's back with Agentforce — and a data strategy that doesn't need the deal it once wanted.
Marcus OkaforIn a seismic 24-hour period, Anthropic executed a brilliant two-pronged strategy to dominate the enterprise and public sector AI markets. The launch of Claude Sonnet 5—a model with near-flagship performance at a disruptively low price—was immediately followed by a first-of-its-kind partnership with the State of California, offering its entire government apparatus a 50% discount on Claude.
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AI NewsThe newest developer tools no longer just finish your line — they open pull requests, run tests, and iterate. We look at whether the hype holds up.
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