This Week in Enterprise Tech, Week 56

In this podcast episode of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office:

1. Databricks + Anthropic Agentify Claude for the Enterprise
2. Workato Buys DeepConverse to Strengthen Agentic Support
3. N8n Raises $60M to Open Up AI Automation
4. Symphony AI + Microsoft Partner to Automate Industrial Environments
5. Red Hat AI Boosts Model Testing, Governance Capabilities
6. US House Orders a SAMOSA to Take On Software Costs
7. Virginia Vetoes an AI Bill: Repercussions for Your AI?
8. OpenAI Adopts Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol
9. CIOs Cull Internal GenAI Projects
10.  OpenAI Goes Viral Mimicking Studio Ghibli

Sources:

Databricks and Anthropic Agentify Claude for the Enterprise

Databricks: https://www.databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/databricks-and-anthropic-sign-landmark-deal-bring-claude-models 

Workato Acquires DeepConverse to Strengthen Agentic Support

BusinessWire: https://tinyurl.com/WorkatoDeepCongress

N8n Raises 60 Million to Open Up AI Automation

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/24/fair-code-pioneer-n8n-raises-60m-for-ai-powered-workflow-automation/ 

Symphony AI Partners with Microsoft to Automate Industrial Environments

Big Data Wire: https://www.bigdatawire.com/this-just-in/symphonyai-expands-industrial-ai-to-the-edge-with-microsoft-azure-iot-operations/ 

Red Hat AI Enhances Model Testing and Governance Capabilities

https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-boosts-enterprise-ai-across-hybrid-cloud-red-hat-ai 

US House Orders a SAMOSA  to Take On Software Costs

The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/congress_software_licensing/ 

Virginia Vetoes an AI Bill: Repercussions for Your AI?

CIODive: https://www.ciodive.com/news/Virginia-AI-bill-veto-HB2094-Youngkin-policy-regulation/743518/ 

OpenAI Adopts Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol for Data Connection

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/26/openai-adopts-rival-anthropics-standard-for-connecting-ai-models-to-data/ 

CIOs Start to Cut GenAI Budgets

CIODive: https://www.ciodive.com/news/generative-ai-software-device-spending-soars-gartner/743888/ 

OpenAI Goes Viral Mimicking Studio Ghibli

Yahoo: https://www.yahoo.com/news/openais-ghibli-frenzy-took-dark-122253521.html

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Report and

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights