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

1. Microsoft Quantum Takes a Majorana Step Forward
2. Alibaba and Apple Both Commit $50B to AI
3. Avaya Cuts Off Customers with <200 Seats
4. Gitlab Being Sued For Providing Believable AI Hype
5. TMobile Wins NYC 911 Contract with Network Slicing
6. Ready for a Personalized AI Agent? PIN AI thinks so
7. Codeium Raises at Near-$3 Billion Valuation to Assist Coders
8. Is Your  Most Important Customer AI
9. xAI Plays Fast and Loose with Grok 3 Benchmarks

Sources:

Microsoft Quantum Takes a Majorana Step Forward

Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-just-claimed-a-quantum-breakthrough-a-quantum-physicist-explains-what-it-means/ 

Alibaba Commits Over $50B to AI, while Apple Goes Further

Morningstar: https://www.morningstar.com/news/dow-jones/20250224715/alibaba-to-spend-more-than-52-billion-in-ai-cloud-over-next-three-years 

The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/23/asia_tech_news_roundup/ 

The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/news/618172/apple-500-billion-us-investment-tariffs-trump 

Avaya Cuts Off Customers with <200 Seats

Avaya: https://news.avaya.com/axp-evolution-update-partners 

Gitlab Being Sued For Providing Believable AI Hype

The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/gitlab_thrice_sued/ 

T-Mobile Wins NYC 911 Contract with Network Slicing

Fierce Network: https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/t-mobile-pushes-network-slicing-major-nyc-deal-announced 

Ready for a Personalized AI Agent? PIN AI Thinks So

Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/91278338/pin-ai-encrypted-assistant-app-launch-llm 

Codeium Raises at Near-$3 Billion Valuation to Assist Coders

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/19/ai-coding-startup-codeium-in-talks-to-raise-at-an-almost-3b-valuation-sources-say/ 

Your Most Important Customer May Be AI

Scott Mulligan, MIT Technology Review: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/19/1112076/your-most-important-customer-may-be-ai/ 

xAI Plays Fast and Loose with Grok 3 Benchmarks

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/22/did-xai-lie-about-grok-3s-benchmarks/

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Reportand

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights