AI vendors

AI vendors are companies that develop, sell, and support artificial intelligence software, tools, and platforms. They are increasingly focusing on custom hardware and new pricing models like consumption-based billing.

Why it’s in the news: They are in the news due to major shifts in their business strategies, including a pivot to custom hardware and new pricing models, as well as their involvement in high-stakes partnerships and debates over liability.

Latest on AI vendors

• AI vendors are turning to custom hardware as Microsoft winds back the clock on Windows
• AI vendors are switching from subscriptions to consumption pricing. AI PCs are the hedge.
• AI vendors have found someone to pay their infrastructure bills: You
• FAA tech teams to partner with AI vendors on customized ATC software
• I meant to do that! AI vendors shrug off responsibility for vulns
• Deloitte's settlement suggests the problem isn't theoretical anymore. It's contractual.
• Yet most law firms signing AI vendor agreements have no mechanism to verify training datasets, no audit rights buried in the fine print, and no clarity on what 'responsible sourcing' actually means in practice.
• The liability isn't contained to the vendor. It flows backward.
• The banking sector is at risk of being beholden to a limited number of AI vendors according to rating agency Moody's.
• US regulators are one policy decision away from locking in which AI vendors American banks will be forced to trust
• vendors could act as gatekeepers of critical technology
• Privacy regulations across different jurisdictions are shaping how companies assess and select AI vendors

Connections

10 entities linked to AI vendors across the news graph.