Meta’s $200 AI Agent ‘Hatch’, Sam Altman-back Helion Valuation Hits $15.5B, Snowflake’s New AI Tools

The Information’s San Francisco Bureau Chief Jason Dean talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about Meta's internal plans to charge up to $200 a month for its premium AI agent, Hatch. We also talk with Helion Energy Founder and CEO David Kirtley about the nuclear fusion company's new $465 million funding round at a $15.5 billion valuation, Netskope CEO Sanjay Beri about the cybersecurity market's growth deceleration and using Anthropic’s Mythos model to spot code vulnerabilities, and Snowflake Chief Data and AI Officer Anahita Tafvizi about the enterprise launch of its newly rebranded CoWork and CoCo tools. Finally, we get into the systemic shift from open academic research to closed frontier AI laboratories with our Applied AI reporter Laura Bratton. Articles discussed on this episode:  https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/ai-agenda/billionaire-databricks-perplexity-co-founder-pitches-ai-researchers-work-big-tech https://www.theinformation.com/articles/fusion-startup-helion-nearly-triples-valuation-15-5-billion-thrive-led-round https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-looks-charge-200-month-planned-hatch-ai-agent Subscribe:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theinformation  The Information: https://www.theinformation.com/subscribe_h Sign up for the AI Agenda newsletter: https://www.theinformation.com/features/ai-agenda TITV airs weekdays on YouTube, X and LinkedIn at 10AM PT / 1PM ET. Or check us out wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us: X: https://x.com/theinformation IG: https://www.instagram.com/theinformation/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@titv.theinformation LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theinformation/ Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:13 - Meta’s $200/Month AI Agent Hatch 08:26 - Helion Energy Raises $465M for Fusion 16:10 - Netskope CEO on AI Growth & Anthropic Mythos 27:36 - Snowflake Launches CoWork and CoCo AI Tools 34:26 - Databricks Co-Founder on Open AI Research