Obelisk Technology

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11/05/2025

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08/27/2025

Apple is internally discussing potential acquisitions of AI startups Mistral AI and Perplexity AI to enhance its artificial intelligence capabilities, particularly in Siri and Apple Intelligence. This move reflects a shift from Apple's historically conservative approach to mergers and acquisitions, driven by the need to catch up with competitors like Google and Microsoft.

*Key Details:*

- *Mistral AI*: A Paris-based startup founded in 2023, focusing on open-weight large language models that are efficient, fast, and strong in reasoning and code generation. Its valuation has reached over $6 billion.
- *Perplexity AI*: A U.S.-based AI company offering a model-powered search and answer engine combining large language models with real-time web indexing. Its valuation is estimated between $14 billion and $18 billion.

*Potential Impact:*

- Acquiring either startup could supercharge Apple's AI features, particularly Siri, and provide a powerful in-house AI search alternative.
- Integration could lead to on-device AI models prioritizing user privacy and reducing dependence on cloud processing.
- However, regulatory scrutiny and cultural integration challenges may arise.

*Apple's Motivation:*

- Apple's senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, is a key advocate for pursuing these acquisitions to integrate advanced AI features into its ecosystem.
- The potential deal would address Apple's internal AI crisis, talent exodus, and Siri's rebuild challenges.¹ ² ³

02/05/2020

Obelisk has a opening for the following position

Title – Qualys Vulnerability consultant
Location- Washington DC
Duration – 6 months +

This position will support all upgrades to the Qualys platform and this effort can include:

1. product updates
2. patching
3. mitigation of existing scan policies and all other configurations, mitigation of all asset, vulnerability and configuration data, and
4. confirmation that all functions work after post upgrade.

The system this person will be responsible for normal O&M, report creation, and data transfer using the Qualys VMS Private Cloud Platform includes:

1. 14 scanners (appliance and VM)
2. Vulnerability Management for 20,000 IPs (set-up and monitoring)
3. Policy compliance for 10,000 IPs
4. Cloud Agent for 8,000 IPs
5. API for report generation and scan configuration with scans running every 72 hours
6. Web front-end that supports Smart Card authentication
7. 6 physical scanning appliances

Please send your resume to [email protected]

08/11/2018

DEFCON 26 2018

04/21/2018

Gaming errors!

01/12/2018

Day 2 CES