Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things. Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days. Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

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Core Scientific shareholders dismiss $9B CoreWeave deal over valuation worries

Core Scientific Inc. shareholders have voted down a proposed $9 billion takeover bid by CoreWeave Inc., claiming that the acquisition undervalued the data center company. The takeover offer, announced in July, would have seen Core Scientific shareholders exchange each of its shares for 0.1235 shares of CoreWeave Class A stock. CoreWeave pitched the merger as ...

OpenAI unveils Aardvark, an autonomous GPT-5 agent built to hunt software vulnerabilities

OpenAI Group PBC today unveiled Aardvark, a new GPT-5-powered autonomous artificial intelligence agent designed to identify, verify and help fix software vulnerabilities in real time. Pitched by OpenAI as representing a “breakthrough in AI and security research,” Aardvark is described as an “AI security researcher” capable of scanning code repositories, reasoning about potential exploits and ...

Coinbase shares rise on strong quarterly results as trading volumes and revenue surge

Shares in Coinbase Global Inc. inched up more than 2% in late trading today after the cryptocurrency exchange provider impressed with revenue and earnings beats in its fiscal third quarter on the back of increasing transaction volumes and revenue. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, Coinbase reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.44, up from ...

Cloudflare earnings results beat expectations with strong revenue and profit growth

Shares in Cloudflare Inc. rose nearly 8% in late trading today after the content delivery network and security company reported earnings and revenue ahead of expectations in its fiscal third quarter and offered forecasts higher than expected. For the quarter that ended on Sept. 30, Cloudflare reported adjusted earnings per share of 27 cents, up ...

SandboxAQ launches OpenCryptography.com to expose hidden cryptographic vulnerabilities

Cybersecurity and quantum technology solutions company SandboxAQ today announced the launch of OpenCryptography.com, a public database that maps cryptographic assets, vulnerabilities and risks across the digital ecosystem. Offered for free, OpenCryptography.com has been designed to give enterprises, researchers and policymakers unprecedented visibility into real-world cryptographic deployments across the internet to allow them to uncover weaknesses, ...

OpenAI reportedly planning 2026-2027 IPO at valuation of up to $1T

Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI Group PBC is reportedly laying the ground work for an initial public offering that could value the company at $1 trillion. Reuters, refering to three people familiar with the matter, said today that OpenAI is considering filing its paperwork to go public with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as soon ...

AI video startup Synthesia reportedly raises $200M at $4B valuation

Artificial intelligence video startup Synthesia Ltd. has reportedly raised $200 million in new funding at a $4 billion valuation. Though the company has not confirmed the new raise, Forbes reported today that GV Management Co., the former Google Ventures owned by Alphabet Inc., led the round. Founded in 2017 by a team of researchers and entrepreneurs ...

ServiceNow stock rises on earnings and revenue beats, upbeat outlook

Shares in ServiceNow Inc. rose more than 3% in late trading today after the cloud software maker impressed with earnings and revenue beats in its latest quarter and gave an outlook ahead of expectations. For its fiscal third quarter ended Sept. 30, ServiceNow reported adjusted earnings per diluted share of $4.82, up from $3.72 per ...

BreachRx launches Mobile Command app to empower executives during cyber incidents

Incident response startup BreachRx Inc. today announced the launch of BreachRx Mobile Command, a cyber incident response management app built specifically for C-suite and business leaders. BreachRx Mobile Command has been designed to solve what the company says is a critical challenge for today’s organizations: giving executives and security teams a direct, unified channel to communicate crucial ...

Reflectiz raises $22M to protect enterprise websites from third-party and open-source risks

Web exposure management platform startup Reflectiz Ltd. revealed today that it has raised $22 million in new funding to expand its current product offering. The company plans to use the money to provide comprehensive continuous threat exposure management for websites, as well as support its growing partner and alliances network and go-to-market acceleration. Founded in ...