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White House releases six proposals for reforming tech industry regulation
The White House has released six proposals for reforming tech industry regulation that span areas such as privacy, algorithmic decision-making and market competition. The proposals were published Thursday following a listening session held at the White House about the tech industry. The session included the participation of more than a dozen experts and practitioners. The ...
MLCommons releases results of its latest MLPerf AI inference benchmark test
MLCommons today released the latest results of its MLPerf Inference benchmark test, which compares the speed of artificial intelligence systems from different hardware makers. MLCommons is an industry organization that develops open-source AI tools. As part of its work, the organization runs benchmark tests to compare the speed of different AI-optimized hardware systems. MLCommons’ benchmark ...
Graphiant launches from stealth mode to streamline enterprise networks
Startup Graphiant Inc. today launched from stealth mode with a networking platform that it says can ease the management of corporate networks and lower their cost in the process. San Jose, California-based Graphiant is led by founder and Chief Executive Officer Khalid Raza. Raza previously founded Viptela Inc., a networking technology provider that was acquired ...
AI observability startup Arize AI secures $38M in funding
Arize AI Inc., a startup with a platform that helps developers detect and fix technical issues in artificial intelligence applications, has secured a $38 million funding round led by TCV. Arize AI announced the Series B round this morning. In addition to TCV, the investment included the participation of Battery Ventures, Foundation Capital and Swift ...
PolyAI secures $40M for its AI-powered voice assistant platform
Artificial intelligence startup PolyAI Ltd. today announced that it has raised $40 million in new funding from a group of investors led by Georgian. Twilio Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Point72 Ventures and Amadeus Capital Partners contributed to the Series B round as well. The round reportedly values London-based PolyAI at nearly $300 million. PolyAI will use the ...
Spice AI raises $13.5M to speed up blockchain application development
Startup Spice AI Inc., which is working to ease the development of blockchain applications, today announced that it has secured a $13.5 million seed round led by Madrona Venture Group. More than a half dozen other investors participated in the round alongside Madrona. The group included Thomas Dohmke, chief executive of Microsoft Corp.’s GitHub subsidiary, as ...
Carbyne raises $56M in funding to modernize emergency contact centers
Carbyne Ltd., a startup with a platform that enables emergency contact centers to operate more efficiently, has closed a $56 million funding round. The Series C round, which Carbyne announced this morning, was jointly led by Cox Enterprises and Hanaco Growth. The New York-based startup says that the investment brings its total outside financing to ...
Google to debut Pixel 7 phones and Pixel Watch on Oct. 6
Google LLC will debut its newest Pixel smartphones and the long-anticipated Pixel Watch smartwatch next month, the company announced today. Google executives are set to detail the devices during a product event that will take place in Brooklyn on Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. EDT. The media invitations that the company has sent out for ...
Cyberattack simulation provider Cymulate raises $70M in new funding
Startup Cymulate Ltd. today announced that it has raised a $70 million funding round to expand the adoption of its namesake cyberattack simulation platform. The Series D round was led by existing investor One Peak. Susquehanna Growth Equity, Vertex Ventures Israel, Vertex Growth and Dell Technologies Inc.’s venture capital arm participated as well. Cymulate’s total ...
Bitwarden reels in $100M for its open-source password manager
Bitwarden Inc., the developer of a popular open-source password manager, today disclosed that it has raised $100 million in new funding. The funding round was led by growth equity firm PSG with participation from existing investor Battery Ventures. Santa Barbara, California-based Bitwarden offers a password manager of the same name that is used by millions of ...