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Wiz closes mammoth $1B round at $12B valuation to grow its cloud security platform
Fast-growing cloud security startup Wiz Inc. today disclosed that it has raised a $1 billion funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Thrive Capital. The investment, which also included contributions from more than a half-dozen other investors, brings Wiz’s total outside funding to $1.9 billion. The company says that it’s now worth ...
Meta debuts new AI advertising tools, expands Meta Verified availability
Meta Platforms Inc. today introduced a set of artificial intelligence tools that will make it easier for brands to run ad campaigns across its platforms. The features are rolling out for Meta Ad Manager, the company’s campaign management portal. Marketers can use the latter application to run ads across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and third-party websites. ...
Microsoft reportedly developing MAI-1 AI model with 500B parameters
Microsoft Corp. is developing a large language model with about 500 billion parameters, The Information reported today. The LLM, which is said to be known as MAI-1 internally, is expected to make its debut as early as this month. When OpenAI introduced GPT-3 in mid-2020, it detailed that the initial version of the model had ...
Stack Overflow to provide coding knowledge for OpenAI models
Stack Exchange Inc., the operator of the popular Stack Overflow coding forum, today announced a content licensing partnership with OpenAI. Under the deal, the large language model developer will gain access to posts from Stack Overflow. When a ChatGPT user asks a coding question that has been answered on Stack Exchange’s forum, the chatbot will ...
Google Cloud debuts threat intelligence service, AI security tools at RSA
Google LLC’s cloud unit debuted a raft of new cybersecurity tools at the RSA Conference today, including a threat intelligence service that will provide customers with information about hacker activities. Many of the additions are rolling out as updates to existing products. Some of the new tools are designed to fend off cyberattacks that target ...
Alphabet’s Intrinsic robotics unit details internally developed AI models
Alphabet Inc.’s Intrinsic unit, which develops technology that makes industrial robots easier to program, today debuted a set of artificial intelligence models created by its engineers. Executives detailed the AI models at the Automate 2024 robotics event taking place this week at Chicago. Several of the neural networks were developed in partnership with Google DeepMind, ...
Microsoft details broad plan to enhance its cybersecurity practices
Microsoft Corp. executives today outlined a broad internal initiative designed to enhance the company’s cybersecurity posture. The tech giant is launching the effort following a probe into its breach prevention practices by the U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board, or CSRB. The assessment was prompted by a high-profile breach that saw China-linked hackers breach Microsoft’s Exchange Online ...
Lamini raises $25M for its AI development and inference platform
Lamini, a startup with a platform for building artificial intelligence models and deploying them in production, has received $25 million from a who’s who of tech investors. The company announced the investment, which was spread over two funding rounds, on Thursday. Lamini’s institutional backers include Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s venture capital arm, First Round Capital ...
SolarWinds shares climb 4%+ on expectation-topping earnings
SolarWinds Corp.’s share price closed 4.6% higher today after the company posted first-quarter revenue and earnings that topped the consensus estimate. Austin-based SolarWinds sells software for managing information technology infrastructure. Administrators use it to check that network devices’ configuration is in order, ensure the attached storage hardware isn’t running slowly and perform related tasks. SolarWinds ...
Menlo Security inks cybersecurity partnership with Google Cloud
Startup Menlo Security Inc. today announced that it’s partnering with Google LLC’s cloud unit to help joint customers improve their cybersecurity. Founded in 2012, Menlo Security is backed by more than $260 million from Vista Equity Partners, General Catalyst and other investors. It provides software that helps companies fend off browser-borne threats such as phishing ...