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Altruistiq raises $18M for its cloud-based sustainability platform
London-based startup Altruistiq today announced that it has raised £15 million, or about $18 million, in seed funding to help enterprises meet their sustainability goals. The investment was led by Molten Ventures with participation from Norrsken VC and multiple angel investors. Altruistiq, incorporated as Expanding Circle Ltd, launched in 2021 with a cloud-based platform that ...
Intel to produce chips for MediaTek as part of new partnership
Intel Corp. will manufacture chips for MediaTek Inc., a Taiwan-based semiconductor maker, as part of a partnership that the companies announced today. MediaTek is a fabless semiconductor maker, or a company that designs chips and partners with external manufacturers to produce them. Its products are used in smartphones, wireless modems and a wide range of ...
Theator raises $24M to advance surgical care with AI
Theator Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to advance surgical care, today announced that it has secured $24 million in new funding. The funding was provided as an extension to a $15.5 million Series A round that Theator had announced in February. According to the startup, Insight Partners led both investments. Theator’s latest $15.5 million ...
Twitter misses earnings forecast amid litigation over Elon Musk acquisition
Twitter Inc. today posted second-quarter earnings and user growth numbers that missed analysts’ expectations. The company attributed its quarterly results partly to the ongoing litigation over its pending acquisition by Elon Musk. Musk indicated earlier this month that he intends to scrap the deal. In response, Twitter filed a lawsuit to enforce the acquisition agreement. ...
Google and Microsoft reportedly scale back hiring efforts
Google LLC and Microsoft Corp. are scaling back their hiring efforts, according to two reports published on Wednesday. A number of other major tech firms, among them Apple Inc., are also expected to limit the scope of their recruiting activities in the coming quarters. Google informed employees in an internal memo obtained by The Information ...
Amazon to acquire primary healthcare provider One Medical for $3.9B
Amazon.com Inc. today announced plans to acquire One Medical, a publicly traded primary healthcare provider, for $3.9 billion. The $3.9 billion price tag includes One Medical’s net debt and values the company at $18 per share. That represents a 76.8% premium to the company’s last closing price. One Medical, officially 1Life Healthcare Inc., operates a ...
SAP tops revenue expectations amid fast cloud growth
SAP SE surprised financial analysts today after reporting revenue of 7.51 billion euros for the second quarter ended June 30. Analysts polled for the Refinitiv consensus estimate had expected the company to post revenue of 7.32 billion euros. In constant currency, SAP’s second-quarter sales rose 5% year-over-year. One of the main contributors to SAP’s stronger-than-expected ...
Anvilogic raises $25M in funding to automate manual cybersecurity tasks
Anvilogic Inc., a startup with a cloud platform designed to reduce manual work for enterprise cybersecurity teams, today announced that it raised $25 million in new funding. Investment firm Neuberger Berman led the Series B funding round. Xerox Ventures, G Squared, Foundation Capital, Point72 Ventures and Cervin Ventures participated as well, bringing Anvilogic’s total outside ...
Amazon debuts new tools for Alexa developers
Amazon.com Inc. has introduced a set of software tools that will help developers more easily extend the capabilities of its Alexa voice assistant to new use cases. The tools made their debut today at the company’s Alexa Live 2022 event. Amazon enables developers to extend its voice assistant’s built-in feature set by building extensions known ...
Google Workspace receives approval to support more public sector workloads
Google LLC today announced that Google Workspace, its cloud-based productivity suite, has received Impact Level 4 authorization from the U.S. Defense Department. The authorization will enable government agencies to use Google Workspace for a broader range of tasks. As a result, it should advance the search giant’s efforts to grow the use of its cloud ...