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AWS debuts Amazon CodeWhisperer and new synthetic data capabilities
Amazon Web Services Inc. is adding new capabilities to its cloud platform that will help developers write code more efficiently and generate training datasets for their artificial intelligence projects. The capabilities made their debut today at Amazon re:MARS 2022 in Las Vegas. AI-powered coding assistant The first addition to AWS’ cloud portfolio is a service ...
Financial technology startup SumUp valued at $8.5B after $624M investment
SumUp Inc., a major player in the financial technology market, today disclosed that it has raised $624 million from a group of investors led by Capital Tech Opportunities. Half of the investment was provided in the form of equity financing, while the other half consisted of debt financing. SumUp is now valued at $8.5 billion. ...
Evinced raises $38M to help enterprises build accessible websites and mobile apps
Startup Evinced Inc., which helps companies build accessible websites and mobile apps, has raised a $38 million funding round led by Insight Partners. Evinced announced the Series B round today. Lead investor Insight Partners was joined by a number of other backers, including Microsoft Corp.’s M12 venture capital arm, Capital One Financial Corp., BGV and ...
Palo Alto Networks upgrades Prisma Cloud with new cloud security features
Palo Alto Networks Inc. is upgrading its Prisma Cloud cybersecurity platform with new features for detecting vulnerabilities and malicious activity in cloud environments. The features are rolling out as part of a new release of the platform that debuted today. Prisma Cloud is designed to help enterprises find vulnerabilities in their cloud environments, detect hacking ...
Appsmith raises $41M for its low-code application development platform
Appsmith Inc., a startup competing in the low-code software development market, today announced that it has closed a $41 million funding round led by Insight Partners. The venture capital firm was joined by Accel, Canaan, OSS Capital and multiple angel investors. Appsmith previously raised a $10.5 million funding round last October. Low-code development tools enable ...
Data management provider Ataccama secures $150M funding round
Toronto-based data management provider Ataccama Inc. has secured a $150 million investment from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities. Ataccama said in its announcement of the investment today that the capital will go toward expanding go-to-marketing activities. The startup intends to accelerate its sales, marketing and customer success initiatives. Ataccama will also build new features to help ...
Amazon details new internally developed warehouse robots
Amazon.com Inc. today detailed a set of new automation systems that its engineers have developed to increase the efficiency of its fulfillment centers. The systems are headlined by Proteus and Cardinal, a pair of new warehouse robots. Both are designed to help with the task of processing e-commerce packages. Proteus is a compact, two-wheeled robot ...
OctoML turns AI models into ‘portable software functions’ with new platform release
OctoML Inc. today updated its artificial intelligence development platform with new features designed to ease the work of enterprise software teams. Seattle-based OctoML was founded in 2019 by a group of University of Washington researchers. Since then, the startup has raised more than $130 million in funding from investors. OctoML provides a platform that can ...
Cerebras Systems sets AI training record with its ‘wafer-scale’ chip
Cerebras Systems Inc. today announced that its CS-2 hardware system is now capable of training neural networks with up to 20 billion parameters, which the startup says represents an industry record. The CS-2 is a data center appliance powered by Cerebras’ WSE-2 chip. The WSE-2 (pictured) features a so-called wafer-scale architecture optimized for AI workloads ...
Amazon appoints Doug Herrington CEO of its Worldwide Amazon Stores business
Amazon.com Inc. today announced that Doug Herrington will become chief executive officer of its Worldwide Amazon Stores business, which manages the company’s e-commerce marketplace and other consumer services. The business was until recently known as the Worldwide Consumer group. The group is currently led by Dave Clark, a longtime Amazon executive who recently announced plans ...