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Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman Inc. has acquired a 7.5% stake in Splunk Inc. Hellman & Friedman confirmed the investment in a regulatory filing. The Wall Street Journal reported the move today. San Francisco-based Splunk provides a widely used data analytics platform …
Microsoft suspends new sales in Russia as other tech firms take similar steps
Microsoft Corp. is suspending all new sales in Russia following similar moves from other major tech firms including Apple Inc. and Google LLC. Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith announced the move in a blog post this morning. “We are announcing …
VISO Trust raises $11M for its cybersecurity evaluation platform
Startup VISO Trust, which helps enterprises ensure that the cloud services and other technology products they use are secure, has raised a $11 million funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Work-Bench, Sierra Ventures and Lytical Ventures also participated in the round, …
Graphcore debuts 3D AI chip with new wafer-on-wafer technology
Chip startup Graphcore Ltd. today introduced a new artificial intelligence processor, the Bow IPU, that uses an innovation dubbed wafer-on-wafer technology to speed up calculations. U.K.-based Graphcore is backed by more than $680 million in venture funding. The startup has shipped tens …
Luminous Computing raises $105M to build a photonics-powered AI supercomputer
Startup Luminous Computing Inc., which is developing a new kind of supercomputer for running artificial intelligence models, today said that it has closed a $105 million funding round. The Series A round included the participation of more than a half-dozen investors. The …
Certa raises $15M to streamline supplier onboarding in the enterprise
Certa, a startup helping enterprises speed up the process of onboarding new suppliers, today announced that it has closed a $15 million early-stage funding round. San Francisco-based Certa, incorporated as Opinr Inc., said that Point72 Ventures led the Series A round. Prominent …
Apple announces March 8 event where new iPhone SE could debut
Apple Inc. will hold an event next week where it’s expected to introduce a new iteration of the iPhone SE, as well as upgraded versions of the iPad Air and Mac mini. The digital-only event is set to take place at 10 …
Intel, AMD and others team up to develop industry standard for chiplet technology
Several major chipmakers today announced they’re teaming up to create an industry standard for chiplet technology, an important component of many modern processors. The companies participating in the initiative include ASE Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Arm Ltd., Intel Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Samsung …
Bright Security raises $20M to make enterprise applications more secure with AI
Bright Security Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to help companies improve the security of their applications, has closed a $20 million funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners. Existing investors DNX Ventures, J-ventures, Fusion Fund and Incubate Fund also participated in …
Red Hat details edge computing collaboration with Verizon
IBM Corp.’s Red Hat division today shared new details about its collaboration with Verizon Communications Inc. to help enterprises adopt edge computing technologies. Last year, Verizon teamed up with IBM on a broad initiative to modernize its network. As part of the …