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Publicly traded digital learning provider Skillsoft Corp. is acquiring Codecademy, the operator of a popular education platform that helps users learn how to program. The companies announced the transaction today. The acquisition values Codecademy, officially Ryzac Inc., at about $525 million. Skillsoft …
Amid Omicron concerns, RSA Conference postponed and tech giants scrap CES plans
Concerns about the rapid spread of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant have led organizers of the RSA Conference to postpone the event, while several major tech firms earlier canceled plans to exhibit at CES. The RSA Conference is one of the cybersecurity …
Low-code development startup Retool raises $20M at $1.85B valuation
Retool Inc., the maker of a low-code software development platform used by companies such as Amazon.com Inc., today said that it has closed a $20 million funding round at a $1.85 billion valuation. The Series C round was provided by a group …
Data management provider Cohesity confidentially files for IPO
Cohesity Inc., a major data management provider, today announced that it has confidentially with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public. The company didn’t go into detail about the planned listing in its brief announcement of the move today. Cohesity …
Microsoft acquires AT&T’s Xandr unit to grow its advertising business
Microsoft Corp. has inked a deal with AT&T Inc. to acquire the carrier’s Xandr Inc. advertising technology unit, the companies announced today. Separately, Axios reported this morning that Microsoft is teaming up with publicly traded content recommendation company Taboola Inc. on a …
Tackle nabs $100M to help software firms sell their products via cloud marketplaces
Three high-profile tech investors have provided Tackle.io Inc. with $100 million in funding to support the growth of the startup’s namesake service, which helps software firms sell their products via public cloud platforms’ built-in solution marketplaces. Tackle announced the funding today. The …
Turing raises $87M at $1.1B valuation for its Intelligent Talent Cloud
Turing Enterprises Inc., a startup helping companies hire and manage remote software engineers, has closed a $87 million investment valuing it at $1.1 billion. Announced today, the investment comes about a year after Turing’s previous $32 million funding round. This latest raise …
Rocket Companies acquires personal finance startup Truebill for $1.275B
Rocket Companies Inc., a Fortune 500 financial services company, today said it’s acquiring fast-growing personal finance startup Truebill Inc. for $1.275 billion. NYSE-listed Rocket Companies has a presence in several different markets. The firm’s main focus is the financial services sector, with its …
Oracle to acquire healthcare technology giant Cerner for $28.3B
Confirming recent reports, Oracle Corp. today announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire healthcare technology provider Cerner Corp. for approximately $28.3 billion. Oracle’s $28.3 billion offer amounts to about $95 per share. Cerner’s stock is up nearly 1% in trading today, …
Continual raises $4M to help companies build continuously improving AI models
New startup Continual Inc. secured a $4 million seed funding round on Thursday to support the rollout of its cloud service, which allows companies to build artificial intelligence models that improve over time. In conjunction, the startup made the service available through a …