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TigerGraph launches its managed graph database on Google Cloud
TigerGraph Inc. has launched its managed graph database on Google Cloud, enabling customers of the search giant’s infrastructure-as-a-service platform to use the software in their analytics projects. The Redwood City, California-based startup said today that the offering is now the first distributed graph database-as-a-service offering to work across all three major public clouds. TigerGraph, which ...
API marketplace RapidAPI raises $60M in funding to expand developer features
RapidAPI Inc., a startup that helps developers find cloud services useful for their software projects, announced today that it has closed a $60 million round of funding to continue its recent growth streak. Developers increasingly don’t build applications from scratch but rather create them from a combination of custom code and external components. Many of ...
EU releases sweeping draft legislation for regulating AI
The European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, today proposed new legislation that would place stringent restrictions on how artificial intelligence can be used, as well as subject companies caught violating the regulation to potentially hefty fines. “With these landmark rules, the EU is spearheading the development of new global norms to make sure AI ...
After revenue jump, ActiveCampaign raises $240M at $3B+ valuation
ActiveCampaign Inc., a Chicago-based software company that helps brands make their marketing operations more automated, has raised $240 million in fresh funding at a valuation north of $3 billion. The investment, announced this morning, was led by prominent tech investor Tiger Global. The capital injection will enable ActiveCampaign to double down on the rapid sales ...
Era Software nabs $15M to deliver AI-supported data management
Seattle startup Era Software Inc. today said that it has secured a $15.25 million funding round to develop data management technology for large-scale enterprise applications. Era has built a database, EraDB, that it says is specifically geared toward powering “hyperscale” cloud-native workloads. The platform uses artificial intelligence to automate some of the tasks involved in ...
Report: Microsoft is sharing Azure energy usage data with some cloud customers
Microsoft Corp. has started sharing information about the electricity usage of Azure cloud regions with some customers, who it hopes will use the data to lower the carbon footprint of their Azure deployments. The news comes weeks after a similar move by Google LLC, one of Microsoft’s top rivals in the cloud market. Microsoft’s decision ...
Amazon is now the top corporate buyer of renewable energy in Europe
Amazon.com Inc. today revealed that it’s investing in nine large-scale wind and solar energy generation projects globally to advance its goal of switching entirely to green power by 2025. The installations are located in the U.S., Canada, Spain, Sweden and the U.K. Thanks to the last three investments, Amazon says, it’s now the single largest ...
Google shares technical overview of its exabyte-scale Colossus file system
Google LLC today published a technical blog post detailing Colossus, the internal file system that powers Google Cloud and many of the company’s consumer services, including its namesake search engine. Colossus is a software platform responsible for managing the storage hardware running in the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary’s data centers. It also helps move information in ...
UK opens probe of $40B Nvidia-Arm deal to probe national security implications
The U.K. will look into Nvidia Corp.’s proposed $40 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm Ltd. to determine if the deal could potentially pose national security issues. The probe was announced today following a public interest intervention notice from U.K. Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden. “We want to support our thriving U.K. tech industry and ...
Druva raises $147M at $2B+ valuation as cloud backup market keeps growing
Druva Inc., a major player in the growing cloud-based data protection market, has closed a $147 million funding round at a valuation exceeding $2 billion. The company, which first achieved unicorn status in 2019, announced the new financing today. Canadian investment firm CDPQ led the round. It was joined by Neuberger Berman as well as ...