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Reputation acquires Nuvi for its AI-based customer sentiment analytics platform
Reputation.com Inc., a well-funded startup that helps companies measure and improve customer sentiment around their brands, has acquired analytics startup Nuvi Inc. to broaden its software capabilities. Reputation announced the deal today without disclosing financial terms. The transaction comes in a time when customer analytics technology is drawing increasing interest from brands and venture capitalists. ...
Cloud-based financial software provider Alkami seeks to raise $150M in IPO
Alkami Technology Inc. today announced the launch of its initial public offering, which is set to see the financial software provider sell shares to investors for between $22 and $25 apiece. The IPO could reportedly value Alkami at more than $2 billion. Alkami will raise $150 million if it reaches the top end of its ...
AWS and Verizon team up to provide 5G-powered edge computing infrastructure
Amazon Web Services Inc. is integrating its AWS Outposts edge computing hardware with 5G networking technology from Verizon Communications Inc. to support customers that are pursuing initiatives such as warehouse robot implementations. The companies announced the partnership today. Outposts is a service through which enterprises can purchase appliances that function as miniature versions of the ...
Report: Google’s next Pixel phones will feature an internally designed chip
The new Pixel smartphones that Google LLC is expected to announce this fall will feature a custom system-on-chip designed by the search giant’s engineers, 9to5Google reported today. A document seen by the publication indicates that the SOC is known internally as GS101. The first two letters of the codename are believed to be short for ...
Coinbase to hold Nasdaq direct listing on April 14
Cryptocurrency exchange provider Coinbase Global Inc. plans to launch its upcoming direct listing on April 14 under the ticker symbol “COIN.” The direct listing will be held on the Nasdaq stock exchange, the company announced Thursday. Founded in 2012, Coinbase operates a popular cryptocurrency exchange that enables its more than 43 million users to buy, sell and ...
TSMC to invest $100B to scale up chip manufacturing and development through 2023
Amid a global chip shortage, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has announced plans to invest $100 billion over three years to expand its production capacity. TSMC detailed the plan in a letter to clients that was obtained by Bloomberg late Wednesday. According to the letter, TSMC, the world’s leading maker of chips for other companies, ...
Kintent raises $4M seed round to simplify cybersecurity compliance with AI
Kintent Inc., a startup helping companies comply with cybersecurity standards such as HIPAA, today announced that it has raised a $4 million seed funding round led by Tola Capital. The venture capital firm was joined by several prominent angel investors. They included Microsoft Azure Executive Vice President Jason Zander, Jen Andre, the vice president of ...
Google and Amazon to start reopening offices to more staffers
Google LLC and Amazon.com Inc. will allow staffers to return to the office in larger numbers over the coming months, the two companies told employees on Wednesday. Google Chief People Officer Fiona Cicconi detailed in a memo obtained by The New York Times that the search giant’s U.S. facilities will begin reopening this month. Exactly ...
In $9.5B deal, Hitachi to acquire software engineering firm GlobalLogic
Japanese industrial giant Hitachi Ltd. has signed a $9.5 billion agreement to acquire GlobalLogic Inc., a California-based software engineering firm that develops applications for large enterprises. The deal, announced today, is expected to close by the end of July. Tokyo-based Hitachi is a major player in the industrial sector that makes products ranging from auto ...
AWS’ newest partner validations boost mainframe-to-cloud migrations
Amazon Web Services Inc. today expanded its AWS Competency Program to make it easier for enterprises to find partner firms that can help them migrate mainframe applications to the cloud. More than half a century after IBM Corp. launched the world’s first commercial mainframe, systems in the category continue to see active use at many ...