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Security meets data management as SentinelOne acquires Scalyr for $155M
Cybersecurity provider SentinelOne Inc. today announced plans to acquire venture-backed data management startup Scalyr Inc. in a transaction worth $155 million. Scalyr’s data management technology, SentinelOne says, will enable its customers to detect and respond to hacking attempts targeting their systems more effectively. The transaction could potentially also create market expansion opportunities for the cybersecurity ...
With Chowbotics acquisition, DoorDash adds salad robots to its product lineup
DoorDash Inc. has acquired Chowbotics Inc., the creator of a restaurant robot that can automatically prepare salad bowls and give customers detailed nutritional information about every order. The terms of the deal, which was announced today, aren’t being disclosed. Hayward, California-based Chowbotics previously raised more than $20 million from investors across multiple funding rounds. Chowbotics’ ...
Kong raises $100M for its cloud-native application connectivity platform
Kong Inc., a startup helping enterprises build and manage cloud-native applications more easily, today announced that it has closed a $100 million funding round led by Tiger Global at a $1.4 billion valuation. San Francisco-based Kong has tripled its valuation since its last funding round in early 2019. Modern enterprise applications are built not as ...
Chipmaker Dialog to be acquired for $5.9B by Renesas Electronics
Dialog Semiconductor Plc., a British chipmaker whose silicon is used in devices ranging from iPhones to car infotainment systems, today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Japan’s Renesas Electronics Corp. for 4.9 billion euros. The sum equals about $5.9 billion. It values Dialog at a 20% premium to its Friday closing price. ...
Google fixes zero-day vulnerability in Chrome’s JavaScript engine
Google LLC on Thursday released an update for Chrome to fix a high-severity security vulnerability in the browser that’s believed to be exploited by hackers. The update, the search giant detailed in a brief blog post, will roll out to users over the coming days and weeks. Google has filed the vulnerability under the tag ...
Ahead of Super Bowl, AWS helps the NFL deliver new AI-powered game statistics
Ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday, Amazon Web Services Inc. today shared details about its collaboration with the NFL to enhance the league’s Next Gen Stats game analytics system. Next Gen Stats enables the NFL to display game statistics during broadcasts to enhance the viewing experience for fans. The system displays information such as ...
Google’s AI fund leads $5.4M round for data startup Iteratively
Iteratively Inc. today announced that it has closed a $5.4 million financing round led by Google LLC’s Gradient Ventures fund, which focuses on backing promising artificial intelligence startups. Fika Ventures and PSL Ventures participated in the round as well. Seattle-based Iteratively has developed a software product that helps companies collect customer data from their applications ...
Google rolls out Apigee X with machine learning features for API automation
Google LLC has developed a new version of its Apigee platform for managing application programming interfaces that includes artificial intelligence automation features and expanded security controls. The new version, Apigee X, was launched today. APIs are what applications use to interact with the outside world: They provide a channel for both inbound requests and outgoing ...
Microsoft extends productivity portfolio with Viva employee experience platform
Microsoft Corp. today debuted Viva, a platform that enterprises can use to provide their employees with access to company news, educational resources and other types of work-related content. The product could put Microsoft in a better position to address what it describes as the $300 billion employee experience market. Viva is designed to play a ...
Collibra acquires OwlDQ to make enterprises’ data more reliable with AI
Data management unicorn Collibra Inc. today disclosed that it has acquired a Maryland startup called OwlDQ, whose software platform uses machine learning to spot errors in companies’ business information. The deal is the first acquisition for Collibra since its $112.5 million funding round last April. The New York-based company, which received a $2.3 billion valuation ...