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Nvidia, Uber join $97M investment in autonomous driving startup Nuro
Autonomous driving startup Nuro Inc. today announced that it has raised $97 million in funding to support its commercialization efforts. The investment included the participation of Nvidia Corp., Uber Technologies Inc., Baillie Gifford and other institutional investors. It came as an extension to a $106 million Series E round that Nuro first announced in April. ...
Thoma Bravo to take HR software provider Dayforce private for $12.3B
Dayforce Inc. today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $12.3 billion. The deal values the human resources software provider at $70 per share. That’s 32% higher than its closing price on Friday, the last trading day before a Bloomberg report revealed an acquisition was in the ...
DevOps automation startup SRE.ai launches with $7.2M in funding
SRE.ai Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to make software teams more productive, launched today with $7.2 million in initial funding. Salesforce Ventures and Crane Venture Partners jointly led the seed investment. Releasing software to production involves multiple steps. Developers first scan the new code for security vulnerabilities and other flaws. After the code is ...
Property management startup EliseAI nabs $250M at $2.2B valuation
Property management software startup Elise A.I. Technologies Corp. today announced that it has closed a $250 million late-stage funding round. Andreessen Horowitz led the Series E investment with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures and Navitas Capital. The cash infusion comes a year after EliseAI’s previous raise. Reuters reported that the startup’s valuation has ...
Robotics software startup FieldAI raises $405M in funding
FieldAI Inc., a developer of artificial intelligence software for robots, today disclosed that it has raised $405 million in funding over two rounds. The bulk of the capital came in the form of a $315 million investment led by Bezos Expedition, Prysm and Temasek that closed earlier this month. FieldAI also counts the venture capital ...
Nuclear energy startup Aalo raises $100M in funding
Aalo Atomics Inc. today announced that it has raised $100 million to accelerate the development of nuclear-powered data centers using its compact, mass-producible reactor tech. Valor Equity Partners led the Series B round. It was joined by more than a dozen other institutional backers including Hitachi Corp.’s venture capital arm. Traditional nuclear reactors take billions ...
Zipline AI raises $7M to ease AI data pipeline development
Artificial intelligence tooling startup Zipline AI Inc. today announced that it has raised $7 million in seed funding. Early-stage investment fund Wing VC led the round. It was joined by Stripe Inc., Box Group and Exceptional Capital. Developers prepare AI training datasets using software workflows called data pipelines. Those workflows collect records from different systems, ...
Keychain reels in $30M to make CPG manufacturers more efficient
Keychain Group Inc., a startup that helps consumer packaged goods manufacturers boost operational efficiency, has raised $30 million in funding. Wellington Management and BoxGroup led the Series B round. The announcement of the investment today comes less than a year after Keychain’s previous raise, which valued it at $260 million. The new round reportedly gave ...
Functionize nabs $41M to speed up software testing with AI
Functionize Inc., a startup with an artificial intelligence platform for finding software bugs, has raised $41 million in fresh funding. Mumford Investments and LHH Investments led the Series B round announced today. They were joined by the venture capital arms of Canva Pty Ltd and Wipro Ltd. Developers test the reliability of their software by ...
Palo Alto Networks founder Nir Zuk retires following strong fourth quarter
Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced that founder and Chief Technology Officer Nir Zuk has retired. The executive’s departure follows two major milestones for the company. In conjunction with the leadership change, Palo Alto Networks reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and disclosed that its annualized revenue has topped $10 billion for the first time. A few ...