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Analytics startup ProteanTecs Ltd. on Thursday raised $45 million in funding for its “deep data” platform, which uses specialized circuits and machine learning to help semiconductor makers design better processors. ProteanTecs was launched in 2017 by a group of chip industry veterans. …
Reports: Oracle in the lead to buy TikTok as Microsoft eyes app’s e-commerce potential
The bidding war for TikTok has reached a pivotal point, according to reports published today, and Oracle Corp. may have the strongest chance to emerge as the buyer. The U.S. version of TikTok is being sold off by owner ByteDance Ltd. as …
In big cybersecurity push, Fastly to acquire Signal Sciences for $775M
Publicly traded content delivery provider Fastly Inc. today said that it has signed a $775 million deal to acquire Signal Sciences Inc., which makes security software for protecting web services from hackers. The acquisition is a cash-and-stock transaction. Fastly will pay about …
Facebook comes under scrutiny over handling of Kenosha Guard page
Facebook Inc. has come under scrutiny over its handling of a page associated with the self-declared militia group Kenosha Guard, which had created an event post calling on people to “take up arms” shortly before the fatal shooting of two people in the …
SugarCRM acquires AI sales startup Node to help it challenge Salesforce
SugarCRM Inc., a Salesforce.com competitor with more than 2 million users worldwide, has acquired an artificial intelligence startup called Node Inc. to build more automation features into its platform. The deal was announced Monday. Node’s technology could help SugarCRM better match the …
US launches $1B+ push to advance quantum information sciences and AI
U.S. officials today announced a broad research initiative to invest more than $1 billion over five years in new breakthroughs in quantum information sciences and artificial intelligence. As part of the effort, 12 specialized research centers will be set up nationwide. The bulk …
Google launches alpha release of Jetpack Compose to speed Android coding
Google LLC today launched the alpha release of Jetpack Compose, a development tool it has built to speed up the creation of Android apps. The search giant debuted an early preview version of Jetpack Compose last October. It’s aimed at speeding up …
Iceland’s Grid lands $12M to help workers make their spreadsheets more visual
Grid, a Reykjavík, Iceland-based startup building a cloud tool for visualizing spreadsheet data, today said it has closed a $12 million funding round from prominent U.S. investors. New Enterprise Associates led the round with the participation of Slack Technologies Inc.’s Slack Fund. …
AI startup Verta exits stealth to commercialize open-source ModelDB project
Startup Verta Inc. launched from stealth mode today with $10 million in fresh funding and an enterprise machine learning product based on ModelDB, a popular open-source tool for managing artificial intelligence projects. ModelDB was created by Verta Chief Executive Officer Manasi Vartak …
Pure Storage aims to make hybrid arrays ‘obsolete’ with industry’s first all-QLC system
Pure Storage Inc. today announced an upgraded version of its FlashArray//C storage system based on QLC flash, a type of solid-memory that isn’t yet broadly deployed in data centers. The system is aimed at replacing traditional hybrid arrays, a widely used class …