Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

AWS launches AI-powered Contact Lens analytics features for contact centers

By Maria Deutscher Jul 23, 2020

Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of Contact Lens, a set of artificial intelligence features to help optimize the contact centers of enterprises using its Amazon Connect service. The launch comes…

Cloud

Talkdesk becomes $3B+ unicorn after landing $143M to cloudify the contact center

By Maria Deutscher Jul 23, 2020

Cloud contact center software startup Talkdesk Inc. disclosed a big valuation bump today, announcing that it has raised an outsize $143 million funding round valuing it at more than $3 billion. The round continues a…

Big Data

AI fintech startup Quantexa closes $64.7M round

By Maria Deutscher Jul 23, 2020

Quantexa Ltd., a London-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to help financial institutions detect fraud and find sales opportunities, has raised a $64.7 million funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners. The round, announced today,…

Apps

Jamf raises $468M in IPO as its Apple-focused software business continues growth

By Maria Deutscher Jul 22, 2020

Jamf Holding Corp. floated on the Nasdaq stock exchange today after raising $468 million in a bigger-than-expected initial public offering that exceeded multiple price targets. Jamf, which provides software products enterprises use to manage employees’…

Cloud

Huddl.ai launches from stealth mode to take on Zoom

By Maria Deutscher Jul 22, 2020

Collaboration startup Huddl Inc. exited stealth mode today with $8.7 million in funding and an artificial intelligence-infused videoconferencing service that aims to provide an alternative to Zoom. Huddl, which does business as Huddl.ai in a nod…

Cloud

Solo.io pitches unified control layer for application traffic with Gloo Federation

By Maria Deutscher Jul 22, 2020

Solo.io Inc. today introduced a new product, Gloo Federation, that allows enterprises to enable central management of how traffic flows to their cloud applications and other backend workloads. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Solo.io is backed by…

Cloud

In antitrust complaint, Slack accuses Microsoft of illegally boosting Teams

By Maria Deutscher Jul 22, 2020

Slack Technologies Inc. today filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union accusing Microsoft Corp. of illegally boosting Teams, the software giant’s competing team communications service. The move comes two months after Slack Chief Executive…

AI

AI takes center stage in Amazon’s latest big update to the Alexa developer toolkit

By Maria Deutscher Jul 22, 2020

Amazon.com Inc. today announced a major update to its Alexa voice assistant’s developer toolkit that brings artificial intelligence improvements, as well as features that will give consumers new ways of using the service. The…

Apps

Microsoft’s LinkedIn to lay off 6% of its global workforce

By Maria Deutscher Jul 21, 2020

Microsoft Corp.-owned LinkedIn today said that it is laying off about 960 employees, or approximately 6% of its global workforce, amid reduced demand for its recruiting solutions among business customers. Microsoft acquired LinkedIn four…

Infra

Investors bet $170M that Innovium’s network chips can take on Broadcom

By Maria Deutscher Jul 21, 2020

Innovium Inc., a semiconductor startup developing specialized chips for data center switches, today said that it has nabbed a mammoth $170 million round of funding. The investment brings Innovium’s total outside capital raised to…

Maria Deutscher

AI fintech startup Quantexa closes $64.7M round

Jamf raises $468M in IPO as its Apple-focused software business continues growth

Huddl.ai launches from stealth mode to take on Zoom

Solo.io pitches unified control layer for application traffic with Gloo Federation

In antitrust complaint, Slack accuses Microsoft of illegally boosting Teams

AI takes center stage in Amazon’s latest big update to the Alexa developer toolkit

Microsoft’s LinkedIn to lay off 6% of its global workforce

Investors bet $170M that Innovium’s network chips can take on Broadcom

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