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At Ignite 2018, Microsoft expands enterprise vision with new AI and data services
Hoping to cement its position with enterprise developers and information technology staff as it expands into the cloud, Microsoft Corp. today unleashed a torrent of new products and features at its Ignite 2018 conference in Florida. In conjunction with Chief Executive Satya Nadella’s opening keynote this morning, the company unveiled dozens of updates spanning just ...
Alphabet leads $185M funding round for trucking startup Convoy
Convoy Inc., a startup competing with Uber Technologies Inc. in the $700 billion trucking market, today divulged that it has landed a $185 million funding round. Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG fund led the investment. It was joined by T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. and hedge fund Lone Pine Capital, as well as unnamed returning investors. Convoy ...
Report: Facebook will unveil an AI-powered video chat device next week
Rumors have been swirling for a while that Facebook Inc. could enter the smart home market with a voice-activated video chat device. Today, Cheddar reported that the social network will formally unveil the product next week. The online news network attributed the information to anonymous “people familiar with the matter.” On top of providing a ...
With massive lineup of Echo devices, Amazon aims to take Alexa everywhere
Three days after word leaked that Amazon.com Inc. is preparing to expand its family of Echo smart speakers, the new products are officially here — in spades. At an event in Seattle this morning, the company unveiled more than a dozen additions to the lineup that could help significantly expand its presence in the home and ...
After raising $230M in IPO, Eventbrite sees shares jump 65 percent
Shares of ticketing giant Eventbrite Inc. jumped more than 65 percent in their trading debut this morning past the $38 mark before dropping back to their current level of around $37.50, giving the online ticketing provider a strong start on the stock market. The company priced its initial public offering at $23 a share and raised $230 million ...
Database maker MariaDB acquires rival Clustrix to boost its technology
MariaDB Corp., a prominent database provider backed by over $98 million in funding, today announced that it has acquired competitor Clustrix Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The deal was reportedly financed in part by a new extension to the company’s $54 million funding round last year. The capital came from information technology automation giant ServiceNow Inc., ...
Looking to late 2020 IPO, GitLab raises $100M at $1.1B valuation
GitLab Inc. today announced that it has raised a $100 million funding round led by Iconiq Capital LLC, a prolific startup fund with high-profile clients such as Mark Zuckerberg. The firm was joined by returning investors Khosla Ventures and GV. The fresh capital will fuel GitLab’s rapid expansion in the developer tooling market. The company offers ...
Salesforce takes AI assistants deeper into the enterprise with Einstein Voice
Ahead of its big Dreamforce conference next week, Salesforce.com Inc. today introduced a service called Einstein Voice that could give the so-far sluggish enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence assistants a boost. The main component of the offering is Einstein Assistant. It’s an AI modeled after consumer services such as Amazon Alexa that will enable workers to interact with ...
Aiming to put Android in millions of cars, Google teams up with leading automaker group
Google LLC is taking Android into a potentially highly lucrative but so far elusive new market. The technology giant today announced a partnership with the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, the largest automaker group in the world, to bring the operating system to the dashboard displays included in the companies’ vehicles. The Wall Street Journal reported the collaboration will see Android ...
Former Intel president’s startup Ampere launches new chips to shake up the server market
Former Intel Corp. President Renee James is challenging her old company’s long-held leadership position in the data center. Her startup, Ampere Computing Inc., today launched two server processors that the company promises will one-up Intel in the efficiency department. The chips ship under the brand eMag and are based on designs from ARM Holdings, whose ...