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Tricentis makes its first acquisition to help developers build more scalable apps
When Tricentis GmbH closed its massive $165 million funding round earlier this year, Chief Executive Officer Sandeep Johri suggested that some of the capital may go toward strategic acquisitions. The first such deal is now officially in the bag. The Vienna, Austria-based software testing provider said today it has picked up a startup called Flood ...
Cementing its market position, OpenText buys Guidance Software for $240M
Companies must check off a long list of operational requirements when it comes to handling internal data. One of the most important is enabling executives and other non-technical personnel to quickly retrieve documents necessary for their work, a need that has given rise to the multibillion-dollar enterprise information management industry. OpenText Corp., the largest pure-play ...
Microsoft aims for a cloud edge with new Azure Container Instances
Launching a Docker container takes only a single line of code, but as the number of instances in an environment starts adding up, managing them becomes a much more difficult ordeal. Microsoft Corp. now hopes to take some complexity out of the task for its customers. The company today introduced Azure Container Instances, a service ...
Cleo’s personal-finance bot attracts $2.6M in funding
While most of the consumer-focused players in the financial technology segment are looking to replace traditional banks, Cleo Ltd. has a different target in its sights: those banks’ mobile apps. The London-based startup, which said today it has secured £2 million ($2.6 million) in funding, offers a chatbot that enables users to manage their finances ...
HubSpot picks up Kemvi to gain an edge in the AI arms race
HubSpot Inc. is determined to catch the artificial intelligence wave that is sweeping through Silicon Valley. So today, the publicly traded marketing automation provider today announced the acquisition of Kemvi Inc., a small startup that has applied machine learning to market research. Kemvi’s flagship DeepGraph platform scans the web for press releases, regulatory filings, social ...
Trucking startup Convoy picks up $62M from Bill Gates, other top investors
The on-demand revolution that Uber Technologies Inc. set off in personal travel is spreading to the world of freight transportation. One of the startups pushing that trend forward is Convoy (Greypoint Inc.), which today said it has secured a $62 million investment led by Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund. The round reportedly marks the first occasion that ...
With $23M in new funding, PerimeterX sets out to protect the web from bots
The rising volume of bot traffic on the web is driving companies to adopt new tools for securing their websites. PerimeterX Inc., a threat prevention provider based out of San Mateo, California, said today it has nabbed $23 million in funding from a consortium led by Canaan Ventures to capitalize on the trend. The startup offers ...
Web watcher SimilarWeb raises $47M to expand its online reach
Enterprise marketing teams require a great deal of data for their work. That includes information not only about their own operations but also those of the competition, which is where providers such as SimilarWeb Ltd. come into the picture. The San Francisco-based startup operates a market intelligence platform that tracks some 80 million websites and ...
Microsoft is adding an artificial intelligence chip to HoloLens
Microsoft Corp.’s HoloLens is set to become a lot smarter. Marc Pollefeys, the Director of Science at the company’s mixed reality group, on Sunday revealed that the next iteration of the headset will pack a co-processor for running artificial intelligence software. The chip is based on a custom design just like the camera that HoloLens uses to ...
Lyft launches a new division to develop self-driving car technology
Lyft Inc. is joining the growing number of tech firms that are working to develop autonomous vehicles. At a press conference today, the ride-sharing giant announced the formation of a new research group tasked with turning its platform into a “hybrid system” that will enable users to hail cars driven by both humans and artificial intelligence. The division ...