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Threat Stack’s centralized cybersecurity vision attracts $45M in funding
Against the backdrop of the attack against Equifax Inc. that compromised over 140 million consumers, companies are investing heavily in cybersecurity to avoid becoming the next headline. Startups such as Threat Stack Inc. are rushing to meet the demand, with enthusiastic support from venture capitalists. The five-year-old intrusion prevention provider today announced that it has ...
Salesforce upgrades Einstein AI suite’s crystal ball and debuts $50M fund
Since introducing its Einstein suite of artificial intelligence features a year ago, Salesforce.com Inc. has been regularly making new additions to the lineup. Today the company unveiled one of the most significant updates yet. The main highlight is Einstein Forecasting, a new product aimed at helping companies predict how well internal sales goals will be met. ...
Intel, Waymo reveal previously undisclosed self-driving car alliance
Two of the biggest players in the autonomous vehicle segment have been quietly collaborating for years. In a blog post published today, Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Brian Krzanich revealed the existence of a long-running partnership between his company and Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car division. The alliance reportedly dates all the way back to 2009, when the ...
Industrial Internet firm Silver Spring acquired by Itron for $830M
A significant portion of the connected devices in use today are employed for industrial purposes such as monitoring remote equipment. Liberty Lake, Washington-based Itron Inc. is one of the suppliers shaping this part of the market. The firm, which mainly sells metering hardware for measuring energy and water usage, today announced plans to acquire publicly traded Silver Spring ...
Google and Spotify open-source a new cloud security toolkit
In the past six months, there have been two high-profile cases of companies storing sensitive data on cloud servers that were inadvertently exposed to the outside world. Google LLC is looking to help customers of its infrastructure as a service platform avoid making the same mistake. The technology giant today open-sourced Forseti Security, a toolkit for ...
Samsung sets aside $300M to invest in self-driving car tech
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is redoubling its efforts to establish a foothold in the fast-moving auto industry. The South Korean technology giant today launched a $300 million fund that will back companies developing autonomous driving systems and other promising vehicle technologies. Samsung isn’t wasting any time: it has already committed to making a €75 million ...
GV joins $25M round into “adaptive” database startup Fauna
Fauna Inc., an emerging database provider based in San Francisco, is attracting serious interest in the venture capital community. The startup today announced that it has landed a $25 million financing round from a consortium featuring nearly a dozen investors. Notable participants include Alphabet Inc.’s GV (formerly known as Google Ventures), CRV and Data Collective. Fauna ...
Now AI-enabled, Apttus reels in $55M from investors
The everyday aspects of a company’s operations are often where technology can make the biggest impact. Apttus Inc. has carved out a niche worth more than a billion dollars in such an area, and today it announced that it has raised $55 million to keep the momentum going. The San Mateo, California-based company sells a cloud service dedicated ...
Baidu loses the director of its Silicon Valley AI lab
A key figure at Baidu Inc.’s research group appears to have left. Adam Coates, who joined the company in 2014 to lead its Silicon Valley artificial intelligence lab, was spotted to have removed the reference to the position from his LinkedIn profile. An unnamed insider at the Chinese search giant confirmed the departure to TechCrunch. ...
Kubernetes creators raise $25M for their software container startup Heptio
Just over a year after launching, Heptio Inc. is already marking its second round of funding. The Seattle-based startup today announced the completion of a $25 million investment led by early Amazon.com Inc. investor Madrona Venture Group. Lightspeed Venture Partners and Accel Partners chipped in as well. The capital infusion will fuel Heptio’s efforts to ...