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Cybersecurity giant Trend Micro launches $100M fund to invest in startups
Many of the world’s leading tech firms operate venture funds to support startups that are developing technology relevant to their competitive plans. The newest member of the club is Trend Micro Inc., which today launched a $100 million investment arm to invest in cutting-edge technologies such as the Internet of Things. The cybersecurity giant hopes that ...
Boeing joins $32.5M funding of AI startup SparkCognition
It’s not just tech giants such as IBM Corp. and Alphabet Inc. that are investing in artificial intelligence startups. The list of corporate heavyweights betting on the technology also includes Boeing Co., which today teamed up with Verizon Communications Inc. to pour $32.5 million into an emerging AI provider called SparkCognition Inc. The four-year-old outfit ...
Google’s secretive AI fund makes first public investment in Algorithmia
In May, word leaked that Google Inc. has set up a venture capital fund run by engineers rather than professional investors and focused exclusively on backing artificial intelligence startups. The existence of the fund received official confirmation today after it was named as the lead contributor to a $10.5 million round into Seattle’s Algorithmia Inc. The four-year-old ...
IBM launches new platform for building apps using software containers
IBM Corp. is ramping up its efforts to address the rapid adoption of containers, which allow applications to run on multiple operating systems and computers, in the development community. As part of the push, the company today unveiled a platform called Microservice Builder that combines the disparate tools commonly used for building containerized applications into ...
Growbots secures $2.5M for its AI-powered outbound sales platform
When salespeople are not on the phone or in a meeting, they spend a good portion of their time scouring the web for new leads. It’s an incredibly tedious task that Growbots Inc. has set out to automate. The three-year-old startup’s mission is supported by $2.5 million in newly raised funding announced Wednesday from Buran Venture Capital, ...
AMD’s new Epyc server chips challenge Intel’s data center dominance
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s latest attempt to establish a serious presence in the Intel Corp.-dominated server market is looking to be one of the most promising yet. At a Tuesday event in Austin, Texas, AMD Chief Executive Lisa Su (pictured) introduced a new processor family called Epyc that targets data centers where a premium is placed ...
Samsara, a startup using sensory data to optimize logistics, lands $40M
The ability to move cargo from one location to another in a timely manner is essential for any company that deals with physical goods, whether it’s a retailer or an electronics manufacturer. Samsara Networks Inc. is using cutting-edge sensory equipment to help organizations meet this requirement. To fuel its efforts, the San Francisco-based startup today ...
Microsoft Stream releases into general availability with new AI features
Almost exactly a year to the day after introducing Stream, Microsoft Corp. has released the video sharing service into general availability to help companies manage their multimedia content. The platform is a successor to Office 365 Video that is available as an extension for the productivity suite and as a standalone product. It shares many ...
Google launches new search tool for exploring job postings
Starting today, the answer boxes, embedded maps and other value-added features in Google will be joined by a new addition: a search tool designed to help users look for job postings. The capability is the fruit of an initiative that the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary unveiled during its annual developer conference in May. When users look up a ...
MongoDB expands beyond databases with new backend as a service
After rising to become one of the top players in the database market, MongoDB Inc. now looks to extend its reach to other parts of the software stack. The company pulled back the curtains on a new service today called MongoDB Stitch that aims to ease the task of building application backends using its document ...