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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 ...
Analytics startup Aera re-launches with new AI vision and $50M in funding
Before executives can decide on a new supply agreement or inventory change, they have to view the relevant business records, which is easier said than done in a large company where data is spread across multiple systems. Aera Technology has taken it upon itself to remedy the situation. The Mountain View, California-based firm entered the ...
Talla raises $8.3M to enhance the capabilities of its help desk AI
As the number of companies that use chatbots continues to grow, so is investor interest in the technology rising. Boston’s Glasswing Ventures and five other funds jumped on the bandwagon today by leading a $8.3 million funding round into Talla Inc., one of the startups at the forefront of the trend. The two-year-old firm offers ...
Augury, a startup using AI and sound to troubleshoot industrial gear, raises $17M
Except in certain extreme circumstances, industrial machinery doesn’t simply fail from one moment to the next. It’s often a gradual process that can be detected and stopped with the right technology. Augury Inc. is one of the providers that industrial companies turn to for help with preventing equipment failures. Two years after its previous round, the ...
Codota raises $2M for its AI-powered programming assistant
Many development platforms provide autocomplete features to help programmers become more productive, but for the most part they’re limited to filling in basic syntax elements such as library names. Codota Dot Com Ltd. is looking to change that. The Israeli startup on Thursday said it has secured a $2 million investment from Khosla Ventures to drive ...
Report: Google could be hit by record €1B+ fine in EU antitrust case
The record €1 billion penalty that the European Union issued to Intel Corp. in 2009 over unlawful business practices could soon be topped. On Friday, anonymous sources told the Financial Times and The New York Times that Google Inc. is set to be hit by a potentially even bigger fine from the EU’s antitrust body as ...
Highspot secures $15M to make sales content data-driven
Starting from the point they first contact a prospect, salespeople rely on presentations and other carefully crafted marketing materials to underpin their value propositions. A Seattle-based startup called Highspot Inc. argues that analytics can go a long way toward making such content more compelling. Its pitch has attracted a $15 million investment from Shasta Ventures, Salesforce ...
Google releases new object recognition algorithms to help make apps smarter
Enabling a mobile app to analyze images is as easy as integrating it with one of the numerous cloud-based object recognition services on the market. But sending files to a remote data center for processing isn’t always efficient because of connectivity constraints and other logistical hurdles. Now developers have an alternative. Google Inc. on Wednesday open-sourced a family ...
After pivoting to threat detection, Sqrrl raises $12.3M
Spotting a breach in the vastness of a company’s infrastructure can be difficult even for the most qualified of security teams. As a result, they’re increasingly adopting automated threat detection tools from the likes of Sqrrl Data Inc., which announced today that it has secured $12.3 million in funding to address the demand. The investment is the latest ...