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Microsoft backs $60M round for application security startup OX Security
OX Appsec Security Ltd., a startup that helps developers find the most urgent vulnerabilities in their code, has raised $60 million to enhance its technology. The Series B investment was announced today. Lead investor DTCP was joined by Microsoft Corp., IBM Ventures, Swisscom Ventures, Evolution Equity and Team8. OX Security’s total outside funding now stands ...
DigitalOcean shares drop despite strong first quarter
DigitalOcean Holdings Inc. today posted first-quarter results that topped the consensus estimate, but its shares nevertheless ended the trading session down more than 13%. The selloff may have been related to the company’s guidance. At the midpoint, DigitalOcean’s sales and profit projections for the next quarter fell short of analyst expectations. NYSE-listed DigitalOcean operates a ...
ServiceNow debuts customer relationship management platform, new AI tools
ServiceNow Inc. today introduced a new customer relationship management platform and two tools that will make it easier for customers to use artificial intelligence agents. The software maker detailed the offerings at its annual Knowledge 2025 conference. A customer relationship management, or CRM, platform is an application that enables companies to store information about customers ...
Statsig secures $100M in funding for its product testing platform
Statsig Inc., a startup that helps developers measure how well new features are received by users, has raised $100 million in funding. The Series C investment was announced today. ICONIQ Growth led the deal with participation from Sequoia and Madrona. According to Fortune, Statsig raised the capital after rejecting an acquisition offer from Datadog Inc., ...
Databricks reportedly could acquire serverless database startup Neon for $1B+
Databricks Inc. is reportedly seeking to buy Neon Inc., a startup that sells a commercial version of the open-source PostgreSQL database. Tech publication Upstarts Media today cited sources as saying that the acquisition talks are at an advanced stage. Some insiders reportedly describe the deal “as if it’s done,” while others cautioned that it may ...
OpenAI abandons plan to spin off for-profit arm
OpenAI has scrapped a restructuring initiative that would have separated its for-profit and nonprofit arms. Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman announced the move today in a memo to employees. OpenAI launched in 2015 as a nonprofit artificial intelligence research lab. Four years later, it created a for-profit arm to lead its AI development and commercialization ...
AI code editor startup Anysphere reportedly closes $900M funding round
Anysphere Inc., the startup behind the popular Cursor code editor, has reportedly raised $900 million in funding. Sources told the Financial Times late Sunday that Thrive Capital led the investment. The venture capital firm previously led OpenAI’s $6.6 billion raise last year. Thrive Capital was reportedly joined by Andreessen Horowitz, Accel and other backers. It’s ...
SonicWall debuts new firewalls and managed cybersecurity service
SonicWall Inc. today debuted two new firewall appliances, the NSa 2800 and NSa 3800, that promise to help companies more effectively block cyberattacks. The devices are rolling out alongside a new managed service called MPSS. It’s designed to reduce the amount of effort involved in maintaining an organization’s firewalls. “With this launch, we are bringing ...
Doppel raises $35M for its social engineering detection platform
Cybersecurity startup Doppel Inc. today disclosed that it has closed a $35 million funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The venture capital firm was joined by 9Yards Capital, Sozo Ventures and several returning backers. The Series B raise closed at a $205 million valuation. “We’ll use these funds to double down on our core ...
Anthropic updates Claude with new Integrations feature, upgraded research tool
Anthropic PBC today updated Claude with a feature called Integrations that will enable the chatbot to access data from third-party cloud services. The company rolled out the capability alongside an enhanced version of Research, a tool it introduced last month. The latter feature enables Claude to prepare detailed reports about user-specified topics. Research can now ...