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Sumo Logic raises a hefty $75M to tame machine-generated data
A large portion of the data in companies’ possession comes from automated logging mechanisms deployed throughout their infrastructure, which raises the need for a different kind of analytics tool than those used to process information produced by people. Sumo Logic Inc. is one of the providers working to address this requirement. In a bid to ...
Box and Microsoft deepen partnership with a focus on data centers, AI
Over the years, the relationship between Box Inc. and Microsoft Corp. has evolved beyond pure rivalry to include a measure of cooperation as well. They still compete with one another in file-sharing, but at the same time they provide product integrations to support joint customers. The companies announced today that they have further deepened their partnership by ...
Cloudflare launches an app store for websites, plus a $100M developer fund
Cloudflare Inc. is increasingly looking beyond the content delivery market for growth opportunities. The provider today pulled back the curtains on Cloudflare Apps, a new marketplace where customers of its platform can access third-party services for enhancing their sites. It’s based on technology that the company obtained through the acquisition of a startup called Eager ...
Auth0 raises $30M to help developers better manage application access
A year and more than 1,200 customer wins after its last funding round, Auth0 Inc. has nabbed an additional $30 million from a consortium led by Meritech Capital Partners to keep the momentum going. The Bellevue, Washington-based startup competes in identity management with a cloud-based platform for regulating application access. It’s designed to save companies ...
Amazon reportedly plans to launch an AI translation service
It appears that Amazon.com Inc. is preparing to add yet another artificial intelligence service to its public cloud. According to CNBC, the company will soon launch a commercial version of a machine translation system that is used internally to make product details and account information available in multiple languages. The source who leaked word of ...
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, ...