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Nasuni raises $25M to pursue its vision for hybrid cloud storage
While traditional storage suppliers are only starting to address the growing amounts of data that companies are moving to the cloud, Nasuni Inc. is looking to build on its foothold in cloud-connected storage. The Massachusetts-based startup secured $25 million in funding this morning to try to strengthen its position even further. About two-thirds of the ...
Tact raises $15M to put conversational interface on Salesforce.com
Chatbots are automating cybersecurity operations and speeding up recruiting, and now companies are starting to employ them as part of their sales efforts. That’s being driven in part by Tact Inc., a five-year-old startup that today announced it has raised $15 million in funding from a group of big-name investors. Upfront Ventures provided the biggest portion of the ...
Microsoft Ventures launches dedicated AI fund
Stepping up efforts to capitalize on the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, Microsoft Corp. said today that it’s launching a new fund dedicated exclusively to artificial intelligence. Nagraj Kashyap (above), the head of the company’s venture capital arm, said Microsoft is looking to back AI startups with, not surprisingly, “potential for strong financial returns” and ...
Sprinklr debuts tool to help brands get ads in front of the right audience
Although Google Inc. and other advertising providers have built their entire businesses on helping brands target specific audiences, consistently showing the right promotion to the right people can still be difficult. Sprinklr Inc. hopes to ease the challenge for users of its social media management platform with a new analytics tool rolling out today that’s designed ...
AWS arrives in Canada as Amazon’s cloud continues to expand
Less than two months after Amazon.com Inc. chief technology officer Werner Vogels revealed plans to bring its public cloud into Canada, the expansion has become official. The company on Wednesday launched a new data center cluster in Montreal that consists of two separate campuses located a safe distance apart. As Amazon detailed in its announcement, ...
Nantero raises $21M to harness carbon nanotubes for data storage
While Intel Corp. works to commercialize its bleeding-edge XPoint memory technology, an up-and-coming contender called Nantero Inc. is rapidly gaining ground. The nanotechnology startup marked another milestone in its efforts today after securing a $21 million funding round led by Globespan Capital Partners. The venture firm, which previously backed tech giants such as Zynga Inc. and ...
Google opens up tool to visualize complex big data used by AIs
Modern data visualization tools such as Tableau and QlikView make it possible to create all kinds of sophisticated business graphs, but certain information is simply too complex to fit on a regular two-dimensional dashboard. In an effort to fill the gap, Google Inc.’s research unit on Wednesday announced that it has open-sourced a data navigation ...
Sauce Labs makes its first acquisition following $70M funding round
Development automation provider Sauce Labs Inc. is already starting to make use of the $70 million that investors put into its war chest last month. The startup, which claims to operate the industry’s most popular software testing platform, has acquired a low-key rival called TestObject GmbH for an undisclosed sum. The Berlin-based firm offers a ...
Talla launches a workflow automation chatbot for HR teams
Chatbots are finding use in more and more parts of the enterprise. Talla Inc., a startup backed by Avalon Ventures and Pillar, wants to add human relations departments to the list with a new personnel management agent that it’s rolling out today. The bot is the first component of what the firm hopes will eventually become ...
Watch out, Intel: Qualcomm’s newest chip breaks the 10-nanometer barrier
More and more semiconductor makers are challenging Intel Corp. in the server market. Qualcomm Technologies Inc., which is best known for its mobile chips, moved to the head of the pack today after introducing a new 48-core data center processor. The chip ups the industry ante on computational density. Referred to as the Centriq 2400, it’s based ...