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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 …
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 …
Investors bet $102M on machine learning consultancy Element AI
Artificial intelligence is attracting great interest in the enterprise, but most companies lack the necessary know-how to make the most out of the technology. That’s the observation that led a group of Canadian machine learning experts to establish Element AI Inc., which …
MemSQL takes its data warehouse to the cloud
Just as with other computing jobs, companies are increasingly migrating their database instances to the cloud in a bid to reduce management overhead. MemSQL Inc. wants to join that party. The startup is today introducing a cloud edition of its data warehouse, which is used …
Box launches enterprise-friendly desktop app for Windows and Mac
As of today, desktop users have a new option for accessing Box Inc.’s file-sharing service. The collaboration giant is rolling out a new client app for Windows and Mac that offers an alternative to the main browser-based interface. Dubbed Box Drive, it’s a successor …
WhiteSource lands $10M to help developers manage open-source code
The wealth of open-source code on the web is a major boon for developers, but using outside components in an application carries risks. Many of the biggest security vulnerabilities in recent memory, including Heartbleed, were introduced to services through code taken from public repositories. WhiteSource Software …
Atlassian takes a page from Oracle’s book with new enterprise pricing
Team collaboration software provider Atlassian Inc. is trying a new tactic to win over enterprise customers from competitors. The company today introduced Atlassian Stack, a suite that makes its core products available under a single subscription instead of requiring companies to separately …
Astro’s email bot comes to Slack and Alexa
Astro Technology Inc. exited stealth mode in March with an email client designed to bring the chatbot-powered automation features available on services such as Slack to the inbox. Today, the startup has come full circle and integrated the virtual assistant powering its application …
Microsoft leads $10M round into passwordless security startup Trusona
In the past few years, the tech industry has been trying to develop an alternative to passwords for user authentication as part of an effort to reduce the threat of account theft. Trusona Inc., one of the startups leading the push, today announced it …
Illusive Networks extends its hacker deception technology to email
By the time a hacker breaks into a company’s email systems, there’s usually no way to prevent them from stealing information. But according to Illusive Networks Inc., the scope of the breach can be mitigated to a large degree. The startup promises …