Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things. Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days. Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

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Urbint raises $35M to enhance disaster response tools for energy sector

Risk management platform startup Urbint Inc. announced today that it has raised $35 million through a strategic investment led by S2G Ventures for further development of its resiliency and storm response solutions for utilities. Founded in 2015, Urbint offers an artificial intelligence-powered platform for identifying and mitigating threats to workers, critical infrastructure and communities. The company’s main ...

Cyber Guru raises $25M to expand AI-driven cybersecurity training platform

Cybersecurity awareness training platform startup Cyber Guru Srl announced today that it has raised $25 million in new funding. It plans to use the money to accelerate its artificial intelligence-driven training roadmap, increase sales and marketing resources, and expand its go-to-market operations across Europe. Founded in 2017, Cyber Guru offers a modern security awareness training ...

Tesla shares surge 11% on strong earnings and promise of more affordable models in 2025

Shares in Tesla Inc. rose more than 11% in late trading today after the electric car maker and energy company surprised investors with higher-than-expected earnings in its fiscal third quarter. Chief Executive Elon Musk also said the company plans to launch more affordable models in the first half of 2025. For the quarter ended Sept. ...

Google announces new AI-driven enhancements and security features for Chrome Enterprise and ChromeOS

Google LLC today announced several new features and improvements for Chrome Enterprise and ChromeOS that are focused on enhancing productivity, security and ease of management for enterprise users. The announcements start at a new Enterprise Web Store for Extensions, a new store set to launch later his year that will allow enterprises to offer a ...

Freddy AI Agent from Freshworks promises quick deployment and autonomous support

Customer service and support software firm Freshworks Inc. today announced the launch of “Freddy AI Agent,” a new artificial intelligent agent that improves the customer and employee experience. Freddy AI Agent has been designed to be easy to deploy and requires no code or consultants, allowing businesses to integrate the AI agent within minutes. Built to ...

Sidero Labs raises $4M to advance Kubernetes and bare-metal cluster management solutions

Kubernetes and containerized application management startup Sidero Labs Inc. announced today that it has raised $4 million in new funding to advance its solutions for managing bare-metal and hybrid computing clusters while ensuring high levels of security. Founded in 2019, Sidero Labs was, as it says, “born out of real-life Kubernetes experience – and problems.” ...

Fortanix and Sectigo join forces to secure software supply chains with automated code signing

Multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. today announced a new partnership with digital certificates and certificate lifecycle management firm Sectigo Ltd. that will allow enterprises to secure their software supply chain by automating the issuance of code-signing certificates. The partnership is focused on providing enterprises with a fast, scalable solution to automate and control their need to create, ...

Stream.Security secures $30M to enhance AI-powered cloud threat management

Cloud security solutions startup Stream.Security today announced it had raised $30 million in new funding to allow it to accelerate its growth through research and development and drive market expansion. Founded in 2020, Stream.Security, previously known as Lightlytics, offers real-time cloud threat and exposure management solutions for enterprises. The company’s flagship Cloud Twin technology models an organization’s ...

Hue raises $4.5M to expand AI-powered video platform for e-commerce

Hue Beauty Inc., an artificial intelligence-powered platform for user-generated video content startup, announced today that it has raised $4.5 million in new funding to grow its reach and to develop new partnerships. Founded in 2021, Hue helps brands and retailers embed TikTok-style shoppable videos on their e-commerce websites to give customers the confidence to add ...

SailPoint expands identity security platform with new cloud features, AI and automation

Identity security company SailPont Technologies Inc. today announced a series of new products and capabilities designed to enhance enterprise security and governance. The releases include new features for its Identity Security Cloud, a dedicated Machine Identity Security product and a Privileged Task Automation solution. Together, the announcements are part of SailPoint’s aim to help enterprises manage identity ...