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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Tesla earnings top estimates as Musk pivots company from cars to robots

Shares of Tesla Inc. rose slightly in after-hours trading today after the company beat expectations in its fiscal fourth quarter and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk announced major changes that will shift Tesla’s identity beyond car manufacturing. For the quarter that ended on Dec. 31, Tesla reported adjusted earnings per share of 50 cents, down ...

Decagon AI raises $250M at $4.5B valuation to scale AI concierge platform

Artificial intelligence concierge for every customer company Decagon AI Inc., which offers an artificial intelligence “concierge” for customers, today revealed that it has raised $250 million in new late-stage funding on a $4.5 billion valuation. Founded in 2023, Decagon offers advanced conversational AI agents that are designed to transform how businesses interact with their customers ...

Waabi raises $750M as Uber separately commits up to $250M for robotaxi partnership

Canadian autonomous truck startup Waabi Innovation Inc. announced today that it has raised $750 million in new funding and secured a separate, milestone-based future investment of up to $250 million from Uber Technologies Inc. The latter deal is to support a new partnership to deploy robotaxis powered by the Waabi Driver exclusively on the Uber platform. As ...

Dynatrace Intelligence aims to advance autonomous software operations

Artificial intelligence observability platform company Dynatrace Inc. today announced a set of platform updates at its Perform Conference in Las Vegas that included the debut of Dynatrace Intelligence, a new agentic operations system designed to bring enterprises closer to reliable, autonomous software operations. The launch marks the next phase in the evolution of the Dynatrace ...

Mesh Security raises $12M to scale cybersecurity mesh execution platform

Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture platform startup Mesh Security Inc. announced today that it has raised $12 million in new early-stage funding. The money will be used to advance its autonomous, agentic capabilities, expand how the platform reasons over cross-domain attack path, and enable system-level remediation while scaling sales and customer support to meet growing enterprise demand. Founded ...

Abstract Security partners with Netskope to bring real-time detection into security data streams

Security data operations company Abstract Security Inc. today announced a new partnership with cloud security company Netskope Inc. to give joint customers the ability to bring detection directly into the data stream and to help eliminate indexing delays for more efficient threat detection. The partnership will allow Abstract Security and Netskope customers to simplify and ...

Datatruck raises $12M to scale AI-native operating system for long-haul trucking

Datatruck Inc., a startup that offers an artificial intelligence-native operating system for North American truckers, announced today that it has raised $12 million in early-stage funding to accelerate product development and extend its technology as carriers increasingly replace legacy transportation management systems with modern, AI-driven platforms. Founded in 2022, Datatruck’s AI-native operating system is built ...

Apiiro introduces Guardian Agent to secure AI-driven software development

Application security posture management company Apiiro Ltd. today announced the launch of Guardian Agent, a new artificial intelligence application security agent that guards AI models and prevents vulnerable and noncompliant code before it’s generated. Guardian Agent is designed, in the company’s words, to “bring order to chaos,” by enabling enterprises to scale AI-native development while continuously reducing ...

Rein Security launches with a focus on real-time production application security

Application security startup Rein Security Inc. formally launched today with a promise to address critical blind spots in application and artificial intelligence security. Founded by industry veterans and backed by investors including Glilot Capital Partners LP, Rein offers technology that provides real-time context and protection inside application production environments. Rein is seeking to assist with ...

MIND launches DLP for Agentic AI to secure data used by autonomous systems

Data loss protection company MIND Security Inc. today announced the launch of DLP for Agentic AI, a data-centric approach to artificial intelligence security that helps organizations safely achieve the business value of agentic AI by ensuring sensitive data and AI systems interact safely and responsibly. The new release is designed to address the risks that ...