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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CardinalOps expands Threat Exposure Management platform with unified prevention and detection tools

Israeli artificial intelligence-powered security engineering startup CardinalOps Ltd. today announced new enhancements to its Threat Exposure Management platform. The enhancements are aimed at boosting the company’s position in the continuous threat exposure management market. They come through a newly launched platform that provides security teams with better visibility, smarter prioritization and consistent workflows to address exposures and ...

Gomboc AI secures $13M to tackle cloud security backlogs with deterministic AI

Gomboc.AI Inc., which provides deterministic artificial intelligence for cloud security, today announced that it has raised $13 million in seed funding to accelerate its mission to eliminate the security backlog that delays critical business transformation. Founded in 2022 and a 2024 participant in Google LLC’s growth academy for cybersecurity startups, Gomboc offers a deterministic AI ...

Menlo Security acquires Votiro to strengthen zero-trust file and data security

Cloud security company Menlo Security Inc. today announced that it has acquired zero-trust content security startup Votiro Cybersec Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2010, Votiro offers enhanced data detection and analytics capabilities with a platform that eliminates file-borne attacks from email, web downloads, portal uploads and file-sharing platforms. The company’s threat prevention and data privacy ...

Google report warns of Russian threat groups targeting Signal Messenger

A new report released today by Google LLC’s Threat Intelligence Group warns that Russian state-backed threat actors are increasingly targeting Signal Messenger users in an effort to intercept sensitive communications. The report details how multiple Russian-aligned cyber espionage groups have focused on compromising Signal accounts through the app’s “linked devices” feature. Attackers use phishing tactics ...

Cadence reports strong revenue growth but 2025 forecast disappoints investors

Shares in Cadence Design Systems Inc. fell in after-hours trading today after the electronics and system design company’s 2025 outlook fell short of expectations despite reporting earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter. For the quarter that ended on Dec. 31, Cadence reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.88, up from $1.38 ...

HP to acquire assets from ‘Ai Pin’ maker Humane in $116M deal

HP Inc. today announced that it will acquire assets from Humane Inc., the maker of an artificial intelligence-powered smart pin, for $116 million. Humane burst onto the AI scene in November 2023 with the launch of a device known as the “Ai Pin” that sold for $699. The device (pictured), which was worn by users ...

Pangea expands AI security offerings with AI Guard and Prompt Guard

Security guardrails for artificial intelligence applications startup Pangea Cyber Corp. today announced the general availability of two new services that help secure AI by defending against threats such as prompt injection and sensitive information disclosure. The first new service available, AI Guard, prevents sensitive data leakage and blocks malicious and unwanted content such as swearing, ...

Deepwatch acquires security intelligence firm Dassana to strengthen AI-powered cyber resilience

Artificial intelligence and human cyber resilience platform company Deepwatch Inc. today announced that it has acquired security intelligence solutions startup Dassana Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2020, Dassana specializes in transforming complex security data into actionable insights. The company offers solutions that it says aggregate and normalize data from various security tools, allowing enterprises to ...

Singulr AI launches with $10M in funding to secure enterprise AI adoption

Enterprise artificial intelligence security and governance platform startup Singulr AI Inc. today officially launched with an announcement that it has raised $10 million in funding to scale up its platform and enhance its AI risk management capabilities. The company was founded by Shiv Agarwal and Abhijit Sharma, who previously built Arkin Net Inc., which was ...

Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence reportedly raising $1B+ on $30B valuation

Safe Superintelligence Inc., a company co-founded by former OpenAI employee and co-founder Ilya Sutskever is reportedly in the process of raising a new round of more than $1 billion on a valuation of more than $30 billion. Bloomberg reports, referencing a person “who asked not to be identified discussing private information,” that Greenoaks Capital Partners ...