Laravel Holdings Inc., the company behind the open-source Laravel PHP web application framework, announced today that it has raised $57 million in new funding from Accel Partners LP to support open-source development and its new cloud platform aimed at simplifying application deployment. Founded in 2011, Laravel offers a PHP-based web application framework with elegant syntax and ...

Shares of Smartsheet Inc. rose in regular and late trading today after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings results and a report emerged that a private equity consortium was in talks to acquire the management platform company. For its second quarter ended July 31, Smartsheet reported adjusted earnings per share of 44 cents, up from ...

Open-source enterprise software firm SUSE S.A. today announced new observability capabilities for its Rancher Prime solution for Kubernetes environments that enhance full-stack visibility and troubleshooting. The company’s current release, SUSE Rancher Prime 3.1, is an enterprise-grade platform for managing and deploying Kubernetes clusters across any environment, whether on-premises, in the cloud or at the edge. ...

Phishing protection company SlashNext Inc. today announced the launch of Project Phantom, a new virtual stealth mode browser that offers advanced URL analysis and threat detection to its customers. Project Phantom is being offered alongside SlashNext’s messaging security platform and is designed to see through obfuscation techniques commonly used by threat actors. The browser also delivers ...

Artificial intelligence and machine learning cybersecurity company Protect AI Inc. today announced the availability of a new free four-part video training and certification program on how to build security into AI and machine learning lifecycles using an MLSecOps Framework. Called MLSecOps Foundations, the program has been designed to equip organizations with the essential knowledge they need to ...

Cybersecurity compliance startup Vanta Inc. today announced new product features and enhancements designed to automate and streamline governance, risk and compliance processes for businesses. Leading the list of announcements is a new Report Center that provides a centralized, real-time view into the state of a business’ security and compliance program. The new Report Center includes six reports, ...

The U.S. departments of Justice, State and Treasury announced today sanctions and criminal charges in relation to claimed Russian government-sponsored attempts to manipulate public opinion ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election. Announced by Attorney General Merrick Garland (pictured, right), the claims, which some media outlets are referring to as “Russiagate 2.0,” include that two ...

Productivity platform startup Cortex Applications Inc. announced today that it has raised $60 million in new funding to grow developer awareness around its internal developer platform and further its platform capabilities with enhanced workflows, engineering intelligence and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2019, Cortex offers an internal developer platform that is designed to help companies catalog, score and ...

Human resources platform startup Oyster HR Inc. announced today that it has raised $59 million in new funding to expand its global employment platform and improve cross-border hiring solutions. Founded in 2020, Oyster offers an employment platform that is designed to help companies hire, pay and manage talent with a focus on simplifying cross-border employment. ...

Fintech platform startup Payouts.com today announced that it has raised $12.1 million in new funding to enhance its vendor relationship management capabilities and advance product development. Founded in 2022, Payouts.com offers a platform designed to automate and streamline supplier payment processes. The platform offers a suite of capabilities for managing supplier relations to ensure seamless ...