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Aurasell launches AI-native Go-To-Market Operating System for Salesforce and HubSpot
Aurasell Inc. today launched what it claims to be the world’s first Go-To-Market Operating System, a new way to run intelligent, automated workflows on top of any common customer relationship management software already in place. GTM OS offers artificial intelligence-native execution, shared context and workflow automation to existing Salesforce Inc., HubSpot Inc. and other enterprise ...
Opaque raises $24M at $300M valuation for ‘confidential AI’ platform
Confidential artificial intelligence platform provider Opaque Systems Inc. today announced that it has raised $24 million in new funding on a $300 million valuation to accelerate the delivery of its platform. Founded in 2021, Opaque offers infrastructure that is designed to address enterprise concerns about data privacy, model exposure and policy enforcement in artificial intelligence workflows. The ...
Fastly surges 30%+ after crushing earnings estimates and lifting 2026 forecast
Shares in Fastly Inc. surged more than 30% in after-hours trading today after the cloud-based edge infrastructure and content delivery network provider not only delivered earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter but also gave an outlook well ahead of expectations. For the quarter that ended on Dec. 31, Fastly reported adjusted ...
Nucleus Security adds $20M in funding to support enterprise exposure management demand
Nucleus Security Inc. today announced that it has raised $20 million in new funding to support product development its vulnerability and exposure management services by expanding platform capabilities and scaling up customer deployments. Founded in 2018, Nucleus focuses on exposure management rather than standalone vulnerability scanning by treating vulnerabilities, assets and contextual risk signals as interconnected ...
GitGuardian raises $50M to expand nonhuman identity and AI agent security
Non-human identity security platform company GitGuardian SAS today announced that it had raised $50 million in new funding to fuel its expansion in secrets and artificial intelligence agent security as organizations grapple with exponential growth in nonhuman identities. Founded in 2017, GitGuardian offers a security platform that is designed to detect, manage and govern secrets ...
Vega lands $120M Series B to expand Security Analytics Mesh platform
Artificial intelligence native security analytics startup Vega Security Inc. announced today that it has raised $120 million in new funding to accelerate product development and expand its go-to-market team. Founded in 2024, Vega offers an AI-native security analytics platform that is designed to support the full security operations lifecycle without requiring centralized data ingestion. The ...
Rapid7 shares plunge on weak outlook despite fourth-quarter beat
Shares in Rapid7 Inc. plunged more than 18% in late trading today after the cybersecurity solutions provider gave forecasts below expectations amid slowing growth, despite reporting earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter. For the quarter that ended on Dec. 31, Rapid7 reported adjusted earnings per share of 44 cents, down from ...
Reco raises $30M to lock down AI apps and autonomous agents
Software-as-a-service security company Recolabs Inc. today announced that it has raised $30 million in new funding to support its continued expansion, including significant hiring across engineering, product and go-to-market teams with a focus on discovering and securing AI apps and agents at scale. Founded in 2020, Reco focuses on making AI tools, copilots and autonomous ...
Newo lands $25M to bring production-ready AI receptionists to small businesses
Artificial intelligence voice infrastructure startup Newo Inc. announced today that it has raised $25 million in new funding to accelerate product development, expand its partner ecosystem, scale up go-to-market efforts, and expand its AI voice capabilities across additional industries and use cases. Founded in 2023, Newo offers human-like AI voice and text agents that are ...
Backslash Security lands $19M to tackle security risks emerging from vibe coding
Vibe coding security company Backslash Security Inc. revealed today that it has raised $19 million in new funding to expand its research and development talent and operations, deepen platform capabilities and scale up its go-to-market presence in the U.S. and Europe. Founded in 2022, Backslash focuses on protecting what it describes as the emerging vibe ...









