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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DocuSign exceeds expectations in third quarter, forecasts higher fourth-quarter revenue

Shares in DocuSign Inc. trended down slightly in late trading today despite the electronic signature company reporting beats in revenue and earnings in its third quarter and offering a better-than-outlook for its fourth quarter. For the quarter that ended Oct. 31, DocuSign reported adjusted net income per share of 79 cents, up from 57 cents in the ...

New Coro cybersecurity platform offers modular security for midmarket companies

Cloud cybersecurity startup Coro Cyber Security Ltd. today launched Coro 3.0, a new way for midmarket businesses to manage and consume cybersecurity. Claimed to be the world’s first modular cybersecurity platform, Coro 3.0 consolidates multiple security capabilities into a unified solution, offering seamlessly integrated modules, from endpoint detection and response and security access service edge to email ...

Microsoft announces major security leadership reshuffle, appoints new CISO

Microsoft Corp. has made a significant shakeup of its security team, as its longtime leader was put into a new role and a new chief information security officer was appointed Tuesday. Igor Tsyganskiy, who joined Microsoft four months ago in the role of chief strategy officer, has been appointed the new CISO, replacing Bret Arsenault, who ...

Elon Musk’s xAI, maker of controversial chatbot Grok, seeks to raise $1B

A month after unveiling Grok, its first generative artificial intelligence chatbot, Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI Corp. is now seeking to raise $1 billion from investors. The disclosure came in a filing today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which disclosed that along with seeking $1 billion, xAI has already raised nearly $135 million through ...

Asana’s financial wins dimmed by warnings of economic challenges ahead

Shares in Asana Inc. plunged by over 12% in late trading today after the work management software company warned of a challenging macroeconomic environment for the second straight quarter, despite reporting beats in earnings and revenue in its fiscal third quarter and forecasting a better-than-expect outlook for its fourth quarter. For the quarter that ended Oct. 31, ...

Cisco unveils AI assistant for enhanced cybersecurity in Security Cloud platform

Cisco Systems Inc. today announced a new artificial intelligence assistant designed to enhance cybersecurity measures by providing advanced data analysis, policy recommendation and automated task management. Called the Cisco AI Assistant for Security, the new service marks a major step in making AI pervasive in the Security Cloud, Cisco’s unified security platform, the company says. ...

SentinelOne shares surge on strong quarterly results and upbeat forecast

Shares in SentinelOne Inc. jumped more than 17% in after-hours trading today after the cybersecurity company delivered beats in earnings and revenue in its fiscal third quarter and forecast a better-than-expected outlook for its fourth quarter. For the quarter that ended on Oct. 31, SentinelOne reported an adjusted loss per share of three cents, down ...

Fiscal challenges for Box as earnings, revenue and outlook fall short of projections

Shares in Box Inc. dropped over 10% in late trading today after the file-sharing company missed on earnings and revenue in its fiscal third quarter and issued a lower outlook than expected. For the quarter that ended Oct. 31, Box reported adjusted earnings per share of 36 cents, up from 31 cents in the same ...

Nexusflow’s latest AI model outperforms GPT-4 in software tool usage

Generative artificial intelligence cybersecurity startup Nexusflow.ai Inc. today announced the release of NexusRaven-V2, a 13 billion-parameter open-source generative artificial intelligence model that delivers function calling capability and is claimed to outperform GPT-4 in software tool usage. Function calling allows the large language model to understand human instructions and translate the instructions into precise function/application programming interface calls to ...

The Syndicate Group unveils enhanced SaaS platform for streamlined startup investments

Venture firm The Syndicate Group Inc. today announced new updates to its software-as-a-service platform to enable strategic channel partners to invest in venture deals alongside many of the leading venture firms in Silicon Valley. The updates include a more streamlined user experience with easy access to critical documents and filings, allowing investors to monitor and ...