Web and mobile testing company BrowserStack Inc. today announced the launch of Testing Toolkit, a new Google Chrome extension that brings more than 10 essential manual testing tools into one solution. The new extension seeks to address the issue wherein manual web testing has become increasingly fragmented. BrowserStack argues that today, quality assurance teams are forced to ...

Identity management provider Ping Identity Corp. today announced new just-in-time privileged access capabilities within the Ping Identity Platform that provide capabilities across all three categories of identity: access management, identity governance and administration, and privileged access management. The new access capabilities come with centralized identity control in a single platform to give customers a more ...

Open-source artificial intelligence development platform provider Sentient Foundation today announced the launch of The GRID, a “network of intelligence” that is designed to let developers monetize and coordinate artificial intelligence agents across real-world environments. The GRID varies from proprietary marketplaces from the likes of OpenAI and Amazon Web Services Inc. by being developer-led, open to all and designed ...

Artificial intelligence coding assistant startup Cognition AI Inc. has reportedly raised nearly $500 million in funding on a $9.8 billion valuation, a month after it entered an agreement to acquire Windsurf Inc. Though the company hasn’t as yet confirmed the raise, The Wall Street Journal reported today that earlier this week, Cognition filed a document with ...

Application performance monitoring company Sentry Inc. today announced the launch of MCP Server Monitoring, a new service that gives anyone building on top of the Model Context Protocol a clearer view into what is working and not working behind the scenes. MCP, introduced by Anthropic PBC last November, has seen rapid adoption as companies move to make ...

Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced new security capabilities that are aimed at preparing enterprises for the looming quantum computing era while bolstering defenses for increasingly complex multi-cloud and artificial intelligence environments. The new offerings, part of the PAN-OS 12.1 “Orion” release, are designed to give organizations visibility into cryptographic risks, automate remediation and deliver ...

A new report out today from human behavior security company Abnormal AI Inc. details how cybercriminals are increasingly selling active law enforcement and government email accounts on dark web marketplaces, turning institutional trust into a low-cost commodity. According to the report, cybercriminals are selling law enforcement and government email accounts for as little as $40 a piece. Access ...

Contract intelligence platform startup Infinity Loop Inc. announced today that it has raised $5 million in new funding to accelerate go-to-market expansion to meet enterprise demand. Founded in 2021 by procurement consultants and artificial intelligence experts Nithin Mummaneni and Kevin Liang, Infinity Loop was designed to replace the traditional reliance on manual audits and expensive ...

Archestra Inc., a startup providing a platform for artificial intelligence agents and Model Context Protocol servers, today announced that it has raised $3.3 million in new funding to develop its open-source security-first platform for safely deploying AI agents and MCP servers in enterprise environments. Archestra was founded by serial founders Matvey Kukuy and Ildar Iskhakov ...

Artificial intelligence search startup Perplexity AI Inc. is reported to be seeking to raise new funding on a $20 billion valuation, a month after the company last raised $100 million on an $18 billion valuation. Business Insider, referencing an email sent to prospective investors and a source with knowledge of the raise, reports that there ...