Agentic certified public accountant assistant startup Abacus AI Inc. announced today that it had raised $6.6 million in new funding to give CPAs “superpowers” by turning junior-level preparers into reviewers and bringing Big Four-level automation and efficiency to the entire CPA market. Founded by brothers Cody and Brandon Sugarman, both engineers from Stanford, Abacus pitches ...

Enterprise resource planning startup Nomimal Ltd. announced today that it has raised $20 million in new funding to fuel its mission to automate complex finance tasks for midmarket and enterprise companies using AI agents. Founded in 2023, Nominal offers an AI-powered automation platform that has been built for modern finance and accounting teams who are ...

Artificial intelligence infrastructure, developer tools, observability and workflow orchestration company LangChain Inc. has reportedly raised $100 million in new funding on a $1.1 billion valuation. The news that the company was raising a new round was first reported today by TechCrunch, with Forbes later claiming that the round had already been raised and closed. LangChain ...

OpenAI is reportedly close to releasing a browser that could potentially take on Google LLC’s market dominance with its Chrome browser, several months after the company said that it would be interested in buying Chrome from Google. According to Reuters, which references three unnamed people familiar with the matter, the browser is slated to be ...

A new report released today by cybersecurity company Fortinet Inc. has found that operational technology cybersecurity is gaining significant attention at the executive level, with corporate leaders increasingly taking responsibility for OT security strategies. The new 2025 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report found that 52% of organizations now report that their chief information ...

Container management platform company Platform9 Systems Inc. today announced a new partnership with data protection provider Commvault Systems Inc. that includes full integration of Commvault with Platform9 Private Cloud Director for advanced data protection. Platform9’s Private Cloud Director is designed to give enterprises a familiar private cloud experience with the enterprise-grade features they expect, including VM high ...

Singapore-based no-code robotics startups Augmentus Pte. Ltd. announced today that it has raised $11 million in new funding. It will use the funds to accelerate deployment of its fully autonomous robotic surface finishing and spraying systems, fulfill demand from manufacturing customers, and advance research and development into “hyper-adaptive” artificial intelligence-driven robotic systems. Founded in 2019, ...

OpenAI is reportedly upping its internal security to protect its intellectual property from corporate espionage amid claims that it has been targeted by Chinese artificial intelligence companies. According to the Financial Times, which references several unnamed people close to OpenAI today, the changes recently have included stricter controls of sensitive information and enhanced vetting of ...

A new report out today from unified identity security company Silverfort Inc. details a previously undisclosed denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Netlogon protocol that could allow low-privilege machines to crash Windows domain controllers remotely, disrupting core Active Directory services. The vulnerability, dubbed “NOTLogon,” has been assigned CVE-2025-47978 and was patched by Microsoft in its July 8 Patch ...

Cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks Inc. today announced the launch of Barracuda Entra ID Backup Premium, a new solution to safeguard Microsoft Entra ID environments from accidental and malicious data loss. Barracuda Entra ID Backup Premium has been designed to give users centralized visibility into backup status, data health and storage insights through a unified dashboard. The service ...