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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Coralogix and AWS team up to enhance AI observability and threat detection

Observability platform company Coralogix Ltd. today announced a new strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services Inc. to advance artificial intelligence-powered observability and security. Under the collaboration, Coralogix and AWS will create and deliver solutions that leverage Amazon Bedrock to offer comprehensive advance monitoring. The collaboration seeks to address the issue wherein many observability platforms today rely ...

Global VC funding climbs to $91B in second quarter as AI leads investment trends

Global venture capital funding showed renewed strength in the second quarter of this year, with total funding increasing to $91 billion, up from $82 billion in the same quarter of last year. That’s according to a new report released today by market intelligence company Crunchbase Inc. The figure, though up year-over-year, was down from $113 billion in the ...

New Clarifai tool lets AI models run locally and scale through the cloud

Intelligent application development startup Clarifai Inc. today announced the launch of AI Runners, a new offering designed to provide developers and MLOps engineers with uniquely flexible options for deploying and managing their artificial intelligence models. AI Runners allows users to connect models running on their local machines or private servers directly to Clarifai’s platform via a publicly ...

Ingram Micro confirms ransomware attack disrupted systems over July 4 weekend

Information technology products and services giant Ingram Micro Holding Corp. has confirmed that it was targeted by a ransomware attack that resulted in disruption to its services over the July 4 long weekend. The ransomware attack is believed to have first struck the company on July 3, when Ingram Micro’s website and ordering systems first ...

Pimloc raises $5M to expand AI video privacy platform globally

Artificial intelligence video privacy and analytics startup Pimloc Inc. announced today that it has raised $5 million in a strategic investment to accelerate its global expansion, scale up adoption of its platform, and enhance capabilities for privacy-first video and data intelligence. Founded in 2016, Pimloc specializes in developing advanced visual AI systems that allow organizations ...

Global venture capital shows signs of life in second quarter as AI deals dominate capital flow

The global venture capital market clawed back some momentum in the second quarter of 2025, though structural weaknesses, especially in fundraising, continued to cast a long shadow. That’s according to a first look at the quarterly PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report released early Thursday. The second quarter of 2025 saw $67.6 billion in exit value generated, the ...

Cofense uncovers dramatic rise in phishing attacks using Spain’s .es domains

A new report out today from phishing defense company Cofense Inc. reveals a dramatic rise in malicious activity leveraging Spain’s .es top-level domain, marking a shift in tactics among phishing operators targeting enterprise users. According to the research from Max Gannon and Jacob Malimban from Cofense’s Intelligence Team, the use of the .es TLD in credential phishing ...

ChatGPT Data Collective launches to give users control over their AI chat histories

A new project launching today is aiming to shift the power dynamics behind artificial intelligence training data by giving regular users ownership over the conversations they’ve had with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Called the ChatGPT Data Collective, the initiative allows people to upload their personal chat histories to unlock personal insights and earn rewards for contributing their ...

Figma makes IPO plans public following earlier confidential SEC filing

Collaborative design software company Figma Inc. today revealed the details of its planned initial public offering with the publication of its S-1 paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company first revealed it planned to go public and had confidentially filed its paperwork with the SEC on April 15. Founded in 2012, Figma offers cloud-based ...

Exabeam expands Nova AI platform with new strategy agent for CISOs

Security intelligence and management solutions company Exabeam Inc. today unveiled an expansion of its Nova multi-agent artificial intelligence system with the addition of a cybersecurity strategy agent for security operations center leadership. Exabeam claims the new Nova Advisor Agent is the cybersecurity industry’s first AI capability designed to turn security data into a strategy that chief information ...