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Vanta launches AI Agent to automate compliance workflows
Cybersecurity compliance startup Vanta Inc. today announced the launch of Vanta AI Agent, a new agent designed to handle end-to-end workflows autonomously across a company’s entire compliance program. The new agent, powered by Vanta AI, contextually guides organizations through key tasks, accurately identifies issues and inconsistencies humans might miss and proactively takes action on their behalf, while ...
Zilliz launches Milvus 2.6 to reduce AI infrastructure costs
Vector database for enterprise-grade artificial intelligence applications company Zilliz Inc. today announced the release of Milvus 2.6, a new version of its open-source Milvus vector database that significantly reduces costs associated with artificial intelligence applications. The new release includes tiered hot/cold storage and advanced vector compression techniques that allow users to scale up efficiently without compromising performance. For ...
Veza tackles AI credential surge with new nonhuman identity protections
Data security platform company Veza Inc. today announced it has expanded its identity security platform with the launch of a dedicated nonhuman identity security product. The new NHI Security product and capabilities offer visibility, ownership and governance to machine identities, such as service accounts, secrets, keys and workloads, across software-as-a-service, cloud, infrastructure and on-premises environments. The new ...
Landbase raises $30M to expand AI platform for go-to-market automation
Agentic artificial intelligence startup Landbase Inc. announced today that it has raised $30 million in new funding to enhance its GTM-1 Omni AI model and expand access to its VibeGTM platform for automated, AI-driven go-to-market execution. Founded in 2024, Landbase offers an agentic AI platform that fully automates business-to-business “go‑to‑market” workflows covering everything from lead ...
Cloudflare sees massive rise in attacks targeting media, nonprofits and human rights groups
A new report out today from Cloudflare Inc., marking the 11th anniversary of Project Galileo, reveals a sharp increase in cyberattacks targeting civil society organizations, with application-layer distributed denial-of-service attacks overtaking traditional web exploit attempts by a wide margin. Project Galileo is a Cloudflare program that offers free cybersecurity protection to at-risk public interest organizations, such ...
Aim Security details first known AI zero-click exploit targeting Microsoft 365 Copilot
A new report out today from Aim Security Ltd. reveals the first known zero-click artificial intelligence vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to exfiltrate sensitive internal data without any user interaction. The vulnerability, dubbed “EchoLeak,” was found in Microsoft Corp.’s 365 Copilot generative AI tool in January and reported to Microsoft at the time. Aim ...
Stripe acquires crypto wallet infrastructure provider Privy
Payment technology company Stripe Inc. has agreed to acquire cryptocurrency wallet infrastructure provider Privy for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2021 as Horkos Inc., Privy has as its mission to make privacy and user-owned wallets the default online experience. The company provides a developer-first wallet infrastructure designed to help applications seamlessly integrate crypto capabilities with familiar login flows, such ...
Lemony launches on-premises AI solution for local model deployment
Generative artificial intelligence on-premise solutions provider Lemony, officially Uptime Industries Inc., today announced the launch of a new, on-premises AI solution designed to give organizations the power of large language models without the risks of cloud-based deployment. The new product, described as “AI in a Box,” is a plug-and-play hardware node that allows businesses to ...
ZeroRISC raises $10M to expand open-source silicon security platform
Silicon supply chain integrity solutions startup ZeroRISC Inc. announced today that it has raised $10 million in new funding to advance its commercialization of open-source silicon security solutions and expand its Integrity Management Platform across the silicon supply chain. Founded in 2023 by Dominic Rizzo, the founder of the OpenTitan project, ZeroRISC offers a full-stack security ...
Freshworks debuts upgraded Freddy Agentic AI Platform at Refresh event
Customer service and support software firm Freshworks Inc. today debuted an expanded version of its Freddy Agentic AI Platform at its annual Refresh event, adding new capabilities that go beyond answering service queries to autonomously resolving them. The Freddy AI Agent, launched in October, was designed to improve customer and employee experiences by autonomously resolving a significant portion ...