Cybersecurity startup StrongestLayer Inc. launched today and announced it has raised $5.2 million in new funding to expand development and deployment of its large language model-native email security platform. Founded in 2024, StrongestLayer offers a platform focused on defending organizations against the next wave of artificial intelligence-powered email threats. The email threats include cybercriminals using ...

Software supply chain company JFrog Ltd. today introduced a new Model Context Protocol server designed to connect large language models and artificial intelligence agents securely to its Software Supply Chain Platform directly from developers’ integrated development environments. MCP is an open, industry-standard integration framework designed to connect AI systems with external tools, data and services. JFrog’s new ...

Cybersecurity startup Empirical Security Inc. announced today that it has raised $12 million in new funding to develop and deploy custom artificial intelligence cybersecurity models tailored to each organization’s unique infrastructure and threat landscape. Founded earlier this year, Empirical Security aims to help organizations in defending against threats through custom-built AI models. The company pitches ...

Quantum-accelerated simulation software startup BQP announced today that it has raised $4.8 million in new funding to expand its unified digital twin platform, BQPhy, for mission-critical industries, including aerospace, defense and semiconductors. Founded in 2020, BQP, formerly known as BosonQ Psi, develops quantum-accelerated simulation software for mission-critical industries. Its core platform, BQPhy, enables faster and ...

Oracle Corp. today unveiled MCP Server for Oracle Database, a new Model Context Protocol offering that brings artificial intelligence-powered interaction directly into its core database platform to help developers and analysts query and manage data using natural language. The new MCP server enables large language models to securely connect to Oracle Database and interact with ...

Intel Corp. is laying off more than 5,000 employees across four states in the latest round of job cuts from the chipmaker. First reported by Manufacturing Dive, the number comes from updated Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filings, with most of the job cuts occurring in California and Oregon. Just shy of 2,000 jobs are ...

Cybersecurity and password service provider 1Password LLC today announced the launch of MCP Server for Trelica by 1Password in the new AI Agents and Tools category of the Amazon Web Services Inc. Marketplace. MCP Server for Trelica is designed to help information technology organizations identify unmanaged apps, reduce artificial intelligence-related “shadow IT” and enforce identity-based access controls, ...

Data protection and cyber recovery solutions company Index Engines Inc. today announced a newly granted patent for its artificial intelligence-powered process that automates the collection, detection and behavioral analysis of ransomware. The patented process, developed in the company’s CyberSense Research Lab, enables automated ingestion and detonation of real ransomware samples in a secure environment. The ...

Cybersecurity solutions company Apollo Information Systems Corp. today announced the public debut of iCOUNTER, a new cyber risk intelligence company emerging from seven years in stealth operations with $30 million in funding to help customers counter highly targeted attacks. The new company assists with the growing threat of artificial intelligence-enabled attackers who are rapidly shifting ...

Outbound automation company Unify AI Business  Corp. announced today that it has raised $40 million in new funding to transform go-to-market operations into a repeatable science. The company aims to do that by integrating real-time buyer signals with automated outbound workflows to help teams identify, engage and convert prospects more effectively. Founded in 2023, Unify ...