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Automated data transformation startup Coalesce closes on $50M funding round
Data transformation startup Coalesce Automation Inc. has revealed how it is planning to scale its business, unveiling an ambitious roadmap to coincide with its biggest funding round yet. The company said today it has raised $50 million via a Series B funding round, bringing its total amount raised to more than $81 million. The round ...
SMB-focused fintech platform Hello Alice closes on Series C funding round
Financial technology startup Hello Alice said today it has closed on an undisclosed amount of funding that brings its valuation to $130 million. The latest round was led by QED Investors, as well as Mastercard, and saw participation from Backstage Capital, Guy Fieri, Golden Seeds, Harbert Growth Partners Fund, How Women Invest I, LP, Lovell Limited ...
Google Cloud/CSA survey shows strong belief in generative AI’s ability to beef up cybersecurity
Generative artificial intelligence technology is fast finding a home in cybersecurity operations, as a comprehensive new survey published today found that 55% of all organizations are planning to embrace its potential to enhance their security within the next year. That’s according to the latest State of AI and Security Survey Report, which was conducted by ...
Autonomous driving startup Ghost Autonomy gives up the ghost
The autonomous driving software startup Ghost Autonomy Inc., which had raised almost $220 million in venture capital funding, has given up the ghost and closed its business. The startup posted a short message on its website today saying it has “shut down worldwide operations and wound down the company as of April 3, 2024.” The ...
CodiumAI enhances generative AI-powered code testing to improve software quality
CodiumAI Ltd., a startup that has created a generative artificial intelligence-powered code testing tool for developers, said today it’s making life easier for its users with the launch of a new “proactive AI Agent.” The new tool, somewhat similar to GitHub Inc.’s Copilot tool, can instantly generate code to fix any errors or inefficient code ...
Browser-based IDE startup Replit debuts generative AI coding assistant
Developer tooling startup Replit Inc. is looking to challenge GitHub Inc. and others with the launch today of a new, artificial intelligence-powered coding tool that it says will vastly improve the efficiency of software developers. The new product, called Replit Teams, is similar to GitHub’s Copilot tool, It provides access to an AI agent that ...
AWS Deadline Cloud is a new, dedicated service for cloud-based VFX rendering
Amazon Web Services Inc. today said it will launch a new service aimed at the media and entertainment industries, designed to help those customers set up, deploy and scale massive graphics and visual effects rendering pipelines on its public cloud infrastructure. The new service, called AWS Deadline Cloud, was announced ahead of the National Association of Broadcasters conference ...
Intel’s stock falls after it reveals its nascent foundry business lost $7B in fiscal 2023
Shares of the chipmaker Intel Corp. traded almost 4% lower late today after the company revealed that it’s reorganizing the way it reports its finances to showcase the performance of its nascent chip foundry business. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Intel stated that the foundry business recorded an operating loss of ...
Hasura debuts supergraph features to simplify complex API data integrations
Hasura Inc., a startup that sells a commercial version of the popular open-source GraphQL data management language, today announced a key update to that platform, integrating “supergraph” technology that makes it easier for applications to access data from multiple sources. The company said Hasura V3 is available now in beta, touting a new “domain-centric supergraph ...
Read AI raises $21M to unify communications across meetings, emails and chats
Read AI Inc., a generative artificial intelligence company that’s focused on summarizing the content of meetings, emails and messaging channels, said today it has closed on a $21 million early-stage round of funding. Today’s Series A round was led by new investor Goodwater Capital and saw participation from existing investor Madrona Venture Group. Both investors ...