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Observability startup Apica buys Logiq.ai for its advanced data management capabilities
Swedish application monitoring startup Apica AB said today it’s acquiring one of its rivals, the U.S. observability data fabric company called Logiq.ai LLC, for an undisclosed price. Alongside the acquisition, Apica said it has closed on a $10 million funding round led by existing investors Industrifonden, SEB Foundation and Oxx. The round brings Apica’s total ...
LogicMonitor beefs up observability with new platform integrations and functions
LogicMonitor Inc., a veteran player in the application observability market, is revamping its platform today with new features, expanded integrations with key software platforms, and a fresh lick of paint to spruce up the user experience. The company’s LM Envision platform provides companies with an array of tools they can use to monitor the health ...
Marqo raises $5.2M in funding to popularize AI-powered vector search technology
Artificial intelligence-driven search and discovery startup Marqo.ai said today it has closed on an A$8 million (about $5.2 million USD) seed funding round. The lead investor in the company, officially known as S2Search Australia Pty Ltd., was Blackbird Ventures, with Creator Fund, January Capital and the co-founders of Cohere Inc., Ivan Zhang and Aidan Gomez, also ...
Redis adds support for vector database search in its first unified platform update
Database management startup Redis Inc. has added tons of new functionality to its platform, including vector search capabilities, native triggers and a new change data capture feature. Redis started out as a developer of an open-source data cache technology, but over the years it has expanded its vision and transformed itself into an enterprise-grade, cloud-based ...
Full-stack observability startup Highlight launches with $8M in funding
Startup Highlight Inc. is looking to disrupt the application observability space with the launch of an open-source, full-stack monitoring platform it says provides more comprehensive feedback on usability problems and errors. Today’s launch comes as Highlight closed on an $8 million seed funding round led by Afore Capital and Craft Ventures, with participation from Y ...
Conversational chatbot building platform Voiceflow raises $15M in funding
Voiceflow Inc., creator of a collaborative platform for building artificial intelligence-powered conversational chatbots, said today it has closed on a $15 million funding round led by the venture capital firm OpenView. The round brings its total amount raised to $35 million and increases the company’s valuation by 50% since its last raise back in July ...
Zenhub asks developers to participate in its AI roadmap
Software project management platform provider Zenhub today revealed details of its artificial intelligence roadmap and the first features to launch under that initiative. In addition, it said it’s creating an early-access program for select customers that will not only get to use the new features first, but also collaborate with Zenhub’s team to help refine them. ...
Amazon’s devices boss David Limp to retire later this year
Amazon.com Inc. has confirmed that its senior vice president of devices and services, David Limp, will retire from the company after serving more than 13 years in the role. It’s the latest in a string of departures of high-profile executives at Amazon since Andy Jassy took over as its chief executive officer two years ago. ...
Application configuration startup Configu raises $3M in pre-seed funding
Configuration Software Solutions Ltd., better known as Configu, said today it has raised $3 million in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by Cardumen Capital and backed by a number of notable angel investors, including Ariel Maislos, co-founder of Anobit Technologies Ltd., which was later acquired by Apple Inc. The startup is focused ...
AI software startup Modular seeks bumper Series A round to challenge Nvidia
Artificial intelligence startup Modular Inc. is said to be involved in discussions with investors including General Catalyst over a big funding round that would value it at about $600 million, according to an exclusive report late Friday by The Information. It’s seeking to raise a huge amount of cash at a time when AI has emerged ...