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Google adds new features to its SMS messaging app
Google LLC’s standard Messages application, which comes pre-installed with every Android smartphone, is getting a major update today almost two years after it was first brought into the 21st century when it added support for Rich Communication Services. Google Messages is built around the RCS standard, which is a modern messaging protocol for SMS text ...
AI-powered decision intelligence platform Tellius raises $16M
Artificial intelligence-powered “decision intelligence” platform provider Tellius Inc. is in expansion mode after closing on a $16 million round of funding today. The Series B round was led by new investors Baird Capital and saw participation from all of the company’s existing investors, including Sands Capital Ventures, Grotech Ventures and Veraz Investments, bringing its total ...
Sysdig debuts Cost Advisor tool for Kubernetes environments in the cloud
Sysdig Inc., the cloud-native application security firm, is extending into the area of cost management with the launch of its new Cost Advisor tool for cloud-based Kubernetes environments. Announced today, Sysdig Cost Advisor combines cloud cost data with Kubernetes workload data to help teams significantly reduce their cloud service provider bills, in some cases by ...
Jasper raises $125M in early-stage funding for its AI-powered content creation smarts
Artificial intelligence-powered content creation platform Jasper Inc. is ready for prime time today after closing on a bumper $125 million round of funding that brings its valuation to $1.5 billion. Today’s Series A round was led by Insight Partners and included participation from the likes of Coatue, Bessemer Venture Partners, IVP, Foundation Capital, Founders Circle ...
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Exclusive video: Conversational intelligence startup Kubiya wants to become the Siri for DevOps teams
Armed with $6 million in seed funding, startup Kubiya Inc. is on a mission to use its advanced capabilities in conversational intelligence to make life easier for overburdened DevOps teams. Using its software, operators now have a self-service, Siri-like option that enables them to express what they’re trying to achieve in natural language, and have a ...
Meta contributes Grand Teton AI infrastructure platform to the Open Compute Project
Meta Platforms Inc. today announced its latest big contribution to the Open Compute Project: Grand Teton, a new, next-generation platform for artificial intelligence at large scale. Meta was famously one of the founding members of the OCP, which came into being way back in 2012. At the time it was focused mostly on creating standards ...
Open Compute Project announces Caliptra, a new standard for trust in hardware
Key members of the Open Compute Project have come together to create a new open specification for a silicon Root of Trust, called Caliptra, that’s designed to meet the enhanced security requirements of modern edge and confidential computing use cases. Announced today at the OCP Global Summit in San Jose, California, Caliptra is said to ...
Google’s contributions to OCP to aid server performance, reliability, trust and sustainability
Google LLC today revealed a number of key contributions it has made toward open hardware ecosystems as part of its commitment to the Open Compute Project. They include a new vision of a “multibrained” server of the future, as well as enhancements in areas such as “trusted” and “reliable” computing, the company announced during the ...
RisingWave lands $36M to democratize access to stream processing and real-time data
Cloud-native streaming database startup RisingWave Labs Ltd. said today it has closed on a $36 million round of funding that brings its total amount raised to date to more than $40 million. Today’s round was led by Yunqui Partners, the investment arm of a leading global gaming company and included the participation of several unnamed ...
Cisco’s latest network switches promise higher bandwidth using less power to support data center sustainability
Computer networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. took the opportunity at this year’s Open Compute Project Global Summit to showcase a host of updates to its portfolio of network chips and switches for cloud operators. The new innovations on display today promise to help “redefine the economics of the cloud,” the company said, bringing customers closer ...