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Startup Zilliz Inc., best known as the creator of the Milvus vector database, announced today it has raised $60 million through an extension to its earlier $43 million Series B round of funding. Prosperity7 Ventures, the diversified growth fund of Aramco Ventures, …
Anyscale raises $99M to build out its distributed AI computing platform
The distributed computing startup Anyscale Inc., founded three years ago by a group of researchers from the University of California at Berkeley, said today it has closed on a $99 million round of funding, adding to the $100 million it raised in …
InfluxData streamlines data pipeline creation for its time-series database
Database startup InfluxData Inc. is adding new functions to its platform today that enable users to collect, process and store time-series data in the InfluxDB Cloud more rapidly. InfluxDB Native Collectors is a new feature that enables developers building with InfluxDB Cloud …
Synthesized and BigID partner on de-identification of sensitive data
British DataOps platform provider Synthesized Ltd. said today it’s partnering with the data protection firm BigID Inc. on a new offering that enables users to generate, mask, subset and then repopulate sensitive data, without risking that some of the information might go …
Inworld AI raises $50M for its AI-powered, no-code virtual character development studio
Inworld AI said today it has closed on a $50 million early-stage round of funding as it looks to grow adoption of its unique, artificial intelligence-powered virtual character development platform. Today’s Series A round was led by Section 32 and Intel Capital …
Observe.AI wants to boost contact center performance with advanced reporting and analytics
Contact center software firm Observe.AI, officially known as Z21 Labs Inc., is adding a new Reporting & Analytics feature to its platform that promises to provide teams with more meaningful insights on the calls they handle. The idea is that business leaders …
Zoom lowers its full-year profit and sales forecast, sending its stock down
Shares of Zoom Video Communications Inc. fell more than 8% in extended trading today after the company offered guidance that came in below expectations and trimmed its full-year earnings and revenue forecast. The company reported second-quarter earnings before certain costs such as …
IonQ launches what’s said to be the world’s ‘most powerful’ quantum computing system on Azure
IonQ Inc., the quantum computing company that became the first in the industry to go public last year, said this week it has made a second system available on Microsoft Corp.’s Azure Quantum cloud platform, in a bid to bring the technology …
Abu Dhabi’s Group 42 launches $10B fund to invest in ‘high-growth’ tech startups
Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence firm Group 42, which is backed by Mubadala Investment Co. and Silver Lake Technology Management LLC, is setting up a new, $10 billion fund focused on technology investments in emerging markets. The G42 Expansion Fund will partner with …
Google Cloud claims it blocked the largest DDoS attack ever attempted
Google Cloud said today it fended off what it believes was the largest Layer 7 distributed-denial-of-service attack ever seen, when an attacker attempted to disrupt one of its customers’ internet based services on June 1. The DDoS attack peaked at a stunning …