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Coalesce exits stealth on a mission to automate data transformation
Data transformation startup Coalesce Automation Inc. emerged from stealth mode today, bidding to solve what it says is the chief bottleneck in the data analytics supply chain. The company has just announced the launch of its Coalesce Data Transformation platform along with a $5.92 million seed funding round led by 11.2 Capital and GreatPoint Ventures, and ...
Virtru raises $60M to bring data protection standard used by the NSA to enterprises
Data protection startup Virtru Corp. is hoping to establish its Trusted Data Format standard in the enterprise after closing on a $60 million round of funding today. The Series C round was co-led by existing investor Iconiq Growth and new backer Foundry Capital, and saw participation from Tiger Global, MC2, Bessemer Venture Partners and New ...
Atom Computing raises $60M to commercialize the world’s most stable quantum computer
Investors keep throwing money at the quantum computing market, and this time around it’s Atom Computing Inc.‘s turn. The company said today it has closed on a $60 million Series B round of funding as it readies to build out its quantum machine based on neutral atom technology. Today’s round was led by Third Point Ventures and ...
IoT connectivity startup EMnify raises $57M in new funding
Berlin-based “internet of things” connectivity firm EMnify GmbH is in expansion mode after closing on a $57 million round of funding today. London-based growth investor One Peak was the sole participant in the Series B round, which brings EMnify’s total amount raised to more than $80 million. EMnify has created what it calls a “cellular ...
Cisco boosts accessibility on Webex with expanded closed-caption support, smart audio features and more
Cisco Systems Inc. today added more accessibility features to its video call and collaboration platform Webex. One of the platform’s most important features is its automated closed captions, which rely on artificial intelligence-powered natural language processing to accurately transcribe spoken English words into more than 100 languages. Cisco said it’s expanding this capability in a ...
Nvidia AI Enterprise adds production support for virtualized workloads on software containers
Nvidia Corp. is updating its AI Enterprise software platform, adding production support for containerized artificial intelligence workloads on VMware vSphere with Tanzu. Today’s update means enterprises can use Nvidia AI Enterprise 1.1 to run accelerated AI workloads on vSphere in both Kubernetes containers and virtual machines. The platform is a suite of AI tools and ...
Gartner says tech spending to grow 5% to $4.5 trillion in 2022
Analyst firm Gartner Inc. today issued a forecast that global information technology spending will jump 5.1% this year to a new record high of $4.5 trillion. That growth will exceed pre-pandemic levels and, perhaps not surprisingly, Gartner sees a lot of it coming from the enterprise software market – which includes cloud software and services. In its ...
Democrats move to ban ‘surveillance advertising’
Democrats today introduced new legislation aimed at banning nearly all forms of what its authors label “surveillance advertising.” The “Banning Surveillance Advertising Act,” introduced by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois), and Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), would prohibit advertising platforms such as Google LLC and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of ...
Google’s latest AI tool helps retailers accurately forecast demand in real time
Google LLC says retailers can leverage its newest artificial intelligence service to get a better handle on inventory management, streamline their logistics operations, boost business planning and improve overall customer satisfaction. Announced today, Vertex AI Forecast is a new service that helps retailers get closer to real-time forecasting by accurately predicting demand for the various ...
Zero-trust network access firm Banyan Security raises $30M
Zero-trust network access security firm Banyan Security Inc. secured $30 million in a new funding round today. The Series B round was led by Third Point Ventures. New investors SIG and Alter Ventures, plus existing investors Shasta Ventures and Unusual Ventures, also joined the round, which brings Banyan’s total amount raised to $47 million. Banyan ...