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Customer momentum and rising revenue help Asana to another earnings beat
Team collaboration software provider Asana Inc. beat expectations as it reported its second-quarter financial results today, driven by a growing customer base that’s spending more money on its products. The company reported a second-quarter loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of 23 cents per share on sales of $89.5 million, up 72% from ...
Record billings and revenue drive Nutanix stock gains
Hyperconverged infrastructure company Nutanix Inc.’s stock is rising today on fiscal fourth-quarter results that topped expectations on both revenue and profit, not to mention a promising outlook for the next quarter. The company reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of 26 cents per share on revenue of $390.7 million, up 19% ...
Anima gets $10M in new funding to eliminate friction in app design
Design-to-code platform startup Anima App Inc. announced today it has raised $10 million in an early-stage funding round, giving it fresh impetus in its mission to boost collaboration between application designers and developers. MizMaa Ventures led the Series A round in Israel-based Anima, which also saw participation from INcapital and Hetz Ventures. Founded in 2017, Anima ...
Customizable RISC-V chip startup Ventana exits stealth with $38M in funding
Custom silicon startup Ventana Micro Systems Inc. is emerging from stealth mode today and it’s armed with a fair bit of cash after raising $38 million in a new round of funding. The Series B round was led by Sehat Sutardja and Weoli Dai, founders of the prominent U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology Inc., together with ...
Business planning firm Anaplan’s stock leaps on strong results
Shares of enterprise planning company Anaplan Inc. gained more than 14% in extended trading today after it posted a smaller-than-expected loss and followed up with strong guidance for the next quarter. The company reported a fiscal 2022 second-quarter loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of 9 cents per share on revenue of $144.3 ...
CrowdStrike keeps growing, beating expectations, but losses mount and stock falls
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. saw its stock fall today despite posting solid second-quarter financial results, beating expectations with strong growth from subscription customers and posting bullish guidance. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 11 cents per share on revenue of $337.7 million for the quarter, up 70% from ...
Decision intelligence startup PeakAI raises $75M
Investors have decided to back the “Decision Intelligence” startup Peak AI Ltd. with a new $75 million round of funding. Announced this morning, the Series C round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and saw participation from all of the company’s existing investors too, including MMC Ventures, Oxx, Praetura Ventures, Arete and Octopus Ventures. The ...
Nvidia showcases latest research and advances in speech synthesis
Nvidia Corp. is closing the gap between synthesized speech and human voices with the launch of its most advanced conversational artificial intelligence models at the Interspeech 2021 conference today. In a blog post, Nvidia science and AI writer Isha Salian explained that the company has come a long way in its attempts at using AI ...
Call center intelligence startup Observe.ai buys ScopeAI and expands into web chats
Call center intelligence startup Z21 Labs Inc., which does business as Observe.ai, said today it’s bringing its expertise to omnichannel conversations after acquiring a company called ScopeAI. Observe AI sells a call center platform that aims to assist human operators and make them better at tasks such as customer service. It uses artificial intelligence-based natural ...
Fivetran debuts a new Business Critical tier for highly sensitive data integration
Data integration provider Fivetran Inc. is beefing up compliance with a new premium product tier called Fivetran Business Critical that’s being made available starting today. Fivetran sells data integration tools in the shape of its proprietary “connectors” that enable the smooth transfer of data from numerous popular sources to cloud data warehouses, where it can ...