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Qualcomm unveils its next-generation 5G AI drone platform
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. has unveiled a new reference design for drones that integrates 5G and artificial intelligence. The chipmaker said today it’s aiming to replicate the success of the experimental Ingenuity Helicopter that recently visited Mars, right here on Earth. Ingenuity was actually a test run for the new Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform as it ...
Conga buys AI startup that helps companies understand how contracts will affect revenue
Revenue operations company AppExtremes LLC, which does business as Conga, is boosting its contract management capabilities by acquiring a startup called Contract Wrangler Inc. for an undisclosed price. Conga sells a suite of tools that make it easier for businesses to create digital contracts and documents, store them in the cloud and update them when ...
ExtraHop enables deeper forensic investigation of cloud threats and vulnerabilities
Cloud network detection and response platform provider ExtraHop Networks Inc. today announced new features that enable deeper forensic investigations of advanced threats. ExtraHop, which was recently acquired by Bain Capital Private Equity and Crosspoint, sells threat detection and response tools that use hundreds of machine learning models deployed side-by-side to find threats lurking in enterprises’ cloud environments. ...
Pepperdata moves into GPU monitoring and optimization for data-intensive apps
Big data infrastructure management firm Pepperdata Inc. is turning its attention to high-performance workloads, launching a new monitoring tool today for graphics processing units that power data-intensive applications such as Apache Spark on Kubernetes. Pepperdata sells software that’s used to manage and fine-tune workloads that run on big data frameworks such as Apache Hadoop and Spark. ...
Data observability startup Monte Carlo raises $60M in Series C funding
A startup called Monte Carlo Inc. is looking to extend its lead in an emerging category for data observability tools after announcing a $60 million funding round today. ICONIQ Growth led the Series C round, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and existing backers Accel, GGV Capital and Redpoint Ventures, bringing Monte Carlo’s total amount raised ...
Amazon debuts a new generation of x86-based workhorse compute instances
Amazon Web Services Inc. is updating its family of general-purpose EC2 compute instances, adding a new generation of Intel Corp. x86-based compute options into the mix. The new Amazon EC2 M6i instances announced today are intended to provide a better balance of compute, memory, storage and network resources, Amazon said. They’re built on the AWS ...
SAP buys SwoopTalent for its people analytics platform
SAP SE is getting into people analytics after acquiring intellectual property and key talent from a company called SwoopTalent Corp. for an undisclosed sum. SwoopTalent has created platform that automatically connects talent systems and data for analytics, machine learning and migrations. SAP said that following today’s acquisition it’s planning to embed SwoopTalent’s technology with its ...
Sales enablement firm Seismic buys coaching startup Lessonly and raises $170M late-stage funding
Sales enablement technology provider Seismic Software Inc. is expanding into coaching and training after acquiring Lessonly Inc. and landing $170 million in a late-stage round of funding today. Seismic said the Series G round brings its valuation to $3 billion, and will help to fund its research and development efforts and expand its global footprint. ...
Abacus.AI debuts industry-first platform for building, training and running deep learning models
Abacus.AI Inc. today launched what it says is the world’s first enterprise-scale, real-time machine learning and deep learning operations platform today. The startup’s platform enables companies large and small to stream real-time events such as clickstream data, online purchases, social media interactions and media views from websites and “internet of things” sensors. Then, that data can ...
Identity security firm CyberArk posts mixed financial results
Security company CyberArk Software Ltd. saw its stock gain in extended trading today despite posting mixed second-quarter financial results that saw it miss earnings targets. The Israel-based company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of a penny per share on revenue of $117.2 million, up 10% from the same period one year ...