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Speedy cloud data warehouse startup Firebolt Analytics Inc. is looking like a very hot prospect indeed after landing $127 million in an all-equity round of funding. New investors Dawn Capital and K5 Global led the Series B round, with participation from angel …
Dell’s PowerFlex software-defined storage offering adds support for Nvidia GPUs to power new AI workloads
Dell Technologies Inc. today is updating its software-defined storage offering Dell EMC PowerFlex with new automation capabilities, extended features for software containers and improvements to security and compliance. Dell EMC PowerFlex is a software-defined storage layer that pools storage resources across multiple nodes. …
Cloud call center software startup Aircall pick up $120M in late-stage round
Call center software startup Aircall SE hit unicorn status today after raising $120 million in a late-stage funding round, just 13 months after it raised just over half that amount. The Series D round was led by the Growth Equity business within …
SingleStore says it’s the world’s first database to support analytical and transactional workloads
SingleStore Inc., the database startup formerly known as MemSQL, is transforming its product to address both analytical and transactional workloads. SingleStore’s relational database enables companies to process large volumes of information in real time. It has multiple use cases. An online retailer, …
Vercel, creator of the Next.js React framework, raises $102M in fresh funding
Front-end application development platform startup Vercel Inc. announced today it has picked up $102 million in a new round of funding. Bedrock Capital and CRV led the Series C round, with participation from existing investors Accel, Geodesic Capital, Greenoaks Capital and GV, plus …
Longtime Intel exec Navin Shenoy leaves as chipmaker restructures data center business
Longtime Intel Corp. executive Navin Shenoy is leaving the company amid a restructuring of one of its most critical groups and the creation of two new business units. The changes were announced in a memo by new Intel Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger, …
Oracle announces new Support Rewards program for customers that adopt its cloud services
Oracle Corp. is trying to persuade e customers to ditch their on-premises licensing agreements and move to its subscription-based cloud infrastructure instead with a promise to help alleviate their support services costs if they do. The new Oracle Support Rewards program announced …
Google updates its online learning tools so teachers can start planning early
Google LLC today announced dozens of new features in its Google for Education suite of tools that it says will help educators prepare for the coming school year. Google for Education is a customized package of Google tools, including Google Workspace, which bundles …
Robocorp raises $21M to make process automation more accessible through open source
Robocorp Technologies Inc. is on a mission to bring robotic process automation to more enterprises after landing a $21 million early-stage round of funding. Canvas Ventures led the Series A round, with participation from Benchmark Capital, Slow Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, Haystack Ventures, …
Google’s Visual Inspection AI tool automates quality control in manufacturing
Google LLC is catering to the growing demand for industrial automation with the launch of its new Visual Inspection AI tool. As the name suggests, Visual Inspection AI (pictured) is an artificial intelligence service that relies on computer vision technology to automate …