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Workplace analytics provider VergeSense Inc. said today it has closed on a $12 million round of funding as it bids to help companies get back to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tola Capital led the Series B round, which brings VergeSense’s total …
Verizon teams up with Deloitte on 5G mobile edge infrastructure
Verizon Communications Inc. subsidiary Verizon Business said today it’s teaming up with the professional services consultancy Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. to offer 5G and mobile edge computing services to the manufacturing and retail industries. The plan is to combine Verizon’s mobile and …
SoftBank launches its first special-purpose acquisition company
As expected, SoftBank Group filed to launch a special-purpose acquisition company today, saying it plans to raise $525 million to invest in an unnamed technology company. The Japanese investment giant, which is known for backing promising technology startups, said the new company …
Report: Apple aims to get its self-driving car on the road by 2024
Apple Inc. is aiming to produce an electric car by 2024 and it may feature a “breakthrough” battery design that makes it cheaper to run and gives it longer range that existing vehicles of its type. That’s according to an exclusive report …
Mimik and IBM team up to make edge computing resources more accessible
Edge computing startup mimik Technology Inc. is collaborating with IBM Corp. to create edge-based computing resources that it says will help to accelerate automation and digital transformation in healthcare, manufacturing, retail and other industries. In its pitch announced today, mimik said the …
Report: SoftBank to create its first special-purpose acquisition company
SoftBank Group Corp. is preparing to raise between $500 million and $600 million via an initial public offering of its first special-purpose acquisition company, Axios reported late Sunday, citing multiple sources. The investment giant, which is known for backing promising technology startups, …
Nvidia gets its own AI store in the AWS Marketplace
Nvidia Corp. is getting its own storefront in Amazon Web Services Inc.’s AWS Marketplace. Under an announcement today, customers will be able to download directly more than 20 of Nvidia’s NGC software resources to speed up their artificial intelligence deployments in healthcare, …
IBM and Salesforce team up to help verify workers’ vaccination status
With COVID-19 vaccination programs finally kicking off in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world, IBM Corp. and Salesforce.com Inc. are teaming up to provide a secure way for people to verify their health status so they can get back to work …
Process automation startup UiPath files for IPO expected in the first half of 2021
Fast-growing robotic process automation startup UiPath Inc. is setting its sights on Wall Street after filing confidential paperwork for an initial public offering that will likely come in the first half of 2021. UiPath hasn’t yet determined a price for the offering, …
Fetch.ai debuts a decentralized Mobility Framework for delivery drivers
U.K.-based artificial intelligence lab Fetch.ai Ltd. today announced the launch of its Mobility Framework that helps support delivery drivers by eliminating the middleman. Fetch.ai says that although the delivery economy has boomed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s concerned that the majority of the …