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CEO Andy Jassy tells Amazon employees they’ll have to be in the office 5 days a week next year
Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Andy Jassy has signaled an end to the company’s work-from-home policy, telling staff in a lengthy memo on Monday that they’re going to be required to sit in the office five days a week. The decision marks a shift from Amazon’s current policy, which requires its corporate team staffers to be ...
C/side raises $6M to prevent supply chain attacks by securing third-party scripts
Cybersecurity startup Client-side Development Inc., which does business as C/side, said today it has closed on a $6 million seed funding round to accelerate the development of its tools for monitoring, optimizing and securing browser-side third-party scripts. The round was led by Uncork Capital and saw participation from Mantis VC, Scribble Ventures, Roar Ventures and ...
Adobe’s stock falls on downbeat forecast and softer demand for AI tools
Shares of Adobe Inc. trended lower in extended trading today after the company offered light guidance that fell short of analysts’ expectations. The lower forecast signals that it’s facing stiff competition, resulting in softer demand for its artificial intelligence-powered editing tools. The company reported third-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $4.65 ...
Autonomous AI sales agent startup Bounti Labs raises $16M in seed funding
Autonomous artificial intelligence agent startup Bounti Labs Inc. stepped into the spotlight today, announcing it has closed on a $16 million seed funding round led by Google Ventures. Investors including Floodgate, Bloomberg Beta, Haystack, Octave Ventures and MS&AD also participated in the round, as did Silicon Valley veteran Lew Cirne, the founder and former chief ...
Google Search now links to ancient websites via the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine
Starting today, Google LLC’s search engine platform will provide direct links to cached articles within The Internet Archive‘s Wayback Machine, adding historical context to user’s search results. It’s a nice addition to Google Search because many websites change over time, news stories are edited, sometimes they are deleted, and some just disappear altogether or stop ...
Altera CEO Sandra Rivera denies Intel is looking to sell the company
The chief executive of Intel Corp.’s programmable chip business Altera has denied reports that the chipmaker is looking to offload the company. In an interview with CRN, Sandra Rivera (pictured) said Intel is sticking with its original plan of selling a smaller stake in the company, before spinning it off via an initial public offering ...
Kong, the king of API management, reinforces its platform for AI applications
API technologies startup Kong Inc. today announced a key update to its flagship platform Kong Konnect, introducing it as a new platform that’s fit for the era of artificial intelligence. The company explained that companies across the world are racing to adopt AI, and that’s creating a need for a unified and enterprise-grade platform for ...
Financial risk management startup Datricks raises $15M to help enterprises identify fraud
A startup called Data.R.X LTD, which likes to be known as Datricks, has closed on a $15 million Series A funding round after developing a platform that uses artificial intelligence to try and uncover financial fraud at enterprises and other organizations. Today’s round was led by Team8 and saw participation from SAP SE’s venture capital ...
Report: OpenAI’s most advanced AI model Strawberry to launch earlier than planned
OpenAI’s upcoming new artificial intelligence model Strawberry could be set to launch earlier than planned, with a prospective release slated for “within the next two weeks,” according to a report today by The Information. The new model had originally been scheduled to launch during the fall, but The Information’s report cites two sources with knowledge of ...
Generative infrastructure-from-code startup AppCD rebrands as StackGen after raising $12.3M
Generative infrastructure-from-code startup AppCD Inc. said today it’s rebranding itself as StackGen after closing on a $12.3 million seed funding round. The funding, which was led by Thomvest Ventures with participation from existing investors WestWave Capital, FireBolt and Secure Octane, will help StackGen to accelerate its product development plans and its go-to-market strategy in order ...
