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Cloud

Accounting software startup Pennylane raises $204M at reported $4.25B valuation

By Maria Deutscher Jan 20, 2026

Pennylane SAS, a Paris-based provider of accounting software, today announced that it has raised $204 million in late-stage funding from a consortium led by TCV. The investment firm was joined by Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG…

Policy

Court filings raise questions over DOGE access to Social Security Administration data

By Duncan Riley Jan 20, 2026

Questions about data governance and privacy safeguards at the U.S. Social Security Administration have resurfaced following new court filings that allege employees tied to the Department of Government Efficiency accessed sensitive agency systems. Accusations…

AI

Newly launched AI startup Humans& raises $480M round backed by Nvidia, GV

By Maria Deutscher Jan 20, 2026

Humans& Inc., a three-month-old artificial intelligence startup, today announced that it has closed a $480 million seed round at a $4.48 billion valuation. The investment was led by SV Angel and Georges Harik, one…

AI

XBuild raises $19M to launch AI-powered residential roofing contract estimation product

By Kyt Dotson Jan 20, 2026

XBuild, a company aiming to bring artificial intelligence to residential construction contractors, today announced it raised $19 million in early-stage funding to build what it calls a “vibe coding” estimating platform for construction projects.…

AI

On theCUBE Pod: Alphabet hits $4T, Nvidia rules AI factories and retail embraces agents

By Devony Hof Jan 20, 2026

The new year opened with a flurry of AI news: Google LLC parent company Alphabet Inc. hit $4 trillion in market capitalization, and Nvidia Corp. cemented its dominance in the AI factory business. Alphabet’s…

AI

Harness launches a ‘human-aware’ site reliability engineering agent

By Kyt Dotson Jan 20, 2026

Harness Inc., a software delivery startup that provides artificial intelligence tools for developers to update and monitor applications, said today it’s launching a “human-aware change agent” to help teams resolve incidents faster without adding…

Infra

Ethernovia raises more than $90M to advance Ethernet packet processors for automotive and edge AI

By Duncan Riley Jan 20, 2026

Semiconductor startup Ethernovia Inc. revealed today that it has raised more than $90 million in new funding to accelerate development and production of its next-generation packet processor family, expand software and systems capabilities, and…

AI

Tacnode emerges from stealth with a data infra platform tuned to AI agents

By Paul Gillin Jan 20, 2026

Tacnode Inc. today emerged from stealth mode with a new data infrastructure platform designed to enable artificial intelligence agents to reason and act over a shared, up-to-date representation of enterprise context. The company’s Tacnode…

AI

Modulate’s Ensemble Listening Model breaks new ground in AI voice understanding

By Mike Wheatley Jan 20, 2026

A startup called Modulate Inc. wants to turn the world of conversational voice intelligence on its head after developing a novel artificial intelligence model architecture that it says far surpasses the capabilities of traditional…

Security

Global 2000 companies lag on domain security despite rising cyber risks

By Duncan Riley Jan 20, 2026

Despite gradual improvements, many of the world’s largest companies remain exposed to domain-based cyber risks as attackers increasingly exploit weaknesses outside the traditional corporate firewall. That’s according to Corporation Service Co.‘s Domain Security Report 2026,…

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Accounting software startup Pennylane raises $204M at reported $4.25B valuation

Newly launched AI startup Humans& raises $480M round backed by Nvidia, GV

XBuild raises $19M to launch AI-powered residential roofing contract estimation product

On theCUBE Pod: Alphabet hits $4T, Nvidia rules AI factories and retail embraces agents

Harness launches a ‘human-aware’ site reliability engineering agent

Ethernovia raises more than $90M to advance Ethernet packet processors for automotive and edge AI

Tacnode emerges from stealth with a data infra platform tuned to AI agents

Modulate’s Ensemble Listening Model breaks new ground in AI voice understanding

Global 2000 companies lag on domain security despite rising cyber risks

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