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AWS’ new C5 instances pack a lot of processing power, and more
Amazon Web Services Inc. has made another addition to its infrastructure-as-a-service portfolio less than two weeks after the last major upgrade. The cloud giant on Monday afternoon launched the C5 instance family, which is geared toward computationally intensive workloads such as batch analytics and video encoding. AWS said the series is 25 percent more cost-efficient than ...
Facebook now lets companies embed Messenger into their websites
Facebook Inc. is creating a new way for companies to interact with the large subset of consumers who prefer communicating via chat. The social network this morning introduced Customer Chat, a plugin that brings the ability to embed Messenger into an organization’s website. Users will thus gain the ability to contact companies without the hassle of launching ...
MIT spinoff Pienso raises $2.1M to take coding out of AI development
Pienso Inc., a New York-based startup that spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last year, is tackling arguably the biggest obstacle to artificial intelligence adoption in the enterprise: the shortage of people versed in applying the technology. Pienso’s mission is supported by $2.1 million in outside capital that was raised via a seed ...
Reddit co-founder’s venture capital fund bets $7M on LogDNA
LogDNA Inc., a startup that helps organizations such as Elon Musk’s OpenAI foundation monitor their infrastructure and applications, today announced that it has secured a $7 million round of financing. The investment came from San Francisco-based Initialized Capital. It’s an early-stage fund that was launched in 2011 by Reddit Inc. co-founder Alexis Ohanian with former ...
Synopsys buys open-source security firm Black Duck Software for $565M
Synopsys Inc. is best known for selling specialized software that helps chip makers develop new semiconductors. On Thursday afternoon, however, the company entered the spotlight over in the cybersecurity world by announcing plans to acquire Black Duck Software Inc. for $565 million. Burlington, Massachusetts-based Black Duck offers tools for reining in the growing number of open-source ...
In latest lawsuit, Qualcomm accuses Apple of leaking its software to Intel
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is once again upping the ante in its legal dispute with Apple Inc. over their supply agreements. The chip maker’s latest move takes the form of a lawsuit that was submitted to the California state court in San Diego on Wednesday and hit the news cycle this morning. In the filing, Qualcomm reportedly ...
Fintech startup TransferWise raises a massive $280M in funding
TransferWise Ltd., a six-year-old financial technology startup that boasts more than 2 million users, today announced that it has raised a massive $280 million funding round to continue attracting new customers. TransferWise operates a money transfer service that helps consumers and companies make cross-border transactions. The startup, which said it has been profitable since May, stands out by ...
Testim.io raises $5.6M to automate application testing using AI
Looking for bugs is one of the single most time-consuming and tedious parts of software development. Testim.io Inc., a San Francisco-based startup, today announced that it has picked up a $5.6 million funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to alleviate the chore. Testim.io offers three products designed to streamline quality assurance. The most notable is ...
Ayla Networks raises $60M in funding to simplify IoT projects
For a manufacturer looking to bring a connected device to market, developing the necessary hardware features and backend support infrastructure can be a daunting task. Ayla Networks Inc. has carved out a niche for itself by helping to simplify the process. The startup, which is based in Santa Clara, California, today announced that it’s expanding its efforts using a newly ...
Talkdesk brings its quick-thinking help desk AI to sales conversations
Sales calls can reveal a lot of valuable information about a company’s customers, especially when examined in aggregate. San Francisco-based Talkdesk Inc. today launched a new cloud service intended to help sales teams access that insight more easily. Talkdesk for Sales incorporates artificial intelligence technology that the startup has originally developed to power its contact center ...