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DataRobot Core helps data scientists deliver more sophisticated machine learning models faster
DataRobot Inc. is updating its suite of artificial intelligence tools with a new offering called DataRobot Core that’s aimed at data science experts. The ecompany also announced a new version of its AI Cloud platform that adds more sophisticated analytical capabilities and enhanced decision intelligence tools. DataRobot sells tools that reduce the amount of time ...
Unified business communications provider Dialpad raises $170M in funding
Business communications service provider Dialpad Inc. is ending 2021 on a high, raising $170 million in funding at a $2.2 billion valuation. ICONIQ Capital led today’s round, which also saw participation from Amasia, GV, OMERS Growth Equity, Work-Bench, Section 32 and T-Mobile Ventures. The funding brings Dialpad’s total amount raised to date to $418 million. ...
Distributed database startup Cockroach Labs raises $278M in late-stage funding round
Super-resilient database provider Cockroach Labs Inc. says it’s now worth $5 billion after closing on a bumper $278 million late-stage funding round today led by Greenoaks. Altimeter, BOND, Benchmark, Coatue, FirstMark, GV, Index Ventures, Lone Pine Capital, Redpoint, and Tiger Global also participated in the Series F round, bringing Cockroach Labs’ total amount raised to ...
IoT platform Samsara raises $805M in IPO and shares rise 7%, valuing it at $12B+
Updated: Samsara Inc., a connected operations cloud platform provider for “internet of things” data, raised $805 million through an initial public offering of shares today ahead of its debut on the market. The company, whose IPO is likely the last big one in a year of many in 2021, sold 35 million shares at $23 ...
Cyber insurance firm Cowbell Cyber boosts security for Microsoft customers
Cybersecurity insurance provider Cowbell Cyber Inc. has announced the Cowbell Connector for Microsoft, enabling policyholders to manage cyber risk proactively within their Microsoft environments. Cowbell said the connector provides its customers with more direct visibility into the deployment of security best practices on Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud, along with real-time recommendations to improve any weaknesses ...
SaaS app security startup Atmosec exits stealth with $6M seed funding round
Software-as-a-service security Atmosec Ltd. is launching out of stealth mode today armed with $6 million in seed funding. The round was led by Glilot Capital Partners and Battery Ventures. Additional funds also came from a number of cybersecurity industry veterans, including Yevgeny Dibrov and Nadir Izrael, co-founders of device security platform Armis Security Inc., Assaf ...
Sysdig targets ‘unprecedented opportunity’ in container security after bagging $350M in late-stage funding
Container security startup Sysdig Inc. raised another bumper funding round today. This time, it has bagged $350 million through a Series G round that brings its value to $2.5 billion. Permira’s growth fund led the round with participation from new investor Guggenheim Partners and existing investors Accel, Bain Capital Ventures, DFJ Growth, Glynn Capital, Goldman Sachs, ...
Fugue enables consistent security policy enforcement across clouds
Cloud infrastructure management provider Fugue Inc. wants to provide enterprises with more control over their cloud computing environments and the applications they host. The new Fugue Organization Management service, announced today, helps enterprises put cloud security into operation across the entire organization, allowing them to scale those resources safely through policy-based automation, the company explained. ...
MLCommons releases open-source datasets for training speech recognition models
The MLCommons Association, a nonprofit consortium that aims to improve machine learning for the public good, today announced the release of two key new datasets that it says can be leverage by organizations to develop superior artificial intelligence models. The consortium said the People’s Speech Dataset is one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of English ...
Cyberhaven raises $33M to grow its data detection-based security platform
Data detection and response platform provider Cyberhaven Inc. is pushing to disrupt the world of data security after landing $33 million in an oversubscribed funding round today. The Series B round brings its total amount raised to $52 million to date. Redpoint Ventures led the round with participation from new investors Forgepoint Capital and Wing, ...