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AWS Security Hub expands coverage to Microsoft Azure and beefs up AI protections
Amazon Web Services Inc. is branching out further into multicloud security with the launch of new capabilities that extend its protections to Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud platform. The new features were announced today alongside a host of artificial intelligence-focused updates to AWS Security Hub, as the company strives to transform it into a comprehensive, full-stack ...
Cribl buys AI-native threat detection engineering startup CardinalOps
Data observability and telemetry management company Cribl Inc. says it’s extending its capabilities into security operations after acquiring the artificial intelligence-native security engineering startup CardinalOps Ltd. for an undisclosed price. Cribl said that buying CardinalOps will give it advanced “detection engineering capabilities” that will help its enterprise customers to detect more sophisticated cybersecurity threats. It ...
Cloudera and Vast Data partner to accelerate data delivery and prevent GPUs from starving
Big-data management company Cloudera Inc. said today it’s partnering with storage infrastructure firm Vast Data Inc. on what the companies have termed a “unified AI factory.” They claim to have designed and built a highly scalable production environment that can be used to continuously ingest, refine, govern and deliver vast volumes of enterprise data that ...
Sovereign AI infrastructure startup Valarian raises $50M to help nations secure their defense systems
The defense-focused artificial intelligence systems infrastructure startup Valarian Technologies Ltd. said today it has closed on a hefty $50 million early-stage funding round as it looks to position itself as a critical player in the emerging “sovereign AI” market. The Series A round was led by new investor New Enterprise Associates, which is making its ...
Custom AI chip design startup TYLsemi launches with $43M in early-stage funding
Artificial intelligence chiplet startup TYLsemi Inc. revealed itself to the world today, announcing it has raised $43 million in early-stage funding to disrupt the semiconductor industry and transform the way companies design and develop custom AI accelerators. Today’s round was led by Matter Venture Partners and saw participation from Viola Ventures, GHOVC, Egis Technology and ...
Spatial AI startup Augmodo raises $21M to expand beyond retail stores
Spatial artificial intelligence startup Augmodo Inc. said today it has raised $21 million in an impromptu funding round that lifts its valuation to $350 million. TQ Ventures served as the lead investors, with participation from Lerer Hippeau, Jefferson River Capital, Arena Holdings, Chemist Warehouse, New Fare, Interlace and Webb Investment Network The Seattle-based startup is ...
Web data scraping infrastructure startup Oxylabs reels in $130M in its first funding round
Data scraping startup Oxylabs UAB has broken into unicorn territory after raising $130 million in funding from the private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC. The round is the first time the bootstrapped company has ever sought outside funding, and lifts its valuation to a cool $3.6 billion, it said today. The Lithuanian startup provides artificial ...
Shares of memory chip giant SK hynix rise after it bags $26.5B in blockbuster US listing
Updated with Friday trading: Shares of South Korean memory chipmaker SK hynix Inc. opened at 14% over their initial asking price Friday, a day after it priced its American Depository Receipts at $149, raising about $26.5 billion. Shares opened at $170 as they debuted Friday morning, and closed just below that, at $168.01. The decision to ...
OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Work, an agentic tool for automating business workflows
OpenAI Group PBC today launched a new “agentic” tool called ChatGPT Work as it announced the global rollout of its most advanced model family so far in GPT-5.6. ChatGPT Work is a new mode within ChatGPT that’s designed to perform actions autonomously across user’s connected applications, files, web tools, desktops and recurring workflows. It’s meant ...
Meta reportedly testing prototype AI specs that record everything the user sees and hears
Meta Platforms Inc. this week sought to reassure consumers about the privacy safeguards of its controversial artificial intelligence-enabled glasses, yet at the same time it’s reportedly pushing even creepier capabilities in its “internal prototypes.” The company’s AI-powered eyewear has a growing reputation as a creepy technology, but in a blog post Tuesday the company announced ...