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Accenture to acquire Udacity to build a learning platform focused on AI
Accenture announced today that it would acquire the learning platform Udacity as part of an effort to build a learning platform focused on the growing interest in AI. While the…
It’s not just hype, corporate America is making huge bets on AI transforming their businesses
There’s an all-out race to leverage AI to add more utility and value to products, and to reap a portion of the resulting demand in AI-powered products and services.
Tech consultancy giant Accenture plans to cut 19,000 jobs, or 2.5% of its workforce, and has lowered its annual revenue and profit forecasts, becoming the latest behemoth to trim expenses…
LockBit ransomware group downed by DDoS after claiming Entrust breach
The LockBit ransomware gang is claiming responsibility for the July cyberattack against cybersecurity giant Entrust, but with a twist — the group is also accusing its latest victim of a…
Digital marketplace Clutch closes $1.2M pre-seed round led by Precursor Ventures
The duo aims to democratize the tools needed for everyone to become a content creator.
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Apple enters the BNPL market as regulation, competition intensify
How will all of these BNPL-focused providers fare with Apple pounding its way into their market?
AppOmni raises $70M to find and secure vulnerabilities in SaaS app stacks
As more enterprises migrate apps and workloads into the cloud, so grows the need for more sophisticated tech to secure that activity. That’s resulted in a strong run of funding…
Stenn banks $50M on a $900M valuation for a platform to finance SMBs that trade internationally
Globalization has been one of the biggest trends in e-commerce in the last decade: internet rails facilitate a much wider marketplace of would-be consumers and a selection of items for…
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Austin’s Will Hurley on the city’s incredible tech rise
In Austin’s tech world, there’s an entrepreneur everyone knows by one name: Whurley.
Google, Databricks, Fivetran, Redis and others launch the Data Cloud Alliance
There’s a new alliance in town: the Data Cloud Alliance. Founded by Google Cloud, Accenture, Confluent, Databricks, Dataiku, Deloitte, Elastic, Fivetran, MongoDB, Neo4j, Redis and Starburst, the group’s mission is…
Digibee, a low-code integration platform, is doing what all low-code integration platforms are apparently doing right now: raising funding. The company today announced that it has raised a $25 million…
Don’t let new hybrid workplaces keep the old systemic racism
While I’m the first to say the National Urban League and many of my colleagues in the field are doing great work, too many companies are relying on us alone…
UK cyber startup Immersive Labs acquires US-based Snap Labs — and there’s a climate angle
Cybersecurity startup Immersive Labs — which recently closed a $75 million Series C funding round giving it a significant war chest — is acquiring U.S.-based cyber startup Snap Labs in…
H2O.ai raises $100M at a $1.6B pre-money valuation for tools to make AI usable by any kind of enterprise
H2O.ai — a startup that has developed an open-source framework as well as proprietary apps that make it easier for any kind of enterprise to build and operate artificial intelligence-based…
Walmart acquires design tool Botmock as its invests in shopping by voice and text
With its latest acquisition Walmart is further investing in technology that will enable shopping via voice and chat. The retail giant announced it’s acquiring “select technology assets” from a startup…
Microsoft Teams gets 3D animated avatars, because metaverse
Microsoft wants a piece of the metaverse, too, so at its Ignite conference today, the company announced 3D avatars for those Teams meetings where you don’t want to be on…
Earlier this year, Apple officially discontinued Music Memos, an iPhone app that allowed musicians to quickly record audio and develop new song ideas. Now, a new startup called Tape It…
Bring your own environment: The future of work
A few years from now, the organizations that succeed will be the ones that resisted the urge to race everyone back to the office and instead rethought how their workforce…
Atlanta’s early-stage investment renaissance continues with Overline’s $27 million fund close
Michael Cohn became a celebrity in the Atlanta startup ecosystem when the company he co-founded was sold to Accenture in a deal valued somewhere between $350 million and $400 million…
Turing nabs $32M more for an AI-based platform to source and manage engineers remotely
As remote work continues to solidify its place as a critical aspect of how businesses exist these days, a startup that has built a platform to help companies source and…
D-Wave launches its 5,000+ qubit Advantage system
D-Wave today announced the launch of its new Advantage quantum computers. These new systems, with over 5,000 qubits and 15-way qubit connectivity, are now available in the company’s Leap cloud…
London VCs launch joint initiative to expand funding opportunities for underrepresented founders
UK investors have come together to create a new virtual pitching event designed to address the problems with the current startup ecosystem that can lead to inequalities and “warm intros”…
Persefoni launches with $3.5 million and a carbon accounting system for big business
Kentaro Kawamori and Jason Offerman, the co-founders of new startup Persefoni, which aims to make carbon reporting easier for large corporations, know a few things about carbon emissions. The two…
Sponsors could be key to solving tech’s lack of gender diversity
If tech companies want to ignite real change within the industry, they must bolster their dedication to empowering female talent.
“Yes.” That was Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s simple answer when I asked if he thought he’d achieved what he set out to do in his first year. A year…
The directional trends are clear: chatbots are an important component of our AI-driven future, and the C-suite is taking notice.
Microsoft’s Azure Synapse Analytics bridges the gap between data lakes and warehouses
At its annual Ignite conference in Orlando, Fla., Microsoft today announced a major new Azure service for enterprises: Azure Synapse Analytics, which Microsoft describes as “the next evolution of Azure…
Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global is buying a startup that uses neuroscience to boost app usage
When Arianna Huffington stepped down from her role at the Huffington Post to start Thrive Global, she said the goal of her new business was to help a generation “avoid…
Apple exec Susan Prescott is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise
Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of markets, apps and services, has been at Apple since 2003. She worked with the company’s co-founder Steve Jobs, and has witnessed such milestones as…
Zindi rallies Africa’s data scientists to crowdsolve local problems
Zindi is convening Africa’s data scientists to create AI solutions for complex problems. Founded in 2018, the Cape Town-based startup allows companies, NGOs or government institutions to host online competitions…
