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Lacework, last valued at $8.3B, is in talks to sell for just $150M to $200M, say sources

Consolidation continues apace in the world of security. Sources tell us that Lacework — a cloud security startup that was valued at $8.3 billion post-money in its last funding round — is i

Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed terabytes of internal sensitive data

Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed tens of terabytes of sensitive data, including private keys and passwords, while publishing a storage bucket of open source training data on GitHub. In re

Cloud security startup Wiz, now valued at $10B, raises $300M

Cybersecurity continues to be a major area for investment among businesses — and VCs. While a decline from the previous year, venture capital funding in the cybersecurity sector totaled $18.5 bi

Cloud security startup Wiz reaches $100M ARR in just 18 months

Cloud security startup Wiz launched just two years ago. It released its first product about 18 months ago. In December the company announced a $550 million Series A on a $6 billion valuation. That’s

More funding for Israel’s SaaS security startups as Atmosec raises $6 million seed round

Israeli SaaS security startup Atmosec raised a $6 million seed round led by Israeli VC firm Glilot Capital Partners and American fund Battery Ventures.

Wiz unveils new security tool to protect code in development pipeline

You will be excused if you haven’t heard of Wiz, an 18-month-old Israeli security startup from Microsoft Azure vets, but it has already been turning heads by raising $550 million on a $6 billion

Piiano raises $9M to help businesses protect their PII

Tel Aviv-based Piiano wants businesses to keep their customers’ data private. The company is coming out of stealth today and announcing a $9 million funding round led by YL Ventures, together wi

Video: Cute Teddy Bear Charatter Reads Tweets For You

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/charatter_1.png" /> On Friday, we've shown you <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/25/twimal-super-cute-twitter-toy-pet-reads-twe

Useless and Japan-only but cute: Mini USB construction site

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/usb_construction_site_wiz.jpg" /> <a href="http://www.wizinc.co.jp/english/index.html">Wiz</a>, the Japanese toy maker behind great stuf

Japanese company sells consolation money calculator

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/consolation_money_calculator.jpg" /> Can the level of disappointment in fellow human beings be measured? Tokyo-based toy maker <a href="

Flying Ultraman: Japan gets another cool Nippon-exlusive toy

Tokyo-based toy maker Wiz today unveiled a remote-controlled mini Ultraman figure [JP, PDF] that is able to fly, just like the original in the legendary super hero series. The so-called Charabot Ultra