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Sapho raises $14M to turn old enterprise software into modern apps
While most other application development startups focus on streamlining greenfield software projects, Sapho Inc. is working to help companies make better use of their existing investments. The three-year-old firm entered the industry spotlight today after securing a $14 million investment led by a low-key San Francisco fund called Caffeinated Capital. Sapho will spend the money ...
Alphabet’s Verily launches 10,000-person study to understand human health
As IBM Corp. has demonstrated with its Watson artificial intelligence, a sufficiently large trove of medical data can help diagnose even the most elusive conditions. The problem is that the necessary information is often difficult to come by, which is why Alphabet Inc. has set out to collect its own. Verily Life Sciences LLC, the ...
CyberGRX raises $20M to help firms spot security risks in their ecosystems
Large companies’ security operations focus on more than just their own internal infrastructure. They also individually vet each supplier to ensure they don’t introduce any unnecessary risks into the picture, a historically time-consuming task that CyberGRX Inc. is looking to automate. The startup has raised $20 million in funding today from a group of investors ...
NEA leads $40M round into data processing startup Reltio
The typical enterprise collects data from multiple sources as part of its analytics efforts, but they’re often handled separately, which can make it difficult to see the big picture. Reltio Inc. has spent the past six years working to change that. The Redwood Shores, California-based startup is shifting its efforts into high gear today with the ...
Actian fuses its products into a multi-purpose database
Actian Corp. is shaking up its product lineup to address the changes taking place in the analytics market. The highlight of its announcement today is a new database released into general availability that blends two of the company’s most important products into a single package. Ingres, the first component, is a transactional database designed to handle ...
Analytics startup LeanDNA nabs $4.5M to make factories more efficient
In the manufacturing world, the discussion around analytics focuses mainly on how sensory measurements from the factory floor can help streamline production. But it’s only one of several areas where modern data-crunching tools are proving useful. Another is supply chain management, which is where LeanDNA Inc. is focusing its efforts. The Austin-based startup today announced it ...
Oracle picks up Dutch development automation startup Wercker
Three months after buying application connectivity specalist Apiary Inc., Oracle Corp. is bolstering its development automation lineup with another acquisition. The database giant today announced that it has purchased Wercker B.V, an Amsterdam-based startup focused on easing the task of turning raw code into functioning applications. Its namesake cloud platform provides the ability to create automated ...
Uber reveals its numbers: Bookings reached $20B in 2016 but losses mounted
Despite a series of high-profile missteps, Uber Technologies Inc. is rapidly growing its global ride-hailing empire, but at the expense of multibillion-dollar losses. That’s the main highlight of the company’s first public financial disclosure, which was shared with Bloomberg Friday. Under generally accepted accounting principles, Uber claims to have seen the value of the car bookings ...
Apple receives license to test self-driving cars in California
If there was any remaining doubt about whether Apple Inc. is truly looking to enter the auto market, it was all but dispelled last week. Word came out on Friday that the technology giant has received regulatory permission to test self-driving vehicles in California. The news was revealed by an entry on the website of the ...
Baidu buys computer vision startup founded by Magic Leap veterans
Like Google Inc., Chinese search giant Baidu Inc. is investing heavily in building out its artificial intelligence capabilities. The company announced on Thursday that it has acquired a U.S.-based startup called xPerception Technology Inc. as part of the effort. Founded by two former employees of Magic Leap Inc., the buzzy augmented reality startup, xPerception was ...
