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Apple joins ethical AI research group as founding member
Apple Inc. hasn’t been as quick to embrace the open-source artificial intelligence community as some of its fellow tech giants, but it’s starting to make up for lost time. The iPhone maker this morning became the sixth founding member of the much-touted Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society. Apple joins inaugural backers Amazon.com ...
Singapore invests $800 million into Alphabet’s Verily life sciences group
The big reorganization that saw Google Inc. turn into Alphabet Inc. last year was much more than just a branding update. The search giant has also decided to let external parties invest in its businesses. Verily, the research group formerly known as Google Life Sciences, today announced that it has secured a massive $800 million ...
Japan’s Rakuten leads $18M round into communications startup CafeX
After a series of bold venture investments in financial tech and ride-sharing, Rakuten Inc. is shifting its attention to the world of enterprise technology. The Japanese Internet giant today led an $18 million round into a fast-rising startup called CafeX Communications Inc. that is trying to reshape two markets at once. Founded in 2013, the New ...
Reflektive lands $25M to give performance reviews real-time relevance
Performance reviews are one of the most important and time-tested tools in human resources departments’ arsenal, but according to Reflektive Inc., there’s still a lot of room for improvement. The San Francisco-based startup is advocating a “continuous” approach to tracking employee productivity that has managed to draw the attention of Silicon Valley investors. Among them ...
Cisco intros a $4,990 digital whiteboard for collaborative meetings
Although it’s best-known for making networking equipment, Cisco Systems Inc.’s hardware lineup includes a wide range of other products as well. The list includes items as diverse as telephony systems, surveillance cameras, and, starting today, a cloud-connected digital whiteboard for conference rooms. The touch display is launching under the name Spark Board in a nod to ...
AI-based antivirus maker SentinelOne closes $70M funding
Despite fierce competition in the antivirus market, SentinelOne Inc. sees a bright future for its artificial intelligence-powered threat detection platform. Now, it appears several top Silicon Valley venture funds agree. SentinelOne revealed this morning that it’s closed a mammoth $70 million funding round led by Redpoint Ventures. The firm, which counts itself among the startup’s ...
Microsoft taps LinkedIn infrastructure head Kevin Scott as CTO
A month after completing its landmark $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, Microsoft Corp. has added one of the business network’s top technologists to its leadership team. The new arrival is Kevin Scott, who will assume the newly created post of chief technology officer. TechCrunch noted that the executive isn’t the first person to have landed ...
Microsoft invests in deception-based security startup Illusive Networks
In an area as competitive as the enterprise security market, the endorsement of a big-name investor can be tremendously valuable for a startup looking to stand out. Illusive Networks Ltd. received exactly that today with an investment from Microsoft Corp.’s recently formed private equity arm. The Israeli firm didn’t specify the size of the round ...
Fuse raises $12M to let mobile developers work in real-time
Every mobile developer aims to provide fast response times for users, but they often don’t enjoy the same luxury in their own work, especially when it comes to interface design. Norway’s FuseTools SA believes the industry is due for a change. The startup’s push today won the support of Nordic investment firms Northzone and Alliance ...
TripActions raises $14.6M to apply big data to business travel
Now that companies are embracing a data-centric approach to helping their field personnel choose driving routes, some are already taking the next logical step: applying the same strategy to business travel. Much of the credit for this trend goes to the Menlo Park-based TripActions Inc., which today raised $14.6 million in funding. The investment was ...
