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Pulumi raises $15M for its unique brand of infrastructure automation
Pulumi Corp., an infrastructure automation startup that launched in June with $5 million from investors, has bagged an additional $15 million round led by Madrona Venture Group. The investment was announced today and saw Seattle-based enterprise technology fund Tola Capital chip in as well. Pulumi made the round public in conjunction with the introduction of ...
European Union greenlights Microsoft’s $7.5B acquisition of GitHub
Microsoft Corp.’s $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub Inc. has moved a big step closer toward closing. The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, today unconditionally approved the deal after deciding that the transaction doesn’t raise any antitrust concerns. The body concluded that “Microsoft would not have the market power to undermine the ...
Samsung debuts the Galaxy Book2, a new challenger to Microsoft’s Surface Pro
Fresh off the Galaxy Note 9 launch event, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today unveiled another addition to its mobile lineup that directly challenges Microsoft Corp.’s Surface Pro. The Galaxy Book2 is a Windows two-in-one that functions as a tablet on its own and can be turned into a laptop using accessories included in the box. The peripherals ...
Atlassian modernizes Jira with new look, features to boost developer productivity
Since Atlassian Corp. PLC first released Jira 16 years ago, the project management tool has become a fixture in software development initiatives. Today, the company is giving its flagship product a makeover to meet the needs of modern application teams. The main theme of the update is accessibility. Actions that previously required knowledge of Jira’s ...
Data mining specialist Palantir reportedly weighing IPO at valuation up to $41B
Palantir Technologies Inc., a provider of data mining software with government ties, is said to be mulling an initial public offering that could value it at up to $41 billion. The Wall Street Journal reported on the company’s IPO plans today, citing anonymous sources. The tipsters told the publication that Palantir has been discussing the ...
Alphabet’s DeepMind open-sources key building blocks from its AI projects
DeepMind Technologies Ltd, Alphabet Inc.’s artificial intelligence research group, is sharing more of its work with the world. The division today open-sourced a collection of “key algorithmic components” derived from what it described as some of its most successful AI initiatives. The library, named TRFL and pronounced “truffle,” aims to aid researchers working on projects that ...
Oracle to acquire goBalto, a cloud startup that helps speed up clinical trials
The industry’s three major cloud providers are all actively targeting the healthcare sector, where adoption of technologies such as machine learning is fueling demand for computing resources. Now, Oracle Corp. is doubling down on the market too. The company today announced plans to acquire a startup called goBalto Inc. that offers a cloud platform for managing clinical trials. The ...
Amid privacy concerns, lawsuit accuses Facebook of covering up skewed ad data
An advertiser is alleging that Facebook Inc. hid an error in video viewership data shared with brands for more than a year and then vastly understated the issue. The complaint, spotted today by Bloomberg, comes as part a suit that was filed after the social network disclosed the error in September 2016. The plaintiff, Nevada-based marketing agency ...
Now adding 700K users a month, Lucidchart raises $72M to keep up the growth
Lucid Software Inc., better known as Lucidchart, is a force to be reckoned with in the collaboration market. The South Jordan, Utah-based startup’s diagramming service has more than 15 million users and counts 96 percent of the Fortune 500 as customers. Lucidchart today announced that it has raised $72 million to maintain the growth of this ...
Report: Facebook is developing a camera-equipped media streaming device
Facebook Inc. is said to be working on a media streaming device that will offer access to various entertainment services and feature a camera for video calling. Online news network Cheddar detailed the project in a report published today, a week after the social network entered the smart home market with the introduction of the Portal (pictured). ...
