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Autonomous web agents startup Silverstream AI Inc. today launched with an announcement that it has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding from Gradient Ventures, Google LLC’s artificial intelligence-focused seed fund to support open-source development and build the infrastructure needed to scale autonomous …
Boosted by cryptocurrency trading growth, eToro files for initial public offering
Social trading and investment marketplace company eToro Group Ltd. has officially filed its paperwork for an initial public offering just over two months after it first reported that it had done so confidentially. According to the company’s IPO filing with the U.S. …
CrowdStrike expands Falcon Exposure Management with network vulnerability support
Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. today announced new capabilities for its CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management offering that accelerate cybersecurity consolidation by eliminating outdated vulnerability management tools and extending artificial intelligence-powered risk prioritization to network assets. The new capabilities include the general availability …
Kraken enters agreement to acquire futures trading platform NinjaTrader for $1.5B
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken today said it will acquire NinjaTrader Group LLC, a leading U.S. retail futures trading platform provider, for $1.5 billion, subject to certain purchase price agreements. Founded in 2023, NinjaTrader offers trading technology and brokerage services with a platform that supports futures …
Zimperium report warns that mobile rooting and jailbreaking still pose serious security risks
A new report out today from mobile security platform provider Zimperium Inc. warns that mobile rooting and jailbreaking remain a persistent and evolving threat to enterprises worldwide. Mobile devices that have been rooted, meaning someone got administrator access to the operating system, and jailbroken, meaning apps …
Auvik introduces new features for SaaS management, network visibility and server monitoring
Cloud-based network management software firm Auvik Networks Inc. today announced a number of new capabilities in software-as-a-service automation, endpoint network visibility and server monitoring that give information technology teams and managed service providers greater visibility and control. The new capabilities include SaaS Automation and …
Avaneidi launches CyberStorage to enhance enterprise storage security and reliability
Storage solutions startup Avaneidi S.p.A. today announced the launch of “CyberStorage by Avaneidi,” a scalable and reliable storage infrastructure offering that combines tailored secure hardware storage, data governance and advanced CyberShield capabilities into one unified platform. CyberStorage is designed to offer reliability …
Enterprise AI adoption jumps 30-fold as organizations face growing cybersecurity risks
A new report out today from cloud security company Zscaler Inc. finds that enterprise usage of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools has surged more than 30-fold from a year ago, and that rise also has hiked security concerns. The finding comes from …
Nvidia reportedly acquires Gretel for $320M+ to strengthen AI training tools
Nvidia Corp. has reportedly acquired Gretel Labs Inc., a synthetic data platform startup that helps developers and organizations generate artificial datasets that mirror the characteristics of real data for use in artificial intelligence models. Wired, referencing “two people with direct knowledge of …
Utila raises $18M to meet demand for its institutional digital asset wallets
Digital asset operations platform startup Utila Inc. announced today that it has raised $18 million in new funding to scale up global operations to meet demand for its institutional multiparty computation wallets and expand its research and development efforts. Founded in 2022, …