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U.K. cybersecurity startup Join Ploy Ltd. revealed today that it has raised £2.5 million ($3.33 million) to accelerate product development and expand its go-to-market efforts globally. Founded in 2023 by Chief Technology Officer Harry Lucas and Chief Executive Officer Jacob Prime, the …
Ververica debuts Flink Agents to bring autonomous AI to real-time data streams
Ververica GmbH, the original creator of Apache Flink, today announced a new open-source sub-project of Apache Flink called Flink Agents, an embedded intelligent artificial intelligence system that feeds directly into business data flows. Apache Flink is an open-source framework that can process …
Justice Department targets Cambodia pig butchering syndicate in $15B bitcoin seizure and sanctions sweep
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has seized about $15 billion in bitcoin from a man who oversaw a so-called pig butchering operation in Cambodia, the largest bitcoin seizure by the department in its history. Along with the bitcoin …
LevelBlue acquires Cybereason, Imprivata buys Verosint in twin cybersecurity deals
Two notable acquisitions were announced in the cybersecurity space today as managed security provider LevelBlue Inc. revealed plans to acquire Cybereason Inc., while healthcare identity and access management firm Imprivata Inc. announced the purchase of Verosint Inc., an identity threat detection and …
Archive360 teams with Microsoft to deliver AI-powered eDiscovery and compliance solutions
Information archiving and management platform company Archive360 Inc. today announced a new collaboration with Microsoft Corp. to deliver artificial intelligence-powered eDiscovery and compliance solutions. The collaboration sees Archive360’s governed data cloud combined with Microsoft’s AI capabilities through Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models …
NTT DATA and Fortanix partner on cryptography-as-a-service to tackle AI and post-quantum security risks
Information technology service and consulting company NTT DATA Corp. today announced a new partnership with data security company Fortanix Inc. to help enterprises safeguard sensitive data, counter emerging artificial intelligence threats and prepare for looming post-quantum cryptography challenges. The partnership between the two companies …
DeepTempo and Cribl team up to counter agentic AI threats with data-driven security
Artificial intelligence-driven cybersecurity startup DeepTempo today announced a strategic partnership with data observability and telemetry management company Cribl Inc. to deliver an integrated solution that streamlines telemetry collection and unleashes deep learning-powered detection to stop polymorphic and agentic AI-driven threats. The partnership connects DeepTempo’s …
Kernel raises $22M to power browser infrastructure for AI agents
Browser infrastructure platform for artificial intelligence agents startup Kernel Technologies Inc. announced today that it has raised $22 million in funding to scale its platform so AI agents can reliably navigate, persist sessions and securely use the web. Founded earlier this year, …
Reflection AI lands $2B at $8B valuation to expand frontier AI infrastructure and safety research
Artificial intelligence startup Reflection AI Inc. revealed today that it has raised $2 billion in new funding to scale up its open-source frontier AI models, expand global infrastructure and research teams and invest in safety, evaluation and responsible deployment. According to The …
Proof launches Certify to combat deepfakes and AI-driven digital impersonation
Digital identity and transaction security platform company Proof today announced the launch of a new solution aimed at solving the problem of falsified content, deepfakes and digital impersonation that artificial intelligence has dramatically exacerbated. Called Certify, the new solution seeks to address …