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Two years ago, Microsoft debuted SharePoint Syntex, which leverages AI to automate the capture and classification of data from documents — building on SharePoint's existing services. Today marks the expansion of the platform into Microsoft Syntex, a set of new products and capabilities in

At its Ignite conference this week, Microsoft announced updates heading to Teams, its ever-evolving videoconferencing and workplace collaboration app. New avatars are available, and more details were announced around Teams Premium, a paid set of Teams features including AI-generated tasks and meeti

It was only in June last year when we reported how Immersive Labs, a platform that teaches cybersecurity skills to employees in a “gamified” way, had closed a $75 million Series C funding round. As of today, the company just pulled in another $66 Million, taking the total raised to $189 million

The cameras in our phones, laptops and, increasingly, home robots and the like are about as small as they can get unless we start doing something different, and that’s just what Metalenz is getting up to — with great success, and now a $30 million funding round to expand its ultra-small 3D

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the world to rise above borders and pursue their drea

Small displays like smartwatches and AR/VR applications are about to get a lot better, at least if Porotech has anything to do with it. Whereas regular LED displays have their red, green and blue pixels side-by-side, in separate pixels, Porotech's DynamicPixelTuning (DPT) tech promises to make

These days, a blockchain startup founder should expect to navigate challenging waters. Even in the best of times, founders must both prepare for a bull market and be ready for possibly bearish territory. Having a solid roadmap, real-world use cases and a war chest are only a small part of a blockch

Zapier and IFTTT are, today, very large platforms for creating automation rules for texts or getting two apps to “talk” to each other via APIs. However, these are “hammers to crack nuts” when it comes to processing simple tasks needed inside businesses. Furthermore, if you include i

Not every startup can reach its full potential — or survive — on its own. Venture capital puts a lot of emphasis on startups reaching unicorn status or exiting through an IPO, largely because such successes are crucial to making the venture model work. But this makes it easy to overlook the fac

Vanta, a security compliance automation startup, today announced that it raised $40 million in an extension of its Series B funding round that closed in June, which valued the company at $1.6 billion. Notably, CrowdStrike invested in the extension along with a number of individual investors. CEO Ch

Indian edtech giant Byju’s said on Wednesday it will eliminate 5% of its workforce, or about 2,500 roles, across multiple departments and is cutting its marketing budgets as it looks to improve its finances and achieve profitability by end of the current financial year. This the second signif

Africa's $45 billion pharmaceuticals market is expected to grow 10% CAGR to $100 billion by 2030. Yet, the sector struggles with highly fragmented and undercapitalized supply chains rife with fake medications, which cause the death of thousands of patients yearly; in Nigeria, 20-40% of drugs ar

Recent research suggests that the e-commerce market in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt account for a combined $21.4 billion and is projected to grow by more than 50% to $33.3 billion in the next three years. And as MENA shoppers increase their commerce spending, it is increasingly becoming imperative f

Net Purpose, a platform for sustainable investors, has raised $11 million in a Series A round led by ETF Partners, funding that will be used to expand its product and team, says the company. The company is benefitting from a shift to investing in sustainable products. According to the UN Principles