Nucleus aims to simplify the process of managing microservices

An increasing number of organizations are adopting microservices, the loosely coupled, independently deployable services that together make up an app. According to a 2020 O’Reilly survey, 77% of organizations had adopted microservices, with 29% reporting that they were migrating or implementi

Environmental health and safety software is now a hot commodity

Historically, environmental health and safety software hasn’t been a massive market — at least compared to others in the software-as-a-service segment — and it’s admittedly not the most enthralling startup category. But that’s changing, according to a new survey released by re

HPE acquires Pachyderm as looks to bolster its AI dev offerings

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the company better known as HPE, announced today that it acquired Pachyderm, a startup developing a data science platform for “explainable, repeatable” AI. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed nor was the purchase price. But HPE said that it plans to

Nvidia unveils new AI workflows to help the retail industry with loss prevention

In a recent episode of “Customer Wars” a woman put a chainsaw down her pants in an effort to steal it. And you might have caught the video of the thieves stealing from Ulta. Videos like this are all over the internet, and the retail industry is reporting that theft continues to rise. Target att

Coho AI, which uses AI to help B2B SaaS companies boost revenue, raises $8.5M

Teams dedicated to boosting customer acquisition, retention and sales don't necessarily have the time or tools to use data insights effectively. In a 2019 survey, NewVantage partners found that the percentage of firms identifying themselves as being data-driven declined in each of the past thre

Our obsession with pets means startups aimed at vets are booming, as Digitail shows

With our mysterious, unsustainable and psychological attachment to pets, combined with a boom in pet ownership since those lonely pandemic times, veterinary practices have come under increasing pressure. Pet ownership has increased (56 to 70% U.S. household penetration in the last 35 years). But, t

Company created by Citrix-Tibco merger confirms it has laid off 15% of staff

The continuing onslaught of tech layoffs has not let up in the new year. Last week, we saw big layoff announcements from Amazon and Salesforce with thousands of employees being let go. Yesterday CRN reported that Cloud Software Group was undertaking massive layoffs. Today the company confirmed it

Microsoft 365 Basic launches with 100 GB of storage, Outlook and more for $1.99 per month

Microsoft will introduce a new, lower-cost tier of Microsoft 365, its product family of productivity software, collaboration and cloud-based services, starting on January 30. Called Microsoft 365 Basic and priced at $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year, the plan will initially include 100 GB of stora

DeepL, the AI-based language translator, raises over $100M at a $1B+ valuation

Artificial intelligence startups, and (thanks to GPT and OpenAI) specifically those helping humans communicate with each other, are commanding a lot of interest from investors, and today the latest of these is announcing a big round of funding. DeepL, a startup that provides instant translation-as-

OpenAI begins piloting ChatGPT Professional, a premium version of its viral chatbot

OpenAI this week signaled it’ll soon begin charging for ChatGPT, its viral AI-powered chatbot that can write essays, emails, poems and even computer code. In an announcement on the company’s official Discord server, OpenAI said that it’s “starting to think about how to monet

Hack The Box, a gamified cybersecurity training platform with 1.7M users, raises $55M

There’s long existed a divide in the world of computer hacking between those who are taking a malicious approach to crack a system, and those who are using the same techniques to understand the system’s vulnerabilities, help fix them and at the same time fight against the malicious acto

Oxbotica raises $140M more as its B2B autonomous vehicle platform gains ground

Activity in the self-driving car industry, frenetic for years, has somewhat stalled in more recent times, but a handful of the most promising companies are continuing to see their businesses grow and attract investment in the process. In one of the more recent developments, Oxbotica, a startup out

Salesforce turmoil continues into new year, as recent layoffs attest

Salesforce has been in the news a lot recently, and largely not for positive reasons. It has been an unusually dramatic and turbulent period for the cloud CRM leader, and the first of the year brought little relief: The company announced last week it was laying off 10% of its approximately 80,000 e

Data observability startup Metaplane lands investment from YC, others

The need for data observability, or the ability to understand, diagnose and orchestrate data health across various IT tools, continues to grow as organizations adopt more apps and services. (Nearly 10% of businesses now have more than 200 apps to manage, according to a recent Okta study.) In a larg