Google’s Gradient backs Send AI to help enterprises extract data from complex documents
A fledgling Dutch startup wants to help companies extract data from large volumes of complex documents where accuracy and security is paramount — and it has just secured the backing of Google’s Gradient Ventures to do so.
Send AI is taking on established incumbents in the document proce
Cybersecurity automation firm Torq lands $42M in expanded Series B
Torq, a self-described “hyperautomation” cybersecurity startup, today announced that it raised $42 million in an extension to its Series B funding round from investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners, GGV Capital, Insight Partners, Greenfield Partners and Evolution Equity Partners.
Docker’s Build Cloud lets developers build their containers in the cloud
At last year’s DockerCon, Docker launched its Docker Build remote build service and today it is taking this a step further with the launch of Docker Build Cloud, a fully managed service that, you guessed it, allows development teams to offload their image builds to the cloud. Docker promises
Blueshift, a marketing automation startup, raises $40M in debt
Blueshift, a San Francisco–based startup that taps AI to help brands automate and personalize engagement across different marketing channels, has secured $40 million in debt financing from Runway Growth Capital.
Co-founder and CEO Vijay Chittoor said that the loan will be used to refinance Bluesh
Silverfort raises $116M for its holistic approach to identity security
Silverfort, the Israeli/U.S. startup, takes an all-in view when it comes to identity security in an organization. When it comes to potential breaches, people, machines, clouds, legacy and new apps can all be targets, and they can be exploited at any of the many points where they interact with each
Bluewhite rakes in $39M for robots-as-a-service that can be retrofitted to drive any tractor
Agriculture has a long heritage of being constantly disrupted by technology, an evolution that has continued to play out until today. In one of the latest developments, an Israeli startup called Bluewhite has picked up $39 million in funding to advance its own contribution to the field: autonomous
Germany’s Instagrid, which uses software to supercharge portable batteries, raises $95M
Energy supply is one of the bigger issues impacting how technology will evolve over time — a challenge that might be feel closer to home when you consider the batteries of objects like mobile phones or electric vehicles but is definitely not constrained just to consumer tech. A startup called
Business travel management platform TravelPerk raises $104M
TravelPerk, a business travel management platform targeted at SMEs, has raised $104 million in a fresh equity-based round of financing led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2.
Existing investors, including Kinnevik and Felix Capital, also participated in the round.
The funding gives
New MIT CSAIL study suggests that AI won’t steal as many jobs as expected
Will AI automate human jobs, and — if so — which jobs and when?
That’s the trio of questions a new research study from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), out this morning, tries to answer.
There’s been many attempts t
Chronosphere acquires Calyptia to extend its observability platform
Chronosphere, a startup that offers a cloud native observabity platform, today announced that it has acquired Calyptia. Whe the company itself may not be a household name, Calyptia was founded by the creators of the Fluent Ecosystem, which includes the popular open source observabity projects like
Access management startup Oleria lands $33M in funding
Oleria, a startup providing access management tools primarily for enterprise customers, today announced that it raised $33 million in a Series A round led by Evolution Equity Partners with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Tapestry Ventures and Zscaler.
Oleria was co-founded in 2022 by Jim Al
Kashable banks $25.6M to offer employment-based lending
More and more employers are adding financial products to their employee benefits and perks, and many startups have jumped into this sector to help.
Fintech company Kashable is the latest to also grab some venture capital attention for its approach to offering credit and financial wellness products
Sundar Pichai warns Google staff more layoffs are coming
After laying off over 1,000 workers across multiple divisions last week and cutting 100 jobs at YouTube, Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent a memo to its staff warning more layoffs are expected this year.
Pichai’s memo said the company will have to make “tough choices” to meet its ambi
Notion launches a standalone calendar app
Does the world need more calendar apps? That's the first question that came to my mind when I heard that Notion, the incredibly popular note-taking and project management service, was launching a standalone calendar service. Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, though, given that Notion a