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Hopin, the virtual events startup that saw its star (and valuation) rise quickly during the COVID-19 pandemic, is most definitely coming down to earth. Today the company announced that it has sold its Events and Session business units to RingCentral for an undisclosed sum. Events is Hopin’s e

As tools for building AI systems, particularly large language models (LLMs), get easier and cheaper, some are using them for unsavory purposes, like generating malicious code or phishing campaigns. But the threat of AI-accelerated hackers isn’t quite as dire as some headlines would suggest. T

Ramp continues to ramp up its business. The fintech startup announced today that it is entering the procurement space as it focuses more on “complex” enterprises and that it has landed a new customer in Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify. Over time, Ramp has continued to

ConfiAbogado, a Mexico City-based startup, raised $1.65 million in seed funding to provide better accessibility to legal services across Latin America. Co-founder and CEO Emiliano Ruiz launched the company with his brother, Julián Ruiz, in 2020. Emiliano previously worked at a traditional law firm

Global trade has been in a slump, in part due to ongoing economic pressures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with some glimmers of recovery on the horizon, a startup that’s built business around tools to enable B2B trading has raised some money and is launching a JV that it hopes wi

"speakable-summary" dir="ltr" role="presentation">Neon, a startup that’s buding a serverless open source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres, today announced that it raised around $46 mlion in a new funding round, about $30 mlion of which came from Menlo VC. Bringing its total raised to $104 ml

Having worked as a solution architect and designed multiple SaaS applications, I believe many companies have struggled to choose the right SaaS architecture for their product offering. In this article, I will share my learnings to help companies that are building SaaS applications make a pragmatic

After announcing plans nearly two years ago, defense alliance NATO has officially closed its first fund to back startups that are building technology strategic to NATO’s own goals in defense and security. Member nations are collectively committing capital totaling €1 billion (around $1 bill

Observability and security platform Dynatrace today announced that it plans to acquire Rookout, a Tel Aviv-based observability startup that focuses on helping developers troubleshoot and debug their code in production. Publicly traded Dynatrace already offers a comprehensive suite of observability

As 2022 edged to a close, we took a look at 2023 budget projections. As we approach the middle of the third quarter, we thought it would be useful to revisit those predictions and see where we are almost eight months into the year. It's always good to start with the analysts and see what number

Homes are always in need of repair, providing home service businesses with no shortage of opportunity. However, managing inbound requests with actually doing the work and taking payments can be difficult. In recent years, startups have come online with technology solutions to help small home servic

Cyble, a cybersecurity startup that styles itself as a “threat intelligence provider,” today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Blackbird Ventures and King River Capital with participation from Spider Capital, January Capital, Summit Peak Ventures

A megabucks enterprise acquisition that closed six months ago could lead to thousands of patents landing on the open market. Last August, Canadian enterprise technology giant OpenText announced plans to acquire U.K.-based IT software vendor and consultancy Micro Focus for a chunky $6 billion, a dea

Business is regularly won and lost on the strength of a proposal. Now, a startup out of London called AutogenAI has built a tool based on generative AI that it claims can help businesses write stronger pitches to improve that strike rate, and it has won some money of its own: $22.3 million from Blo