Bloomberg: SILQ, a new B2B e-commerce firm formed by the merger of Bangladesh-based ShopUp and Saudi Arabia-based Sary, raised $110M co-led by Sanabil and Valar Ventures — The venture capital arm of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures are jointly leading … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Artisan, which is building AI sales development representatives, raised a $25M Series A led by Glade Brook Capital, after raising $12M in September 2024 — It’s been a tough but exciting year for 23-year-old Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, founder and CEO of AI sales agent startup Artisan. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Austin-based network security startup Portnox, which develops zero-trust access control tools, raised a $37.5M Series B, taking its total funding to $59.5M — Network security startup Portnox revealed today that it has raised $37.5 million in new funding to accelerate product innovation … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI launches the Pioneers Program, which aims to work with “multiple companies” to design tailored AI benchmarks for specific domains like legal and finance — OpenAI, like many AI labs, thinks AI benchmarks are broken. It says it wants to fix them through a new program. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sophie Shulman / CTech: Tel Aviv-based Anecdotes, which helps automate corporate governance, risk, and compliance processes, raised a $30M Series B extension, taking the round to $55M — The Israeli GRC platform simplifies regulatory headaches for tech, finance, and healthcare firms. — GRC — Funding — Anecdotes Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: xAI launches an API for Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini with “reasoning” capabilities; Grok 3 costs $3/$15 per million input/output tokens, Grok 3 mini costs $0.30/$0.50 — Billionaire Elon Musk might’ve just been countersued by OpenAI. But that isn’t stopping his AI company, xAI … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Hayden Field / CNBC: A look at Isomorphic Labs, a life sciences startup spun out of Google DeepMind aiming to “solve all disease” through AI-powered drug discovery — On a rare sunny day in London at the Google DeepMind office, Colin Murdoch saw the bank deposit from his employer come through. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Court document: NSO Group’s spyware Pegasus was used to target 1,223 WhatsApp users in 51 countries in a 2019 attack; Mexico led with 456 victims, India had 100 — NSO Group’s notorious spyware Pegasus was used to target 1,223 WhatsApp users in 51 different countries during a 2019 hacking campaign, according to a new court document. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Taryn Plumb / VentureBeat: Google introduces Firebase Studio, an AI-powered platform that lets users create custom mobile and web apps, APIs, backends, and frontends from their browser — Google has heated up the app-building space, today rolling out a generative AI-powered end-to-end app platform that allows users to create custom apps in minutes. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Autonomous driving startup Wayve will install its Level 2 advanced driver assistance software in Nissan’s vehicles from 2027, its first global carmaker deal — Agreement marks a key milestone for autonomous driving start-up as it accelerates global expansion plans Lees verder op Tech Meme