Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Analytics software provider Amplitude acquires Command AI, an app user engagement startup formerly called CommandBar that raised $23.8M, a source says for $45M+  —  Amplitude, a publicly traded company that makes digital analytics software, has acquired Command AI, an app user engagement startup formerly known as CommandBar. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Port, which offers DevOps services, raised a $35M Series B led by Accel and says its revenue is up 7x in the last 12 months while its customer base grew 8x  —  DevOps platform startup Port IO Ltd. has closed on its biggest funding round to date, raising $35 million in an investment led by Accel. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta rolls out “activity status” to Threads that shows a green dot next to a user’s profile picture to show the user is online, if they have the feature enabled  —  Meta is adding an “activity status” to Threads so that you can see who’s actively online as you’re scrolling your feed. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: ASML reports Q3 order bookings down 53% QoQ to €2.6B, far below €5.39B est., and Q3 net income of €2.1B, in results apparently released early; ASML drops 15%+  —  – The chip gear maker’s orders missed estimates in third quarter  — ASML cut its guidance for next year on chip sector weakness Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register: Court filing: VMware agrees to pay $102.5M to settle a securities fraud class action lawsuit that could apply to those who traded its stock from 2018 to 2020  —  Old accusations of securities fraud continue to dog VMware, with the virtualization juggernaut agreeing to pay $102.5 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: ASML reports Q3 order bookings down 53% QoQ to €2.6B, far below €5.39B est., and Q3 net income of €2.1B, in results apparently released early; ASML drops 15%+  —  – The chip gear maker’s orders missed estimates in third quarter  — ASML cut its guidance for next year on chip sector weakness Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: ASML reports Q3 order bookings down 53% QoQ to €2.6B, far below €5.39B est., and Q3 net income of €2.1B, in results apparently released early; ASML drops 15%+  —  – The chip gear maker’s orders missed estimates in third quarter  — ASML cut its guidance for next year on chip sector weakness Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: Decagon, which offers enterprises AI-powered customer service agents, raised a $65M Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures, valuing it at $650M  —  Companies are pitting AI-powered customer service agents against one another.  Decagon’s CEO Jesse Zhang says his company’s AI software has won time and again. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Intel and AMD forge an x86 ecosystem advisory group to ensure a unified x86 instruction set architecture moving forward, amid competition from Arm and RISC-V  —  Cats and dogs, living together!  —  In a rare public-facing display of cooperation between two of the industry’s fiercest rivals … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kathryn Lundstrom / Adweek: Amazon expands its suite of AI-powered ad tools to let US advertisers use generative AI to make audio ads, available now in beta, and unveils AI creative studio  —  The tech giant announced new products at its annual ad conference  —  Soon, you’ll hear more audio ads on Amazon’s properties that were created with generative AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme