[[{“value”:” Backline, a new security startup that uses AI agents to automatically remediate security vulnerabilities, is coming out of stealth with a $9 million seed round led by StageOne Ventures. This is the third startup by Maor Goldberg, the company’s co-founder and CEO. He previously co-founded Whitebox Security, which he sold to SailPoint in 2015, as […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
QED seeds $9.9M in Cedar Money, a stablecoin payment platform
[[{“value”:” The newest generation of startups aiming to solve cross-border payments are focusing on stablecoins — cryptocurrency coins often pegged to actual currencies or other commodities to help them keep stable prices — to build solutions that work faster and often cheaper than classic financial rails. This trend is also driving a surge in investor interest […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Ai2 says its new AI model beats one of DeepSeek’s best
[[{“value”:” Move over, DeepSeek. Seattle-based nonprofit AI lab Ai2 has released a benchmark-beating model called Tulu3-405B. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Savant Labs is an automation platform for business analysts
[[{“value”:” Savant Labs launched its automation platform for data analysts in 2023. The company, which competes with the likes of Alteryx, on Thursday said it had raised $18.5 million in a Series A round led by Dell Technologies Capital. Unlike some other low-code/no-code tools, Savant’s focus is squarely on business analysts. Analysts, its CEO and founder […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
DeepSeek exposed internal database containing chat histories and sensitive data
[[{“value”:” The internal DeepSeek database was exposed to the internet without a password. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Data analytics startup Athenic AI wants to be an enterprise’s central nervous system
[[{“value”:” Jared Zhao originally got interested in data analytics during his time at UC Berkeley because he was drawn to how it could turn raw data into a story. Zhao founded his first data analytics startup Polyture in 2021. But advancements in generative AI just a year later made Zhao realize what Polyture was building was […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
US blood donation giant warns of disruption after ransomware attack
[[{“value”:” New York Blood Center said it does not have a “specific timetable for system restoration” following the attack, which has led to canceled appointments and delays © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Can better glucose monitoring improve workforce participation for people with diabetes?
[[{“value”:” Can better glucose monitoring improve workforce participation for people with diabetes? Published: Over 38 million people in the US have diabetes, a chronic illness that can have serious health and economic consequences. Dr Belinda Román, an economist at St. Mary’s University in Texas, is investigating how improved access to glucose monitoring devices can help people with diabetes manage their…
India lauds Chinese AI lab DeepSeek, plans to host its models on local servers
[[{“value”:” India’s IT minister on Thursday praised DeepSeek‘s progress and said the country will host the Chinese AI lab’s large language models on domestic servers, in a rare opening for Chinese technology in India. “You have seen what DeepSeek has done — $5.5 million and a very very powerful model,” IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
European embedded banking startup Swan adds another $44 million to its Series B
[[{“value”:” French startup Swan has raised another €42 million (around $44 million at current exchange rates). The company considers this round as the second part of the Series B round that was originally announced in September 2024. Swan helps other companies offer financial products at scale. The company can generate both virtual and physical cards that […] © 2024 TechCrunch….