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Bedrock modernizes seafloor mapping with autonomous sub and cloud-based data

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The push for renewable energy has brought offshore wind power to the forefront of many an energy company’s agenda, and that means taking a very close look at the ocean floor where the installations are to go. “This is a big data problem — how would you design the systems to support that solution? ”

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Call center automation software vendor Replicant raises $78M

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According to one survey , only 10% of contact center agents reach proficiency in fewer than two months. “[With the new capital,] we plan to ramp up investment in our customer success team to onboard new customers,” cofounder and CEO Gadi Shamia told TechCrunch via email. ” Automating customer interactions.

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WizeHire lands fresh cash to expand its SMB-focused hiring platform

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The tranche values the company at $250 million post-money, and cofounder and CEO Sid Upadhyay says that it’ll be put toward growing WizeHire’s over-100-person headcount, expanding the company’s hiring resources and “further establish[ing]” relationships with technical partners.

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Reveal raises $50M to espouse the benefits of partner ecosystems

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Business-to-business (B2B) companies are generating an increasing percentage of their revenue through partner ecosystems. In a 2018 Accenture survey , 76% of business leaders said that current business models will be unrecognizable in the next five years, with ecosystems being the main change agent. Image Credits: Reveal.

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Ascend.io lands $31M to automate data pipeline orchestration

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Ascend.io , a company developing data automation products for enterprise customers, has raised $31 million in a Series B round led by Tiger Global with participation from Shasta Ventures and existing investor Accel, it announced today. According to a 2021 survey from ManageEngine — the IT division of Zoho — 80% of U.S.-based

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Payroll provider Symmetrical.ai nabs $18.5M to streamline employee payouts

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previously cofounded Turbine Analytics, an investment information processing company based in Poland. “Our ultimate goal is to enable any company to hire and pay anyone in the world via just two API calls.” As a result, IT can focus on initiatives that drive the top line for the company.

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Data observability startup Observe secures $70M

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A survey from Enterprise Strategy Group commissioned by Yotascale — which isn’t an impartial vendor, granted (if there is such a thing) — found that 84% of companies in 2022 considered tracking cloud cost allocation alone to be burdensome and time-consuming. It brings the company’s total capital to date to $114.5

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