DataRobot
AUGUST 30, 2021
As part of a blog post series on the topic of building trust in AI , we recently talked about how DataRobot organizes trust in an AI system into three main categories: performance, operations, and ethics. In each of these categories is a set of dimensions of trust. The purpose of this blog post is to discuss one dimension of trust in the category of Operations: Humility.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 30, 2021
One of the consequences of rising CO2 levels in our atmosphere is that levels also rise proportionately in the ocean, harming wildlife and changing ecosystems. Heimdal is a startup working to pull that CO2 back out at scale using renewable energy and producing carbon-negative industrial materials, including limestone for making concrete, in the process, and it has attracted significant funding even at its very early stage.
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Agile Alliance
AUGUST 30, 2021
Agile Alliance Board of Directors approved changes to the organization’s bylaws on Aug 7. The revisions to the bylaws removed some outdated language regarding changes to board terms specific to the 2014-2016 elections, clarified the process of nominating and electing a slate of candidates, and updated the election process to reflect voting happening prior to the … Continued.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 30, 2021
Social commerce startup Flip is mixing live commerce mobile apps with real customer reviews to improve the buying experience and opportunity for the creator economy. Today, the Los Angeles-based company closed on a $28 million Series A led Streamlined Ventures. Nooruldeen “Noor” Agha, a serial e-commerce entrepreneur, founded Flip in 2019 after emigrating to the United States from Iraq.
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Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 30, 2021
Many people find it easier to be a human-centered leader when everything’s going well. But when you’re stressed and anxious, it’s easy to snap at your team, lose your temper, and undermine the culture you’ve worked so hard to build. If you have too many of these freak-out moments, your people will conclude that kindness is only for the easy times. Stress and anxiety are unavoidable, but you can lead through these times to build a stronger and more productive team. 5 Steps to be a Human-Centered
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TechBeacon
AUGUST 30, 2021
If you sometimes feel like you are on a cybersecurity hamster wheel, running to fight off threats that never end, you are not alone. A recent report by IBM and the Ponemon Institute shows that many organizations are still running on that wheel to nowhere.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 30, 2021
A new startup called Clay , backed by $8 million in seed funding, has built a system designed to help you be more thoughtful with the people in your life, which operates somewhat like a personal CRM. With Clay, you build a collection of the people you meet by connecting your email and calendar with social apps, including Twitter and LinkedIn. Clay then populates each person’s entry with all the relevant information you would need to recall for any future meeting — ranging from their
TechSoup
AUGUST 30, 2021
GrantStation helps nonprofit organizations fund their programs and fulfill their mission. Many organizations struggle to find new funding sources. A GrantStation membership includes a curated database of carefully vetted grantmakers, providing you with a "hot list" of potential funders that accept unsolicited requests. GrantStation also helps organizations by publishing the in-depth State of Grantseeking™ Report.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 30, 2021
Doctor Anywhere , a startup that takes an “omnichannel” approach to healthcare, announced today it has raised $88 million SGD (about $65.7 million USD) in Series C funding. The round was led by Asia Partners, with participation from Novo Holdings, Philips and OSK-SBI Partners. It also included returning investors EDBI, Square Peg, IHH Healthcare, Kamet Capital and Pavilion Capital. .
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
DevOps.com
AUGUST 30, 2021
As IT’s digital footprint grows, its cloud footprint is rising both in size and complexity. As a result, most organizations have matured into multi-cloud operators. A multi-cloud approach empowers different divisions with the autonomy to select the right computing environment for their needs. It also enables a lift-and-shift ability to port workloads across cloud service […].
TechCrunch
AUGUST 30, 2021
Prive , a months-old, San Francisco-based startup founded by two former Uber product managers, just raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding to create what it describes as a far more customizable e-commerce subscriptions platform for D2C brands. The round was co-led by Patrick Chung and Brandon Farwell at XFund and Ben Ling from Bling Capital, with participation from Defy Partners, Halogen Ventures and Uber executives.
DevOps.com
AUGUST 30, 2021
For businesses in the early stage of their ventures, proving that they have the expertise and technical know-how when it comes to cloud technology can be difficult. An acceleration toward digitization due to COVID-19 and an increasingly crowded cloud market, dominated by the big players, means that simply shouting about your skills in cloud engineering […].
TechCrunch
AUGUST 30, 2021
Ola Electric is in advanced talks to raise between $250 million to $500 million in a new financing round as the Indian firm looks to scale its electric vehicle manufacturing business in the South Asian market, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Falcon Edge Capital is in advanced talks to lead the round, which values Ola Electric between $2.75 billion to $3.5 billion (up from $1 billion in its previous fundraise in 2019), sources told TechCrunch, requesting anonymity as the matter
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InfoQ Culture Methods
AUGUST 30, 2021
Value stream mapping is a largely qualitative tool that creates visibility into the waste in a system while also creating alignment around ways to improve. Value stream management codifies the system, allowing for continual monitoring and management. By Peter Maddison.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 30, 2021
Hair loss resulting from chemotherapy is one of the most recognizable side effects in all of medicine, and for many is an unwanted public announcement of their condition and treatment. Luminate Medical may have a solution in a medical wearable that prevents the chemical cocktail from tainting hair follicles, preventing the worst of the loss and perhaps relegating this highly visible condition to the past.
Dataiku
AUGUST 30, 2021
At the end of the day, the mission of many projects in oil and gas companies can be drawn back to one thing: the efficiency of the wells. Specific targets could be upping production, enhancing recovery, or reducing loss, but all of these things lead to increased efficiency. So let’s explore some of the challenges that oil and gas companies are facing in pursuit of these targets and take a look at how data science, machine learning, and AI offer solutions to the problems that the companies face.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 30, 2021
Who doesn’t want a vacation home? Right. That’s what I thought. Kocomo is a Mexico City-based startup that wants to help make that dream a reality. And it has just closed on $6 million equity and $50 million debt financing to advance on that goal. The company aims to allow for cross-border co-ownership of luxury vacation properties that goes beyond the historical use of timeshares.
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Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.
Dzone - DevOps
AUGUST 30, 2021
Behavior Driven Development (BDD). Behavior Driven Development( BDD) is a software development process that prioritizes collaboration among engineers and developers. It is a custom software development process that is driven by the behavior of an application and is often called an extension of the Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach. Why Behavior Driven Development Testing Came Into the Picture.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 30, 2021
Ricardo Sangion. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Ricardo Sangion previously launched operations for Facebook and Pinterest in Latin America, before joining operator-led global investors TheVentureCity as partner for first-ticket investments in the region. There has been significant hype around Latin America’s startup success. For good reason, too: Startups have raised $9.3 billion in just the first half of 2021, almost double the amount in all of 2020, and mega-rounds are a growing trend.
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
AUGUST 30, 2021
Career burnout is in no shortage in America. Catch it early and recover quickly with these tips. Today’s post is by thoughtLEADERS principal Jon Wortmann. How tired are you? I ask because even if you practice the best self-care, set boundaries with your time, and manage your exposure to the inevitable conflicts and stress of working with people, you get tired.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 30, 2021
Poppi , a prebiotic soda brand, closed $13.5 million in a Series A2 round and is on a mission to lead in the new category of “functional soda” by offering a better-for-you product that also tastes good. The investor group includes CAVU Ventures as well as sports and entertainment celebrities like Russell Westbrook, the Chainsmokers, 24kGoldn, Kygo, Halsey, Kevin Love, Ellie Goulding, Olivia Munn, Nicole Scherzinger, Chantel Jeffries, Bryce Hall, Noah Beck, Josh Richards, Griffin Johnson and Blak
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As a SaaS leader, you know that the more metrics, insights, and analytics you add to your products, the more engagement you’ll have – and the stickier your product will become with customers. At what point do you decide to keep building your analytics in-house or invest in an embedded analytics solution? Read our Build vs. Buy Analytics guide to learn: Top 4 benefits of embedded analytics A quick cost comparison of in-house analytics development vs embedded analytics 10 considerations to help yo
Arcserve
AUGUST 30, 2021
If you’re an IT pro responsible for your school’s data, you are likely already facing severe challenges. Threats keep growing, but budgets are always tight—over half (54%) of educators and administrators surveyed say budget is a large or medium barrier in strengthening their institution’s cybersecurity posture. You always have to wring the most out of.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 30, 2021
Coral Capital , a Tokyo-based venture capital firm, announced today that it has closed its third fund, Coral Capital III, raising $128 million (14 billion yen). Coral Capital’s total assets under management (AUM) is now $275 million. Limited partners in the vehicle include Mizuho Bank, Mitsubishi Estate, Shinsei Bank, Pavilion Capital, Founders Found, Dai-ichi Life Insurance, GREE, and undisclosed domestic and international institutional investors.
Netflix Tech
AUGUST 30, 2021
By Benson Ma , Alok Ahuja Introduction At Netflix, hundreds of different device types, from streaming sticks to smart TVs, are tested every day through automation to ensure that new software releases continue to deliver the quality of the Netflix experience that our customers enjoy. In addition, Netflix continuously works with its partners (such as Roku, Samsung, LG, Amazon) to port the Netflix SDK to their new and upcoming devices (TVs, smart boxes, etc), to ensure the quality bar is reached be
TechCrunch
AUGUST 30, 2021
HAAS Alert, a SaaS company that provides real-time automotive collision prevention for public safety and roadway fleets, has raised $5 million in seed funding that the company says it will use to scale sales and outreach efforts and prioritize R&D with vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) technology partnerships. The round was led by R^2 and Blu Ventures and joined by TechNexus, Stacked Capital, Urban Us, Techstars, Ride Ventures and Gramercy Fund.
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Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.
Kentik
AUGUST 30, 2021
If you haven’t yet heard the term “network observability,” you will be hearing it soon. And I predict you’ll be hearing it a lot. Some say that network observability is just marketing hype from vendors. They say, “networks have always been observable, so there’s nothing new here.” I say network observability is not just vendor hype, and this blog will make the case.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 30, 2021
Petlove&Co, a São Paulo-based digital platform for products and services for the pet market, announced today that it has raised about $150 million (R$750 million) in a funding round led by Riverwood Capital. The round is nearly double that of what Petlove has raised in its history. The company started its life as PetSuperMarket when it was founded in 1999 in the early days of the internet.
Palo Alto Networks
AUGUST 30, 2021
Today we issued the State of Hybrid Workforce Security 2021 report, which analyzes the responses of over 3,000 enterprise information technology professionals involved in information security, network operations and application development. The goal was to understand the impact the immediate shift to remote work had on network security infrastructure, and how the experience affected hybrid workforce network security strategies with the realization that work is an activity, not a place.
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