TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
This morning OutSystems , a low-code app development service, announced that it has closed $150 million in new capital. The round was led by Abdiel Capital and Tiger Global. Notably this is not the largest funding event that the Portugal and U.S.-based software company has raised. TechCrunch covered a $360 million round that OutSystems raised in 2018.
The Crazy Programmer
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
In this article, we see how to print the bottom view of Binary Tree. We discuss our approach to solve this problem and analyze the time and space complexities. It is recommended to first learn Top View Of Binary Tree before proceeding with this problem. A lot of the implementation is based on the Top View Approach. By Bottom View of Binary Tree, we mean the nodes visible when the tree is viewed from the bottom or from the leaves.
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
One of the biggest challenges for organizations in modern times is deciding where, when and how to use the advances of technology, when the organizations are not technology companies themselves. Today, a startup out of Manchester, England, is announcing some funding for a platform that it believes can help. Peak AI , which has built technology that it says can help enterprises — specifically those that work with physical products such as retailers, consumer goods companies and manufacturin
TechBeacon
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
The adoption of DevOps practices is proceeding apace. Organizations are focused on how to implement DevOps capabilities across teams and how to scale DevOps across the enterprise. But an important aspect to any scaled transformation journey is assessing a team's or organization's capabilities along the way.
Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage
Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
The day before Robinhood goes under the the Congressional hammer , domestic rival Public.com announced this morning that it has closed a $220 million funding round at a $1.2 billion valuation. News of the round was first broken by TechCrunch. Further reporting colored in the lines concerning the investment’s size and valuation range. Confirming the funding news today, Public added a fresh metric to the mix, namely that it has reached one million members – over the course of just 18 months
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Jeff Chen has a pithy pitch for his new startup Taste : “We made the Instagram of nice food.” In other words, just as Instagram made it easy for regular smartphone users to look like talented photographers, Taste makes it easy for customers to prepare impressive meals at home. That’s because the real preparation is being done by fine-dining restaurants — Chen told me there are 16 Michelin-starred and Michelin-rated restaurants currently on the platform — whose food doesn’
Aqua Security
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Last week, TeamTNT launched a new campaign against Docker and Kubernetes environments. Using a collection of container images that are hosted in Docker Hub, the attackers are targeting misconfigured docker daemons, Kubeflow dashboards, and Weave Scope, exploiting these environments in order to steal cloud credentials, open backdoors, mine cryptocurrency, and launch a worm that is looking for the next victim.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Artie , a startup looking to rethink the distribution of mobile games, announced today that it has raised $10 million in funding. There are some big names backing the company — its latest investors include Zynga founder Mark Pincus, Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman’s Thirty Five Ventures, Scooter Braun’s Raised In Space, Shutterstock founder Jon Oringer, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, Susquehanna International Group, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment + The Sixers Lab, Googler Man
High Scalability
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
This is guest post by Sachin Sinha who is passionate about data, analytics and machine learning at scale. Author & founder of BangDB. This article is to simply report the YCSB bench test results in detail for five NoSQL databases namely Redis, MongoDB, Couchbase, Yugabyte and BangDB and compare the result side by side. I have used latest versions for each NoSQL DB and have followed the recommendations to run all the databases in optimized conditions.
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Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
AEye, a lidar startup that developed its technology for use in autonomous vehicles as well as to support advanced driver assistance systems in passenger cars, is going public through a merger with CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III that will value the company at $2 billion. The agreement marks the latest lidar company to turn to so-called blank check companies or SPACs in lieu of a traditional IPO process.
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Elastic, the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, today announced new capabilities and updates across its Elastic Enterprise Search, Observability and Security solutions to maximize flexibility and cost efficiency, […].
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
When you’re just starting out building your company, there’s obviously a lot that can go wrong. Especially if you’re a first-time founder (but even if you’re an experienced serial entrepreneur), it can be hard to spot the potential pitfalls that might lead you astray before you even really get rolling. That’s why we’re thrilled to have Fuel Capital General Partner Leah Solivan joining us at TechCrunch Early Stage — Operations and Fundraising on April 1 and 2 f
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
I’m not exactly sure why this is a thing. But for some reason, working from home seems to have quadrupled the number of business meetings for nearly every manager I talk with. We’ve been sharing advice on streamlining these business meetings, shortening […]. The post Too Many Business Meetings? What to Do Now appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Gravy , a startup helping subscription-based businesses recover failed payments, has raised $4.5 million in Series A funding for its specialized combination of technology and a human workspace that works to reacquire customers lost to what’s known as “involuntary churn.” That means the customer didn’t choose to end their subscription, but — for any one of hundreds of possible reasons — their credit card payment failed.
TechBeacon
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Enterprise service management (ESM) is changing the landscape of corporations worldwide. The concept is pretty straightforward. Much as IT services are managed according to the 50-year-old discipline of IT service management (ITSM), you can manage non-IT enterprise services such as HR, facilities, and security by using a similar set of principles and frameworks.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and struggle to get out of a debt cycle. One startup is developing financial products targeted toward this segment of the population, with the goal of helping them build credit, save money, access funds and plan for the future. That startup, SeedFi , announced Wednesday it has raised $50 million in debt and $15 million in an equity funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z.
DevOps.com
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Grafana Labs announced today the availability of a unified Grafana Enterprise Stack that enables IT teams to deploy a curated observability platform, based on open source tools such as Prometheus, in their own on-premises IT environment. Tom Wilkie, vice president of product for Grafana Labs, said Grafana Enterprise Stack, in addition to providing a version […].
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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
This morning Ally.io , a software startup with a focus on the OKR (objectives and key results, in case you’ve somehow avoided being exposed) goal-setting technique, announced that it has closed $50 million in new capital. The Series C round was led by Green Oaks Capital, Madrona Capital, and its Series B lead, Tiger Global. Ally raised an $8 million Series A in August, 2019 and a $15 million Series B in October of the same year.
DevOps.com
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Record Funding for Graph Database Category, Led by Tiger Global, Signals the Next Wave in Analytics to Fuel Powerful Insights for Artificial Intelligence REDWOOD CITY, CA – Feb. 17, 2021 – TigerGraph, provider of the leading graph analytics platform, today announced it has raised $105 million in Series C funding, the largest funding round to […].
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
When there’s a need for capital, not every startup goes the venture route. Boast.ai , a company that plugs into business systems and automatically finds them R&D tax breaks, announced Wednesday it has raised a $100 million credit facility from Brevet Capital to advance those R&D incentives. And proptech startup States Title announced it has closed on $150 million in debt financing from HSCM Bermuda , which had previously invested in the company. .
Dataiku
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
According to LinkedIn’s Emerging Jobs on the Rise report for 2021 , data scientist roles are still growing steadily, showing an average annual growth of 35%. As they occupy one of the most multifaceted (and in demand) roles in the data science, machine learning, and AI space, there are some clear skills that most data scientists possess — a general understanding of the industries and businesses they are working across (i.e., key challenges, top use cases), strong communication skills in order to
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Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Like corporate financial accounting, the power grid never draws headlines when things are going well. No journalist writes “The power remains on,” or discusses the extensive work it takes to maintain the grid. Instead, it takes a record-breaking ice wave to knock out power to one of the largest states in America for it to start garnering front-page coverage, or perhaps massive wildfires in America’s most populous state like the Camp Fire in California in 2018.
Aqua Security
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
The challenges of maintaining security and numerous compliance requirements are a very steep hill to climb for international business services providers. The latest example comes from an organization in Hong Kong called Neat, this financial services technology company has several offerings, including secure payment capabilities for international entrepreneurs.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
TigerGraph , a well-funded enterprise startup that provides a graph database and analytics platform, today announced that it has raised a $105 million Series C funding round. The round was led by Tiger Global and brings the company’s total funding to over $170 million. “TigerGraph is leading the paradigm shift in connecting and analyzing data via scalable and native graph technology with pre-connected entities versus the traditional way of joining large tables with rows and columns,&
Kaseya
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Kaseya has been named a 2021 Best-Of award winner for Remote Monitoring And Management (RMM) by Expert Insights , a global organization dedicated to helping businesses around the world find the right cybersecurity services to meet their unique needs. Expert Insights’ Best-Of awards recognize innovative cybersecurity solutions that provide powerful protection for their customers.
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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.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
“Mining” has become synonymous with crypto the past few years in the tech industry, what with Bitcoin piercing the $50,000 barrier and GPUs and ASICs worldwide scrambling to hash functions in a bid for distributed crypto manna. That excitement belies an increasingly energetic push though to bring VC dollars and entrepreneurial acumen back to Mining 1.0 — actual meatspace resource extraction.
Daffodil Software
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
We are all aware of chatbots and how they interact with us. And we all have invariably wished if only they were more human-like. Admit it, it is pesky to be interacting with a bot especially when it fails to understand your core issues. That’s when you wish if only you were talking to a human than a virtual assistant.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Massachusetts-based Locus Robotics today announced a $150 million Series E. The round, led by Tiger Global Management and Bond, brings the firm’s total to around $250 to date, and values the robotics company at $1 billion. Locus is notable for a more modular and flexible solution for automating warehouses than many of its competitors (see: Berkshire Grey ).
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