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Subscription and content personalization platform Piano raises $88M
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 15:12
Piano, a subscription, analytics, and content personalization platform for businesses, today announced it has raised $88 million.
Data prep platform Explorium raises $75M
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 15:00
Explorium, a platform for feature engineering and data prep, has raised $75 million in a venture funding round.
Data and AI operations startup Coiled nabs $21M
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 15:00
Coiled, which offers an AIOps and DevOps platform for enterprises, raised $21 million in venture equity funding.
2K ships 2 million copies of PGA Tour 2K21 as video game golf heats up
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 22:56
Video game golf has a number of notable entries thanks to PGA Tour games from EA and 2K as well as a Mario Golf release from Nintendo.
Take-Two reports bookings grew 8% to $784.1M for Q1 2021
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 22:39
Take-Two Interactive reported today that revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter that beat Wall Street's expectations.
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Forbes - 18 May 2021 21:56Google launches Vertex AI, a fully managed cloud AI service
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 21:45
Vertex AI, a new fully managed AI service from Google, aims to unify offerings across the company's cloud portfolio.
Google adds AI-powered app personalization, other improvements to Firebase
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 21:40
At its I/O 2021 developer conference, Google rolled out a range of improvements to its Firebase app development platform.
Google unveils Flutter 2.2 with payment plugin for in-app purchases
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 21:34
Google has unveiled version 2.2 of Flutter, which sports a new payment plugin and support for adaptive banner ads.
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Forbes - 18 May 2021 20:38Google details new AI accelerator chips
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 19:44
Google detailed TPUv4 at Google I/O 2021. They're accelerator chips that deliver high performance on AI workloads.
Google demos LaMDA, a next-generation AI for dialogue
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 19:30
At Google I/O 2021, Google demoed LaMDA, a next-generation AI model designed for different dialogue applications.
EA will crowdfund the prize pool for Apex Legends Global Series Championship to as much as $3M
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 19:00
EA will tap players to crowdfund the prize pool for the Apex Legends Global Series Championship to as much as $3 million.
How Companies Can Go Beyond Carbon Offsets To Actually Help Reverse The Climate Crisis
Forbes - 18 May 2021 17:59Splunk to buy security intelligence-sharing startup TruStar
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 17:40
Splunk today announced plans to acquire security software company TruStar as Splunk continues growing its cybersecurity portfolio.
ThreatLocker raises $20M to secure enterprise endpoints
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 17:20
ThreatLocker, a cybersecurity startup protecting endpoints, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Elephant.
IBM will buy Salesforce partner Waeg to boost hybrid cloud, AI strategy
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 17:20
IBM announced plans to buy Waeg, a consulting partner for Salesforce, to extend its hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence strategy.
JJ Abrams' Bad Robot Games raises $40M for games we play and watch
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 17:00
JJ Abrams' Bad Robot Games has raised more than $40 million to build games that are "as compelling to watch as they are to play."
DigiLens launches developer prototype for extended reality glasses
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 17:00
DigiLens is taking the wraps off a new prototype for its extended reality glasses (XR) that will offer augmented reality features.
Pandemic lifts U.S. cloud infrastructure spend 29% in Q1 2021
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 16:20
Cloud infrastructure spending hit a new record of $18.6 billion as the pandemic accelerated digital transformation, according to Canalys.
SAS flexes AI ambitions with Viya platform expansion
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 16:00
SAS today announced an expansion for its SAS Viya platform, which is used for analyzing data and building AI models.
How Garry Kasparov aims to boost chess revival with online gaming portal
Venture Beat - 18 May 2021 15:00
Garry Kasparov talks about his new portal, Kasparovchess.com, that he built Vivendi to further boost the newfound popularity of chess.