Author Archives: Jonathan Shieber

Immersion cooling to offset data centers’ massive power demands gains a big booster in Microsoft

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LiquidStack does it. So does Submer. They’re both dropping servers carrying sensitive data into goop in an effort to save the planet. Now they’re joined by one of the biggest tech companies in the world in their efforts to improve the energy efficiency of data centers, because Microsoft is getting into the liquid-immersion cooling market. […] Continue reading Immersion cooling to offset data centers’ massive power demands gains a big booster in Microsoft→

AWS expands on SageMaker capabilities with end-to-end features for machine learning

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Nearly three years after it was first launched, Amazon Web Services’ SageMaker platform has gotten a significant upgrade in the form of new features making it easier for developers to automate and scale each step of the process to build new automation and machine learning capabilities, the company said. As machine learning moves into the […] Continue reading AWS expands on SageMaker capabilities with end-to-end features for machine learning→

AWS adds natural language search service for business intelligence from its data sets

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When Amazon Web Services launched QuickSight, its business intelligence service, back in 2016 the company wanted to provide product information and customer information for business users — not just developers. At the time, the natural language processing technologies available weren’t robust enough to give customers the tools to search databases effectively using queries in plain […] Continue reading AWS adds natural language search service for business intelligence from its data sets→

Extra Crunch Live: Join Box CEO Aaron Levie May 28th at noon PT/3 pm ET/7 pm GMT

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We’ve been on a roll with our Extra Crunch Live Series for Extra Crunch members, where we’re talking to some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley about business, investment and the startup community. Recent interviews include Kirsten Green from Forerunner Ventures, Charles Hudson from Precursor Ventures and investor Mark Cuban. Next week, we’re pleased […] Continue reading Extra Crunch Live: Join Box CEO Aaron Levie May 28th at noon PT/3 pm ET/7 pm GMT→

VC’s largest funds make big bets on vertical B2B marketplaces

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During the waning days of the first dot-com boom, some of the biggest names in venture capital invested in marketplaces and directories whose sole function was to consolidate information and foster transparency in industries that had remained opaque for decades. The thesis was that thousands of small businesses were making specialized products consumed by larger […] Continue reading VC’s largest funds make big bets on vertical B2B marketplaces→

Cybereason raises $200 million for its enterprise security platform

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Cybereason, which uses machine learning to increase the number of endpoints a single analyst can manage across a network of distributed resources, has raised $200 million in new financing from SoftBank Group and its affiliates.  It’s a sign of the belief that SoftBank has in the technology, since the Japanese investment firm is basically doubling […] Continue reading Cybereason raises $200 million for its enterprise security platform→

As Alzheimer’s costs soar, startups like Neurotrack raise cash to diagnose and treat the disease

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As studies show that early diagnosis and preventative therapies can help prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s, startups that are working to diagnose the disease earlier are gaining more attention and funding. That’s a boon to companies like Neurotrack, which closed on $21 million in new financing led by the company’s previous investor, Khosla Ventures, with …

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Colombian point-of-sale lender ADDI nabs $12.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz

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Andreessen Horowitz <3 Latin American startups.
Latin America is the only region outside of the U.S. where the venture firm is routinely investing capital, and it just made another commitment, doubling down on its early-stage support for the point-o… Continue reading Colombian point-of-sale lender ADDI nabs $12.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz→

Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces $4 million in funding for its enterprise accelerator

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The enterprise software and services-focused accelerator Alchemist has raised $4 million in fresh financing from investors BASF and the Qatar Development Bank, just in time for its latest demo day unveiling 20 new companies. Qatar and BASF join previous investors, including the venture firms Mayfield, Khosla Ventures, Foundation Capital, DFJ and USVP, and corporate investors […] Continue reading Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces $4 million in funding for its enterprise accelerator→

Forget Watson, the Red Hat acquisition may be the thing that saves IBM

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With its latest $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, IBM may have found something more elementary than “Watson” to save its flagging business. Though the acquisition of Red Hat  is by no means a guaranteed victory for the Armonk, N.Y.-based computing company that has had more downs than ups over the five years, it seems […] Continue reading Forget Watson, the Red Hat acquisition may be the thing that saves IBM→