Collaborate Disseminate
When Equifax was broken into late last year — one of the biggest security breaches in recent history — Fletcher Heisler wanted to make sure security engineers got to know exactly what happened right away, and how to fix it. That’… Continue reading Hunter2 wants to teach engineers to handle web app security with a hands-on approach
While the largest deal in the history of technology continues to hit a number of speed bumps, we’re now getting into the phase of very strongly-worded publicly-issued statements between the two companies as we get closer and closer to the a… Continue reading Here’s the latest update on the very spicy beef between two massive chipmakers
Max Rhodes was walking around that weird little parklet in Hayes Valley in San Francisco after taking a break from a five-year stint at Square to figure out what he wanted to do next — and he kept seeing Square registers everywhere. It was … Continue reading Indigo Fair raises $12M to connect wholesalers with smaller retail outlets with a smarter service
Google and other tech giants often have huge recruiting efforts that can target students — but startups might not have those kinds of resources to find or grab them before they head off to those huge companies. The biggest tech companies in… Continue reading SharpestMinds wants to help startups find AI talent before Google and Facebook snatch them
The Information has a report this morning that Amazon is working on building AI chips for the Echo, which would allow Alexa to more quickly parse information and get those answers. Getting those answers much more quickly to the user, even by a fe… Continue reading Amazon may be developing AI chips for Alexa
Pushing through a funding round is never an easy process — and for Captain401 co-founder Roger Lee, it was even more tricky this time around. That’s because Lee and his team raised $11 million right around the birth of his first baby…. Continue reading Captain401, now Human Interest, raises $11M to open build a 401(k) for small businesses
When Jason Chen first ended up at Salesforce through the acquisition of his last company Stypi, he had the tough task of integrating within Salesforce’s complex infrastructure — and not a lot of documentation to go on. Fortunately, Ch… Continue reading Slab raises $2.2M to build tools for an internal employee information nexus
If you’ve ever tried to collaborate on a document (or any kind of note, really) with coworkers or anyone else, you’re probably using something along the lines of Dropbox Paper or Google Docs — but they don’t quite have the… Continue reading Slite looks to build a new smarter notes tool for internal teams
If you’ve ever tried to buy a car, there’s a good chance that a lot of your research has shifted online as it’s become easier and easier to figure out exactly the kind of car you want — and less of it is about going to a d… Continue reading Prodigy raises $5.4M to unify the in-store and online car-buying experience
Microsoft posted a relatively good second quarter this year that continued the ongoing process of its growth into a major cloud entity, in addition to saying it would be taking a significant charge as part of changes to U.S. tax law. In particula… Continue reading Microsoft’s Azure revenue nearly doubled year-over-year in its second quarter