Author Archives: Ron Miller

VMware to acquire Kubernetes security startup Octarine and fold it into Carbon Black

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VMware announced today that it intends to buy early-stage Kubernetes security startup, Octarine and fold it into Carbon Black, a security company it bought last year for $2.1 billion. The company did not reveal the price of today’s acquisition. According to a blog post announcing the deal from Patrick Morley, general manager and senior vice […] Continue reading VMware to acquire Kubernetes security startup Octarine and fold it into Carbon Black→

FeaturePeek moves beyond Y Combinator with $1.8M seed

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FeaturePeek’s founders graduated from Y Combinator in Summer 2019, which for an early stage startup must seem like a million years ago right now. Despite the current conditions though, the company announced a $1.8 million seed investment today. The round was led by Matrix Partners with some unnamed Angel investors also participating. The startup has […] Continue reading FeaturePeek moves beyond Y Combinator with $1.8M seed→

FortressIQ snags $30M Series B to streamline processes with AI-fueled data

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As we move through life in the pandemic, companies are being forced to review and understand how workflows happen. How do you distribute laptops to your workforce? How do you make sure everyone has the correct tool set? FortressIQ, a startup that wants to help companies use data to understand and improve internal processes, announced […] Continue reading FortressIQ snags $30M Series B to streamline processes with AI-fueled data→

Expel lands $50M Series D as security operations increases in importance

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Even in these trying economic times, there are some services that companies can’t do without. Having good security tools is one of them. Expel, a 4-year old startup that offers security operations as a service, announced a $50 million Series D financing today. CapitalG led the round with participation from existing investors Battery Ventures, Greycroft, […] Continue reading Expel lands $50M Series D as security operations increases in importance→

Atlassian acquires Halp to bring Slack integration to the forefront

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Atlassian announced today that it was acquiring Halp, an early stage startup that enables companies to build integrated help desk ticketing and automated answers inside Slack. The companies did not disclose the purchase price. It was a big day for Halp, which also announced its second product today called Halp Answers. The new tool will […] Continue reading Atlassian acquires Halp to bring Slack integration to the forefront→

SiMa.ai announces $30M Series A to build out lower-power edge chip solution

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Krishna Rangasayee, founder and CEO, at SiMa.ai, has 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. He decided to put that experience to work in a startup and launched SiMa.ai last year with the goal of building an ultra low-power software and chip solution for machine learning at the edge. Today he announced a $30 […] Continue reading SiMa.ai announces $30M Series A to build out lower-power edge chip solution→

Amazon releases Kendra to solve enterprise search with AI and machine learning

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Enterprise search has always been a tough nut to crack. The holy grail has always been to operate like Google, but in-house. You enter a few keywords and you get back that nearly perfect response at the top of the list of the results. The irony of trying to do search locally has been a […] Continue reading Amazon releases Kendra to solve enterprise search with AI and machine learning→

Microsoft and AWS exchange poisoned pen blog posts in latest Pentagon JEDI contract spat

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Microsoft and Amazon are at it again as the fight for the Defense Department JEDI contract continues. In a recent series of increasingly acerbic pronouncements, the two companies continue their ongoing spat over the $10 billion, decade-long JEDI contract spoils. As you may recall (or not), last fall in a surprise move, the DoD selected […] Continue reading Microsoft and AWS exchange poisoned pen blog posts in latest Pentagon JEDI contract spat→

Zoom consultant Alex Stamos weighs in on Keybase acquisition

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When Zoom started having security issues in March, they turned to former Facebook and Yahoo! Security executive Alex Stamos, who signed on as a consultant to work directly with CEO Eric Yuan. The goal was to build a more cohesive security strategy for the fast-growing company. One of the recommendations that came out of those […] Continue reading Zoom consultant Alex Stamos weighs in on Keybase acquisition→

As private investment cools, enterprise startups may try tapping corporate dollars

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Founders hunting down capital in the middle of this pandemic may feel like they’re on a fool’s errand, but some investors are still offering financing, even if the terms might not be as good as they once were. One avenue that appears to remain open: corporate venture capital. The corporate route offers its own set […] Continue reading As private investment cools, enterprise startups may try tapping corporate dollars→