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Gretel announces $12M Series A to make it easier to anonymize data As companies work with data, one of the big obstacles they face is making sure they are not exposing personally identifiable information (PII) or other sensitive data. It usually requires a painstaking manual effort to strip out that data. Gretel, an early stage startup, wants to change that by making it faster and easier to […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Gretel announces $12M Series A to make it easier to anonymize data November 17, 2020 at 03:00AM

Computer vision startup Chooch.ai scores $20M Series A Chooch.ai, a startup that hopes to bring computer vision more broadly to companies to help them identify and tag elements at high speed, announced a $20 million Series A today. Vickers Venture Partners led the round with participation from 212, Streamlined Ventures, Alumni Ventures Group, Waterman Ventures and several other unnamed investors. Today’s investment brings […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Computer vision startup Chooch.ai scores $20M Series A November 17, 2020 at 01:00AM

Undock raises $1.6M to help solve your group scheduling nightmares Over the past decade, many startups have tried (and many have failed) to rethink the way we schedule our meetings and calls. But we seem to be in a calendrical renaissance, with incumbents like Google and Outlook getting smarter and smarter and newcomers like Calendly growing significantly. Undock, an Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator-backed startup, is looking […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Undock raises $1.6M to help solve your group scheduling nightmares November 17, 2020 at 01:00AM

Harbr raises $38.5M to help enterprises exchange and share big data troves securely Organizations today are sitting on mountains of data that they amass and use in their own businesses, but many are also looking to share those troves with other parties to expand their prospects — a model that comes with challenges (privacy and data protection being two key ones); and, these days (due to Covid-19 and […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Harbr raises $38.5M to help enterprises exchange and share big data troves securely November 17, 2020 at 01:00AM

Which emerging technologies are enterprise companies getting serious about in 2020? Even within the same industry, not all big, established companies are the same when it comes to their readiness to start investing in new technology. Enterprise – TechCrunch - Which emerging technologies are enterprise companies getting serious about in 2020? November 14, 2020 at 04:00AM

Kyklo raises $8.5M to bring electrical distributors online Kyklo, a startup that helps wholesale distributors of electrical and automation products launch e-commerce stores, is announcing that it has raised $8.5 million in seed funding. The industry may sound a bit arcane, but it’s one that founders Remi Ducrocq (Kyklo’s CEO) and Fabien Legouic (CTO) know from having worked at Schneider Electric. Ducrocq said […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Kyklo raises $8.5M to bring electrical distributors online November 14, 2020 at 01:00AM

Twitter labeled 300,000 US election tweets — around 0.2% Just over a week after the U.S. elections, Twitter has offered a breakdown of some of its efforts to label misleading tweets. The site says that from October 27 to November 11, it labeled some 300,000 tweets as part of its Civic Integrity Policy. That amounts to around 0.2% of the total number of election-related […] Social – TechCrunch - Twitter labeled 300,000 US election tweets — around 0.2% November 13, 2020 at 09:00AM

Facebook’s Snapchat-like ‘Vanish Mode’ feature arrives on Messenger and Instagram Facebook today announced its new Snapchat-like feature for disappearing messaging, Vanish Mode, is arriving on Messenger and Instagram. The feature, meant for more casual conversations, allows users to set chats to automatically delete after the message is seen and the chat is closed. In Vanish Mode, Messenger and Instagram users can send text chats, emoji, […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook’s Snapchat-like ‘Vanish Mode’ feature arrives on Messenger and Instagram November 13, 2020 at 05:00AM

Mirantis brings extensions to its Lens Kubernetes IDE, launches a new Kubernetes distro Earlier this year, Mirantis, the company that now owns Docker’s enterprise business, acquired Lens, a desktop application that provides developers with something akin to an IDE for managing their Kubernetes clusters. At the time, Mirantis CEO Adrian Ionel told me that the company wants to offer enterprises the tools to quickly build modern applications. Today, […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Mirantis brings extensions to its Lens Kubernetes IDE, launches a new Kubernetes distro November 13, 2020 at 03:00AM

Livestorm raises $30M for its browser-based meeting and webinar platform Video communication startup Livestorm announced today that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding. Co-founder and CEO Gilles Bertaux told me that the company started out with a focus on webinars before launching a video meeting product as well (which we used for our interview). “The way we think about it is, webinars […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Livestorm raises $30M for its browser-based meeting and webinar platform November 13, 2020 at 03:00AM

Menlo Security announces $100M Series E on $800M valuation Menlo Security, a malware and phishing prevention startup, announced a $100 million Series E today on an $800 million valuation. The round was led by Vista Equity Partners with help from Neuberger Berman, General Catalyst, JP Morgan and other unnamed existing investors. The company has now raised approximately $250 million. CEO and co-founder Amir Ben-Efraim […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Menlo Security announces $100M Series E on $800M valuation November 13, 2020 at 03:00AM

Facebook loses final appeal in defamation takedown case, must remove same and similar hate posts globally Austria’s Supreme Court has dismissed Facebook’s appeal in a long running speech takedown case — ruling it must remove references to defamatory comments made about a local politician worldwide for as long as the injunction lasts. The Austrian Supreme Court has now delivered its final judgment in the #Glawischnig-Piesczek case. #Facebook has to remove the […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook loses final appeal in defamation takedown case, must remove same and similar hate posts globally November 13, 2020 at 03:00AM

Databricks launches SQL Analytics AI and data analytics company Databricks today announced the launch of SQL Analytics, a new service that makes it easier for data analysts to run their standard SQL queries directly on data lakes. And with that, enterprises can now easily connect their business intelligence tools like Tableau and Microsoft’s Power BI to these data repositories […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Databricks launches SQL Analytics November 13, 2020 at 02:00AM

Solo.io announces service mesh platform aimed at enterprise customers Solo.io, a Cambridge, MA service mesh startup, announced some big changes to its approach today with a full-stack platform of services aimed squarely at the enterprise. The culmination of this will be Gloo Mesh Enterprise, a new product that will be available in Beta by the end of the year. Service meshes are part of […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Solo.io announces service mesh platform aimed at enterprise customers November 13, 2020 at 01:00AM

mmhmm videochat software is now available to all for Mac mmhmm, the presentation software developed by Evernote founder Phil Libin, is today coming out of beta. The mmhmm app is now officially available for Mac. The software allows folks to spice up their video calls with the ability to add different backgrounds, play videos, add images, and use filters, among other cool effects. The app […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - mmhmm videochat software is now available to all for Mac November 13, 2020 at 12:01AM

Instagram redesign puts Reels and Shop tabs on the home screen Instagram is putting its TikTok competitor Reels front-and-center in a redesigned version of its app by giving it the center position on its new navigation bar. The update, arriving today, also replaces the Activity tab (heart icon) with the Shop tab, following a test that had changed this aspect of the app’s home screen earlier […] Social – TechCrunch - Instagram redesign puts Reels and Shop tabs on the home screen November 13, 2020 at 12:01AM

Twitter brings its Stories feature, Fleets, to Japan Twitter’s own version of Stories, which it calls “Fleets,” have arrived in Japan. The new feature allows users to post ephemeral content that automatically disappears after 24 hours. Though Fleets previously launched in Brazil, India, Italy and South Korea, Japan is notably Twitter’s second largest market, with some estimated 51.9 million users. It’s also second […] Social – TechCrunch - Twitter brings its Stories feature, Fleets, to Japan November 12, 2020 at 09:00AM

Facebook extends its temporary ban on political ads for another month The election is settled, but the nation is far from it. Before Election Day in the U.S., Facebook hit pause on all political and social issue ads. At the time, the company made it clear that the precautionary measure designed to turn off one potential faucet of misinformation would be temporary, but it couldn’t say […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook extends its temporary ban on political ads for another month November 12, 2020 at 03:00AM

Greylock’s Asheem Chandna on ‘shifting left’ in cybersecurity and the future of enterprise startups Last week was a busy week, what with an election in Myanmar and all (well, and the United States, I guess). So perhaps you were glued to your TV or smartphone, and missed out on our conversation with Asheem Chandna, a long-time partner at Greylock who has invested in enterprise and cybersecurity startups for nearly […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Greylock’s Asheem Chandna on ‘shifting left’ in cybersecurity and the future of enterprise startups November 12, 2020 at 01:00AM

Fishtown Analytics raises $29.5M Series B for its data engineering platform Fishtown Analytics, the Philadelphia-based company behind the dbt open-source data engineering tool, today announced that it has raised a $29.5 million Series B round led by Sequoia Captial, with participation from previous investors Andreessen Horowitz and Amplify Partners. The company is building a platform that allows data analysts to more easily create and disseminate organizational […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Fishtown Analytics raises $29.5M Series B for its data engineering platform November 12, 2020 at 01:00AM

Boostrapped Clearfind wants to cut your software spend, for a small fee Software is eating the world, and that grub can be costly. As the market for enterprise tools and software continues to balloon, organizations are spending more and more on that software across an increasingly complicated and rapidly evolving landscape. That’s where Clearfind comes in. Clearfind was founded (and bootstrapped) by James Layfield and Jocelyn Simons. […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Boostrapped Clearfind wants to cut your software spend, for a small fee November 12, 2020 at 01:00AM

Palo Alto Networks to acquire Expanse in deal worth $800M Palo Alto Networks has been on buying binge for the last couple of years, and today it added to its haul, announcing a deal to acquire Expanse for $800 million in cash and equity awards. The deal breaks down to $670 million in cash and stock and another $130 million in equity awards to Expanse […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Palo Alto Networks to acquire Expanse in deal worth $800M November 12, 2020 at 01:00AM

Mozart Data lands $4M seed to provide out-of-the-box data stack Mozart Data founders Peter Fishman and Dan Silberman have been friends for over 20 years, working at various startups, and even launching a hot sauce company together along the way. As technologists, they saw companies building a data stack over and over. They decided to provide one for them and Mozart Data was born. The […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Mozart Data lands $4M seed to provide out-of-the-box data stack November 12, 2020 at 12:03AM

SentinelOne, an AI-based endpoint security firm, confirms $267M raise on a $3.1B valuation This year, more than ever before because of the Covid-19 pandemic, huge droves of workers and consumers have been turning to the internet to communicate, get things done, and entertain themselves. That has created a huge bonanza for cybercriminals, but also companies that are building tools to combat them. In the latest development, an Israel-hatched, […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - SentinelOne, an AI-based endpoint security firm, confirms $267M raise on a $3.1B valuation November 11, 2020 at 07:00PM

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna wants to completely transform his organization When IBM announced it was spinning out its infrastructure services business last month, it was surely a sign that the company was going all in on hybrid cloud. Today in an interview with Jon Fortt at the CNBC Evolve summit, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna made it clear that his whole focus is going to be […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - IBM CEO Arvind Krishna wants to completely transform his organization November 11, 2020 at 06:03AM

With $29M in funding, Isovalent launches its cloud-native networking and security platform Isovalent, a startup that aims to bring networking into the cloud-native era, today announced that it has raised a $29 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Google. In addition, the company today officially launched its Cilium Enterprise platform (which was in stealth until now) to help enterprises connect, observe and secure their […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - With $29M in funding, Isovalent launches its cloud-native networking and security platform November 11, 2020 at 02:00AM

Explo snags $2.3M seed to help build customer-facing BI dashboards Explo, a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 class, which is helping customers build customer-facing business intelligence dashboards, announced a $2.3 million seed round today. Investors included Amplo VC, Soma Capital and Y Combinator along with several individual investors. The company originally was looking at a way to simplify getting data ready for models […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Explo snags $2.3M seed to help build customer-facing BI dashboards November 11, 2020 at 01:00AM

JumpCloud raises $75M Series E as cloud directory service thrives during pandemic JumpCloud, the cloud directory service that debuted at TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield in 2013, announced a $75 million Series E today. The round was led by BlackRock with participation from existing investor General Atlantic. The company wasn’t willing to discuss the current valuation, but has now raised over $166 million, according to Crunchbase data. Changes in […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - JumpCloud raises $75M Series E as cloud directory service thrives during pandemic November 11, 2020 at 12:03AM

Qualcomm Ventures invests in four 5G startups Qualcomm Ventures, Qualcomm’s investment arm, today announced four new strategic investments in 5G-related startups. These companies are private mobile network specialist Celona, mobile network automation platform Cellwize, the edge computing platform Azion and Pensando, another edge computing platform that combines its software stack with custom hardware. The overall goal here is obviously to help jumpstart […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Qualcomm Ventures invests in four 5G startups November 10, 2020 at 11:00PM

Mirror founder Brynn Putnam on life with Lululemon — and whether or not she sold too soon Brynn Putnam has a lot to feel great about. A Harvard grad and former professional ballet dancer who opened the first of what have become three high-intensity fitness studios in New York, she then launched a second business in 2016 when — while pregnant with her son — she was exercising at home and couldn’t […] Social – TechCrunch - Mirror founder Brynn Putnam on life with Lululemon — and whether or not she sold too soon November 10, 2020 at 03:00PM

Twitter may slow down users’ ability to ‘like’ tweets containing misinformation Twitter is working to expand the use of its “misinformation” labels on misleading tweets. The company has developed a new feature, not yet live, that would pop up a “misleading information” label when a user tries to “Like” a tweet that’s been labeled as misinformation. The feature was discovered by reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong in […] Social – TechCrunch - Twitter may slow down users’ ability to ‘like’ tweets containing misinformation November 10, 2020 at 08:00AM

Adobe acquires marketing workflow startup Workfront for $1.5B Adobe just announced that it is acquiring marketing workflow management startup Workfront for $1.5 billion. Bloomberg first reported the sale would be happening earlier today. Workfront was founded back in 2001, making it a bit long in tooth for a private company that has raised $375 million, according to Crunchbase. But it gives Adobe more […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Adobe acquires marketing workflow startup Workfront for $1.5B November 10, 2020 at 07:00AM

‘Free speech’ social network Parler tops app store rankings following Biden’s election win Chafing at new misinformation safeguards and a lost election, dejected Trump supporters flocked to the alternative social network Parler over the weekend. Parler’s homepage promises that users can “Speak freely and express yourself openly, without fear of being ‘deplatformed’ for your views.” Parler shot up the charts across Apple’s App Store and the Google Play […] Social – TechCrunch - ‘Free speech’ social network Parler tops app store rankings following Biden’s election win November 10, 2020 at 05:00AM

Qumulo update adds NvME caching for more efficient use of flash storage Qumulo, the Seattle-based data storage startup, announced a bunch of updates today including support for NvME caching, an approach that should enable customers to access faster flash storage at a lower price point. NvME flash storage development is evolving quickly, driving down the price with higher performance, a win-win situation for large data producers, but […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Qumulo update adds NvME caching for more efficient use of flash storage November 10, 2020 at 12:02AM

Cellwize raises $32M to help carriers and their partners adopt and run 5G services As 5G slowly moves from being a theoretical to an active part of the coverage map for the mobile industry — if not for consumers themselves — companies that are helping carriers make the migration less painful and less costly are seeing a boost of attention. In the latest development, Cellwize, a startup that’s built […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Cellwize raises $32M to help carriers and their partners adopt and run 5G services November 9, 2020 at 11:00PM

Tim Berners Lee’s startup Inrupt releases Solid privacy platform for enterprises Inrupt, the startup from World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee, announced an enterprise version of the Solid privacy platform today, which allows large organizations and governments to build applications that put users in control of their data. Berners-Lee has always believed that the web should be free and open, but large organizations have grown up […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Tim Berners Lee’s startup Inrupt releases Solid privacy platform for enterprises November 9, 2020 at 05:01PM

What we’ve learned about working from home 7 months into the pandemic When large parts of the world were shutting down in March, we really didn’t know how we would move massive numbers of employees used to working in the office to work from home. In early March, I wrote a piece on how to prepare for such an eventuality, speaking to several experts who had a […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - What we’ve learned about working from home 7 months into the pandemic November 9, 2020 at 06:03AM

Slintel grabs $4.2M seed to grow sales intelligence platform As the pandemic rages on, companies are looking for an edge when it comes to sales. Having the right data about the customers most likely to convert can be a huge boost right now. Slintel, an early-stage startup building a sales intelligence tool, announced a $4.2 million seed round today. The investment was led by […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Slintel grabs $4.2M seed to grow sales intelligence platform November 7, 2020 at 01:00AM

Steve Bannon’s show pulled off Twitter and YouTube over calls for violence Former Presidential advisor and right-wing pundit Steve Bannon had his show suspended from Twitter and an episode removed by YouTube after calling for violence against FBI director Christopher Wray and the government’s leading pandemic expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Bannon, speaking with co-host Jack Maxey, was discussing what Trump should do in a hypothetical second term. […] Social – TechCrunch - Steve Bannon’s show pulled off Twitter and YouTube over calls for violence November 6, 2020 at 10:00AM

Facebook takes down ‘Stop the Steal 2020’ group organizing around false claims of election chicanery Facebook has taken down a group that had amassed more than 300,000 members and was sharing misinformation and organizing around false allegations of impropriety during the 2020 elections. The group, called “Stop the Steal 2020,” was organizing protests targeting the election officials currently counting ballots cast in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Phoenix and Las Vegas. “In line […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook takes down ‘Stop the Steal 2020’ group organizing around false claims of election chicanery November 6, 2020 at 10:00AM

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is reportedly looking for $2B before its Hong Kong public offering ByteDance, the company behind the social media sensation TikTok, is in talks to raise another $2 billion before the initial public offering of a large chunk of its international businesses on the Hong Kong StockExchange, according to a Bloomberg report. The new financing would give the Chinese tech powerhouse a valuation of $180 billion, according […] Social – TechCrunch - TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is reportedly looking for $2B before its Hong Kong public offering November 6, 2020 at 09:00AM

Vimeo raises $150M, while IAC is ‘contemplating’ a spin-off Vimeo has raised $150 million in new equity funding, announced in conjunction with the third quarter earnings of its parent company IAC. In a letter to shareholders, IAC CEO Joey Levin said the company has “begun contemplating spinning Vimeo off to our shareholders.” “Given Vimeo’s success, and investor adulation for the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) category generally, […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Vimeo raises $150M, while IAC is ‘contemplating’ a spin-off November 6, 2020 at 07:00AM

TikTok takes down some hashtags related to election misinformation, leaves others As social media platforms struggle to get U.S. election misinformation under control with varying degrees of success, TikTok has taken new actions to stop people from searching and browsing select hashtags associated with misinformation and conspiracies related to the U.S. election results. The video app has redirected some hashtags — including #RiggedElection, #SharpieGate and others […] Social – TechCrunch - TikTok takes down some hashtags related to election misinformation, leaves others November 6, 2020 at 06:03AM

Facebook blocks hashtags for #sharpiegate, #stopthesteal election conspiracies Facebook today began to block select hashtags which were being used to share misinformation related to the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Now, searches for the hashtags #SharpieGate is being blocked on the social network. Another election conspiracy hashtag #stopthesteal is also blocked on Facebook, with a note saying some of its content goes against the […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook blocks hashtags for #sharpiegate, #stopthesteal election conspiracies November 6, 2020 at 06:03AM

Ushur raises $25M for its no-code platform to build customer communication flows No-code is the name of the game in enterprise software, and today a startup called Ushur that has built a platform for any business to create its own AI-based customer communication flows with no coding required is announcing some funding to help fuel its growth. The startup has picked up $25 million in a Series […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Ushur raises $25M for its no-code platform to build customer communication flows November 6, 2020 at 05:00AM

Extra Crunch Live: Join Greylock’s Asheem Chandna today at 3pm EST/12pm PST on the future of enterprise and cybersecurity investing Yes, there is an election, but that’s getting pretty boring at this point. What’s far more interesting is the future of enterprise and cybersecurity startups, markets where companies are dumping billions of dollars in the wake of the largest change in office work in decades. Old notions are being discarded, new ideas are in — […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Extra Crunch Live: Join Greylock’s Asheem Chandna today at 3pm EST/12pm PST on the future of enterprise and cybersecurity investing November 6, 2020 at 04:00AM

Alibaba passes IBM in cloud infrastructure market with over $2B in revenue When Alibaba entered the cloud infrastructure market in earnest in 2015 it had ambitious goals, and it has been growing steadily. Today, the Chinese ecommerce giant announced quarterly cloud revenue of $2.194 billion. With that number, it has passed IBM’s $1.65 billion revenue result (according to Synergy Research market share numbers), a significant milestone. But […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Alibaba passes IBM in cloud infrastructure market with over $2B in revenue November 6, 2020 at 02:00AM

Ayar raises $35M for optical interconnect tech to overcome computing bottlenecks in the CPU The race is on to build more efficient chip technology for faster and less power-intensive computing, and today an innovative startup that’s built one solution based on in-package optical interconnect (optical I/O) technology is announcing a round of growth funding from a number of strategic investors that speaks to how its approach is getting traction. […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Ayar raises $35M for optical interconnect tech to overcome computing bottlenecks in the CPU November 6, 2020 at 01:00AM

TikTok tests a Learn tab to showcase education and how-to videos How-to videos have been some of the most popular content on YouTube over the years, and now, to grow engagement and the pool of users that it appeals to, the upstart video app TikTok is getting in on the action, too. After launching a dedicated “Learn On TikTok” hashtag (#LearnOnTikTok) earlier this summer with a […] Social – TechCrunch - TikTok tests a Learn tab to showcase education and how-to videos November 6, 2020 at 12:02AM

WhatsApp now lets you post ephemeral messages, which disappear after 7 days Facebook recently announced that WhatsApp passed the whopping milestone of 100 billion messages sent per day, but not everyone wants those chats to stick around forever. Now, Facebook’s wildly popular messaging app with 2 billion users is adding a feature to give people more control on how their words and pictures live within the app. […] Social – TechCrunch - WhatsApp now lets you post ephemeral messages, which disappear after 7 days November 5, 2020 at 07:00PM

Twitter restricts Trump’s tweet claiming that foes would ‘steal’ the election With key wins notched in a few states, Trump didn’t quite declare victory prematurely on social media as platforms had feared — but he did baselessly raise the specter of voter fraud. “We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election,” Trump tweeted. “We will never let them do it. Votes cannot […] Social – TechCrunch - Twitter restricts Trump’s tweet claiming that foes would ‘steal’ the election November 5, 2020 at 02:00AM

Facebook and Instagram notifications warn U.S. users there’s no winner yet in Presidential Election Facebook and Instagram are running notifications in their respective apps informing U.S. users that the winner of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election has not yet been determined. In large pop-ups appearing at the top of the Facebook and Instagram News Feeds, the notification states that “Votes Are Being Counted” and directs users to other in-app […] Social – TechCrunch - Facebook and Instagram notifications warn U.S. users there’s no winner yet in Presidential Election November 5, 2020 at 01:00AM

Intel has acquired Cnvrg.io, a platform to manage, build and automate machine learning Intel continues to snap up startups to build out its machine learning and AI operations. In the latest move, TechCrunch has learned that the chip giant has acquired Cnvrg.io, an Israeli company that has built and operates a platform for data scientists to build and run machine learning models, which can be used to train […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Intel has acquired Cnvrg.io, a platform to manage, build and automate machine learning November 4, 2020 at 11:00AM

How startups can shake up their first idea and still crush the market When Quibi announced it was shutting its doors recently after raising $1.75 billion, it begged an obvious question: If the original idea didn’t work, why not adjust its model or do something completely different while it still had capital? It wouldn’t have been the first company to decide to shift gears. Perhaps because of the […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - How startups can shake up their first idea and still crush the market November 4, 2020 at 04:00AM

Twitter hides Trump tweet attacking Supreme Court’s decision on Pennsylvania ballots In an election eve preview of what to expect in the coming days, President Trump pushed the limits on Twitter’s election-specific policies Monday night. In a tweet, Trump railed against the Supreme Court’s decision to allow Pennsylvania officials to count ballots postmarked by Election Day. The Republican Party has waged a brazen legal onslaught against […] Social – TechCrunch - Twitter hides Trump tweet attacking Supreme Court’s decision on Pennsylvania ballots November 4, 2020 at 03:00AM

Udacity raises $75M in debt, says its tech education business is profitable after enterprise pivot Online education tools continue to see a surge of interest boosted by major changes in work and learning practices in the midst of a global health pandemic. And today, one of the early pioneers of the medium is announcing some funding as it tips into profitability on the back of a pivot to enterprise services, […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Udacity raises $75M in debt, says its tech education business is profitable after enterprise pivot November 4, 2020 at 12:03AM

What social networks have learned since the 2016 election On the eve on the 2020 U.S. election, tensions are running high. The good news? 2020 isn’t 2016. Social networks are way better prepared to handle a wide array of complex, dangerous or otherwise ambiguous Election Day scenarios. The bad news: 2020 is its own beast, one that’s unleashed a nightmare health scenario on a […] Social – TechCrunch - What social networks have learned since the 2016 election November 3, 2020 at 08:00AM

AWS launches its next-gen GPU instances AWS today announced the launch of its newest GPU-equipped instances. Dubbed P4, these new instances are launching a decade after AWS launched its first set of Cluster GPU instances. This new generation is powered by Intel Cascade Lake processors and eight of NVIDIA’s A100 Tensor Core GPUs. These instances, AWS promises, offer up to 2.5x […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - AWS launches its next-gen GPU instances November 3, 2020 at 08:00AM

Coupa Software snags Llamasoft for $1.5B to bring together spending and supply chain data Coupa Software, a publicly traded company that helps large corporations manage spending, announced that it was buying Llamasoft, an 18 year old Michigan company that helps large companies manage their supply chain. The deal was pegged at $1.5 billion. This year Llamasoft released its latest tool, an AI-driven platform for managing supply chains intelligently. This […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Coupa Software snags Llamasoft for $1.5B to bring together spending and supply chain data November 3, 2020 at 03:00AM

Twilio wraps $3.2B purchase of Segment after warp speed courtship It was barely a month ago we began hearing rumors that Twilio was interested in acquiring Segment. The $3.2 billion deal was officially announced three weeks ago, and this morning the communications API company announced that the deal had closed, astonishingly fast for an acquisition of this size. While we can’t know for sure, the […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Twilio wraps $3.2B purchase of Segment after warp speed courtship November 3, 2020 at 01:00AM

Email creation startup Stensul raises $16M Stensul, a startup aiming to streamline the process of building marketing emails, has raised $16 million in Series B funding. When the company raised its $7 million Series A two years ago, founder and CEO Noah Dinkin told me about how it spun out of his previous startup, FanBridge. And while there are many products focused […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Email creation startup Stensul raises $16M November 3, 2020 at 01:00AM

Leena AI nabs $8M Series as it expands from chatbots to HR service platform When we covered Leena AI as a member of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 cohort, the young startup was firmly focused on building HR chatbots, but in the intervening years it has expanded the vision to a broader HR policy platform. Today, the company announced an $8 million Series A led by Greycroft with help […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Leena AI nabs $8M Series as it expands from chatbots to HR service platform November 3, 2020 at 01:00AM

Twitter explains how it will handle misleading tweets about the US election results Twitter recently updated its policies in advance of the U.S. elections to include specific rules that detailed how it would handle tweets making claims about election results before they were official. Today, the company offered more information about how it plans to prioritize the enforcement of its rules and how it will label any tweets […] Social – TechCrunch - Twitter explains how it will handle misleading tweets about the US election results November 3, 2020 at 12:02AM

Warren gets $1.4 million to help local cloud infrastructure providers compete against Amazon and other giants Started as a side project by its founders, Warren is now helping regional cloud infrastructure service providers compete against Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Google and other tech giants. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, Warren’s self-service distributed cloud platform is gaining traction in Southeast Asia, one of the world’s fastest-growing cloud service markets, and Europe. It recently closed […] Enterprise – TechCrunch - Warren gets $1.4 million to help local cloud infrastructure providers compete against Amazon and other giants November 2, 2020 at 04:00PM