Nvidia announced today that Isaac, its developer toolbox for supporting AI-powered robotics, will deepen support of the Robot Operating System (ROS). The announcement is being made this morning at ROS World 2021, a conference for developers, engineers, and hobbyists who work on ROS, a popular open-source framework that helps developers […]
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Software observability platform Honeycomb raises $50M
Honeycomb, a software observability platform used by developers at companies such as Stripe, Slack, Heroku, and LaunchDarkly, has raised $50 million in a series C round of funding. “Observability” is chiefly concerned with metrics, logs, and traces — that is, measuring the internal state of a system by analyzing the […]
Automated document processing platform Rossum raises $100M
Rossum, a platform used by enterprises to automatically process and “understand” all their inbound documents, has raised $100 million in a series A round of funding. Sources say that Rossum is now valued at somewhere between $500 million and $1 billion. Some 550 billion invoices alone change hands globally each […]
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Instacart acquires smart checkout startup Caper AI for $350M
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next. Instacart today announced that it acquired Caper AI, a startup developing technologies to automate brick-and-mortar checkout experiences, for approximately $350 million in cash and stock. With the purchase, Instacart says that it […]
Managed open source data infrastructure provider Aiven raises $60M
Let the OSS Enterprise newsletter guide your open source journey! Sign up here. Aiven, a provider of fully managed and hosted services for myriad open source data infrastructure projects including Kafka, Grafana, and Cassandra, has raised $60 million in a series C extension round at a $2 billion valuation. The raise comes as businesses across the […]
State of AI Report tracks transformers in critical infrastructure
Artificial intelligence and machine learning pioneers are rapidly expanding on techniques that were originally designed for natural language processing and translation to other domains, including critical infrastructure and the genetic language of life. This was reported in the 2021 edition of the State of AI Report by investors Nathan Benaich […]
Transposit unveils CloudOps workflow-building functionality
If someone were to select three terms that represent the frontier of IT in 2021, they might choose: automation, automation, automation. Others might select user experience (UX), AI, edge computing, CloudOps workflows, or DevOps. They’re all legitimate, but the common denominator is automation because each relies to some extent on […]
Putting your minimum viable product (MVP) on the path to success with AWS (VB Live)
Presented by AWS For startups, building a minimum viable product can be overwhelming, but the AWS cloud platform helps lower costs, improve agility, and speed up innovation. In this VB Live event, learn how to successfully develop an MVP with AWS and propel your company on the path to success. […]
AI Weekly: AI model training costs on the rise, highlighting need for new solutions
AI models are becoming larger — and more capable. But they’re also becoming more costly to train, highlighting a problem in the field.Read More Source
Battling new cyberthreats in your hybrid work environment (VB Live)
Presented by Field Effect Hybrid work environments create new cyber risks, no matter the size of your business — especially with a spike in cybercrime. Join this VB Live event to learn about the new risks, and how to effectively protect your networks, cloud services, and endpoints. Reserve your spot here for free. The pandemic proved that a hybrid work environment is a tremendous boost for employee wellness and […]