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28 May

NIST announces new initiative to create systems that can detect AI-generated content – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsChat-GPTMike Wheatley, NIST announces new initiative to create systems that can detect AI-generated content, SiliconANGLE

The National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced it’s launching a new initiative called NIST GenAI aimed at assessing generative artificial intelligence models and create systems that can identify AI-created text, images and videos. The launch of the new program came as NIST revealed its first draft publications on AI risks and standards. NIST GenAI will work to create new AI benchmarks and attempt to build what it calls “content authenticity” detection systems that can detect AI-generated media such as text and “deepfake” videos. It’s an effort to counter the dangers of fake and misleading, AI-generated information. In a…

27 May

Activeloop raises $11M to grow its specialized tensor database for AI training and inference – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIActiveloop raises $11M to grow its specialized tensor database for AI training and inference, Mike Wheatley, SiliconANGLE

Activeloop, creator of a database platform that’s designed to cater specifically to artificial intelligence workloads, said today it has closed on an $11 million early-stage funding round, bringing its total amount raised to about $20 million. Today’s Series A round was led by Streamlined Ventures and saw participation from Y Combinator, Samsung Next, Alumni Ventures and Dispersion Capital, the company said. The startup, which is officially known as Snark AI Inc., has created a specialized database called Deep Lake that’s designed to streamline the flow of unstructured information, such as audio, video, image, text files and embeddings, into machine learning…

27 May

GRC startup LogicGate promises to accelerate safe AI deployments – SiliconANGLE

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Governance, risk and compliance technology startup LogicGate Inc. is looking to cater to enterprises that are concerned their new generative artificial intelligence deployments are going to get them into trouble with regulators. To assuage those concerns, today it has announced a new Risk Cloud AI Governance Solution that it says is purpose-built to help customers govern and manage their AI technology implementations and ensure they remain in compliance. It also debuted a new service called Risk Cloud AI, which is a new tool that aims to help companies accelerate their GRC programs. LogicGate says generative AI is being rapidly implemented…

27 May

Startup Datavolo raises over $21M to transform how generative AI models access unstructured data – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIMike Wheatley, SiliconANGLE, Startup Datavolo raises over $21M to transform how generative AI models access unstructured data

Multimodal data pipeline startup Datavolo Inc. today revealed its ambitious plans to transform the way data is fed into artificial intelligence systems, after closing on more than $21 million in funding. The round was led by General Catalyst and saw participation from Citi Ventures, Human Capital, MVP Ventures and Rob Bearden, the former chief executive officer at Cloudera Inc. It brings its total amount raised to more than $25 million. Datavolo is led by its co-founders, CEO Joe Witt (pictured, left) and Chief Operating Officer Luke Roquet (right). It has built what they says is a revolutionary new data pipeline system based…

27 May

Hasura debuts supergraph features to simplify complex API data integrations – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIHasura debuts supergraph features to simplify complex API data integrations, Mike Wheatley, SiliconANGLE

Hasura Inc., a startup that sells a commercial version of the popular open-source GraphQL data management language, today announced a key update to that platform, integrating “supergraph” technology that makes it easier for applications to access data from multiple sources. The company said Hasura V3 is available now in beta, touting a new “domain-centric supergraph modeling framework” that sets a new standard for application programming interface composability. In addition, it comes with a new, distributed supergraph execution engine and various open-source data connectors to help address some of the challenges of data and API integration. San Francisco-based Hasura’s flagship Data API…

27 May

Automated data transformation startup Coalesce closes on $50M funding round – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIAutomated data transformation startup Coalesce closes on $50M funding round, Mike Wheatley, SiliconANGLE

Data transformation startup Coalesce Automation Inc. has revealed how it is planning to scale its business, unveiling an ambitious roadmap to coincide with its biggest funding round yet. The company said today it has raised $50 million via a Series B funding round, bringing its total amount raised to more than $81 million. The round was led by Industry Ventures and existing backer Emergence Capital, and saw the participation of 11.2 Capital, DNX Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures, Hyperlink Ventures, Next Legacy Partners, Snowflake Ventures and Telestra Ventures. Coalesce has been around for just over two years, having launched in January 2022…

26 May

Databricks delivers enhanced data analytics and intelligence for the energy sector – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIDatabricks delivers enhanced data analytics and intelligence for the energy sector, Mike Wheatley, SiliconANGLE

Big-data company Databricks Inc. today announced the immediate availability of a dedicated data intelligence platform for the energy industry, designed to enable customers in the energy sector to harness enormous streams of data and use them for business insights and to feed generative artificial intelligence workloads. The Databricks Data Intelligence Platform for Energy, as it’s officially known, is also geared toward confidentiality, enabling energy suppliers to use their most sensitive information without any risks around privacy, the company said. The main idea is that the offering will give energy company leaders a more holistic, real-time view of their operations, helping them…

26 May

Onum raises $28M to help organizations extract their most valuable data in real time – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIMike Wheatley, Onum raises $28M to help organizations extract their most valuable data in real time, SiliconANGLE

Big data observability startup Onum said today it’s ready to accelerate its ambitious growth plans after closing on a $28 million early-stage round of funding. The Series A round was led by one of Europe’s top specialist business-to-business software investors, Dawn Capital, and saw participation from Kibo Ventures and Insight Partners. It comes less than a year after the company’s official launch in 2023. The startup, officially known as Signalit Technology S.L., has built what it says is a more efficient and intelligent data observability platform that’s designed to give companies more control over their data, ensuring real-time observation and orchestration,…

25 May

PeerDB raises $3.6M to accelerate PostgreSQL data movement – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIMike Wheatley, PeerDB raises $3.6M to accelerate PostgreSQL data movement, SiliconANGLE

Startup PeerDB Inc., which has built a data movement platform specifically for open-source PostgreSQL database management systems, said today it has closed on a seed funding round worth $3.6 million. Leading the investment was 8VC, and it was joined by Y Combinator, Wayfinder Ventures, Webb Investment Network, Flex Capital, Rogue Capital, Pioneer Fund, Orange Collective and several angel investors. PeerDB says its data movement platform is designed to improve on the capabilities of existing data pipelines that were never designed for Postgres databases. Existing data movement and extract, transform and load or ETL tools often prioritize the sheer number of connectors…

24 May

Fullstory’s new platform enables harnessing customer behavioral data as a standalone source – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIFullstory's new platform enables harnessing customer behavioral data as a standalone source, Mike Wheatley, SiliconANGLE

Data analytics startup Fullstory Inc. says it wants to enhance the capabilities of artificial intelligence applications by providing them with the behavioral data they need to understand customer’s sentiments properly. To do this, it has announced a new platform called Data Direct, which automates the collection, synchronization and cleaning of structured, AI-ready behavioral data that can be fed into any application. By doing this, it says it can provide companies with more insightful web and mobile sentiment signals, allowing them to adapt the way they engage with customers and, hopefully, enable more positive interactions. Data Direct is said to transform…