Censys lands new cash to grow its threat-detecting cybersecurity service
Investments in cybersecurity companies are beginning to turn a corner, seemingly. After a brutal summer, VC funding to security startups saw a slight (12%) uptick from Q3, according to Crunchbase — reaching nearly $1.9 billion compared to $1.7 billion in the second quarter. That’s still down 30% annually. But it’s
Read moreTwelve Labs is building models that can understand videos at a deep level
Text-generating AI is one thing. But AI models that understand images as well as text can unlock powerful new applications. Take, for example, Twelve Labs. The San Francisco-based startup trains AI models to — as co-founder and CEO Jae Lee puts it — “solve complex video-language alignment problems.” “Twelve Labs
Read moreTop 10 richest countries in Africa rated
Africa is home to some of the richest countries in the world mainly due to the benefit of its rich natural resources, diversified economies, geopolitical positions, and access to markets which continue to attract investors. In 2022, Nigeria’s GDP amounted to nearly $477.4 billion, which is rated as the highest
Read moreAleph is building a platform to reconcile disparate financial data
As cloud-based software becomes the norm for many functions inside of modern businesses, data silos are growing into an outsize problem. This is particularly true in the financial industry, where vendors are often faced with reconciling data from a diverse range of sources. According to a 2022 survey from InterSystems
Read moreNigerian Startup Drives Financial Inclusion for Female Farmers
In 2020, 37 percent of women in Sub-Saharan Africa had access to a bank account, compared with 48 percent of men. In North Africa, the figures are even more discouraging in North Africa where only two-thirds of the adult population remains unbanked and the gender gap for access to finance
Read moreIn the wake of Dash’s closure due to fraud, 5 investors talk due diligence in Africa
It’s been a tough year for tech startups globally. These struggles have manifested in layoffs, down rounds and complete shutdowns caused by current market conditions, utter mismanagement or fraud. This August, SoftBank sued one of its portfolio companies, IRL, a social media platform poised to become an event organizing alternative for
Read moreHashtag Trending Oct.24 – Researchers have developed an AI program to improve Wikipedia’s reliability; Okta confirms hackers accessed customer data; Anthropic pioneers responsible AI through public feedback
AI Program Aims to Enhance Wikipedia’s Reliability, Okta’s Support System Breached and Customer Files Accessed, Microsoft CEO Nadella’s Compensation Decreases to $48.5M These and more top tech stories on Hashtag Trending I’m your host James Roy, filling in for Jim Love today. Researchers have developed SIDE, an artificial intelligence
Read moreComposable architecture
On this episode Ryan and Stack Overflow Director of Brand Design David Longworth chat with Matt Biilmann, CEO and co-founder of Netlify, about composable architecture, how making it easier to code will create more developers, and the future of the front end is portability.
Read moreNew solar mini-grids in Africa to be powered by Husk Power Systems’ $103M Series D
Husk Power Systems, a clean energy company at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008 and that announced plans to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years, has raised $103 million Series D in equity and debt to meet its objectives. The capital injection includes
Read moreOxolo bags €13M for Gen AI-driven video platform which can optimise engagement on the fly
Much has been made of AI-powered videos which can either make a real person speak different words or other languages, or generate a synthetic person which can speak on-demand. A few years ago former football star David Beckham helped push the idea into the mainstream via a video from Synthesia,
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