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Banyan Security, which offers a zero trust remote access client and saw a 300% increase in users in 2021, raises a $30M Series B led by Third Point Ventures
Walnut, a personalized product demo and analytics service, raises a $35M Series B and says its ARR has grown 700% since its $21M Series A in August 2021
Clockwise, which offers enterprise time tracking and scheduling tools, raises $45M Series C led by Coatue and says teams at 10K orgs are paying subscribers
French startup Exotec, which builds autonomous industrial warehouse robots, raises a $335M Series D led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management at a $2B valuation
Austria-based Mostly AI, which simulates synthetic data for AI training, data analytics, and software testing, raises a $25M Series B from Molten Ventures
WorkStep, which helps companies hire and retain frontline workers, raises a $25M Series B led by NewRoad Capital, bringing its total funding to $42.2M
Virtana, which provides AI-driven monitoring software to help manage multiple cloud environments, raises $73M from Atalaya Capital Management and others
A look at BigScience, a global effort of 900+ researchers backed by NLP startup Hugging Face, that's working to make large language models more accessible
PassiveLogic, which enables customers without programming expertise to develop autonomous systems for buildings and projects, raises a $34M Series B
Envoy raises a $111M Series C at a $1.4B valuation, after pivoting from office visitor sign-in systems to hybrid workplace management tools
RoadRunner, which uses AI to help enterprises manage and recycle waste across multiple locations, raises a $70M Series D from General Atlantic's BeyondNetZero
ESA says E3 2022 will not be held in person and will be an online-only event in the summer due to COVID-19 concerns
Human Security, a bot mitigation and fraud detection company that was acquired by Goldman Sachs in 2020, raises $100M in growth funding led by WestCap
AMD unveils Ryzen 6000 laptop CPUs using TSMC's 6nm process, with a Microsoft Pluton security processor and up to double the graphics performance of Ryzen 5000
Nvidia debuts 3070 Ti, up to 70% faster than RTX 2070, and 3080 Ti, coming on February 1 to $1.5K+ and $2.5K+ laptops, respectively, and teases 3090 Ti
Nvidia launches Omniverse out of beta, announces a free version, and says nearly 100K creators have downloaded the real-time collaborative design tool
PlainID, which offers enterprise identity and access management tools, raises a $75M Series C led by Insight Ventures, bringing its total funding to $100M
Dialpad, an enterprise voice, video, and contact-center service, raises $170M led by Iconiq at a $2.2B valuation, up from $1.2B last year
Elementary, which uses AI to automate product inspections in factories, raises a $30M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing its total funding to $47.5M+
Adidas Originals partners with Bored Ape Yacht Club, Gmoney, and others to launch an NFT collection, including access to wearables in The Sandbox virtual world
Noname Security, which automatically discovers and remediates API vulnerabilities, raises a $135M Series C at a $1B valuation led by Georgian and Lightspeed
Sweep, a France-based software startup helping companies monitor their carbon footprints, raises a $22M Series A led by Balderton Capital
Cloud security remediation startup Dazz raises $50M Series A and $10M seed round from Insight Partners and others
Medal.tv raises $60M to expand its platform for short gaming clips, bringing its total funding to $70M, and says it has nearly 1M DAUs
Toronto-based TealBook, a supply chain data service, raises a $50M Series B led by Ten Coves Capital and others, bringing its total raised to $73M+
Boston-based conversational AI startup Posh Technologies raises a $27.5M Series A led by Canapi Ventures to fuel call center automation
Celigo, whose integration platform allows companies to automate business processes, raises a $48M Series C led by OMERS Growth, bringing total raised to $80M+
CloudBees, which lets companies automate software deployment and quality monitoring, raises a $150M Series F at a $1B valuation
Synthesia, which uses AI to create virtual avatars, raises a $50M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing its total funding to $66.5M
Gaming hardware company NZXT raises $100M led by Francisco Partners, its first outside funding since launching in 2004
Liqid, which develops adaptive resource management tools for data centers, raises a $100M Series C from and Lightrock and DH Capital
Facebook Gaming announces a Play with Streamer feature that lets creators invite audience members to join a game, debuting alongside Pac-Man Community's launch
LogDNA, a centralized log management service for developers, raises a $50M Series D led by NightDragon, bringing its total funding to $110M
Smartling, which offers automated cloud-based translation tools, raises $160M led by Battery Ventures, bringing its total funding to over $220M
CyCognito, which helps eliminate critical security risks in IT ecosystems, raises a $100M Series C at an $800M valuation led by The Westly Group
Amazon announces AWS IoT TwinMaker to help developers create digital twins of real-time systems like buildings, factories, equipment, and product lines
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Quinyx, which helps companies with gig work scheduling, raises a $50M Series C led by Battery Ventures at a $550M valuation, bringing its total funding to $89M+
Amazon launches AWS IoT RoboRunner to simplify building management apps for robot fleets and AWS Robotics Startup Accelerator for AWS credits and expert advice
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