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LeanTaaS, which uses AI to improve the operational performance of hospitals and clinics, raises $40M Series C, bringing its total raised to $100M
Ordr, a network-level cybersecurity platform that flags suspicious events in real time, raises $27.5M Series B, after emerging from stealth in Feb. with $16.5M
US-Indian startup Observe.ai, which uses natural language processing to analyze speech for call centers, raises $26M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners
Microsoft is bringing its first Office app to Linux with Microsoft Teams, now in public preview
Current Health, which provides a remote AI-powered patient management platform, raises $11.5M Series A led by MMC Ventures
North stops selling its Focals smart AR glasses 14 months after debuting them, says it plans to launch a sleeker version with 10x higher resolution in 2020
Cosmose AI, a Shanghai-based analytics software provider that anticipates how people shop offline, raises $12M seed led by TDJ Pitango and OTB Ventures
WalkMe, which helps users navigate the UIs of other services with on-screen prompts, raises $90M led by Vitruvian Partners, bringing its total raised to $300M+
Google brings incognito mode for Google Maps to iOS, where users' activity is not saved to their Google Account
Pichai's track record at Google over the past two years shows that Alphabet companies can be expected to either become more focused or get folded into Google
MIT CSAIL’s AI can reconstruct hidden movement from video footage alone
Cyberhaven, which provides data behavior analytics to protect company trade secrets such as IP for customers including Motorola and DARPA, raises $13M Series A
Sao Paolo-based mobile game maker Wildlife Studios, which says it will reach 2B downloads by the end of 2019, raises $60M, at a valuation of $1.3B
How Segment survived its brush with death to become a customer data unicorn
Panorays, which offers an automated cybersecurity lifecycle management platform, raises $15M Series A led by Oak HC/FT
Language learning app Duolingo raises $30M Series F from Alphabet's CapitalG at a $1.5B valuation, more than double the valuation from its 2017 Series E
Firefox 71 arrives with Picture-in-Picture support on Windows for all video sites, Enhanced Tracking Protection and Lockwise password manager improvements, more
Amazon debuts AI-powered Fraud Detector to find anomalies in transactions, an enterprise search tool, and CodeGuru to spot computationally expensive code
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Accel Robotics, which aims to build AI-backed automated cashierless stores, raises $30M Series A led by SoftBank
A look at the Masakhane project, which aims to translate African languages using neural machine translation by working with AI researchers across the continent
Starting in 2020, China will require videos created using AI or VR to be clearly marked
HSBC to shift $20B worth of assets to blockchain-based Digital Vault
Buguroo, which uses deep learning and behavioral biometrics to help detect banking fraud, raises $11M Series A
Genvid Technologies raises $27M Series B for its interactive streaming platform, which helps users monetize livestreams via sponsorships and in-stream purchases
Amazon brings Alexa to AWS IoT Core devices, lowering requirements for microprocessor type and RAM, now 1MB instead of 100MB, by offloading tasks to AWS
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ZecOps, which automates detection, analysis, and response to cyberattacks on endpoints and servers, raises $10.2M seed round
N3twork, maker of the popular mobile game Legendary, raises $40M for its games publishing platform that helps mobile games gain traction
Robotic process automation startup Automation Anywhere raises $290M Series B at a valuation of $6.8B, now has 3,500+ enterprise clients in 90+ countries
Gmail on Android and iOS to gain support for dynamic email starting on Nov. 21, letting users take actions, like purchasing products, directly within a message
CloudFactory, a data labelling for machine learning platform, raises $65M led by FTV Capital, bringing its total raised to $78M
Salesforce launches Cloud Voice, which integrates telephony inside Service Cloud, a revamped Einstein Voice Assistant, and a voice app development toolkit
Clumio, which makes cloud data backup and recovery tools, raises $135M Series C led by Sutter Hill Ventures, after exiting stealth in Aug. with $51M in funding
Home insurance startup Luko raises $22M Series A led by Accel for its home protection tech that monitors doors, pipes, and meters, using AI to detect anomalies
Self-driving startup Wayve, which considers sophisticated sensor tech like lidar unnecessary for safe autonomous driving systems, raises $20M Series A
DroneDeploy, a drone mapping and analytics platform, raises $35M Series D, bringing its total raised to $90M, says it now has over 5,000 enterprise customers
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Google Cloud makes Contact Center AI, which automates interactions with customers in call centers, available generally
Moveworks, which builds an AI platform to automate IT support issues, raises $75M Series B, bringing its total raised to $105M
Canalys: global smart speaker shipments reached 28.6M, up 44% YoY, in Q3 2019 as Amazon shipped 10.4M units, up 66% YoY, and Google shipped 3.5M, down 40% YoY
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