Slack’s automated bot is getting an upgrade into an AI workplace helper

Steven Melendez / fastcompany - If you’re a Slack user, you’re probably familiar with Slackbot as a good-natured—if annoying—assistant that delivers notifications, reminders, and keyword-based automatic responses within the workplace chat app. But for organizations with paid Slack plans…

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Bricks.sh Secures €1.6M Funding In Pre-Seed Round

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - AI-native internal tool builder Bricks.sh has raised €1.6 million in a pre-seed round led by Primo Capital, with participation from Octopus First Cheque Fund, Eden Ventures, Vesper Holding, and Vento. The round also featured angel investors such as Gianlu…

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Klearly raises €12M from PayPal Ventures to fix restaurant payments chao

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Restaurants, bars, and clubs face a persistent challenge: legacy systems that stutter during peak service hours, disrupting operations…

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Torq Raises $140M Series D Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Torq, a NYC-based agentic AI security operations provider, raised $140M in Series D funding, at $1.2 Billion valuation. The round was led by Merlin Ventures, with participation from all existing investors, including Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capi…

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Snowflake to acquire Observe observability platform

Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Snowflake signed a definitive agreement on January 8, 2024, to acquire Observe, an observability platform built on Snowflake databases since inception, pending regulatory approval. The deal aims to integrate Observe’s product for unified collection and st…

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Cyera bets big on AI data security with $400M round and $9B valuation

Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Industry leading artificial intelligence and data security company Cyera Ltd. announced it raised $400 million in late-stage funding today, six months after its last capital infusion bringing the company’s valuation to $9 billion. The Series F round was l…

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Legaltech Alice Raises €1M To Enhance Reliable Legal Workflows

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Belgium-based Alice, an AI platform for lawyers and legal teams, has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding to develop its end-to-end legal casework solution. The round was led by NewSchool and Seeder Fund, with participation from a group of Belgian angel …

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Swap Raises $100M in Series C Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Swap, a NYC-based provider of a commerce operating system, raised $100m in Series C funding. The round was co-led by DST Global and ICONIQ. The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations and its business reach, as well as to invest …

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Cisco Eyes $2 Billion Purchase of Cybersecurity Firm Axonius

PYMNTS / pymnts - Cisco is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity firm Axonius for $2 billion. That’s according to a report Sunday (Jan. 4) from Calcalist, which noted that Axonius was previously valued at $2.6 billion. However, the company denied th…

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Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) Stock: Private Equity Firms Announce $8.4 Billion Acquisition

Trader Edge / blockonomi - TLDR Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) enters $8.4 billion take-private agreement with Permira and Warburg Pincus Shareholders to receive $24.55 cash per share, representing a 47% premium over Nov. 10 price Singapore’s Temasek joins investor group with Francisc…

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Omnidocs acquires majority stake in Switzerland’s officeatwork to deepen DACH presence

Cate Lawrence / tech - Danish software company Omnidocs has acquired a majority stake in officeatwork, a Switzerland-based provider of document creation solutions with a strong foothold in the DACH region. Omnidocs is a do...

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Early backer of Personio and Enpal Picus Capital raises €150M in preferred equity from Carlyle AlpInvest

Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Picus Capital has secured a capital boost, closing a €150 million preferred equity financing provided by Carlyle AlpInvest.…

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Lovable raises $330M at a $6.6B valuation to turn non-developers into software builders

Cate Lawrence / tech - Lovable has raised $330 million in Series B funding at a $6.6 billion valuation, led by CapitalG and Menlo Ventures' Anthology fund. Additional investors in this round include the venture arms of lead...

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Imprint becomes latest Irish-founded unicorn with $150m Series D raise

Ann O’Dea / siliconrepublic - New York-based fintech Imprint, co-founded by Irishman Daragh Murphy, has hit a $1.2bn valuation with its latest $150m Series D raise.Read more: Imprint becomes latest Irish-founded unicorn with $150m Series D raise

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Coursera to Acquire Udemy in $2.5 Billion All-Stock Deal

Jon Swartz / techstrong - Coursera Inc. announced Wednesday it will acquire rival online learning platform Udemy Inc. in an all-stock transaction, creating a combined entity valued at approximately $2.5 billion as the education technology sector consolidates following pandemic-era…

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Ben Raises $27.5M in Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Ben, a London, UK-based provider of a platform using AI to help global enterprises manage employee benefits, raised $27.5M in funding. The round was led by Mercia Ventures with participation from existing investors Atomico, Cherry Ventures, DN Capital, an…

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Adobe beats earnings expectations as AI tools drive double-digit revenue growth

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Adobe Inc. reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter today and also impressed with a forecast ahead of analyst expectations. For the quarter that ended on Nov. 28, Adobe reported adjusted earnings per share of $5…

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Anthropic and Snowflake launch 200 million dollar AI partnership

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Anthropic and Snowflake have signed a multiyear, 200 million dollar partnership.The article Anthropic and Snowflake launch 200 million dollar AI partnership appeared first on THE DECODER.

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Brevo becomes Europe’s latest unicorn after landing €500M to power AI growth

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Businesses’ marketing tools don’t talk to each other. Email sits in one app, CRM in another, SMS and…

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