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AI Company Pika Raises $55M to Redesign Video Making and Editing

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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Pika , an AI video platform that is redesigning the video-making and editing experience, announced its Series A funding round of $35 million, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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  • Pika , an AI video platform that is redesigning the video-making and editing experience, announced its Series A funding round of $35 million, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
  • A video highlighting some of the new features of Pika 1.0 can be found here .
  • While other AI video tools are primarily focused on professionals and commercial use, Pika has designed a video-making and editing experience that is effortless and accessible to the everyday consumer and creator.
  • "Just as other new AI products have done for text and images, professional-quality video creation will also become democratized by generative AI.

OpenSSF Announces New Members, Guiding Software Security Principles at OpenSSF Day Japan

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Monday, December 4, 2023
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TOKYO, Dec. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a cross-industry initiative of the Linux Foundation that focuses on sustainably securing open source software (OSS), announced new members from leading technology firms and a new set of Secure Software Development Guiding Principles at OpenSSF Day Japan.

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  • "We're delighted that our new members are joining the OpenSSF," said Omkhar Arasaratnam, General Manager of the OpenSSF.
  • Today, the OpenSSF hosts OpenSSF Day Japan at Open Source Summit Japan in Tokyo.
  • OpenSSF Day is an exciting opportunity for maintainers, contributors and others in cybersecurity to learn more about ongoing efforts to secure the open source software ecosystem.
  • At the start of OpenSSF Day Japan, OpenSSF released the Secure Software Development Guiding Principles that describe a series of foundational practices to help provide better assurance and security for organizations leveraging them.

Ello, World’s Most Advanced AI Reading Coach, Raises $15M Series A

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ello , developer of the world’s most advanced AI reading coach, announced today that it has secured its Series A funding.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ello , developer of the world’s most advanced AI reading coach, announced today that it has secured its Series A funding.
  • Leading Ello’s $15M Series A is Goodwater Capital, with major participation from Homebrew (returning investors), Reed Hastings, Common Sense Growth, and Ravensburger.
  • “Ello is tackling the issue of child literacy head on, leveraging AI to solve the reading challenges kids face, through a fun, engaging 1:1 reading coach,” said Coddy Johnson, Partner at Goodwater Capital.
  • Ello wholeheartedly champions the Science of Reading approach, which places an emphasis on equipping children with the essential decoding skills required for reading mastery.

InstallAware Open Sources Apple Game Porting Toolkit Installer, Providing a One-Click Solution for Users to Run PC Software on Macs.

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Monday, August 21, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- InstallAware Software, the technology leader in software installation, repackaging, and virtualization solutions for app developers and enterprises, has launched a free and open-source installer for Apple's Game Porting Toolkit on macOS. InstallAware is the most flexible platform for traditional and agile development teams creating Linux, macOS, Windows and Azure software installers; as well as MSIX/APPX/App-V, and agentless InstallAware Virtualization packages.

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  • "An alternative to Parallels hypervisor-based virtualization, platform-locked InstallShield, or Java-bound InstallAnywhere; InstallAware Multi Platform's native code Apple Game Porting Toolkit Installer runs Windows software and games on macOS in a single click."
  • Apple's Game Porting Toolkit helps software developers easily port their existing 3D games to macOS, but is complex to set up and use.
  • Furthermore, while the Game Porting Toolkit requires macOS Sonoma and Apple Silicon, InstallAware's solution also supports Intel Macs and older macOS versions.
  • Software developers may also download the source code of this setup wizard, all of which is published open source, from https://github.com/installaware/AGPT – InstallAware Software encourages contributions and improvements to its Apple Game Porting Toolkit Installer.

Intellimize Ranks No. 1387 on the 2023 Inc. 5000

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. revealed yesterday that Intellimize ranks No. 1387 on the 2023 Inc. 5000, its annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The prestigious ranking provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent, entrepreneurial businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other household name brands gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. revealed yesterday that Intellimize ranks No.
  • 1387 on the 2023 Inc. 5000, its annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
  • Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other household name brands gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
  • The Inc. 5000 class of 2023 represents companies that have driven rapid revenue growth while navigating inflationary pressure, the rising costs of capital, and seemingly intractable hiring challenges.

Adonis Raises $17.3 Million, Led by General Catalyst, to Transform Revenue Outcomes for Healthcare Providers Across the United States

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
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NEW YORK, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Adonis, a leading Revenue Intelligence and Automation Platform built for healthcare, today announced that it has raised $17.3M in Series A financing led by General Catalyst. General Catalyst is joined by existing investors Bling Capital, Max Ventures, and Homebrew. As part of the financing, Holly Maloney from General Catalyst will join the board of directors.

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  • In an oversubscribed round, Adonis will further its mission to deliver critical revenue outcomes that enable healthcare providers to deliver the highest form of clinical outcomes and care.
  • With a total of $22.9M raised to date and trending to significantly exceed revenue expectations in 2023, Adonis is one of the fastest growing healthcare software companies in the United States.
  • As a result, Adonis is overseeing the processing of billions of dollars of claims and impacting revenue outcomes for thousands of the nation's providers.
  • "We believe Adonis has cracked the revenue code between healthcare providers and insurance companies with its robust AI-driven payment collection process.

GGV Capital Announces 2023 SMBTech 50

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Monday, April 24, 2023
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NEW YORK, April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GGV Capital, a global venture capital firm, debuted the 2023 SMBTech 50 today in collaboration with Crunchbase. The SMBTech 50 is the first list to recognize the growth and potential of startups that serve small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The list (smbtech50.com) demonstrates both the breadth and depth of this sector and the enthusiasm of venture capital investors for these companies. The SMBTech 50 honorees will celebrate with the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite.

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  • NEW YORK, April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GGV Capital , a global venture capital firm, debuted the 2023 SMBTech 50 today in collaboration with Crunchbase.
  • SMBTech 50 honorees have raised a cumulative $22 billion in financing, including some of the largest pre-IPO rounds in the year.
  • GGV Capital's SMBTech 50 list celebrates the private, venture-backed technology companies seeking to make the same impact over the next five to 10 years.
  • GGV Capital convened 30 SMBTech-focused investment firms to nominate and vote on the 50 honorees.

Yugabyte Supercharges Developer Productivity While Boosting Performance with Enhancements to YugabyteDB Managed

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Monday, March 27, 2023
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Yugabyte , the leading open source distributed SQL database company, today announced key updates to YugabyteDB Managed , including the launch of the YugabyteDB Managed Command Line Interface (CLI).

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  • Yugabyte , the leading open source distributed SQL database company, today announced key updates to YugabyteDB Managed , including the launch of the YugabyteDB Managed Command Line Interface (CLI).
  • “The launch of the YugabyteDB Managed CLI takes automation and productivity to the next level.
  • The YugabyteDB Managed CLI makes day-to-day tasks easier for everyone, from app developers, to database administrators and DevOps engineers, by simplifying how they interact with YugabyteDB Managed resources.
  • Enhance database performance with next level observability; The latest YugabyteDB Managed observability enhancements add over 125 new SQL and storage layer metrics.

Delinea's Latest Releases for Workstations and Coded Credentials Make it Easier for Organizations to Secure Cyber Insurance

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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Updates to both products make it more seamless to implement the controls frequently required to secure or renew cyber insurance policies.

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  • Updates to both products make it more seamless to implement the controls frequently required to secure or renew cyber insurance policies.
  • Enhancements to Privilege Manager, Delinea's solution for managing privileged access on workstations, focus on policies for Windows Store applications and updates for MacOS Ventura.
  • Other updates include enhancements to the UI that highlight the number of workstations impacted by policy changes and management of certificate credentials.
  • "We continuously focus on making it less complicated to implement privileged access policies, and these two product releases make PAM more seamless for both workstations and coded credentials."

MacStadium Announces Transition Path from VMware to Orka® Platform

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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“Orka Platform represents the perfect tool for application development teams who rely on using virtualized Mac compute and must now move on from VMware,” said Greg McGraw, MacStadium co-founder and CEO.

Key Points: 
  • “Orka Platform represents the perfect tool for application development teams who rely on using virtualized Mac compute and must now move on from VMware,” said Greg McGraw, MacStadium co-founder and CEO.
  • “MacStadium already has helped leading organizations seamlessly transition to Orka Platform from VMware.
  • You’re able to spin up and spin down VMs using an easy-to-use CLI or API.”
    The average customer transition time from VMware to Orka Platform is 30 days.
  • Include access to a dedicated team of experts who have already helped large and small customers transition to Orka Platform from VMware.