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DTEX Partners with Mandiant for Insider Risk Management Capabilities

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Monday, April 8, 2024
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DTEX Systems , the global leader for insider risk management, today announced its partnership with Mandiant under the DTEX Systems Global Partner Program .

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  • DTEX Systems , the global leader for insider risk management, today announced its partnership with Mandiant under the DTEX Systems Global Partner Program .
  • As the newest member of the DTEX partner network, Mandiant will have the ability to deploy the DTEX InTERCEPT™ platform to elevate its global insider risk consulting practice.
  • DTEX InTERCEPT complements several SIEM, SOAR, and EDR technology partners to provide complete visibility across the attack surface while enriching data to provide a comprehensive understanding of insider risk.
  • Ai3 is the evolution of InTERCEPT™, building on 20 years of insider risk experience to guide and expedite investigations in a matter of minutes.

Calico Appoints Michael Lenardo, M.D., as Chief Scientific Officer

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Calico Life Sciences LLC (Calico), a biotechnology organization focused on the biology of aging and age-related diseases, and founded by Alphabet and Arthur D. Levinson, Ph.D., today announced the appointment of Michael Lenardo, M.D., as its new Chief Scientific Officer.

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  • SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Calico Life Sciences LLC (Calico), a biotechnology organization focused on the biology of aging and age-related diseases, and founded by Alphabet and Arthur D. Levinson, Ph.D., today announced the appointment of Michael Lenardo, M.D., as its new Chief Scientific Officer.
  • Dr. Lenardo is an accomplished molecular immunologist and geneticist whose medical research career spans four decades.
  • "Securing someone of Mike's caliber for the critical role of Chief Scientific Officer is a major achievement for Calico," said Dr. Levinson, CEO of Calico.
  • "The commitment to scientific excellence and integrity at Calico, coupled with the highly talented team, is truly impressive and reflected in the impactful progress they are making.

Space Resources Startup Interlune Raises $18 Million in Seed Capital

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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SEATTLE, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Interlune, a natural resources company, emerged from stealth today, announcing that it has raised funding to further develop and operationalize technology to extract Helium-3 and other natural resources from the Moon. The funding is an essential milestone for Interlune in pursuing its mission to lead the world in sustainable, responsible harvesting and distribution of natural resources from space to benefit humanity.

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  • The funding is an essential milestone for Interlune in pursuing its mission to lead the world in sustainable, responsible harvesting and distribution of natural resources from space to benefit humanity.
  • Alexis Ohanian's venture firm Seven Seven Six led the most recent round of $15 million, adding to previous angel investments.
  • Katelin Holloway, founding partner of Seven Seven Six, will join the Interlune board of directors.
  • "For the first time in history, harvesting natural resources from the Moon is technologically and economically feasible," said Meyerson.

Let’s Not Wait Until More People Die: Texas Attorney Amy Witherite Urges Caution Amid Driverless Truck Rollout

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
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As companies prepare to introduce driverless trucks onto the nation’s roads, Amy Witherite, a prominent Texas attorney and founder of Witherite Law Group , is sounding the alarm on potential safety risks associated with autonomous vehicle technology.

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  • As companies prepare to introduce driverless trucks onto the nation’s roads, Amy Witherite, a prominent Texas attorney and founder of Witherite Law Group , is sounding the alarm on potential safety risks associated with autonomous vehicle technology.
  • "As an attorney and citizen who shares the highway with these vehicles, I am genuinely concerned about safety," says Witherite.
  • The complexities of navigating varied environments and interacting with diverse road users make achieving reliable and safe driverless operations a formidable task.
  • Witherite, whose firm specializes in accidents involving the trucking industry, brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the conversation.

DTEX Systems Raises $50M Led by Alphabet’s CapitalG to Disrupt Insider Risk Management Market Through AI-Enabled Innovations

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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DTEX Systems , the global leader for insider risk management, today announced that it closed $50M in Series E funding.

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  • DTEX Systems , the global leader for insider risk management, today announced that it closed $50M in Series E funding.
  • CapitalG , the independent growth fund of Google’s parent company Alphabet, led the new investment round, bringing DTEX Systems’ total funding raised to $138M.
  • These new funds will continue to fuel significant company momentum and accelerate DTEX’s application of large language models (LLMs) and behavioral science research to disrupt the insider risk management market.
  • This funding underscores their confidence in DTEX's potential to lead the Insider Risk Management space, marking a significant milestone in our journey."

Evolved by Nature Announces New Chief Financial Officer, Commercial Vice President And Two New Board Members to Support Next Chapter of Growth for the Leading Biotechnology Company

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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BOSTON, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolved By Nature, a biotechnology company designing performance-based peptides from nature that increase performance and sustainability of the living barriers and surfaces that surround us, from replacement coating for PFAS chemistry in leather finishing, to non-toxic bioactives in personal care, to drug discovery for epithial and inflammatory diseases, today announces the recent appointment of new Chief Financial Officer, Shalini Urankar and Vice President, Commercial, Germano Coelho. The company also welcomes two distinguished experts across beauty and technology to its Board of Directors: Christine Dagousset and Francis Ebong. 

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  • The company also welcomes two distinguished experts across beauty and technology to its Board of Directors: Christine Dagousset and Francis Ebong.
  • President and Co-Founder of Evolved By Nature, Dr. Rebecca Lacouture shares, "We're extremely excited to be welcoming Shalini and Germano to the Evolved By Nature management team, and to be joined by Christine and Francis at the board level."
  • Previously, Urankar served as CFO for the Americas at Iron Mountain, managing finance and operations for a multi-billion-dollar business unit.
  • Previously, Ebong was Director of Global Operations & Partnerships at Facebook, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Arch Capital Group and The Social Progress Imperative.

Normal Computing Unveils the First-ever Thermodynamic Computer

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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Normal Computing , a deep tech AI startup founded by former Google Brain and Alphabet X engineers to develop full-stack applications with enterprise reliability, today unveiled the world’s first thermodynamic computer.

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  • Normal Computing , a deep tech AI startup founded by former Google Brain and Alphabet X engineers to develop full-stack applications with enterprise reliability, today unveiled the world’s first thermodynamic computer.
  • And new approaches like with probabilistic AI add even more scaling complexity, particularly for GPUs, but may be thousands of times more efficient on a thermodynamic computer as indicated in Normal’s latest research paper.
  • The thermodynamic paradigm is more near term, relying on standard semiconductor fabrication and operating at room temperature.
  • Our goal is to unlock a step change in AI capabilities and efficiency through our novel thermodynamic stack,” said Patrick Coles, Chief Scientist at Normal Computing and former head of Quantum Computing at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Major Financial Events in 2023 Set the Stage for What Lies Ahead for 2024

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
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DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Buckingham Advisors is helping investors and businesses prepare for transitional changes and new opportunities in 2024 with an educational video focused on financial planning, investments and tax. In the video, the Ohio-based independent financial advisory and business services firm outlines major financial events in 2023 and their impact, defines changes coming in 2024, and explains benefits and opportunities in the new year.

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  • In the video, the Ohio-based independent financial advisory and business services firm outlines major financial events in 2023 and their impact, defines changes coming in 2024, and explains benefits and opportunities in the new year.
  • Featured presenters in the video titled, "Summing Up 2023: Stepping Into 2024" include:
    Following are highlights from the video.
  • GDP and corporate profits have recently improved and growth is expected in 2024, but without much earnings growth in 2023.
  • As of January 1st, 2024, the Commercial Activity Tax or CAT tax exclusion amount will increase from $1 million to $3 million.

NRG Energy Announces Leadership Changes

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Monday, November 20, 2023
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NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) (“NRG” or the “Company”) today announced that Lawrence Coben, Ph.D., Chair of the NRG Board of Directors, has been appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Officer and that Mauricio Gutierrez, NRG’s President and Chief Executive Officer, has departed the Company and resigned from the Board.

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  • NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) (“NRG” or the “Company”) today announced that Lawrence Coben, Ph.D., Chair of the NRG Board of Directors, has been appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Officer and that Mauricio Gutierrez, NRG’s President and Chief Executive Officer, has departed the Company and resigned from the Board.
  • The NRG Board has initiated a search to identify a permanent CEO and retained a leading search firm to assist with this process.
  • “Today, NRG is in a position of strength,” Dr. Coben said.
  • Their expertise will help ensure we capture the value we create by offering a smarter, cleaner and more digitally enhanced energy ecosystem.

Extropic Secures $14.1 Million in Seed Funding to Propel Novel Physics-Based Computing Paradigm

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
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Extropic is at the forefront of a groundbreaking initiative to redefine computation through a novel full-stack paradigm of physics-based computing.

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  • Extropic is at the forefront of a groundbreaking initiative to redefine computation through a novel full-stack paradigm of physics-based computing.
  • Extropic's computing paradigm is built on the principles of out-of-equilibrium thermodynamics, aiming to seamlessly merge generative AI with the fundamental physics of the world.
  • Extropic is thrilled to announce the successful closure of its Series Seed round, raising $14.1 million.
  • The company looks forward to utilizing the Seed capital to accelerate the advent of its revolutionary computational paradigm.