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Unlearn Raises $50 Million Series C to Optimize Clinical Research With AI-Powered Digital Twin Technology

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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Founded in 2017 as an AI research company, Unlearn has always been at the forefront of developing innovative AI-based solutions for clinical trials.

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  • Founded in 2017 as an AI research company, Unlearn has always been at the forefront of developing innovative AI-based solutions for clinical trials.
  • Unlearn’s AI models generate an individual digital twin for every trial participant before they are randomized into the experimental or control arm.
  • “Breaking down these barriers and proving the value of digital twin technology continues to be a main driver for us at Unlearn.
  • “Unlearn is introducing powerful AI models to help make clinical research more streamlined and efficient,” said Pauline Yang, Partner at Altimeter Capital.

Global Alts 2024: The Largest Cap Intro Event is Set to Make Waves

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- iConnections Global Alts 2024 is poised to redefine the landscape of capital introduction events with its ambitious agenda and an unprecedented lineup of speakers and networking opportunities. This highly anticipated event, scheduled from January 29th to February 1st, promises to be the largest gathering for alternative investment professionals, showcasing cutting-edge insights and fostering invaluable connections.

Key Points: 
  • Global Alts 2024, the largest cap intro event, is set to redefine the industry with an exceptional lineup of speakers and networking opportunities.
  • This highly anticipated event, scheduled from January 29th to February 1st, promises to be the largest gathering for alternative investment professionals, showcasing cutting-edge insights and fostering invaluable connections.
  • Global Alts 2024 will set a new standard for capital introductions with projected 15,000+ one-on-one cap intro meetings.
  • Global Alts 2024 is already generating considerable excitement within the industry, and attendance is expected to reach record numbers.

MotherDuck Raises $52.5 Million Series B Funding as DuckDB Adoption Soars

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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SEATTLE, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MotherDuck, builder of a serverless, easy to use data analytics platform based on open source database DuckDB, today announced a $52.5 million round of funding. Led by Felicis, the round puts MotherDuck at a $400M post-money valuation and brings their total funding to date to $100M. New and existing investors like a16z, Madrona, Amplify Partners, Altimeter, Redpoint, Zero Prime, and more participated in the round as well. Felicis General Partner Viviana Faga will join MotherDuck's Board of Directors.

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  • Led by Felicis, the round puts MotherDuck at a $400M post-money valuation and brings their total funding to date to $100M.
  • Anyone who wants to start leveraging the power of DuckDB at scale immediately can sign up at motherduck.com .
  • A data lake query engine: MotherDuck uses DuckDB to query your data where it sits as parquet, iceberg, or CSV files.
  • MotherDuck's funding announcement and product updates come as DuckDB prepares for its latest release, 0.9.0, which will also be available to MotherDuck users.

Santander, Booking.com, and DoorDash Join Cockroach Labs' Annual Conference: RoachFest

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cockroach Labs, the company behind the leading cloud-native distributed SQL database CockroachDB, today announced its annual customer event, RoachFest, which will take place from October 3-4 in New York City. RoachFest will bring together speakers from inspirational engineering companies like Santander, Booking.com, Fortinet, DoorDash, Hard Rock Digital, and more to examine and share best practices for CockroachDB and the adjacent cloud technologies driving the future of application development. Get your tickets today.

Key Points: 
  • RoachFest will bring together speakers from inspirational engineering companies like Santander, Booking.com, Fortinet, DoorDash, Hard Rock Digital, and more to examine and share best practices for CockroachDB and the adjacent cloud technologies driving the future of application development.
  • RoachFest will serve as a two-day event that will inspire and educate the CockroachDB community to prepare for a cloud-first future that requires a distributed mindset.
  • Attendees can expect to hear first-hand experiences on their use of the database from top organizations in financial services, SaaS, media and retail.
  • Headquartered in New York City, Cockroach Labs is backed by Altimeter, Benchmark, Greenoaks, GV, Firstmark, Index Ventures, Lone Pine, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, and Workbench.

CockroachDB Achieves HIPAA Readiness Along With PCI DSS and FIPS 140-2 Compliance

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023
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HIPAA-ready CockroachDB is available for those who deploy CockroachDB's database-as-a-service offering, CockroachDB dedicated.

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  • HIPAA-ready CockroachDB is available for those who deploy CockroachDB's database-as-a-service offering, CockroachDB dedicated.
  • "We've conducted a third-party risk assessment against HIPAA's security and breach notification rules, and will continue to perform them annually.
  • Cockroach Labs can also execute a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with companies to further ensure completeness of protection of PHI.
  • CockroachDB users can address the related requirements with a FIPS-ready CockroachDB binary, created in partnership with Red Hat.

Cockroach Labs Named as a 2023 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers' Choice for Cloud Database Management Systems Market

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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NEW YORK, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cockroach Labs, a leading provider of cloud native distributed SQL database solutions, is excited to share that the company was named a Customers' Choice in the 2023 Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer': Cloud Database Management Systems. Cockroach Labs is one of just two–out of 60 vendors–in the Cloud Database Management Systems category to receive the distinction. The company received a 98% in willingness to recommend among companies with $50 million in revenue or higher. Cockroach Labs received additional recognition as a Customers' Choice vendor among customers in North America and in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers' Choice Distinction is based on feedback and ratings from end-user professionals who have experience with the product or service. Gartner defines Cloud Database Management Systems as core capabilities that vendors fully supply provider-managed public or private cloud software systems that manage data on cloud storage.

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  • NEW YORK, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cockroach Labs , a leading provider of cloud native distributed SQL database solutions, is excited to share that the company was named a Customers' Choice in the 2023 Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer': Cloud Database Management Systems.
  • Cockroach Labs is one of just two–out of 60 vendors–in the Cloud Database Management Systems category to receive the distinction.
  • Gartner defines Cloud Database Management Systems as core capabilities that vendors fully supply provider-managed public or private cloud software systems that manage data on cloud storage.
  • Cockroach Labs has been recognized in Gartner's® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Database Management Systems two years in a row.

MongoDB Launches AI Innovators Program to Help Organizations Build with Generative AI

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB) today at its developer conference MongoDB.local NYC announced the MongoDB AI Innovators Program—which provides organizations building AI technology access to credits for MongoDB Atlas, partnership opportunities in the MongoDB Partner Ecosystem, and go-to-market activities with MongoDB to accelerate innovation and time to market. The MongoDB AI Innovators Program consists of the AI Startups track for early-stage ventures and the AI Amplify track for more established companies—both of which provide opportunities to join a community of founders, developers, and MongoDB experts to bring AI-powered solutions to market more quickly. To get started with the MongoDB AI Innovators Program, visit mongodb.com/startups/ai-innovators.

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  • The MongoDB AI Innovators Program consists of the AI Startups track for early-stage ventures and the AI Amplify track for more established companies—both of which provide opportunities to join a community of founders, developers, and MongoDB experts to bring AI-powered solutions to market more quickly.
  • To get started with the MongoDB AI Innovators Program, visit mongodb.com/startups/ai-innovators .
  • With the MongoDB AI Innovators program, organizations of all sizes have the opportunity to work with MongoDB and its global network of partners for free access to technology, go-to-market initiatives, and collaboration with subject matter experts:
    Expanded MongoDB Atlas credits: The AI Startup track of the MongoDB AI Innovators Program provides eligible organizations up to $25,000 in credits for MongoDB Atlas—the leading multi-cloud developer data platform that accelerates and simplifies building with data—in addition to credits available via the MongoDB for Startups program.
  • "Enterprises are seeing a disruptive shift with the rise of AI, particularly generative AI," said Pauline Yang, Partner at Altimeter.

MotherDuck Announces First Release of Next Generation Cloud Analytics Platform Following $47.5M Raise

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
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SEATTLE, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MotherDuck, builder of a serverless, easy to use data analytics platform based on open source database DuckDB, today announced the first ever release of its cloud analytics platform, which makes it easy to analyze data of any size regardless of where it lives by combining the elegance and speed of an in-process database with the collaboration and scalability of the cloud. The company also announced partnerships and integrations with more than a dozen technology and service providers across the modern data stack to include Hex, Astronomer, dbt Core and LangChain. As the only cloud analytics platform developed alongside the creators of DuckDB, MotherDuck is increasing the impact of the popular OSS database by bringing collaborative SQL analytics and the power of a hybrid cloud and local architecture to DuckDB users everywhere. Those interested in trying the platform can request an invite at www.MotherDuck.com. 

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  • As the only cloud analytics platform developed alongside the creators of DuckDB, MotherDuck is increasing the impact of the popular OSS database by bringing collaborative SQL analytics and the power of a hybrid cloud and local architecture to DuckDB users everywhere.
  • MotherDuck announces the first cloud analytics platform developed alongside the creators of DuckDB.
  • For those whose data is already in the cloud, enables higher performance analytics, allowing DuckDB users to easily move from development to production.
  • Current DuckDB users with MotherDuck accounts can easily switch from using a local DuckDB database to the MotherDuck serverless analytics platform by changing a single line of configuration.

Be bold with the rugged, new Instinct 2X Solar from Garmin

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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OLATHE, Kan., April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) today announced the Instinct® 2X Solar, the new addition to the popular Instinct 2 family of rugged, purpose-built smartwatches. Instinct 2X Solar and Instinct 2X Solar – Tactical Edition are designed to handle the most extreme environments with an easy-to-read display in a 50mm fiber-reinforced polymer case. Built to U.S. military standards (MIL-STD-810) for thermal shock, water resistance and shock, the smartwatches are water-rated up to 10 ATM1 and feature a chemically strengthened, scratch-resistant Power Glass™ lens. The lens assists in extending battery life, producing 50% more energy than the standard Instinct 2 solar watch. Solar charging gives unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode2, allowing users to do what they love longer without worrying about recharging their watch.

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  • Instinct 2X Solar and Instinct 2X Solar – Tactical Edition are designed to handle the most extreme environments with an easy-to-read display in a 50mm fiber-reinforced polymer case.
  • The lens assists in extending battery life, producing 50% more energy than the standard Instinct 2 solar watch.
  • To lead the way during night operations, the multi-LED flashlight on the Instinct 2X Solar – Tactical Edition illuminates in either white or a dedicated green.
  • Available now, the Instinct 2X Solar has a suggested retail price of $449.99, while the Instinct 2X Solar – Tactical Edition has a suggested retail price of $499.99.

FPT Software and Anaplan Asia Pacific Partner to Enhance Enterprise Performance across Southeast Asia

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
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FPT Software, Vietnam’s leading technology and IT services provider recently entered a strategic partnership with business planning and decision-making platform Anaplan Asia Pacific.

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  • FPT Software, Vietnam’s leading technology and IT services provider recently entered a strategic partnership with business planning and decision-making platform Anaplan Asia Pacific.
  • As Anaplan Asia Pacific’s regional integration partner, FPT Software sets to deliver cloud-based Enterprises Performance Management to businesses across Southeast Asia.
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    The alliance expands Anaplan’s reach to new customer segments in FPT Software’s world-leading digital transformation portfolio throughout the Southeast Asia region.
  • “The partnership with Anaplan will enable FPT Software to extend its outreach in the Digital Transformation services portfolio.