A Capital

Tableland Raises $8M Series A Led By CoinFund To Usher Web3 Into The Data Era

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Professional Services, Technology, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3, Software, Database, Metadata, NFT, SQL, Table, IPFS, Polygon, Valid time, Directory, ENS, Language, Non-fungible token, A Capital, EVM, CIO, SQLite, Filecoin, Optimism, Ethereum, Table (landform)

The new funds will be used to launch Tableland on mainnet, release new developer tools, and roll out Tableland Studio later this year.

Key Points: 
  • The new funds will be used to launch Tableland on mainnet, release new developer tools, and roll out Tableland Studio later this year.
  • Tableland is a permissionless relational database built on the SQLite engine that enables developers to build complex relational data models for decentralized games, apps, and NFTs.
  • Models are distributed and stored on the Tableland Network, a decentralized network of validators governed by the Tableland Protocol.
  • "Tableland integrates a battle-tested database into EVM-based smart contracts for the first time," said Andrew Hill, Co-founder, Tableland.

Linkerd Recognized as Leader and Outperformer in GigaOm's Radar for Service Mesh

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Cloud, Benchmark, SAN, Leadership, CNCF, Memory, A Capital, Organization, CPU, GV (company), Software, Ron Conway, Gigaom, Health, Service mesh, Radar, Running, Renewable energy, Risk management, Internet service provider, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Kubernetes

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Buoyant, creator of the widely-used open source Linkerd service mesh and the Buoyant Cloud managed Linkerd service, today announced that Linkerd has been named a Leader and Outperformer in the GigaOm Radar for Service Mesh. GigaOm analysts ranked Linkerd with the highest overall value compared to its competitors, recognizing the open-source service mesh for being lightweight and security-first, supporting mission-critical features for cloud-native Kubernetes applications.

Key Points: 
  • The CNCF-graduated, open-source service mesh is ranked with the highest overall value for its security-first, problem-centric approach and commitment to simplicity and reliability
    SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Buoyant , creator of the widely-used open source Linkerd service mesh and the Buoyant Cloud managed Linkerd service, today announced that Linkerd has been named a Leader and Outperformer in the GigaOm Radar for Service Mesh .
  • "We are proud that Linkerd has been recognized as a Leader and Outperformer in the fast-growing service mesh market, and will continue to lead the way with new Linkerd versions and Buoyant Cloud updates addressing our community's most urgent needs."
  • They pioneered the service mesh category with Linkerd, the open source, open governance service mesh.
  • Created in 2016, Linkerd was the first service mesh project and the one to introduce the term "service mesh" to the industry lexicon.

Predictive AI Startup Kumo Raises $18 Million in Series B Funding Led By Sequoia Capital; Will Broadly Roll Out First Version of Its Product on October 16

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Software, Technology, Data Management, People, Graph, ROI, LTV, Workflow, Engineering, VP, Time, GNN, Machine learning, Entrepreneurship, Ron Conway, Â, IBM, Organization, Technical University of Dortmund, LinkedIn, Acquisition, What-not, A Capital, Partnership, Sequoia Capital, Forecasting, Language, API, Pyg, CEO, Technology, SQL, CTO, Stanford University, Pinterest, Table, Operational technology, Research, Data science, AI, Software as a service, Satellite, ML, Cryptocurrency, Medical device, Risk management, Google, Yahoo!, Airbnb

On October 16, anyone can sign up for Kumos first release of the product via Kumos website.

Key Points: 
  • On October 16, anyone can sign up for Kumos first release of the product via Kumos website.
  • Under the hood, Kumo automates data preparation, feature engineering, neural architecture search, model evaluation, prediction-specific explainability, and deployment for predictions.
  • By doing so, Kumo makes predictive tasks as easy as analytics tasks, thus revolutionizing enterprise AI just as data warehouses revolutionized analytics.
  • Kumo makes graph learning easy to use so any business can leverage the power of graph-based AI to better their business.

Buoyant Releases Linkerd 2.12 to Advance Zero-Trust Approach in Kubernetes Deployments

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Cloud, Benchmark, Apache, Software, Trust, CNCF, SAN, Ron Conway, Blog, Goal, Organization, Buoyancy, Communication, TLS, IP, GV (company), A Capital, CNI, Internet service provider, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Kubernetes

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Buoyant, creator of the widely-used open source Linkerd service mesh, today announced the release of Linkerd 2.12, which introduces route-based authorization policies, support for the Kubernetes Gateway API, access logging, and much more. As part of this release, Buoyant also announced the availability of automated upgrades to Linkerd 2.12 as part of their managed Linkerd service, Buoyant Cloud.

Key Points: 
  • As part of this release, Buoyant also announced the availability of automated upgrades to Linkerd 2.12 as part of their managed Linkerd service, Buoyant Cloud .
  • Linkerd's new authorization policies allow for an advanced "zero trust" approach to Kubernetes network security.
  • "Linkerd 2.12 makes it easy for anyone to achieve zero trust network security on their Kubernetes cluster, from encryption to authentication to authorization," said William Morgan, Buoyant CEO and creator of Linkerd.
  • Alongside this release, Buoyant Cloud , the company's managed Linkerd service, now supports automatic upgrades to Linkerd 2.12 for customers running Linkerd 2.10 or later.

Buoyant Cloud Introduces Fully Managed Linkerd to Automate Service Mesh Management

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Cloud, Benchmark, GV (company), A Capital, CNCF, Software, Solution, CEO, Automation, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, SAN, Buoyancy, Ron Conway, Organization, Internet service provider, Kubernetes

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Buoyant, creator of the widely-used open source Linkerd service mesh, today introduced "fully managed" Linkerd functionality to Buoyant Cloud, the company's cloud-based service mesh management tool. This new feature set allows Linkerd adopters to treat the popular service mesh as a true utility by removing the complexities of maintaining, monitoring and operating Linkerd control plane and data plane components.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Buoyant , creator of the widely-used open source Linkerd service mesh, today introduced "fully managed" Linkerd functionality to Buoyant Cloud, the company's cloud-based service mesh management tool.
  • "The service mesh landscape is notorious for its complexity, but this isn't some inherent attribute of service meshesit's a byproduct of certain other high profile but difficult and insecure service mesh solutions.
  • They pioneered the service mesh category with Linkerd, the open source, open governance service mesh.
  • Created in 2016, Linkerd was the first service mesh project and the one to introduce the term "service mesh" to the industry lexicon.

Buoyant Partners with Open Source Companies to Host KubeCrash: Crash Courses on Cloud-Native Tech during KubeCon EU 2022

Retrieved on: 
Monday, May 2, 2022
Cloud, Benchmark, Multi, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, GV (company), SRES, CNCF, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Ron Conway, Crash, Engineering, Software, Buoyancy, Polaris, Organization, CockroachDB, A Capital, Industry, Education, CEO, SAN, Demolition, Internet service provider, Kubernetes

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Buoyant, creator of the widely-used open source Linkerd service mesh and the Buoyant Cloud managed Linkerd service, today announced that it has partnered with Cockroach Labs, Fairwinds, Jetstack, and Pulimu, to host KubeCrash, a new co-located virtual event featuring live crash courses on cloud-native tech. Taking place on May 17, 2022, the event will give those located in the Americas a chance to attend a variety of Kubernetes-related sessions in place of KubeCon EU's early morning programming.

Key Points: 
  • Maintainers of popular CNCF and other open source projects, such as Linkerd, cert-manager, CockroachDB, Pulumi, Polaris and Goldilocks, will host KubeCon-grade crash courses designed for developers, site reliability engineers (SREs), cloud security specialists and platform engineers.
  • "KubeCrash is bringing together some of the brightest minds in the industry to educate the world on these powerful, open source tools that are reshaping the modern business landscape."
  • They pioneered the service mesh category with Linkerd, the open source, open governance service mesh.
  • Linkerd is an open source, ultralight, ultra-simple service mesh for Kubernetes.

WARNER MUSIC GROUP PARTNERS WITH LEADING WEB3 PROTOCOL POAP INC. TO MINT SHARED MEMORIES AS NFTS

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Shari Redstone, Warner Music Group, Record, Great American Songbook, UPROXX, EVP, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Thought, A Capital, Culture, Song book, Reprise, Adidas, VP, Atlantic Records, U.S. Open, WMG, Sound, Warner Records, Warner Chappell Music, Sound Venture, EMP, Coach, Sire, Warner Classics, Non-fungible token, Same, Electra, Roadrunner, Budweiser, Rhinoceros, Technology, TIME, Social media, Songkick, Parlophone, ADA, WMX, HipHopDX, Music, NEW, Catalog, Time (magazine), Digital, Marketing, Business development, A&R, Partnership, IMGN, Fouad Abiad, Blockchain, FOX, Cryptocurrency, Asylum, Nonesuch

NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Warner Music Group (WMG) has entered into the first-ever partnership with leading Web3 protocol POAP Inc. Short for "Proof of Attendance Protocol," POAPs are digital mementos minted as NFTs in celebration of life's remarkable moments. Atlantic Records rapper Kevin Gates is slated to incorporate POAPs into his Khaza Tour, making one available to fans who attend his upcoming sold-out show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on April 16th.

Key Points: 
  • "Music has always been highly contextual: who we are and what we are doing all affect how we perceive a record.
  • "Dropping a POAP offers artists a fun way to celebrate a show that's much more permanent than a ticket stub.
  • With a legacy extending back over 200 years, Warner Music Group (WMG) today brings together artists, songwriters, and entrepreneurs that are moving entertainment culture across the globe.
  • In addition, WMG counts storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment and social media content creator IMGN among its many brands.

Buoyant Announces Automated Multi-Cluster Failover Capabilities in Linkerd

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Cloud, Benchmark, Communication, News, Policy, Ron Conway, GV (company), Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Buoyancy, Software, CNCF, Organization, A Capital, CEO, SAN, Risk management, Kubernetes

SAN FRANCISCO, March 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Buoyant , creator of the widely-used open source Linkerd service mesh and of the Buoyant Cloud managed Linkerd service, today announced the release of the new automated failover functionality for multi-cluster Kubernetes deployments.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, March 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Buoyant , creator of the widely-used open source Linkerd service mesh and of the Buoyant Cloud managed Linkerd service, today announced the release of the new automated failover functionality for multi-cluster Kubernetes deployments.
  • Unfortunately, Kubernetes itself provides very little in the way of help," said William Morgan, CEO of Buoyant and one of the original creators of Linkerd.
  • Building on the existing reliability, observability, and security features of the service mesh, Linkerd's new failover capabilities provide a flexible framework with which Kubernetes adopters can address a variety of situations.
  • This news comes on the heels of the release of Linkerd 2.11, which introduced network policy features, and the addition of network policy management to Buoyant Cloud.

CodeSignal Announces New Advanced Assessment Capabilities Fueled by a $50M Series C Funding Led by Index Ventures

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, September 16, 2021
A Capital, Investment, SAN, IDE, CEO, Technology, Zoom, Menlo Ventures, Roblox, Capital, CodeSignal, Environment, Growth, Integrated development environment, Index Ventures, Brex, Databricks, Culture, Medicine, Management

This round, which brings CodeSignal's total funding to $87.5M, was led by Index Ventures , with additional participation from Menlo Ventures , Headline , and A Capital .

Key Points: 
  • This round, which brings CodeSignal's total funding to $87.5M, was led by Index Ventures , with additional participation from Menlo Ventures , Headline , and A Capital .
  • Likewise, employers can now assess all of an applicant's skills at the same time through a single coding task.
  • There is an amazing opportunity in front of us to change hiring culture and CodeSignal is the company making that happen."
  • Founded in 2015, CodeSignal is trusted by the world's most innovative tech firms, including Brex, Databricks, Facebook, Instacart, Robinhood, Upwork, and Zoom.