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Soci raises $80 million to power data-driven localized marketing for enterprises
Valtix raises $12.5 million as cloud native security becomes more urgent
Allen Institute launches GENIE, a leaderboard for human-in-the-loop language model benchmarking
Swapp raises $7 million to automate construction planning with AI
Researchers find conventional voice AI overlooks trans and nonbinary users
Microsoft researchers tap AI for anonymous data sharing for health care providers
Google targets AI ethics lead Margaret Mitchell after firing Timnit Gebru
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Aurora partners with Paccar to develop driverless trucks
Canalys: Cybersecurity spending is projected to rise 10% in 2021
Bold Commerce raises $27 million to power ‘headless’ ecommerce with APIs
Google launches suite of AI-powered solutions for retailers
Trovata.io raises $20 million to aggregate enterprise bank accounts with AI
OncoHost raises $8 million to develop AI that predicts cancer treatment responses
Quali raises $54 million to automate cloud management and deployment
Swimlane raises $40 million to automate cybersecurity operations
Rewind picks up $15 million to protect data in SaaS applications
K Health raises $132 million to launch AI-powered telemedical pediatric service
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Researchers develop AI framework that predicts object motion from image and tactile data
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Idera acquires API developer Apilayer
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Oqton raises $40 million to apply AI to additive manufacturing
IBM acquires Taos to supplement its cloud expertise as workloads shift
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