The money transfer and fintech company Wise announced on Friday that some of its customers’ personal data may have been stolen in the recent data breach at Evolve Bank and Trust. The news highlights that the fallout from the Evolve data breach on third-party companies — and their customers and users — is still unclear, […]
Defense tech and ‘resilience’ get global funding sources: Here are some top funders
We live in a very different world since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. With global military expenditure reaching $ 2.4 trillion last year, startups are hoping to get a share of the pie, and formerly reluctant investors are keen to help them do so. The U.S. […]
Cloudera acquires Verta to bring some AI chops to its data platform
Cloudera, the once high flying Hadoop startup, raised $ 1 billion and went public in 2018 before being acquired by private equity for $ 5.3 billion 2021. Today, the company announced that it is acquiring Verta, an AI startup that helps customers manage machine learning models, including large language models used in generative AI. Cloudera, […]
Former Denver Broncos kicker seems to have found himself in some hot water
Former Denver Broncos kicker Brandon McManus, who sits at No. 2 on the team’s all-time scoring list, has had a civil lawsuit brought against him and the Jacksonville Jaguars, alleging sexual assault on the part of McManus. Two women who worked as flight attendants filed the lawsuit during a flight to London. The Jaguars played […]
Y Combinator’s Garry Tan supports some AI regulation but warns against AI monopolies
Garry Tan, president and CEO of Y Combinator, told a crowd at The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. this week that “regulation is likely necessary” for artificial intelligence. Tan spoke with Teresa Carlson, a General Catalyst board member as part of a one-on-one interview where he discussed everything from how to get into Y Combinator […]