Ingrid Lunden

RT @Techmeme: Madrid-based Jobandtalent, which connects gig workers with companies, raised a $103M Series F at a $1.5B valuation, down from…

How many are too many mini eggs?

RT @Techmeme: Blackbird Labs, which makes a blockchain-based payment loyalty app for restaurants, raised $50M led by Spark Capital, taking…

RT @Techmeme: Krea, which helps creators generate AI content using the best available models, raised a $47M Series B and a $33M Series A; s…

RT @TechCrunch: AI’s coming to the classroom: Brisk raises $15M after a quick start in school https://t.co/5OrvGqKYxM

Scoop from last night.

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Berlin-based workflow automation startup n8n raised a €55M Series B, sources say on a valuation of ~€250M, and says it has 3K+ enterprise customers (@ingridlunden / TechCrunch) https://t.co/6B0TKmQvzW https://t.co/a7BI6ANkjC https://t.co/ZOzeer1FAj

Much of the new wave of security/defense/'resilience' tech coming out has industrial, gov't or military use cases. Here is one example of a startup founded on the same ethos but building for you and me (and privacy). Super interested to see what traction it gets.

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Cape opens $99/month beta of its privacy-first mobile plan, inks Proton deal, raises $30M https://t.co/75IjzcCkQh

If you read my story from Monday, you'll see I found the alleged "Deel Spy" (easy using the filing + LinkedIn). I didn't disclose his name + Rippling wouldn't confirm it. Then curiously it came out yesterday, blowing his life apart. So much fishy business here on both sides IMO.

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Rippling sues Deel, Deel denies ‘all legal wrongdoing’, and Slack is the main witness https://t.co/ZHlDqJgjGq

"Multicloud" is not a word that autocorrect recognises. But Google, which has never had a homerun in enterprise cloud, hopes it will become as common as SaaS https://t.co/kCj9HESL9W

Another update: the $33b included I heard from a solid source included $1b in retention for Wiz's 1,700 staff. Incredible outcome for this team.

Ingrid @ingridlunden

Update: the deal is done for $33 and will be announced in about 10 minutes officially. tip @Techmeme

Interesting how many times Kurian name-checks Mandiant in the Wiz acquisition investor call.

Update: the deal is done for $33 and will be announced in about 10 minutes officially. tip @Techmeme

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Google is buying Wiz for $32B to beef up in cloud security, sources say https://t.co/Q8IJ3acJlr

RT @Techmeme: Israeli startup Sola, which offers a low-code platform to build cybersecurity apps, emerges from stealth with a $30M seed co-…

Nirvana's raise is coming amid major tariff uncertainty in the US, which will have a major impact on its target customers, truckers

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Nirvana keeps on truckin’ with $80M at a $830M valuation for its AI-powered insurance https://t.co/2otxWOFYUn

RT @richminer: This administration is reckless & cruel. Without a Pell Grant I would not have: been able to pay for college; co-founded An…

It feels inevitable that Meta would come up with a way to make its face-recognition tech more palatable; and that the UK reg's are being less firm on blocking AI work, given the pressure from on high. It remains opt-in for now. tip @Techmeme

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Meta brings its anti-fraud facial recognition test to the UK after getting a thumbs up from regulators https://t.co/jyij55c347

I've confirmed with the co that this is at an upround of more than $1B (contrary to reports last week it was raising at a downround). v interesting to see co's like this growing out of India. tip @Techmeme

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Darwinbox, the HR upstart from India, raises $140M to take on Deel and Rippling https://t.co/Fi0gy8KCOz