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Nord Security, the startup behind NordVPN, raises its first-ever funding, $100M at a $1.6B valuation

TechCrunch

What’s notable here is that Vilnius, Lithuania-based Nord has been bootstrapped for the last 10 years (it was founded in 2012), a state that doesn’t seem to have held back its growth. And having a customer base that was primarily consumers also meant potentially less due diligence around how the product worked.

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Lawmatics raises $2.5M to help lawyers market themselves

TechCrunch

ThoughtRiver nabs $10M to speed up deal-making with AI contract review. Spiegel’s had success selling technology to lawyers in the past, with his practice management software startup MyCase acquired by AppFolio in 2012 (AppFolio recently sold MyCase to a variety of funds for $193 million).

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Pros, Cons, and Tips for Using AI in L&D Systems

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Giovanni, a data expert, shares practical insights in an episode that sheds light on AI and its role in the business world, and the use of AI in L&D systems. Understanding the AI Landscape Giovanni’s journey in the world of data and AI originated back to 2012 with big data.

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What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up?

Coding Horror

I currently do other stuff now , and I have since 2012, but if I will be known for anything when I'm dead, clearly it is going to be good old Stack Overflow. The responsibility for this misunderstanding is all on Stack Overflow (and by that also mean myself, at least up until 2012). It's called Stack Overflow. Uh, have you met me?

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2020

TechCrunch

Atrium, a 100-person legal tech startup founded by Justin Kan, shut down in March after failing to find an efficient way to replace the arduous systems of law firms. Ultimately, Atrium’s failure shows how difficult and unprofitable it could be to disrupt a traditional and complicated system. IfOnly (2012-2020).

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4 hidden risks of your enterprise cloud strategy

CIO

And those massive platforms sharply limit how far they will allow one enterprise’s IT due diligence to go. When performing whatever minimal due diligence the cloud platform permits — SOC reports, GDPR compliance, PCI ROC, etc. it’s critical to remember that it is only a snapshot at that moment of evaluation.

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Panorama raises $60M in General Atlantic-led Series C to help schools better understand students

TechCrunch

Existing backers Owl Ventures, Emerson Collective, Uncork Capital, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Tao Capital Partners also participated in the financing, which brings the Boston-based company’s total raised since its 2012 inception to $105 million. We chose to because we want to be able to invest in the business.”.

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