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B2B social management platform Oktopost raises $20M growth round with Expedition

TechCrunch

With the pandemic forcing people online, social media use exploded, for obvious reasons. More brand-oriented platforms such as Sprinkler, Sprout Social and Hootsuite have obviously risen in use, but so did traffic to Oktopost, a much more B2B-oriented proposition. It can also handle social listening and analytics.

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Security startup Tessian, which uses AI to fight social engineering, trousers $65M

TechCrunch

The startup applies machine learning to build individual behavior models for enterprise email use that aims to combat human error by flagging problematic patterns which could signify risky stuff is happening — such as phishing or data exfiltration. The Series C round was led by March Capital.

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ZeroFox goes public in $1.4B SPAC deal

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ZeroFox , an enterprise threat intelligence cybersecurity startup that helps companies detect risks found on social media , has announced plans to become a publicly traded company via a merger with blank-check company L&F Acquisition.

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India’s advisory on LLM usage causes consternation

CIO

The ministry’s reaction, in the form of an advisory issued Friday, has attracted criticism from India’s IT sector because of the restrictions it places on innovation and the compliance risk it places on some enterprises. Google, too, has its own algorithms for detecting AI-generated content but has not made any announcements on this front.

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Kickstarter’s CEO eyes the future of crowdfunding at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

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In 2013, Taylor founded ET Enterprises; managed a diverse portfolio of companies, including ArtX and GrowthHackers; and served as CEO of MilliSense and PopSocial where he was recognized as Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018. Taylor also oversaw growth strategy for new social products for a division of Microsoft China.

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Together raises $20M to build open source generative AI models

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. “ Together team is committed to creating a vibrant open ecosystem that allows anyone from individuals to enterprises to participate.” Prakash previously founded social media search platform Topsy, which was acquired in 2013 by Apple, where he later became a senior director.

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Strac plugs into Slack, OneDrive and more to automatically redact sensitive info

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A software platform, Strac automatically detects and redacts sensitive information, including Social Security numbers and driver licenses, from a company’s documents, as well as email, chat messages and web apps. In 2020, after giving out his Social Security number to a customer support team, Mandelecha’s financial data was compromised.