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Zilliz, the startup behind the Milvus open source vector database for AI apps, raises $60M, relocates to SF

TechCrunch

In 2020, Chinese startup Zilliz — which builds cloud-native software to process data for AI applications and unstructured data analytics, and is the creator of Milvus , the popular open source vector database for similarity searches — raised $43 million to scale its business and prep the company to make a move into the U.S.

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How today’s enterprise architect juggles strategy, tech and innovation

CIO

Open source: This is an expanding offering in the industry and enterprise architecture stack beyond software, with huge potential. While businesses demand rapid releases (particularly for B2C channels), enterprise architects ensure that solutions are robust, secure and scalable.

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4 ways cybersecurity startups can boost adoption and shorten time to value

TechCrunch

Marketing-led, B2C tools. Open source tools. Unlike the previous category, products that could be categorized under this bucket were open, transparent and accessible. Companies in this category would employ fear-based marketing techniques to sell a “sense of security.”

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Shopware, an e-commerce platform that powers 100K brands, raises its first outside funding: $100M from PayPal and Carlyle

TechCrunch

The e-commerce boom that started with the Covid-19 pandemic shows little sign of slowing down, and today a company called Shopware , which provides a set of open source tools to power online shopping experiences for some 100,000 mid-sized and larger brands, is announcing $100 million in funding to capture the opportunity.

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The gig economy, cannabis and car data are tech-election winners in 2020

TechCrunch

YC-backed nonprofit VotingWorks wants to rebuild trust in election systems through open source. Merritt Hummer of Bain Capital Ventures breaks it down in a big guest post for Extra Crunch: [I]t’s no wonder B2B e-commerce has been slower to digitize than B2C.

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10 Headless Commerce Platforms You Should Know in 2021

Netlify

Gartner predicts that by 2023, prices for B2C digital commerce platforms will be 30% less than in 2019 , due to feature commoditization and headless implementations. Differentiators: Framework agnostic, built-in fulfillment support, reporting and analytics, open source designs, no-code landing pages. Commerce.js. and Next.js.

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Top 20 Headless eCommerce For Your Webstore

Openxcell

Elastic Path is a business-ready solution, and it is flexible enough to fulfill its user’s requirements across B2C, B2B, B2B2C, geos, brands, and multiple touchpoints. It is the best headless ecommerce open-source solution for B2B users. Pricing of Saleor: Open Source – $0, Free. Spree Commerce.