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Juro draws $23M into its browser-based contract automation platform

TechCrunch

London-based legaltech startup Juro has grabbed $23 million in Series B funding for its browser-based contract automation platform. “These companies often process very high volumes of contracts, which is where we really help. “We do this by bringing those contracts out of Word and into a custom-built, browser-native editor.”

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IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

CIO

According to a survey conducted by FTI Consulting on behalf of UST, a digital transformation consultancy, 99% of senior IT decision makers say their companies are deploying AI, with more than half using and integrating it throughout their organizations, and 93% say that AI will be essential to success in the next five years.

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Faction raises $4.3M to deploy 3-wheeled EVs for driverless delivery

TechCrunch

“We keep doing the same things over and over again,” said McKendrick, who was previously VP of engineering at the now shuttered self-driving truck startup Starsky Robotics. However, it has developed a core platform with safety features that will step in if the autonomous system fails.

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Unit 42 Predicts the Year of Disruption and Other Top Threats in 2025

Palo Alto Networks

As a result, many organizations will prioritize strategies that ensure swift and secure recovery, such as immutable backups, advanced recovery planning and redundant systems designed to minimize downtime. Paying a threat actor fails to remove legal liability for data breaches, and there’s no assurance that data will be deleted as promised.

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Versa raises $120M for its software-defined networking and security stack

TechCrunch

They came from Juniper Networks, where Apurva Mehta was the CTO and chief architect of the mobility business unit and Kumar Mehta was the VP of engineering. He declined to reveal revenue figures, instead pointing to San Jose-based Versa’s annual contract value, which he says grew 60% over the “past few years.”

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Contentstack raises $80M to grow its headless CMS platform for the enterprise

TechCrunch

The market for enterprise content management systems (CMS) is steeply growing as the need to organize and manage documents, images and other forms of digital content increases. Headless CMS systems act primarily as content repositories, managing back-end infrastructure while affording plenty of customization on the front end.

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Super raises $50M to cover home repairs and maintenance via a subscription model

TechCrunch

Super — which has built a business providing repair and maintenance for electrical and mechanical systems, appliances and plumbing by way of a monthly subscription — has closed a growth round of $50 million. More on that below. — Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, San Antonio and Washington, D.C.