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💥 Read this trending post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Fundraising,Security,AI cybersecurity tools,cybersecurity,exaforce 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: With bad actors weaponizing AI to exploit software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed, companies are increasingly recognizing the need to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses. Fortunately, these AI tools are also helping companies fight back. The need for such capabilities helped Exaforce, an AI startup that detects attacks in real time, secure a $125 million Series B. The round valued the three-year-old startup at $725 million, and saw participation from HarbourVest, Peak XV, Mayfield, Khosla Ventures, and Seligman Ventures. The massive funding round comes just…

🔥 Check out this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Transportation,autonomous vehicles,avs,robotaxis,self-driving cars,Waymo 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Waymo has released a software update for its fleet of nearly 4,000 vehicles to help them avoid flooded roads as part of a recall announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday. But the company has not completely solved the problem of how its vehicles behave in these conditions. In documents released by NHTSA, the federal safety regulator says Waymo is still "developing the final remedy for this recall." The problem appears to be that Waymo's robotaxis were slowing,…

💥 Read this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Security,cybersecurity,data breach,instructure,school,shinyhunters ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Instructure, the maker of the popular school information portal Canvas, said Tuesday it had "reached an agreement" with hackers who breached its systems twice, stole a massive amount of student and employee data, and disrupted thousands of schools that relied on the company's software. ShinyHunters, a financially motivated cybercrime group, claimed responsibility for the data breach on April 29, alleging that it stole student and employee data, including personal information, for a total of 275 million people. The hackers said they breached Canvas, which…

🔥 Explore this insightful post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Apps,Spotify,music streaming,spotify wrapped 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Spotify's annual wrap-up gives users a glimpse into their favorite artists and what they listened to most that year. As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, the streaming service is now launching a limited-time feature that displays various facts about users, such as when they joined the app, the first song they streamed, their favorite artist, and a playlist of their most-streamed songs. Image credits: SpotifyImage credits:Spotify Users can access this feature by opening Spotify and searching for “Spotify 20” or “Concert of…

🔥 Read this insightful post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: AI,Bessemer Venture Partners,Kleiner Perkins,Exclusive,M12,Peak XV Partners,Vapi,Amazon Ring 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Amazon Ring, facing a spike in customer support calls during the holiday season last year, evaluated more than 40 voice AI vendors before selecting startup Vapi to handle incoming phone traffic. Today, Ring routes 100% of its incoming calls through the Vapi platform. The rollout helped Vapi raise a $50 million Series B led by Peak XV Partners at a valuation of about $500 million after the investment, according to a person familiar with the matter. Ring turned to…