Valued

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SeekOut, a recruiting startup last valued at $1.2 billion, lays off 30% of its workforce

vi.caeiphone.v May 20, 2024

SeekOut, an eight-year-old recruiting startup that uses AI to find candidates, cut about 30%...

Wiz is in talks to buy Lacework for $150-200M; security firm was last valued at $8.3B

Wiz is in talks to buy Lacework for $150-200M; security firm was last valued at $8.3B

vi.caeiphone.v April 18, 2024

Consolidation continues apace in the world of security. Sources tell us that Lacework —...

Exclusive: Checkr, the background-screening platform last valued at $5 billion, cuts 32% of workforce

Exclusive: Checkr, the background-screening platform last valued at $5 billion, cuts 32% of workforce

vi.caeiphone.v April 11, 2024

Checkr, a 10-year-old startup that offers employee background checks and was last valued at...

AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI, now valued at $520M, raises $70M

AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI, now valued at $520M, raises $70M

vi.caeiphone.v January 4, 2024

As search engine incumbents — namely Google — amp up their platforms with gen...

Valued at $1B, Kai-Fu Lee's LLM startup unveils open source model

Valued at $1B, Kai-Fu Lee’s LLM startup unveils open source model

vi.caeiphone.v November 6, 2023

Kai-Fu Lee, the computer scientist known in the West for his bestseller AI Superpowers and...