Grafdom Tech

Clari raises $35M for its AI-based sales platform, expands into marketing and supply chain management - Clari — a startup that has built a predictive sales tool that provides just-in-time assistance for sales people close deals and for those who work ... ow.ly/aIdo50gWXJe

Scientist at centre of Facebook scandal didn't think data would be used to target voters - The man who helped gather Facebook users' information for Cambridge Analytica claims that he didn't think it'd be used to target voters. Data scientist Aleksand... ow.ly/M1RQ50gWqbs

Salesforce is buying MuleSoft at enterprise value of $6.5 billion - Salesforce announced today that it intends to buy MuleSoft in a deal valued at a whopping $6.5 billion. That’s not necessarily the selling price, but the amount the company has been v... ow.ly/pxcd50gWeEO

Salesforce is reportedly in talks to acquire Mulesoft and the stock is going nuts - After previously investing in Mulesoft, it looks like Salesforce may finish off the deal and is in advanced talks to acquire the data management software provider alto... ow.ly/Yhds50gW1Lg

DocuSign has filed confidentially for IPO - DocuSign is gearing up to go public in the next six months, sources tell TechCrunch. The company, which pioneered the e-signature, has now filed confidentially, we are hearing. Utilizing a commonly used prov... ow.ly/f5KR50gVLD5

Apple, IBM add machine learning to partnership with Watson-Core ML coupling - Apple and IBM may seem like an odd couple, but the two companies have been working closely together for several years now. That has involved IBM sharing its enterprise exper... ow.ly/F5P350gVu43

Escaping Facebook takes more than just deleting your account - So Facebook is bad, and you've decided to quit.  There's just one, rather large problem: When it comes to the social media giant, quitting is not the same thing as being free. That's becau... ow.ly/dmou50gVibT

Bear Flag Robotics wants to sell an autonomous tractor for farms - Autonomous vehicles are increasingly becoming the shiny object in Silicon Valley. But the opportunity doesn’t just extend to cars driving around the streets of a major metropolitan are... ow.ly/1hB050gV5dC

Qualcomm’s former exec chair will exit after exploring an acquisition bid - There’s a new twist in the BroadQualm saga this afternoon as Qualcomm has said it won’t renominate Paul Jacobs, the former executive chairman of the company, after he notified... ow.ly/ATLC50gT91b

With great tech success, comes even greater responsibly - As we watch major tech platforms evolve over time, it’s clear that companies like Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon (among others) have created businesses that are having a huge impact on huma... ow.ly/AL9c50gSIik

The red-hot AI hardware space gets even hotter with $56M for a startup called SambaNova Systems - Another massive financing round for an AI chip company is coming in today, this time for SambaNova Systems — a startup founded by a pair of Stanford prof... ow.ly/wXcB50gS4D2

Airtable raises $52M to give non-coders tools to build complex software - A massive company probably has plenty of engineers on staff and the resources to build a complex backbone of interconnected information that can contain tons of data and make ac... ow.ly/gqbs50gRNvR

TypingDNA launches Chrome extension that verifies your identity based on typing - TypingDNA has a new approach to verifying your identity based on how you type. The startup, which is part of the current class at Techstars NYC, is pitching this as an a... ow.ly/Gd8V50gRmce

Microsoft announces its first cloud regions in the Middle East - Microsoft today announced its plans for a major expansion of the Microsoft Cloud with the launch of its first cloud regions in the Middle East. These new regions, which are scheduled to ... ow.ly/ntiM50gR979

Here's 5 tips for Spring cleaning your digital footprint - Keeping track of multiple devices and digital accounts can be exhausting. Every piece of information shared online contributes to a user's growing digital footprint which isn't easily erased a... ow.ly/M17250gQdIZ

WeWork expands its Flatiron School education business to London with £1M in scholarships -  WeWork — the co-working startup valued at $20 billion with some 200,000 members across 200 locations globally — is continuing with its strategy of expanding in... ow.ly/M8Rt50gPYiy

UN officials blast Facebook over spread of Rohingya hate speech - Facebook has long been criticised for its role in the Rohingya crisis, an assessment now underscored by comments by United Nations investigators. Marzuki Darusman, chairman of the UN In... ow.ly/ZUzn50gPHO8

Twilio launches Flex, a fully programmable contact center -  Earlier this year we reported that Twilio was going to launch a full contact center solution called Flex on March 12 — lo and behold, today is March 12 and Twilio today announced the launch ... ow.ly/62HU50gPvTn

Clarifai rolls out an on-premise visual search tool for businesses -  Clarifai has traditionally been known as a web-based visual search tool that developers can integrate into their services. But as more and more businesses start to get onto the serv... ow.ly/88mu50gPjmj

Twitter reportedly suspended users that steal memes and force viral tweets - Friday went poorly for a select group of Twitter users that have earned a reputation for their expertise  at gaming the system. The social media company moved to suspend a nu... ow.ly/5zIn50gO0Qw