Artificial intelligence-powered call center services startup Level AI today announced that it has raised $39.4 million in new funding to scale its product offering and increase its headcount. Founded in 2019, Level AI specializes in enhancing customer experiences in contact centers through AI that integrates human and machine intelligence to provide real-time insights. The company’s ...

Shares in Tesla Inc. fell about 6% in late trading today after the electric car maker and energy company reported mixed quarterly results. For its second quarter that ended June 30, Tesla reported adjusted earnings per share of 52 cents, down from 90 cents in the same quarter of last year, on revenue of  $25.5 billion, ...

Customer intelligence platform startup Momentum Labs Inc. announced today that it has raised $13 million in new funding to accelerate product development and drive business expansion. Founded in 2020, Momentum offers a platform that taps into sales and customer calls to transform into customer intelligence using artificial intelligence and automation. The platform automatically captures customer ...

Agile learning platform startup Secure Code Warrior Ltd. today introduced a new solution that aims to give security leaders visibility into their organizations’ software security posture. Called SCW Trust Agent, the new solution assesses the specific security competencies of developers for every code commit. The solution also allows chief information security officers and application security teams ...

Industrial cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks Inc. today announced a new security offering for industrial control systems and field assets that provides extended, real-time visibility into internal systems. Called Arc Embedded, the new security sensor runs embedded in Mitsubishi Electric programmable logic controllers and is claimed to be an industry first. The service allows security and operations teams ...

Researchers at ESET s.r.o. today shared details of a now-patched vulnerability that was being used to target Telegram for Android users via malicious videos. The exploit, dubbed “EvilVideo,” could have allowed attackers to share malicious Android payloads via Telegram channels, groups and chats, with the malicious files presenting as multimedia, particularly video files, to users. The ...

Application security startup Heeler Security Inc. today announced that it has raised $8.5 million in new funding to enhance its real-time application security platform to improve detection, posture management and response orchestration throughout the software development lifecycle. Launched in June 2023, Heeler’s offering seeks to address the issue wherein the growing complexity of modern applications ...

Microsoft Corp. has revealed that an estimated 8.5 million computers running Windows were affected by a CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. update that caused widespread global outages on Friday, as both companies continue to assist affected customers. The disruption caused by an update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software spread globally throughout Friday, taking banks, airlines, government services and ...

OpenAI is reportedly talking with chip designers, including Broadcom Inc., about developing a new artificial intelligence chip for servers. The Information reported that the initiative is being led by OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and is part of a larger plan to increase the company’s computing power for AI development. The idea of developing new ...

Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of services including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is reportedly in talks to acquire a minority stake in EssilorLuxottica SA, the world’s largest eyewear maker. According to The Wall Street Journal, Meta has been holding talks with the eyewear maker to acquire a stake of about 5% of the company, valued ...