Anthropic raised a $3.5B Series E led by Lightspeed at a $61.5B valuation; a source says its annual revenue run rate is up 30% in 2025, from ~$1B in late 2024
The company is said to have increased its run-rate revenue by 30% so far this year. — OpenAI rival Anthropic has officially closed …
Cisco introduces new AI products and services, including its Nexus HyperFabric AI clusters in partnership with Nvidia, and announces a $1B AI investment fund
and it's already backing Mistral, Cohere, and Scale AI Chris Mellor / Blocks and Files : VAST Data joins forces with Cisco to boost AI datacenters Megan Crouse / TechRepublic : Cis...
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure
Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity company Splunk in cash for $157 per share, a 31% premium on Splunk's September 20 closing price, in a deal valued at ~$28B
https://www.reuters.com/... Chris Merkel / @chrismerkel@infosec.exchange : Scoop: Anonymous has hacked the neuralinks of the leadership teams at Splunk and Cisco. While I can't id...
Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity company Splunk for $157 per share in cash, up 31% on Splunk's September 20 closing price, in a deal valued at ~$28B
- Acquisition is largest deal ever for networking stalwart — Cisco is trying to lessen dependence on one-time sales
Cisco confirms it has acquired Epsagon, an Israel-based cloud application monitoring startup; sources say Cisco will be paying $500M
Globes Online :
Cisco acquires Kenna Security, which uses real world exploit data and predictive modeling to asses the risk level of vulnerabilities in company networks
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE :
At the World Economic Forum, 13 tech companies, including Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, join coalition to improve racial and ethnic justice in the workplace
Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia Capital, dies at 87
Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia, RIP Dave Morin / @davemorin : He created something that inspires entrepreneurs to both change the world and to achieve their potential. And, I ha...
Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia Capital, dies at 87
Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia Capital and one of the generation of leaders who forged Silicon Valley, died today aged 87 at his home in Woodside, California. He shaped Sequoia...
Cisco to buy customer analytics startup CloudCherry, which has raised $16M in venture funding from Cisco, Microsoft, and others
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE :
Cisco to acquire Voicea, the maker of a voice assistant called Eva for business meetings; Voicea had raised $20M from investors including GV and Salesforce
Cisco Systems Inc. today announced that it's bolstering its family of collaboration products with the acquisition of Voicea …