Category: Military
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New month, new crypto market moves?
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe here. Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Seems like just yesterday we were ringing in the New Year, but we’ve coasted into February and all seems to be somewhat relaxed (for once) in…
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There are still robotics jobs to be found (if you know where to look)
A lot has happened in the half-year since we caught up with Ayanna Howard, dean of the Ohio State University’s College of Engineering — not all of it good. The broader economic slowdown has been deeply felt by the robotics industry, across the board, from the smallest startups to the biggest tech giants like Alphabet…
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Pitch Deck Teardown: Laoshi’s $570K angel deck
Most of the pitch deck teardowns to date (here’s a handy list of the more than 30 we have published so far) have been for institutional funding rounds, typically in the millions or tens, even hundreds of millions of dollars raised. Those are interesting to look at, of course, but I also know that many…
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Samooha launches with tech that lets companies securely share data
Samooha, a startup developing a “cross-cloud” data collaboration platform, today announced that it raised $12.5 million in a funding tranche backed by Altimeter Capital and Snowflake Ventures, among others. CEO Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan says that the cash infusion — Samooha’s first — will be put toward product development and hiring; the plan is to grow the…
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Public Sector Technology Trends in 2023: Less on Zero Trust and More on CX
The U.S. federal government has made incredible strides in modernizing its use of technology in recent years. From customer experience (CX) to cybersecurity and beyond, agencies have taken this critical challenge head on. Myriad new legislation and guidance addressing government pain points have steered federal technology leaders toward a better, safer and more efficient future.…
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Onehouse is building a neutral data lake integration layer on top of Apache Hudi
Onehouse emerged last year with a cloud data lake product built on top of the open source Apache Hudi project. The startup wants to act as an integration layer to move data between different repositories, rather than competing directly with larger data lake vendors like Snowflake and Databricks. Today the company announced a $25 million…
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How industry is working to secure quantum computing
It might be the biggest thing in computing since the microprocessor. But quantum computing doesn’t come with guaranteed security. Among the challenges, developing cryptography algorithms that resist quantum computing. Government and industry are both pursuing this goal. For a view from the industry side, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to the Vice President…
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SBA, DoD expand collaboration around national security startups
The Small Business Administration and the Defense Department are expanding an arrangement to foster new companies with national security technology. The latest joint effort is called the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technologies Initiative. SBA even has a brand new financial instrument. For the details, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked to SBA Associate…
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How the CHIPS Act can help the U.S. maintain its edge on world stage
Can the CHIPS Act’s potential be realized? How the CHIPS Act can We talk to technology leaders at DoD, Mitre, NSF and the Pacific Northwest National Lab about how the law can change the domestic chip landscape and help the U.S. maintain edge on world stage — once Congress approves appropriations. Download to learn more!…
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Political ads face tougher targeting restrictions in EU if MEPs get their way
Europe has moved a step closer to having dedicated rules on online political ad targeting and transparency after the European Parliament fixed its negotiating position — paving the way for talks to start between MEPs and Member States to agree a final compromise text that can be passed into pan-EU law. MEPs said they hope…