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24.06.26 - 18:06
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Kotoba Technologies Raises $10 Million in Seed Funding to Expand Real-Time Voice AI Platform Across East Asia (Business Wire)
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Round Led by Kindred Ventures, with Participation from Salesforce Ventures and Sony Innovation Fund, Toward Becoming the De Facto Voice AI Platform for East AsiaSAN FRANCISCO & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kotoba Technologies, a developer of real-time speech models optimized for East Asian languages, today announced an additional USD 10 million in seed funding. The financing was led by Kindred Ventures, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Sony Innovation Fund. The round brings the company's total funding to date to USD 23 million.
The Technology
Kotoba's proprietary model, Koto, is purpose-built for real-time speech applications such as AI agents, smart hardware devices, and simultaneous speech translation, with industry-leading performance in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
Koto offers flexible deployment options depending on the use case:
Available as speech-to-speech (S2S) models as well as ultra-low-latency speech-to-text (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) models.
Deployable both in the datacenter...
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23.06.26 - 20:06
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RVNA Technologies Acquires UXB, Expanding Enterprise CX Capabilities Across the C-Suite (Business Wire)
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TYSONS, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RVNA Technologies, LLC, a Tysons, Virginia-based enterprise technology firm, today announced the acquisition of UXB Holdings, a San Francisco, California-based technology services company specializing in modern customer experience (CX) and work management platforms.
Founded in 2015 by former Salesforce.com executive Bruno Saab, UXB was built on a clear mission: identify high-growth, cloud-native platforms in CRM, customer experience (CX), and IT service management before they reach mainstream adoption. Over the past decade, UXB has grown into a trusted implementation and managed services provider with more than 800 clients served, including some of the world's most recognized enterprises. .
UXB's platform portfolio includes leading platforms such as Freshworks and monday.com, supporting customer experience, CRM, IT service management, work management, and project delivery initiatives. UXB holds Platinum partner designation with Freshworks, reflecting a decade-long track rec...
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22.06.26 - 14:33
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Upscale AI Adds $190 Million in Extension to Series A, Reaching Half-Billion Dollars in Total Funding (Business Wire)
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Funding Accelerates Scaling of its Open-Standard AI Networking SolutionsSANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Upscale AI, Inc., a pure-play AI networking infrastructure company, today announced it has raised $190 million in Series A-1 financing. This latest investment brings the company's total funding to $500 million, and its current valuation to $2 billion, reflecting strong investor conviction in the AI networking market and Upscale AI's unique innovation in driving open-standards solutions for it.
The Series A-1 round was led by Premji Invest, and included funding from new investors, NVIDIA, Salesforce Ventures, Seligman Ventures, and Temasek as well as participation from existing investors, Maverick Silicon, Mayfield, Prosperity7 Ventures, StepStone Group, and Tiger Global.
Upscale AI is reimagining networking for the AI era with a full-stack portfolio spanning silicon, systems, and software. Through a unified, open-standard AI fabric, the company connects accelerators, memory, and storage into a s...
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18.06.26 - 21:42
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Oracle vs. Salesforce: Which Tech Giant Is The Better Buy? (24/7 Wall St.)
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Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) both delivered fresh earnings inside a three week window, and the contrast is striking. Salesforce sells AI agents that sit on top of customer data. Oracle sells the cloud plumbing those agents increasingly run on. Both are leaning into generative AI, but the way each one funds, prices, ... Oracle vs. Salesforce: Which Tech Giant Is The Better Buy?...
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