Jason James

Here are the 24 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025 | TechCrunch U.S.-based AI startups continue to rake in venture funding with multiple companies already raising impressive rounds in 2025.

VC funding for AI startups continues to be robust in 2025 with seven companies raising rounds that were $1 billion in size or larger.

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Forget tariffs—AI is the business shift leaders should prepare for AI won't replace people. It will replace people who don't use AI.

“AI won’t replace people. It will replace people who don’t use AI.”

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Ransomware Group Claims Attacks on UK Retailers The DragonForce ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the recent cyberattacks on UK retailers Co-op, Harrods, and M&S.

The DragonForce ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the recent cyberattacks on major UK retailers including Co-op, Harrods, and M&S.

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Five Ways To Build Cyber Resilience In Retail In a landscape where trust is a key driver of brand loyalty, a single breach can permanently damage a retailer’s reputation.

Retail continues to be one of the top targeted sectors in the US for cyber attacks. I recently shared my thoughts with the Forbes Tech Council on “Five Ways to Build Cyber Resilience in Retail.”

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Does everyone have a kitchen junk drawer or is that an American thing?

ServiceNow to buy Moveworks for $2.85B to grow its AI portfolio | TechCrunch ServiceNow has agreed to acquire Moveworks, an enterprise automation platform, for $2.85B in cash and stock.

ServiceNow to acquire Moveworks for $2.58 Billion to expand its AI offerings

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Nearly 100 Companies Announce Layoffs In March, According To Reports From Joann Fabrics to John Deere, nearly 100 companies are announcing layoffs in March, according to U.S. government reports.

New tariffs, increasing layoffs, and declining customer sentiment. Is a recession on the horizon?

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I recently joined the CyberArk's Security Matters podcast to discuss the shifting digital threat landscape impacting the retail sector.

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PSA: It’s pronounced Atlanuh

I’m proud to share that I was recently recognized as a member of @wsj.com CIO Network, a collective community of leading technology experts from the world’s most influential companies. #WSJCIONetwork

Big win for Island at a $4.5B valuation! 🌟 Browser security is crucial as cyber threats rise. Smart move by Coatue—betting on a future where security rules! #CyberSecurity #Innovation

Exclusive | Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI The unsolicited offer complicates Sam Altman’s plans to convert OpenAI to a for-profit company.

Musk backed group makes $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI

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SolarWinds to Be Acquired by Turn/River Capital SolarWinds Corporation (NYSE:SWI) (“SolarWinds” or the “Company”), a leading provider of simple, powerful, secure observability and IT management soft

Turn/River Capital to take SolarWinds private in $4.4 billion deal

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A4: Currently, I find CIOs of all stripes are trying to come to terms with how the role has so much responsibility, but a growing loss of control.

It makes the job very difficult. But it’s one in which influence + relationships matter, but still don’t help enough.

#CIOChat

A2: In my research, the biggest concerns that CIOs have about Gen AI (which is holding them back) are, in order:

- Data security/control/privacy
- Compliance/regulatory
- Explainability
- Bias
- Availability of talent
- Cost

#CIOChat

Data security is a prime concern. This becomes even more crucial in highly regulated industries like healthcare or finance. DLP will become more crucial for the enterprise and regulated industries to ensure critical and regulated data isn’t dropped into the latest Gen AI du jour tool.

We have to make sure we don’t let the FOMO cloud our judgment when developing use cases that have real impacts to the business such as productivity increase or cost reduction.

CIOs strategies are evolving as fast as Gen AI tools are being released. Use cases are being developed from productivity enhancements to code development to Gen AI in marketing.

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Dell is making everyone return to office, too Dell’s hybrid work policy ends March 3rd.

Dell is "retiring" hybrid work in favor of 5 days in office. Employees within one hour from an office must return starting March 3rd.

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Wiz Research Uncovers Exposed DeepSeek Database Leaking Sensitive Information, Including Chat History | Wiz Blog A publicly accessible database belonging to DeepSeek allowed full control over database operations, including the ability to access internal data. The exposure includes over a million lines of log str...

Leaks in DeepSeek

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5 tips to avoid IT modernization failure Most modernization efforts flounder, fail or miss their ROI targets — often taking twice as long and costing twice as much, Kyndryl's Petra Goude writes.

CIOs continue to be plagued with rapidly aging IT systems.

Yet most modernization efforts flounder, fail or miss their ROI targets.

The issue: The temptation to transform with a big bang.

And just 39% believe their IT is ready to manage future risks.

www.ciodive.com/news/IT-mode...

Meta is reportedly scrambling multiple ‘war rooms’ of engineers to figure out how DeepSeek’s AI is beating everyone else at a fraction of the price The engineers will study how DeepSeek accomplished its tech feat and how Meta can benefit.

Meta and other tech giants are scrambling to determine how DeepSeek can compete for a fraction of the cost. This AI wake-up call will be positive in the long term. Innovation is born from competition.

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DeepSeek: 'Cheap' Chinese chatbot shocks AI world It has overtaken ChatGPT to become the top free application on Apple's App Store in the UK.

China's homegrown AI model, DeepSeek, has surged to the top of the app download charts in the United States Apple App Store dethroning ChatGPT.

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