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Niobium Secures $5.5 Million in Venture Financing to Commercialize FHE Accelerator Chip

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Niobium's purpose-built hardware acceleration for FHE is performance-led for the fastest FHE acceleration, unlocking new possibilities for the data economy.

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  • Niobium's purpose-built hardware acceleration for FHE is performance-led for the fastest FHE acceleration, unlocking new possibilities for the data economy.
  • The Niobium founders built a dedicated team of the world's most advanced cryptography experts and world-class chip designers to bring its FHE accelerator chip to market.
  • "Securing this financing validates the groundbreaking work we're doing at Niobium and propels us into the next critical phase of bringing our FHE accelerator chip to market.
  • "I am thrilled to join the board of Niobium, a company that stands at the forefront of privacy technology with the world's first FHE accelerator chip.

InsurSec Leader At-Bay Appoints Martina Trucco as Chief Marketing Officer

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

At-Bay , the InsurSec provider for the digital age, today announced the appointment of Martina Trucco as its Chief Marketing Officer.

Key Points: 
  • At-Bay , the InsurSec provider for the digital age, today announced the appointment of Martina Trucco as its Chief Marketing Officer.
  • Since joining At-Bay in September 2022, Trucco has overseen the company’s emergence as the leading innovator of insurance and security (InsurSec) and transformed its marketing and communications strategy.
  • Before joining At-Bay, she was Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Clari, a fast-growth revenue technology unicorn.
  • Previously, Trucco led Global Communications and Marketing at Micron, one of the world’s largest memory and storage innovators.

Splunk Appoints Min Wang as Chief Technology Officer

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Monday, April 17, 2023

Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), the cybersecurity and observability leader, today announced Min Wang as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective immediately.

Key Points: 
  • Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), the cybersecurity and observability leader, today announced Min Wang as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective immediately.
  • Wang brings over 20 years of experience in technology research and development, with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, data analytics and enterprise cloud.
  • Most recently, she spent more than five years at Google, where she led a team responsible for critical components of the company’s AI-driven Google Assistant.
  • Splunk does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.

Leia Inc. Announces $125M Debt Financing from Aon

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Thursday, November 3, 2022

Through strategic capital provided by a fund managed by Aon Advantage Funds LLC., Leia will further strengthen its IP portfolio via access to world-class IP expertise and significant growth capital.

Key Points: 
  • Through strategic capital provided by a fund managed by Aon Advantage Funds LLC., Leia will further strengthen its IP portfolio via access to world-class IP expertise and significant growth capital.
  • Founded in 2014, Leia Inc. is the leading provider of Lightfield display hardware and content services for all screens, including mobile.
  • Aon plc (NYSE: AON) exists to shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.
  • Stay up-to-date by visiting the Aon Newsroom and sign up for News Alerts here .

Cecilia Qvist Named Chief Executive Officer of Leia Inc.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Leia Inc. , the nanotechnology company that provides a screen-based 3D experience without the need for AR/VR eyewear, today announced that former LEGO Ventures and Spotify senior executive Cecilia Qvist has been named Chief Executive Officer.

Key Points: 
  • Leia Inc. , the nanotechnology company that provides a screen-based 3D experience without the need for AR/VR eyewear, today announced that former LEGO Ventures and Spotify senior executive Cecilia Qvist has been named Chief Executive Officer.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221004005493/en/
    Cecilia Qvist, Chief Executive Officer of Leia Inc. (Photo: Business Wire)
    Qvist will lead the companys product innovation and global growth strategy, also overseeing operations and financials for Leias offices in Los Angeles, New York, New Zealand, Palo Alto, Ukraine, and China.
  • We are excited to have found in Cecilia Qvist a strong leader with tremendous experience and the innovative mindset required to take Leia to a transformative level.
  • Prior to LEGO, Qvist served on the global executive team at Spotify as Global Head of Markets.

CyberArk Announces Peretz Regev as Chief Product Officer

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Monday, September 19, 2022

CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR ), the global leader in Identity Security , today announced the appointment of Peretz Regev as chief product officer.

Key Points: 
  • CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR ), the global leader in Identity Security , today announced the appointment of Peretz Regev as chief product officer.
  • Regev brings more than 20 years of senior leadership and product engineering experience to CyberArk.
  • CyberArks previous chief product officer Chen Bitan will remain the general manager of CyberArk Israel and will continue to play a key role in defining the company direction.
  • To learn more about CyberArk, visit https://www.cyberark.com , read the CyberArk blogs or follow on Twitter via @CyberArk , LinkedIn or Facebook .

Stolen Credentials Selling on the Dark Web for Price of a Gallon of Gas

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Thursday, July 21, 2022

Examples include the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office, web content management systems, and web and mail servers.

Key Points: 
  • Examples include the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office, web content management systems, and web and mail servers.
  • Zero Days (vulnerabilities that are not yet publicly known) are retailing at 10s of thousands of dollars on dark web markets.
  • Now the technology and training is available for the price of a gallons of gas.
  • The firm collected dark web marketplace listings using their automated crawlers that monitor content on the Tor network.

VISIMO Wins Phase II Air Force Award to Tackle Training Data Problem for AFRL

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

AFRL/RI works to prototype game-changing technologies, transitioning them tointerested users across the Air Force and Department of Defense.

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  • AFRL/RI works to prototype game-changing technologies, transitioning them tointerested users across the Air Force and Department of Defense.
  • Researchers are often forced to manually create training datasets, which is especially cumbersome when specialized or rare image data are needed.
  • Phase II builds from successful Phase I work, in which the proof-of-concept generated full, customized datasets in just 15 minutes.
  • The Air Force granted the 15-month, $750,000 award based on the potential impact of VISIMO's proposed R&D.

HP Announces Executive Leadership Appointments

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HP Inc. today announced executive leadership appointments that further strengthen the companys innovation capabilities and support its long-term growth strategy.

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  • PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HP Inc. today announced executive leadership appointments that further strengthen the companys innovation capabilities and support its long-term growth strategy.
  • Baveja will work closely with the HP executive leadership team to identify, develop and launch new products, services and business models across the companys portfolio.
  • Tolga Kurtoglu has joined HP as Chief Technology Officer and Global Head of HP Labs.
  • He added, I am delighted to welcome Harvey to the HP executive leadership team.