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This former Microsoft PM thinks she can unseat CyberArk in 18 months

This former Microsoft PM thinks she can unseat CyberArk in 18 months: Though crowded, the identity management market seems eager for new solutions, and Venice is finding traction. Read More

Microsoft says Office bug exposed customers' confidential emails to Copilot AI: Microsoft said the bug meant that its Copilot AI chatbot was reading and summarizing paying customers' confidential emails, bypassing data protection policies. Read More

OpenAI pushes into higher education as India seeks to scale AI skills: OpenAI says its India education partnerships aim to reach more than 100,000 students, faculty and staff over the next year. Read More

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Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers

Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers: Kana, a new AI marketing startup from the founders of Rapt and Krux, has raised $15 million to build customizable, agent-based marketing tools. Read More

World Labs lands $200M from Autodesk to bring world models into 3D workflows: The partnership will see the two companies exploring how World Labs’ models can work alongside Autodesk’s tools, and vice versa, starting with a focus on entertainment use cases.  Read More

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