Investors Nathan Benaich and Ian Hogarth publish State of AI, eight

Data backup firm Datto, which is controlled by Vista Equity Partners,

Microsoft signs a strategic partnership with cloud monitoring and security platform

Google announces Google News Showcase, a $1B publisher initiative; Sundar Pichai

A US district court rules messaging app Kik violated the federal

Japan-based Rakuten announces a subordinated bond issuance, plans to raise ~$950M;

Jack Dorsey criticizes Coinbase over its policy of blocking political and

Microsoft suffers an outage impacting web-based Outlook users; the company initially

An alliance of Indian entrepreneurs is considering whether to launch a

France-based digital marketing firm Sendinblue raises $160M from Bridgepoint, Bpifrance, Blackrock,

Cazoo, a UK-based used car sales platform, raises £240M (~$311M) on

Facebook claims to have removed 6.5k pages and groups linked to

Facebook says it will ban ads that try to delegitimize the

E-sport tournament organizers ESL and DreamHack merge to form ESL Gaming,

Facebook announces cross-communication for Messenger and Instagram, plus new Messenger-like features

China prepares antitrust investigation into Google, according to Reuters sources; Huawei

Google announces Hold for Me: a new Duplex-powered Google Assistant feature

Amazon disputes a recent report that indicated the company had seen

This Week in StartupsJason speaks with Scott Kubly, CEO of Cabana,

Google unveils the new $50 Chromecast featuring Google TV; streams 4K

Google announces the Pixel 4a 5G at $500; features a 6.2-inch

Google announces the $700 Pixel 5 flagship; runs on the Snapdragon

Google announces the $100 Nest Audio smart speaker; the mid-range product

Palantir debuts at $10 per share in NYSE direct listing, giving

Work management and productivity software maker Asana debuts on NYSE via

BEGiN-owned Homer, which offers an early learning program based on mobile

China-based data center operator Chindata to raise $540M via US IPO,

MI-based Bloomscape, which ships live plants directly from greenhouses, raises $15M

Twitch launches Soundtrack, a standalone app that works with streaming software

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