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Cytora secures £25M Series B for its AI-powered commercial insurance underwriting solution
Cytora, a U.K. startup that developed an AI-powered solution for commercial insurance underwriting, has raised £25 million in a Series B round. Leading the investment is EQT Ventures, with participation from existing investors Cambridge Innovation Capital, Parkwalk and a number of unnamed angel investors.A spin-out of the University of Cambridge, Cytora was founded in 2014 by Richard Hartley, Aeneas Wiener, Joshua Wallace and Andrzej Czapiewski — although both Wallace and Czapiewski have since departed. (Fonte: TechCrunch)
Ibm quarterly revenue misses on weak mainframe computer business
International Business Machines Corp reported a bigger-than-expected drop in first-quarter revenue on Tuesday, hurt by tapering demand for its mainframe computers and a stronger dollar, sending its shares down about 3 percent. The technology giant’s revenue at all its main business units except cloud, which has been the centerpiece of its turnaround strategy, missed analysts’ estimates. Ibm’s cloud and cognitive segment, which includes analytics, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, fell 1.5 percent to $5.04 billion in the quarter, but beat FactSet estimates of $4.18 billion. “We saw good acceleration in our cloud business… We now have an improving trajectory as we move forward,” Chief Financial Officer Jim Kavanaugh said. (Fonte: Reuters)
Notre-Dame, crowdfunding aperto della community digitale italiana
Davanti alla drammaticità dell’incendio alla cattedrale di Notre-Dame si è subito messa all’opera la community digitale italiana offrendo quello che di meglio sa fare: una piattaforma di crowdfunding da poche ore consente di raccogliere fondi a sostengno dell’Arcidiocesi Cattolica di Parigi per la ricostruzione. All’iniziativa, lanciata da Starteed, Oval e Walliance, hanno dato supporto numerose realtà digitali italiane. Sarà possibile donare con le più diffuse modalità di pagamento: carta di credito, Paypal, Satispay e bonifico bancario. Sulla piattaforma notredame.help le donazioni hanno raggiunto in poche ore quasi 11mila euro. si può condividere con l’hashtag #helpNotreDame. (Fonte: Il Sole 24 Ore)
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