Tags: Knowledge Graph

Harness, the AI‑powered DevOps platform founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, announced a $240 million Series E round that lifts its post‑money valuation to $5.5 billion. The financing, led by Goldman Sachs with participation from IVP, Menlo Ventures and Unusual Ventures, includes a $40 million tender offer aimed at providing liquidity for long‑term employees. The capital will fund expanded research and development, a hiring surge at the company’s Bengaluru hub, and broader go‑to‑market and international efforts. Harness aims to automate the “after‑code” phase of software delivery, leveraging AI agents and a knowledge graph to streamline testing, security, and deployment for more than 1,000 enterprise customers. Lire la suite

Sumble, a San Francisco startup founded by former Kaggle leaders Anthony Goldbloom and Ben Hamner, emerged from stealth with $38.5 million in seed and Series A financing. The company uses a knowledge graph backed by large language models to pull public data from the web and deliver contextual sales intelligence, including technographic details, organizational charts, and project insights. Since its April launch, Sumble has signed 19 enterprise customers such as Snowflake, Figma, Wiz, Vercel and Elastic, with roughly 30% of users on a paid Pro plan. Growth has been driven by word‑of‑mouth adoption inside organizations, and the startup now faces competition from established sales‑intelligence vendors. Lire la suite

Google has released an experimental desktop application for Windows that lets users search the web, Google Drive, and local files from a single floating bar. The app, currently limited to personal Google accounts, can be summoned with Alt+Space or a custom shortcut. It displays results in a compact window and can surface Knowledge Graph snippets. While the software is still in testing and may contain bugs, it offers a streamlined alternative to Windows' built‑in search and includes Google Lens for image‑based queries and translation. Lire la suite