At Cisco, we are always on the lookout for groundbreaking startups with revolutionary solutions. These companies bring forward advanced technology that enhances our products, guaranteeing our customers access to the best tools to maintain a competitive edge and discover new business prospects.
New Investments:
CoreWeave delivers high-performance cloud infrastructure designed for compute-intensive workloads, including AI, machine learning, visual effects, and rendering. With a modern architecture that supports rapid scaling and accelerated processing, CoreWeave’s platform is ideal for demanding applications in research and enterprise. Learn more about their second sale in their press release.
DEScycle offers advanced solutions for sustainable materials management, specializing in the recycling and repurposing of electronic waste. By using innovative processes, DEScycle helps organizations reduce environmental impact and recover valuable resources. Read more about their use of deep eutectic solvents in our blog, How Cisco Investments is Funding a More Sustainable Future.
Fortune Cyber 60
Congratulations to Corelight, Halcyon, Island and Theta Lake for their inclusion in the Fortune Cyber 60 List, an annual ranking highlighting the top 60 venture-backed cybersecurity startups that provide enterprise-grade solutions.
Cloud and Data Center
Dremio unlocked extensive flexibility in lakehouse architecture by supporting a wide range of catalog options across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid deployments with the release of Dremio 25.2. This release empowered data-driven organizations to select optimal tools and infrastructure, featuring integrations such as Dremio Iceberg Hybrid Data Catalog, Snowflake Open Catalog, and Databricks Unity Catalog.
HYCU enabled developers to code confidently by introducing new SaaS integrations in R-Cloud for GitHub and GitLab, offering extensive data protection for IP, source code, and configurations across enterprises. This addition complemented existing support for Bitbucket, Terraform, AWS Cloud Formation, CircleCI, and Jira.
Collaboration
Airtop launched an intelligent browser automation API for AI agents, enabling seamless interactions on any website, including those with complex authentication. With natural-language instructions, Airtop simplifies tasks like login, navigation, and data extraction, supported by a scalable infrastructure and human-in-the-loop integration for dynamic AI-driven web solutions.
Networking
Aliro announced AliroNet® Quickstart, an all-inclusive entanglement-based quantum networking product with both hardware and software to support production deployments, trials, and lab use. Designed for applications like entanglement-based key distribution, quantum processor networking, and distributed quantum sensor connectivity, AliroNet Quickstart offers a modern solution beyond legacy QKD and was recently named a finalist for the 2024 SINET16 Innovator Award.
Observability and Dev Ops
Nobl9 partnered with LTIMindtree to enhance managed services with an SLO-based approach, using AI-powered insights to proactively address service reliability and prevent SLA breaches. This collaboration aims to maintain high availability and performance, delivering improved client satisfaction through predictive monitoring and reducing disruptions to operations.
Security
Query received the SINET16 Innovator Award. SINET annually honors the most innovative cybersecurity technologies addressing threats and vulnerabilities, aiming to accelerate cybersecurity advancements through public-private partnerships.
Securiti introduced GenCore AI, a platform aimed at helping enterprises safely build AI systems with strong privacy, governance, and security measures. GenCore AI offers modular features that facilitate data discovery, management, and secure AI model building.
SGNL highlighted A Roadmap to Continuous Identity Security via the Continuous Security Paradigm, reminding readers that most hackers are logging in (not breaking in) these days; therefore, your access posture IS your security posture.
Tidelift issued a new case story on the business impact of paying open-source maintainers to scale application security. In it, they show how a customer was able to reduce their reliance on abandoned, end-of-life, or otherwise insecure open-source packages, directly leading to $1.1M in development time saved and significantly reduced open-source risk.
Upstream Security announced the availability of its XDR solution for Connected Vehicles and IoT on Google Cloud Marketplace, along with seamless integration into Google Security operations. This strategic collaboration allows customers to easily deploy and scale Upstream’s platform, enhancing enterprise security.
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