Bot-detection startup Spur nabs 0M from Insight

Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight

Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup based in Lake Mary, Florida, has raised a $200 million round led by Insight Partners. Spur, founded by two former Defense Department engineers in 2017 — five years before ChatGPT’s public launch — was prescient. The startup’s tech helps enterprises distinguish legitimate human users from increasingly well-hidden bot traffic to…

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Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant

Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant

Applied Computing, a London-based startup that’s building a foundation AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry, has raised a $20 million Series A led by engineering giant KBR, with Databricks Ventures participating. Founded in 2023, the startup targets oil, gas, refining and petrochemical systems, where a single facility can have thousands of sensors…

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