Sunday, March 15, 2026

Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection, and response, raised a $22M Series A led by Sequoia (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)

Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek:
Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection, and response, raised a $22M Series A led by Sequoia  —  The company connects AI agents to security data lakes for interactive investigations, detection engineering, and autonomous response.



Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500M in 2025, down from $3.5B in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500M in 2025, down from $3.5B in 2021  —  Unacademy, once a one of India's most valuable edtech startups, is set to be acquired by rival upGrad in an all-stock deal …



Tether, flush with cash, has been investing in diverse sectors ranging from sleep tech company Eight Sleep to humanoid robotics company Neura Robotics (PitchBook)

PitchBook:
Tether, flush with cash, has been investing in diverse sectors ranging from sleep tech company Eight Sleep to humanoid robotics company Neura Robotics  —  Beyond fintech and crypto startups, Tether has now backed a mattress-maker and a humanoid robotics specialist.



Study: most AI-generated videos on social media about the war in Iran push pro-Iranian views, often exaggerating its military capabilities and sophistication (New York Times)

New York Times:
Study: most AI-generated videos on social media about the war in Iran push pro-Iranian views, often exaggerating its military capabilities and sophistication  —  A torrent of fake videos and images generated by artificial intelligence have overrun social networks during the first weeks of the war in Iran.



How internet censorship tech maker Sandvine, a vendor to repressive regimes like Egypt, nearly collapsed before US restrictions forced new ownership and a pivot (Ryan Gallagher/Bloomberg)

Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg : How internet censorship tech maker Sandvine, a vendor to repressive regimes like Egypt, nearly collapsed bef...