TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

Agilent Technologies buys cloud-based lab-management services provider iLab

By TechTaffy Desk

Agilent Technologies and iLab Solutions have signed a definitive agreement under which Agilent will acquire substantially all of the assets of iLab. The acquisition includes iLab’s technology, intellectual property and product portfolio, as well as employee talent.

A privately held company based in Boston, Mass., iLab Solutions provides laboratory management services to universities, research hospitals and independent institutes across the globe.

The acquisition is expected to be completed in early August, subject to local laws and regulations and customary closing conditions. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

[Image courtesy: iLab Solutions]

Just in

Series C

Atlan raises $105M

San Francisco, Calif.-based Atlan, providers of a data and AI governance platform, has raised $105 million in a Series C funding round.
AI

OpenAI introduces AI-generated content detection tool

OpenAI has announced the launch of a new tool designed to distinguish content created by artificial intelligence.
Around the web

TikTok and its Chinese owner sue US government over “foreign adversary” law — Ars Technica

TikTok and its owner ByteDance today sued the federal government to block the "Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications" law that would prohibit TikTok in the US if the company isn't sold to a non-Chinese firm, writes Jon Brodkin in Ars Technica. 
Fundings

Wiz raises $1B

Cloud security company Wiz has raised $1 billion in a funding round.
Fundings

Augment raises $227M 

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Augment, an AI coding assistance startup, has emerged from stealth with the announcement of a $227 million Series B funding round.