tech:

taffy

Trifacta raises $48 million

Big data and data wrangling company Trifacta has raised $48 million in financing. Investors include Columbia Pacific, Deutsche Börse, Ericsson, Google, and New York Life. Existing investors Accel, Cathay Innovation, Greylock Partners, Ignition Partners, and Ridge Ventures.

Trifacta has raised a total of $124 million to date.

[Image courtesy: Trifacta]

Just in

Oracle is moving its world headquarters to Nashville to be closer to health-care industry — CNBC

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Tuesday that the company is moving its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to a major health-care epicenter, writes Ashley Capoot.

U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs — NPR

The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own, writes Andrea Hsu. 

The Coca-Cola Company commits $1.1B to Microsoft Cloud and AI partnership

The Coca-Cola Company and Microsoft announced a five-year partnership on Tuesday. As part of the collaboration, Coca-Cola has committed $1.1 billion to Microsoft Cloud and generative AI capabilities.