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Thoma Bravo to acquire majority interest in Apttus

Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Apttus.

Baidu launches EZDL, an AI model training platform that requires no coding experience — VentureBeat

Baidu has launched an online tool in beta — EZDL — that makes it easy to build, design, and deploy artificial intelligence (AI) models,...

Diffbot launches AI-powered knowledge graph of 1 trillion facts about people, places, and things — VB

A Mountain View, California-based startup's mission is to convert the web’s unstructured data into structured data, writes Kyle Wiggers. Here is the link: https://venturebeat.com/2018/08/30/diffbot-launches-ai-powered-knowledge-graph-of-1-trillion-people-places-and-things/

Honeywell, Carnegie Mellon developing supply chain robotics and AI solutions

Honeywell has inked a strategic collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University to work on artificial intelligence and robotic technologies.

JP Morgan just hired a top Google executive in a big bet on artificial intelligence — CNBC

The bank hired Apoorv Saxena, Google's head of product management for cloud-based artificial intelligence, according to a memo obtained exclusively by CNBC, writes Hugh Son. Here...