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Today we're announcing Reco AI Agents, the industry's first SaaS security agents designed to transform how organizations detect and respond to security threats across SaaS. As SaaS sprawl continues to grow, security teams face an avalanche of alerts with little context, creating a widening gap between emerging threats and protection. Our AI Agents bridge this gap by autonomously processing complex data and surfacing context you need to take action. The Alert Agent is available now, delivering: ✔️ Clear, actionable alert timelines ✔️ Comprehensive threat insights with full context ✔️ AI-driven prioritization of critical issues ✔️ Detailed remediation steps that reduce MTTR ✔️ Easily shareable summaries for cross-team collaboration Our Alert Agent is saving our customers time streamlining incident response and collaborating with SOC teams and GRC teams. "We're moving beyond traditional security approaches that leave teams drowning in insights with no context," says our CEO Ofer Klein. "Our AI Agents represent a fundamental shift in how security teams operate – from Tier 1 to Tier 3 analysts who can handle complex threats with confidence." We'll release additional specialized agents for Shadow App Detection, Identity Management, Local Account Detection, and more. Read more about our announcement: https://hubs.ly/Q03hPkKW0 #CyberSecurity #SaaSSecurity #CISO #AIAgent

April was a wild one at groundcover! From game changing new features to our $35M Series B 🎉 — we’ve been busy. Catch up on the latest buzz: 🔹 BYOC-powered Real User Monitoring 🔹 Smart Log Patterns that cut through the noise 🔹 Granular RBAC controls to ensure the right access levels 🔹 Customer wins, new content & more 👇

Last week, our CEO & Co-Founder Jan-Willem Rombouts joined the Energy Tech Summit in Bilbao to discuss how #AI is transforming energy management—from boosting grid efficiency to unlocking the potential of customer flexibility. 🎤 It was a great conversation alongside industry leaders Andreas Langholz (Ingrid Capacity), Namratha Kothapalli (Speedinvest), and Ellen Smeele (SET Ventures) on what’s next for the energy transition. Thanks to the Energy Tech Summit team for hosting this great event 🙌—and to everyone who joined the session!  🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dAXZykG #BeebopAI #EnergyTechSummit2025 #AI #CustomerFlexibility #PowerSystem #EnergyInnovation #EnergyTransition

In this week’s The Angle, Gil Dibner breaks down “Solo Founder Syndrome”, when the Founder/CEO becomes the bottleneck for all major decisions and execution. It often looks like dedication or strong leadership, but it actually severely limits the company’s ability to scale. Read, via the link in the comments, the full column where Gil dives into the signs you're experiencing Solo Founder Syndrome, how it can kill companies, and how to fix the issue before it leads to personal or organizational burnout.

groundcover, a startup that helps monitor apps, has raised $35 million in Series B funding, bringing its total to $60 million. The round was led by Zeev Ventures, with support from Heavybit, Jibe Ventures and Angular Ventures. Groundcover says it has built the first “Bring Your Own Cloud” observability platform, which lets customers store monitoring data wherever they prefer—on their own servers or in the cloud. No matter where the data is stored, Groundcover manages both the system and the data for them. Groundcover’s platform helps monitor how apps and systems are performing by collecting data like error messages, speed, and user activity. Shahar Azulay, Oren Zev Read also - https://lnkd.in/gQ3Ew2zK To share your startup story write us on - contact@startuprise.org #Groundcover #news #startup #funding #fundraising #Observabilitystartup

groundcover raised $35M to compete with Datadog in observability. The new funding brings its total to $60M. Zeev Ventures led the round. Heavybit, Jibe Ventures, and Angular Ventures joined. The platform offers full-stack observability using eBPF. It gives teams control over where their data lives. On-prem or cloud. Fully managed either way. Key developments: 🔷 500% annual recurring revenue growth. 🔷 Used by hundreds of enterprises, including Fortune 100 companies. 🔷 Customers switching from Datadog. 🔷 New AI-powered migration tool speeds up adoption. 🔷 Unlimited data capacity and predictable pricing. eBPF pulls logs, traces, and metrics directly from the Linux kernel. It delivers detailed visibility without touching source code. The platform meets strict privacy and security needs. Companies are choosing where to host their data. They avoid surprise fees and keep control over retention. Nobl9’s Chief Technology Officer, Alex Nauda, confirmed cost savings after switching.  Zeev Ventures says Groundcover sets a new bar in security and depth. This funding signals growth in observability with more flexible deployment options.  It may lead to broader adoption of eBPF-based platforms across enterprise tech. Keep an eye on companies enabling AI-driven monitoring without vendor lock-in. The shift toward open infrastructure is gaining real traction. 👉 Follow me, Harold Hare, for tech trends signaling industry disruption. ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ Source: Mike Wheatley. (2025, April 10). Observability startup Groundcover bags $35M in new funding to take on Datadog. SiliconANGLE & theCUBE.

LightSolver Appoints Former HSBC CEO Colin Bell to Advisory Board “Colin Bell brings invaluable business insight and a deep network across the financial and enterprise sectors,” said LightSolver CEO and co-founder Ruti Ben-Shlomi, Ph.D. “His experience leading major institutions will be a key asset as we scale LightSolver’s commercial efforts and position our laser-based computing platform for real-world adoption. We’re excited to work with him to accelerate our growth and bring transformative computing power to the industries that need it most.” https://lnkd.in/exhYK53p Seth Menacker Kathrin Lotto Shabat Chene Tradonsky Amir Oz Guy Raz Idan Meirzada #fintech #finance #banking #paytech #payments #fintechnews #paymentsnews

We are pleased to announce that financial and banking expert Colin Bell has joined our Advisory Board! Bell has deep experience in the banking and financial industry, having previously served as Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Europe.  We look forward to working with him to bring our all-optical technology to the financial industry and global enterprise market. Read more here: https://bit.ly/43LJSK3 #OpticalComputing #Photonics #FutureOfTech #HPC #finance #banking

Here we go again? Maybe. In my newsletter column this week, I tried to address the Trump tariffs and how startup CEOs should think about it. As of writing, the US stock markets are down about 15% since Trump announced his attack on the global economy. That’s enough evidence of two things: (1) most market participants were not expecting Trump to do anything this extreme, and (2) most market participants think his tariff policies are foolish and destructive. Following the election in 2024, I decided to withhold judgment and hope for the best. At this point, I am ready to judge. Trump is a menace to the American republic and a threat to global prosperity and stability. But that is politics - and this is not a political newsletter. For founders running startups - the order of the day is to secure the rigging and make ready for heavy weather. As Ed Sim of Boldstart wrote in his outstanding newsletter, it’s “time to dust off that old post-ZIRP recession playbook.” Ed is absolutely right. We don’t know what is coming, but the wind has picked up and the horizon has darkened, suddenly and unexpectedly. As we all head off to prepare for the worst, I want to leave you with two optimistic thoughts: The first piece of optimism is that we have all been here before. COVID ripped through the world, and we prepared for the worst. The ZIRP era imploded, and we again prepared for the worst. Now a global recession threatens, and we must yet again prepare for the worst. But if you are running a startup today and still operating, chances are you have already weathered at least one similar storm. You know the drill. The second piece of optimism is that this situation is unlikely to persist. I find it hard to believe that, twelve months from now, the global economic outlook will be as bleak as it appears to be in this moment. Trump’s trade policy is an unforced error and a self-inflicted wound of the highest order. My disdain for him is matched by my faith in the ultimate wisdom of the American people to force their government to make better choices eventually. While there are plenty of reasons for fear and concern, there are also plenty of reasons for optimism that good people on both sides of the Atlantic will find a better way forward. I do not believe we need to prepare ourselves for an age of permanent darkness. The economic and political sun will shine again. Our role as politically engaged patriots is to work for better leadership wherever we are. Our role as business leaders, however, is to ensure that our organizations survive the coming period as best we can without compromising our values and our ethics. We’ve got this.

In the latest The Angle newsletter, Gil Dibner warns startup founders to brace for turmoil triggered by Trump's tariffs, but encourages resilience and optimism - reminding founders that they’ve weathered storms before.