Weekly DaaS Roundup for April 24

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World of DaaS
April 24, 2025

NEWS, READS AND MORE

As a winner of NASA's Entrepreneurs Challenge, PRISM has developed an AI-powered platform that segments geospatial data to identify and highlight residential structures, enhancing the extraction of insights from satellite imagery.

Generative AI is revolutionizing market research by enhancing data collection, generating synthetic data, filling knowledge gaps, and creating new insights through digital twins.

According to Verizon's 18th Data Breach Investigations Report, while the use of AI-generated text in malicious emails has doubled over the past year, the rate of successful phishing breaches has remained stable, indicating that AI has not significantly altered the effectiveness of cyberattacks.

California's data centers currently consume approximately 5,580 gigawatt-hours annually—about 2.6% of the state's electricity use in 2023—and are projected to significantly increase their energy demands.

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SOAX offers a full suite of high-performance scraping products to collect public web data at scale—ideal for real-time use cases like AI model training, LLMs, and other latency-sensitive workflows. With nearly 200 million proprietary, ultra-low latency IPs across residential, mobile, ISP, and datacenter networks, plus advanced tools like Web Unblocker and scraper APIs, SOAX delivers speed, scale, and rock-solid reliability.

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Trae Stephens is a partner at Founders Fund and co-founder and current executive chairman at Anduril, a defense technology company that produces software-defined, hardware-enabled major weapons programs.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Trae and Auren discuss:

  • Revolutionizing defense technology manufacturing

  • Billionaire founders in defense tech

  • Supply chain resilience for military hardware

  • Technology's impact on modern relationships

M&A AND FUNDING

Ocient Secures $132M Series B to Advance Sustainable Data Analytics Solutions

Ocient, a Chicago-based software company delivering high-performance solutions for complex data and AI workloads, has announced the close of its $132 million Series B funding round, marking its entry into the growth stage.

Windfall Raises $65M Series B to Enhance AI-Driven People Intelligence Solutions

Windfall Data, a leading provider of people intelligence and AI workflow solutions, has secured $65 million in Series B funding led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital to accelerate product development and expand its market presence across various industries.

Feedzai Acquires Demyst to Enhance Financial Crime Prevention Capabilities

Feedzai, a global leader in fraud and financial crime prevention, has acquired Demyst, a company specializing in data workflow solutions, to break down data silos and accelerate risk decision-making processes.

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