Belfast-based Cloudsmith has raised $23 million in a Series B round led by TCV, with Insight Partners also participating. The startup’s cloud-native artifact management platform helps enterprises secure software supply chains by scanning open-source dependencies for vulnerabilities and ensuring package reliability. With fresh funding, Cloudsmith aims to expand in the U.S., enhance AI-driven security insights, and help developers make safer open-source choices.
Amazon Web Services has unveiled Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip, developed in collaboration with Caltech. The chip’s innovative design aims to slash error-correction costs by 90%, accelerating the path to fault-tolerant quantum computing. This move positions AWS alongside Google and Microsoft in the quantum space, reinforcing its commitment to advancing next-gen computing for applications like AI, cryptography, and drug discovery.
