– Ravin AI, leaders in developing AI-enabled vehicle inspection tools, announced the launch of ‘Inspect Trade’, a new inspection app that helps car dealers generate consistent condition reports, as well as grade and price cars instantly. The solution is an extension of Ravin’s product offering, Ravin Inspect, which inspects rental and off-lease vehicles to create a full remarketing condition report, and is used by global clients such as Toyota and KAR Global.

Google Announces Intent to Acquire Mandiant

Google LLC announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mandiant, Inc., a leader in dynamic cyber defense and response, for $23.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $5.4 billion, inclusive of Mandiant’s net cash. Upon the close of the acquisition, Mandiant will join Google Cloud.

OpenVPN, Inc. Promotes “Operation Information Freedom”

–OpenVPN, Inc., a leading global private networking security and cybersecurity company, announced that it is providing free, secure access to the internet as part of its “Operation Information Freedom” initiative. This initiative is especially intended for journalists, reporters, activists, and citizens located within the borders of oppressive nations that either want to report on, or read about, the state of events without being discovered, identified, restricted, or outright prevented from connecting to sources of information outside of their location. Information on the ongoing actions of the Russian military and oligarchs in Ukraine is being restricted from the general Russian population — that’s where the Operation Information Freedom initiative comes into play.

NOD Adds DRUID Virtual Assistants To Its Portfolio

Network One Distribution, the largest technology distributor in Romania, has signed a collaboration agreement with DRUID to add a suite of AI-enabled conversational business applications to its portfolio. Thus, the NOD partner ecosystem will be able to integrate software robots, chatbots, and intelligent virtual assistants into their projects. These new functionalities will accelerate the rhythm of digitalization in Romanian companies.

Innoviz Selects BlackBerry QNX Operating System for its InnovizOne and InnovizTwo LiDAR Sensors