Espressive, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based artificial intelligence software developer, has raised $30M in a round of Series B financing led by Insight Partners and supported by Wing Venture Capital and General Catalyst. Espressive said Wednesday it will use the investment to advance growth initiatives and product innovation and address its client base’s demands.

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Leidos has included Automation Anywhere and Tanium in a program that seeks to expand the Reston, Va.-based defense contractor’s supplier base network.

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Shamlan Siddiqi, chief technology officer of NTT DATA’s public sector division, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the impact artificial intelligence is having on the U.S. government, the reason why there’s so much red tape in AI innovation, why attracting talent is such a challenge in today’s climate and how the government can implement emerging technology more effectively.

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SAP National Security Services has unveiled a new product that works to integrate automation and intelligence capabilities across end-to-end processes in the cloud.

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The Johns Hopkins University selected three scientists from the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory to further research into disaster-related healthcare, ethics in automation and school security technology for the 2019 JHU Discovery Awards' fifth round.

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ExecutiveBiz spoke with Dominic Delmolino, chief technology officer for Accenture Federal Services, about the impact that artificial intelligence is having in the federal market, how agencies are working to implement AI, and the creative ways it could be used in the future. More

Shannon Fitzgerald, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton and head of the company’s citizen services business, said top commercial brands are adopting digital platforms and services that could be used by federal agencies to improve customer experience. Fitzgerald wrote in a Nextgov article published Monday that agencies seeking to streamline user experience should advance the use of chatbots and redesign their websites to make it easier for citizens to find the information they need.
 

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FireEye has equipped its endpoint security platform with a machine learning capability that works to identify and block cyber threats. The company said Tuesday MalwareGuard is designed to classify malware using machine learning methods and private and public data derived from more than 15 million endpoint agents, adversarial intelligence information from a global analyst network […] More

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is working on ways to boost its capabilities when it comes to disaster response. Jeffrey Freeman, APL research scientist, said in a statement Tuesday they are looking into creating an intelligent and autonomous system that allows context-dependent situational awareness for disaster and emergency response and recovery. Among APL’s goals are […] More

NTT DATA closed its estimated $3 billion acquisition of the former Dell Services business in November 2016 to expand information technology services and consulting work for public sector agencies with the backing of a global IT company. Shortly after the deal’s March 2016 announcement, NTT DATA Public Sector President and 2017 Wash100 inductee Tim Conway told ExecutiveBiz the […] More

The Defense Logistics Agency has issued a request for information on cloud-based software designed to scan electronic documents with the use of thin client. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says DLA requires an electronic scanning platform that can be hosted at a Defense Information Systems Agency-run enterprise computing center DLA looks to acquire a CBEDS platform that features […] More

Information technology and professional services provider NCI has partnered with artificial intelligence company CrossChx to offer the latter’s commercial AI tools to government customers. NCI said Tuesday it initiated seven pilot projects in August that uses CrossChx’s AI platform to create proof of concepts in areas such as fraud, waste and abuse, cybersecurity, machine-to-machine communication […] More